> On Mar 20, 2005, at 18:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Devon) wrote:
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>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>>I know that we're the enlightened ones :o) but which
>>sounds the more interesting out of "Beginners Bobbin Lace" and
>>"Contemporary Ceramics for Beginners"?
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>
>But would you sign up for:
>Modern open warp weaving. Using two simple weaving movements students
>will
>experience the freedom to design complex woven structures without the
>limitations imposed by a loom. Based on renaissance techniques, open
>warp weaving
>allows the student to weave in any shape, in any direction, even three
>dimensionally with an almost unlimited range of textural and
>patterning techniques.
>Students may choose to work this exciting fiber art in color or to
>explore the
>full range of contrasting patterns of positive and negative space
>which find
>their best expression in monochrome.
Wow. That's very impressive. Yes, I do think people would sign up for that.
I think this sort of description would solve what I think is the main problem:
that lace is something traditional, and, worse yet, traditional women's work,
and basically something our great-grandmothers made and wore. The actual
process is really cool and I can see people being interested in it, but the
mental associations most young people (including me) have with lace interfere.
The fact that lace is thought of as complicated (and boring) is probably also a
large problem, but we can't do very much about that - lace *is* complicated.
But there are probably enough young people who like complicated things to keep
it going. The reason I started bobbin lace and not knitting, crocheting or some
other craft is largely because it was unusual and complicated and had all the
cool equipment <g>.
Ah, and another factor, which, if it's actually reasonably common and not just
my personal thing, might be good for bobbin lace: I wanted to do something
*different*. I knew people who could knit and quilt and do other things, and I
didn't really want to do the same things they were doing - a new craft that
nobody else tried sounded much better. I'm not sure why really. Maybe so that
I wouldn't have to be worse at it than other people I knew <g>.
Weronika
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Weronika Patena
Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA
http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika
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