Well, I do agree completely with Tamara, both as to "lacers" vs.
lacemakers; and also that maybe it's time to think again about
changing the name (IOLI vs ??). Perhaps if we took a vote now,
opinions on the subject might fall differently than how they did 25
years ago. -- Aurelia
That might have been the *intention*, but you-know-what is paved
with good ones... :) If "old lace" is meant, why not say so? Like
Jacquie, I too read it as "old lacemakers", especially with so many
people saying "lacers" (personally, not my favourite term <g>)
instead of "lacemakers".
Besides, even if one *did* see the name in terms of old *lace*
(rather than old *lacemakers*), or the name was changed to represent
the meaning better, it would still be inaccurate. Might have been OK
52 yrs ago, when the organisation was started, and when most of the
membership concentrated on studying, reproducing and collecting old
lace. But that's not true anymore; a lot of us - Aurelia and Jane
included - study the old lace techniques in order to push them
further, into new shapes. So, it's mosly *new* lace that you see in
the Bulletin, and even in the study box an occasional modern piece
makes an appearance.
By labelling ourselves - voluntarily - as "old lacers", we're sawing
the branch we're sitting on, if we want to get young people
interested in perpetuating the craft/art; the label only adds to
their preconceived ideas of lacemaking as something that grannies
*used* to do...
IMO.
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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