[lace] Color Theory and Thread Conservation
Jeri wrote the following about color.  The color on the magazine cover is not exactly like the actual piece, it looks more muted than the actual lace.  The color inside the magazine with the pattern is closer to the correct colors, but if you want to see the piece where the colors are like the lace, you can now see it on my website in the Awards Gallery down at the bottom of the photos. http://www.jblace.com/Janice Americans who belong to IOLI can better understand this by propping up the newest bulletin (Fall 2016, Vol. 37, Number 1), with Janet Blair's lace  peacock, and stepping back to view it. She has used 3 blues for the body,  and used one of those blues as spots on the green tail. You can see how  important the yellow outlining blue spots is. Imagine if this lovely lace was meant to be photographed in black and white!  Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, www.jblace.com - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Color Theory and Thread Conservation
Again from Jeri. Someone, please share this from another ISP, since we've been told AOL and Comcast do not play well together! 1. Color theory taught by embroidery and photography experts includes an explanation of what happens when a black and white photo is made of something that relies on color for impact. Colors of the same value will not show details that may be important to a design. This effect is apparent if you just put red and green of the same value next to each other (as Joy mentions), walk across the room, and squint at them. An understanding of this is of importance to anyone who is making colored lace. If your lace work is going to be photographed, you should understand colors, and visually test them side-by-side before you even begin a project. Americans who belong to IOLI can better understand this by propping up the newest bulletin (Fall 2016, Vol. 37, Number 1), with Janet Blair's lace peacock, and stepping back to view it. She has used 3 blues for the body, and used one of those blues as spots on the green tail. You can see how important the yellow outlining blue spots is. Imagine if this lovely lace was meant to be photographed in black and white! 2. Conservation warning to anyone who is using a spool of thread as a make-shift pin cushion. A long time ago, I wrote to Arachne about sticking needles in a spool of thread, in response to a magazine photograph many lacemakers might have seen. This damages thread throughout a spool or cone enough that thread may break or be weakened throughout layers wherever it has been pierced. This is a habit that can get away from you - perhaps putting needles or pins in thread that will be used at some future time to make lace or sew a seam. The weak spots will be the first to "self destruct", and none of us like to repair lace or re-sew seams. (You may use this cautionary tip in your guild newsletters.) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 1/11/2017 6:31:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, joybee...@comcast.net writes: ...Even on a green curtain, red isn't as conspicuous a color as people thinkone has to know it's there to see it at all, and then it's only a vague smudge. This has a single sewing machine needle stuck in it, so I think it was intended to store spent machine needles, butI stick those into my cone of basting thread. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Color Theory and Thread Conservation
Someone, please share this from another ISP, since we've been told AOL and Comcast do not play well together! 1. Color theory taught by embroidery and photography experts includes an explanation of what happens when a black and white photo is made of something that relies on color for impact. Colors of the same value will not show details that may be important to a design. This effect is apparent if you just put red and green of the same value next to each other (as Joy mentions), walk across the room, and squint at them. An understanding of this is of importance to anyone who is making colored lace. If your lace work is going to be photographed, you should understand colors, and visually test them side-by-side before you even begin a project. Americans who belong to IOLI can better understand this by propping up the newest bulletin (Fall 2016, Vol. 37, Number 1), with Janet Blair's lace peacock, and stepping back to view it. She has used 3 blues for the body, and used one of those blues as spots on the green tail. You can see how important the yellow outlining blue spots is. Imagine if this lovely lace was meant to be photographed in black and white! 2. Conservation warning to anyone who is using a spool of thread as a make-shift pin cushion. A long time ago, I wrote to Arachne about sticking needles in a spool of thread, in response to a magazine photograph many lacemakers might have seen. This damages thread throughout a spool or cone enough that thread may break or be weakened throughout layers wherever it has been pierced. This is a habit that can get away from you - perhaps putting needles or pins in thread that will be used at some future time to make lace or sew a seam. The weak spots will be the first to "self destruct", and none of us like to repair lace or re-sew seams. (You may use this cautionary tip in your guild newsletters.) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - In a message dated 1/11/2017 6:31:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, joybee...@comcast.net writes: ...Even on a green curtain, red isn't as conspicuous a color as people thinkone has to know it's there to see it at all, and then it's only a vague smudge. This has a single sewing machine needle stuck in it, so I think it was intended to store spent machine needles, butI stick those into my cone of basting thread. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
