Tamara and the Spiders, This is a perennial dilemma, isn't it.
I am always horrified when I see colour plates taken from antique books and then reframed for sale, as I find it abhorrent to destroy books. Similarly lace which is destroyed in the name of art. But - I once attempted to buy a couple of antique crystal bead necklaces from an antiques sale in Woodbridge (Suffolk UK). My Mum was with me, and I inherited her gene for putting one's mouth into gear before engaging the brain. Just as the stallholder went to hand me the bag (she'd already taken the cash!) Mum said "Those will look lovely on the bobbins, won't they?" - which the stallholder heard. She grabbed the bag out of reach of my grasping mitts, and told me that she'd just restrung the beads, and they were antique. "Yes!" I said "But they'll be seen by far more people on my bobbins than they would if I kept them as necklaces". There was quite a discussion as to whether I should be allowed to buy the wretched beads - which I won by saying that she'd already taken the money anyway. But - maybe to her, in my way, I was being just as destructive as someone who offends me by ripping the pages out of books, or cuts up bits of lace! I do feel that we all have responsibility to conserve all that we can, but I must admit that I am seldon swayed from buying antique beads, as I love them on my bobbins, so, like Tamara, I do try not to judge too heavily those who have different 'priorities' to my own! I suppose it all boils down to the fact that we can, usually, find good excuses for doing what we want to do. Carol - in a wet Suffolk, but where the snow has all gone, and it is apparently not as cold! Subject: [lace] Re: Kiki Smith/modern art/lace - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
