Hi All, Here's some inspiration for you all! "Snowflake" Bentley is a Vermonter who photographed snowflakes around 1900. According to the website he's the one who said no two snowflakes are alike. Anyway, these have been out in book form for a long time but there was an article in the paper today saying some of them are on the web! I've used his photos to design cutwork snowflakes. I usually start drawing the basic shape and then the lace techniques take over. The images are copyrighted but not the inspiration.
Here's the "Snowflake" Bentley page: http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/abbas/bms/ This goes directly to the snowflakes: http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/abbas/bms/collection.asp He's a fascinating guy. And I guess if the photographs can't be in a Vermont museum then Buffalo is an appropriate place - the average snowfall (1884-2004) is 97" (242.5 cm if I got that right). That's 8'1" - Whew! That Lake Effect is pretty powerful! Happy Inspiration! Jane in Vermont, USA happy to look in a book of snowflakes and have none outside right now <G>. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
