I tend to make a particular piece of lace because something in the design intrigues me! It might be that there is some feature that I feel I need to work to figure out how it works or just that it looks like fun and not being one to just work a sample I usually make the whole piece of lace.
And to tie the 2 current strands together I like the comment from Janine about an artist also working with his, or in this case, her heart. Lacemaking seems to take that extra part of you. I remember reading something years ago about whether your lace has a life of its own. Mine definitely does. Jenny Rees Canberra Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Why we do this - was Publicity > In a message dated 08/09/2003 23:29:51 GMT Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > It sounds as if the reporters may have written their articles in their > > heads > > before they ever showed up, and just came to acquire the specifics to make > > it "reporting" instead of "essay". > > When people ask me why I do it, lately I've been answering that I do it not > > for HAVING lace (that is what collectors do), but because the process > > fascinates me. I tell them that the process grabs hold of my emotions and > > puts them in order (rather like listening to Bach), and that the process is > > addictive and soothing. > > > > When I went to the lace group last weekend, we were discussing why we choose > this pattern over that pattern and most of us agreed that once you had got off > doing a piece because it was a progression in your knowledge, you tended to > do something for one of two reasons: > > 1) Present - it was just right for the person > 2) Technical achievement - 'that looks like fun' theory of lace making. > > In fact, most of the time I use reason 2 to make something for reason 1 - ie > that looks like fun AND I can give it to XXX > > Any thoughts spiders? > > Regards > > Liz Beecher > I'm <A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging</A> now - see what it's all about > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
