My lace life is very busy at the moment with several projects on the go at the same time and here comes another one. I have been making lace for a conceptual artist, and teaching her to make lace as well, for several years now. Neither of us make a lot of money at it but it is getting lace out there into the main stream of the art world.
After I told her that lace has been made with fibre optic cable, she now has an idea of doing a project with it. The trouble is that I have never used it. Is there someone amongst you clever spiders who can give me some information on the properties of fibre optic cable and how it can be used for a bobbin lace project. Are there different thicknesses and if so what is the easiest one to work with? I cannot imagine winding it onto bobbins, so how does one handle it while working? Does the pricking have to be a rather large scale? Any information will be a great help to me. I am quite excited about trying it out. Janis Savage in sunny South Africa - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
