In a message dated 3/6/05 4:55:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hair weaving: I have a feeling that there has been at least 1 article
> over the years in PieceWork on the subject of hair weaving. I haven't
> checked my collection, but I seem to recall one from a few yea
When I was in England in November for my mum's funeral, my dad told each of
us that we could choose a piece of jewellery.
I picked a little silver brooch which was in a little jewellery box from
Widnes which is where my great-grandparents lived and where my grandmother
was born - I thought that
The museum which has such a good collection of hair weaving in our area is
located in our "Old City Cemetery", and is a museum which focuses on the
anthropological perspective of our city as seen through the culture
surrounding death, funerals, and mourning. It's actually a fascinating
subject, an
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:32:51 +, Jane Partridge wrote:
>Some years ago, I think it was in 1998 when Tamara was in the UK - a
>group of us met up in Manchester and went to the ?Science Museum. In a
>textile exhibition there, there was a large hanging made totally from
>hair - woven I think. Quite
Pompi Parry gives a most interesting talk on hair jewellery. We had her as
speaker at one of Poole Bobbin Lace Circle meetings a few years ago. She is
doing a workshop on Colour and Free lace for us next weekend. I will ask
her about the bobbins used in hair weaving and let you know what she s
In a message dated 04/03/2005 09:36:37 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Some years ago, I think it was in 1998 when Tamara was in the UK - a
> group of us met up in Manchester and went to the ?Science Museum. In a
> textile exhibition there, there was a large hanging made totally fr
