Clay and others,
When I attended the IOLI Convention in Harrisburg last
August there was a vendor there who was doing hair
weaving. She sells pieces that she made; a little
pricey but justified I think by the skill and scarcity
of her craft. She was in the "vendor annex" group
that was not there for the whole week. The first
evening that it opened, she was dressed in Civil
War-era clothing and looked wonderful manipulating her
hair bobbins on the stand. I think I have a photo
somewhere that I could put on the webshots this
weekend. I also have her card at home if anyone is
interested.
Diane Williams
Galena, Illinois USA
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--- Clay Blackwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> But back to the point... I believe that these
> weighted bobbins may have
> been made specifically for the purpose of hair
> weaving. They approximate
> the specifications described in the only book I'm
> aware of on this
> subject: "Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork
> Jewelry". It's a
> fascinating read... full of delightfully bizarre,
> grotesque, beautiful,
> macabre examples of victorian jewelry, and is by
> Jeanenne Belle. There is
> no ISBN. Published by Collector Books, Paducaah,
> KY. (Just in case you
> want to know more.)
>
> But, as the one
> enthusiastic hair weaving correspondant who wrote to
> me during my brief
> exploration with hair weaving wrote... "if you
> become a hair weaver,
> you'll be one of only 17 in the world!!". To which
> I thought "surely NOT!!
> ... even if I'm not enraptured, surely there must
> be many more...???"
> (And besides... if only 17 are involved, it's beyond
> statistical
> probability that 75% of them have their own
> websites!!!)
>
> Curious-er and curious-er....
>
> Clay
>
> Clay Blackwell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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