In a message dated 8/6/03 4:35:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< This is a bit different: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3542965907&category=463 50 or search for item number 3542965907 Would have thought the appeal is a bit specialised. >> ----- Dear Lacemakers, These books were offered on eBay last August or September, and we had quite a bit of discussion about them. I ordered them for the library here at that time. Also, another book that gives instructions, by Onuk. The two volumes referenced are a compilation of many examples of what we call (in the U.S.) Armenian lace. But, they have added crochet and tatting. The Turkish author calls all these techniques OYA: Turkish Lace Works. The books are set up like a catalog -- pictures and descriptions. Another contemporary expert, Taciser Onuk, has written several books in recent years. One book is "Oya Culture Since the Ottomans", ISBN 975-17-2451-1.. Dr. Onuk wrote this book in 2000 for the Turkish Historical Society. Of all three books, this is the one I would recommend, because it provides instructions, diagrams and color photos. There is no mention of "Armenian" in the above books. The Armenians were systematically erradicated by the Turks in massacres in 1895-96 and again in 1915-22. A few Armenians who fled to other nations survived. This is still a great trauma to people of Armenian descent. I talked at length at the IOLI convention with a lacemaker of Armenian descent. It is as painful for her as for any survivor of any holocaust, and difficult to explain to her young grandchildren since it has received much less attention than the WWII holocaust. The best book of history and instruction I know of is "Armenian Needlelace and Embroidery" by Alice Odian Kasparian, EPM Publications, ISBN 0-914440-65-9, 1983. It can be borrowed from the IOLI library, and probably from Interlibrary Loan. The history of this region is most interesting. Tradition teaches that these people are descendants of Noah's son Japhet. If this, and the fact that Crusaders passed through this region and brought Armenian textiles back to Western Europe, is a subject of interest to you - Kasparian's book is one to read. There is a large bibliography that will lead you to other books on the subject. Another book is Elena Dickson's "Knotted Lace - in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition", Milner Craft Series (Australia), Reprinted several times since 1992. ISBN 1-86351-121-0. As I have scrambled through my books to provide this information, it occurs to me that I wrote about these books on Arachne last Fall. It seems to me that I saw an Arachne (Robin?) making Armenian lace at IOLI. Perhaps she will write about the Armenian Needlelace class taught by Gretchen Allgeier. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
