> I tried to convert the CM figures above to inches, and came up with 28 > inches square. That's huge. Is this really the size suggested? Or is > there a typo in there somewhere?
If I understand correctly, it means that the dimensions are a total of 70 *square* centimeters... that means that if it is a square it would be roughly 8.37 cm on each side. But if we wanted it to be a different shape (rectangular, just to make it easy to figure...) it could be 4 cm X 17.5cm. That makes it a bit more manageable!! Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 6/6/2004 1:01:40 PM > Subject: Re: [lace] Sevens - logistics ideas --long again > > At 10:23 PM 6/5/2004, you wrote: > >OK. The man leaving St Ives with all the "bagage" (wives, sacks, kittens, > >what have you) seems to be a clear winner since it offers the most > >versatility.... > > > >Jo has "married" that idea with the 7-continents one: .... > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >1) Size and Shape > >Seven panels, each 70cm square, each in a 3.5cm deep frame. > > Greetings, > I've enjoyed reading all the ideas but kept out of it until now. This is > indeed a discussion on 'lace' but just a different phase than we usually > are involved in. Designing is an important part of lacemaking. The > patterns have to start somewhere. This can move to it's special discussion > area in a little while. > > I tried to convert the CM figures above to inches, and came up with 28 > inches square. That's huge. Is this really the size suggested? Or is > there a typo in there somewhere? > > The size requirements need to be checked carefully. That's alot of lace if > there are to be seven or more panels. And when framed, will be quite heavy > to move or ship. I think the panels should be smaller than 28" square, > maybe 18-20? > Or even rectangular -- so they are wider than tall (easier to put in lots > of cats.) > > 2) Images. > >Each panel could have, centered, a (rough) outline of a continent. ......... > >The wives would be centered on each continent, filling most of it......... > >In a corner of each panel, outside the continent's outline, we could have > >a *small* figure of a man............. > >Cats, sacks and veils (of the dance) and/or fragments thereof could be > >fitted in the remaining space within each panel, ............. > >. If we wanted to go ahead and include the "beyond seven mountains, > >forests, rivers" and the "seven sisters" (roses) ideas, the rivers (the > >main river of each continent?) could be placed behind the wives, with a > >tree or a leaf (for the forest), an outline of a mountain, and a rose in > >the remaining space *within* the continent, with the wife. A partial > >spiderweb could also be fitted in, either outside or inside each continent... > > > Hold on a moment! Think carefully. I've been known to do many strange > projects in my day, but I learned a few things from them. Don't make it > too complicated or it will get bogged down and not get done. There's been > many great ideas presented (and I hope several people will take some of > them and produce great entries in the 'Seven' contest) but they *cannot* > ALL be put into one project. St > Ives/continents/mountains/forests/sisters/etc all in a heap would be confusing. > > I think it will result in a better product to stick closely to the St Ives > theme, with reference to the world-wide aspect of our group. > > >Don't forget the sign to St Ives! Perhaps the man and his sign could go on > >the front cover and the text of the rhyme could be inside the front cover. > >Perhaps on the back cover, we could have a lace representation of St Ives - > >a very pretty Cornish village > > The first panel should have a sign pointing right "To St Ives". The last > panel with the village should have a sign the says "St Ives". It's > probably not necessary to write out the rhyme because it's fairly well known. > > It would fit the theme to have just seven panels, but for displaying, 8 > would be better. I like the idea of them hinged on alternate edges like a > big zigzag. They could be displayed in a zigzag, a square, a straight > line, a circle. > > Instead of trying to fit the continents into each panel, how about a world > map on the first panel, with the 'To St Ives' sign -- and of course a cat > scampering ahead of the group. (Perhaps a spider web and spider up in one > corner.) There is a pattern already available of a world map. I've seen > it somewhere. The name of Arachne could be incorporated. > > Panel 2 would have the man facing left (all figures are facing left -- > going away from St Ives unless a wife has stopped and turned around to pick > up a dropped sack), with one wife following him. Cats around their feet. > > Panels 3-7 would have the other six wives, one or two on a panel, with > sacks and cats everywhere. The wives' costumes could represent areas > around the world if desired. > > Panel 8 would have the village of St Ives with it's sign, and cats. > > The panels would take 8 people to make the background and main figure of > each. This would be a major commitment. The sacks and cats could be made > separately and appliqued on. There could be a hundred people making a cat > or sack. The more cats, the better. They could be in, around, under and > over all parts of the picture - climbing trees, running, sitting, jumping > at a butterfly, --whatever. > > Now I've thrown my two bits worth into the fray, let's hear from some > more. If we do this, perhaps we should start looking for cat patterns? > > Happy lacing, > Alice in Oregon -- where it is damp out, and will continue so all week. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
