Lynn,
I too have had an interest in ancient Egypt's history since a child.
I took a week long masters level class in Egyptian art. They brought in
experts from all the world to lecture. One expert had been doing Egyptian
archaeology at one site since the early 1960s. These experts could agree
with one another. Two lecturers even got into saying that the other
expert's theories were completely wrong in their lectures. I think the main
problem is that 90% of ancient Egyptian history is under sand. The more that
is uncovered the more we will know.
I loved the class but never recommend anyone taking it in the manner I did.
It was for seven days from 8AM to 11:00 PM. By Thursday, I felt like I was
joining a cult. It was very overwhelming and too much information to soak
in my brain in one week.
Penny Ladnier,
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
www.costumelibrary.com
www.costumeclassroom.com
www.costumeencyclopedia.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Downward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] The bead-net dress (was: movie costumes--Egyptian)
Robin, thank you for sending us that link. It's only fabulous!
Warning in case someone is thinking of making that dress, even for a
doll: I do some net beading - my sister calls it the insane beading -
and the way that net dress was reproduced promises that it would never
survive a day of wear (not that they reproduced it for wear). The
threads would have to be woven through the beads several times each
for stability, especially since many of the beads used by the
Egyptians are faence and are very sharp-edged and would cut through
the threads. These beautiful dresses would be very time-consuming to
produce and therefore probably owned only by the rich who could afford
to have someone make them. in the case of musicians or dancers who
might wear them, they would probably have been owned by the troupe or
the owner of the troupe, like any other stage property.
I "discovered" Ancient Egypt when I was about 9; it was my first
historical focus and I still have a passion for it. That doesn't mean
that I am the be-all in Egyptian knowledge by any means, but I know a
bunch of random stuff about the Egyptians. And some things about
off-loom beading.
LynnD
On 1/4/07, Catherine Olanich Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thursday 04 January 2007 2:59 am, Robin Netherton wrote:
> A little prowling online turned up a teaching package from the Petrie
> museum that includes a photo and description of the bead-net dress
> (among
> many other items) and detailed directions for making one. I'm sure that
> the directions are modernized, but they're complex enough they clearly
> aren't meant to be Halloween-costume level.
>
> http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/Textiles%20in%20the%20Petrie%20Museum.doc
Neat! Thank you.
(One more project for the "future projects" pile.) :-)
--
Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point
of doubtful sanity." --Robert Frost
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