[lace] The English Lace School- Susan Cox

I keep running across The English Lace School and Susan Cox. For some reason I thought that the Sprigett's business had that name. Can anyone explain the English Lace School and its role in the lace revival? Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

[lace] Impact of Lace 98

As I explore the route of contemporary lace in the late 20th century, early 21st century, I am wondering about Lace 98 and what role it played. Being in the US, I am only dimly aware of this group, but it seems influential. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

[lace] Bookmark exchange 2018.

Today the postman bought me a lovely surprise, my Beautiful Bookmark from Jacqui Southworth. I have thanked her personally but want to thank her again and to thank Lin Hudren for organising again. I am a little behind with mine but will get it photographed and posted soon. I am, at present

[lace] Re: Milennium lace grounds

Dear Jo, This is fascinating. Thanks for sharing it. Devon - 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/

Re: [lace] Single space between sentences; avoid quotations/apostrophes

On 5/9/18 4:11 PM, Adele Shaak wrote: However, when digital printers became available people could use good-looking fonts that had proportional spacing, and the double space was no longer necessary. The double space is no longer necessary when fed to a proper typesetting program that knows

[lace] plain text version of Adele's email

Dear David. I think the problem is two pronged. On the one hand the sender can avoid the problem by sending in plain text, which in my case requires me to go to the google mail internet site. On the other side, I think there is an issue with the receiving person having some form of outdated email

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

Hello Devon The online source is the weaving archive, subsection documents relating to lace, search Periodicals. The archive url is in the link I posted. (I hope you understand, I'm keying this from my iPod) Good to know further information on the young man in New York! Bev in Shirley BC west

Re: [lace] Interesting article - Lolita Goth

Dear Janice, Adding to what Devon wrote, it’s an unfortunate coincidence that the Japanese street style known as Gothic Lolita shares part of its name with Nabokov's novel. Even to this day many Japanese are unfamiliar with the book, and simply like the sound of the word Lolita as it sounds

RE: [lace] Introducing myself

Dear Friends, Generally with laces, as with other fragile items, you donb Here's another one with similar problems to those which Devon had. I'm hoping you're seeing what I'm seeing - just the one sentence ending with a "b" David Downunder in Ballarat, AUS - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] reporting lace news

On 5/10/18 6:16 PM, Lorelei Halley wrote: 2. Arachne can't handle long urls, and nowadays nearly all photos on the web have very long urls. Absurdly-long URLs can be managed just by hitting to break them into one-line pieces. The reader can open a browser and a mailer in separate windows,

Re: [lace] The English Lace School- Susan Cox

LThe English Lace School was the first residential lace school in the Uk, first based in Tiverton, Devon and started by Susan & Roger Cox, later moving to larger premises in Rockbear, Devon. Sadly Susan passed away some 2/3 years ago but while the school was still running, she was custodian of

Re: [lace] The English Lace School- Susan Cox

Springett’s was the British College of Lace in Rugby, Warwickshire. Diana in Northamptonshire > On 15 May 2018, at 15:11, Devon Thein wrote: > > I keep running across The English Lace School and Susan Cox. For some > reason I thought that the Sprigett's business had that

Re: [lace] Interesting article - Lolita Goth

Dear Janice, The one thing that everyone agrees on is that the Lolita fashion has nothing to do with the book by Nabokov. Lolita seems to have the meaning of "cute and elegant" in its fashion context. It is a style, emanating from Japan that takes many forms. But, one concept is that it is sort of

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

Dear Bev, You seem to have a set of pdf's of the IOLI Bulletin? Are these available somewhere? The young man from New York City who teaches lacemaking would have been Michael Auclair. He was very interested in the Ipswich laces, and Irish laces, too, I think. He did some lace appraising, even for

[lace] 1979 NY Times article mentions Michael Auclair and others

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/12/archives/lacemakers-preserving-an-ancient-delicate-art-it-kept-me-from-going.html This is a link to an article that describes Michael and other people making lace at the IOLI convention in NY in 1979. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

There was a young man from New York City who was interested in lace in the period? Michael Auclair? Does anyone know about him? Present or past? Any phone numbers or emails? ... I could imagine Bobby meeting him On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:05 AM, Kim Davis wrote: > In case

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

In case anyone ever wants to look at hard copies, we have the complete set at The Lace Museum in Sunnyvale, CA. Kim​ - 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:

[lace] Interesting article - Lolita Goth

Thanks Devon and Elena for the explanation of the fashion trend from Japan. The shape reminds me of the dresses I used to wear in the 1950's with the layers of next underskirts, nipped in waists. That was when I had a tiny one!! The fashion does give the opportunity to add lace to everything.

Re: [lace] The English Lace School- Susan Cox

Some were just weekends, some were 4/5 days and classes ran throughout the whole year. There were other residential establishments but these were run by local Borough Council educations authorities such as Missenden Abbey, Knuston Hall, Northampton etc. Ann Collier, Pat Earnshaw, Mo Gibbs,

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

On 5/14/18 9:09 PM, Kim Davis wrote: It is known as Lacis now, but was first called The Lace Place. For a time, there was a mail-order business called "Some Place". I had a really terrible time telling people where I got the things I bought from them. I don't know *when* the name was

Re: [lace] Impact of Lace 98

I was one of the early members of Lace 98, joining soon after it started. I think at least initially it was by invitation and was a group of contemporary lacemakers in the UK. After moving to the US, it became very difficult to be part of the group as I couldn't get to the residential

Re: [lace] Impact of Lace 98

Don't forget Them Westhope Group who were all Guinea Pigs, as they were named, being a small selection who were the first to sit the City & Guilds Lace examination. One had to be invited to join the group and numbers were limited to the number of beds available at Anne Dyer's residence. I

[lace] two photos of the textile study room at the met from 1919 and 1926

The 1995 Met Bulletin which describes the history of the department as part of the grand opening of the Antonio Dear Lacers My bad. I didn't realize the listserv couldn't accomodate photos or attachments. So here are links: For the photos of the textile study room at the met see page 6 in the

[lace] photos of Met's Textile Study Room from Bulletin

​ [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of Met Textile Study Room.png] - 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:

Re: [lace] Introducing myself

I see one sentence ending with ab I'm on gmail. Ruth In beautiful eastern Iowa Sent from my iPhone > On May 15, 2018, at 9:17 AM, David C Collyer wrote: > > Dear Friends, > Generally with laces, as with other fragile items, you donb > > Here's another one with

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

He is deceased. Sadly, I believe he was an early victim of AIDs. Devon On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 12:11 PM, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi wrote: > There was a young man from New York City who was interested in lace in the > period? Michael Auclair? Does anyone know about him?

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

1. Michael Auclair was a good friend of mine. We were both members of the now defunct Lace Guild of New York. I believe I was the only person in our shared lace orbit ever invited to his upper East Side cold water walk-up flat. He was passionate about his lace, and liked to pick my brain about

[lace] The English lace school

Recent mention of the English lace school sent me to one of my early notebooks where I found the record of my visit to Tiverton in July of 1980. It was my first introduction to lace, having been an embroiderer since early childhood, and I still have the brochure that Susan Cox handed out to

Re: [lace] The English Lace School- Susan Cox - Arachne archives

Dear Devon,   Some of the Arachne members who are now teachers studied under the late Susan Cox. I have written to Arachne on this subject, and have one of the catalogues for potential students in my library. Have you checked the archives? Many times, the answers are right at your fingertips.

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

I can see now that after removing all of the previous posts, I forgot to leave enough so people would know which publication I was talking about. I have to say, this is actually the thing that has prevented me from posting more over the years. With Gmail, the old email is set as hidden, so I

Re: [lace] questions for you lace makers living in California in the 1980s

My mom took a bobbin lace class in the mid-80's. This was in the San Fernando Valley (NW Los Angeles County). The teacher's name was Page, but I don't remember her last name. The class was through a weaving store. She must have been a good teacher because she let me sit in on one class when