Dear Lacemakers, We have lost another of our precious lace experts, Radmila Zuman. You can read her obituary by clicking on her name (on the right) at: http://www.dignitymemorial.com/garner-funeral-service/en-us/index.page Be sure to click to read the entire write-up about her life, because there is much about lace. I have put a note in the guest book, and thought some of you might also like to send appreciation for all she contributed to lace knowledge. However, messages may not appear, according to the automatic message I received after posting. Horrid how businesses try to profit from such things. Here is what I wrote: "Radmila was a lace teacher and author who brought Czech lace (and culture) to many lace guild members. We have lost a great friend who promoted this art across America and also in her native country. Some of us remember how thrilled she was to attend the 2004 l'Organisation International de la Dentelle au Fuseau et a l'Aigulle (OIDFA) Congress in Prague. Love to her family and close friends. Radmila, may your threads never tangle in Heaven. Jeri Ames, Winthrop, Maine" Hope IOLI and other guilds around the world will be able to feature her last piece of lace (described in the obituary) on a Bulletin cover, and give her a nice send-off. We simply cannot afford to lose so many of our very talented lace artists without replacements. In memory of Radmila, please encourage a young person to learn to make lace. Show them the very modern pieces she created. My library contains the following, which is in the IOLI library and probably in may local lace guild libraries: Treasury of Patterns (in English and Czech) Published by Palickovani, 2004 Praha, Czech Republic 90 pages of patterns, prickings, and photos of lace Contains Referencesa (Books) and Sources (Museums/Guilds) ISBN 80-86455-04-1 IOLI Library: https://internationalorganizationoflace.org/Library/books_by_author.pdf Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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