Needless to say, I agree too. It's really quite amazing how frequently I end up agreeing with Tamara <g>
Weronika On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 02:05:57PM -0400, Aurelia Loveman wrote: > 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) > > > >- > >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] > -- Weronika Patena Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
