In a message dated 4/28/05 12:59:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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> There is a brief article and several pictures of wire lace in "Ornament" 
> magazine (Spring 2005 issue), made by Silvia Ferdova.   The article is 
> entitled 
> "Gallery X, 
> Bratislava, Slovaka.   She is apparently talented in many fiber arts, but 
> the article 
> states her main technique is Bobbin Lace.   Not alot of info, but worth a 
> look if you are interested.
> 

Yes!  Yes!  Just this noon, I read this magazine while dining out alone.  The 
lace is on page 36.  Anyone with basic knowledge of using metal threads and 
the special bobbins for making metal lace could easily make a very dramatic 
coiled necklace (quite large and bold, yet delicate) just by looking at the 
picture.  Really!  Devon, this will attract attention.  It says that the 
necklace 
was made of recycled plastic bags, silver and copper wire, nylon thread.  
However, I cannot see how the plastic bags were used, and think they could be 
ignored.

"Ornament" could be used by lacemakers for design inspiration - to make 
original laces.  Published in California since 1974, it only gets better with 
the 
passage of time.

This magazine is sold by subscription or in large book store chains in the 
U.S. and is usually in the magazine section for either needlework or art.  The 
cover of this issue - Vol. 28 #3 - is bright yellow with orange lettering and 
has a model dressed in those colors.  The skirt fabric is said to be composed 
of lace medallions, but lacemakers would probably beg to differ with the 
description.  The large bookstores have chairs where you can sit and read.  I 
recommend you look also at the remainder of the magazine, especially the 
beadwork on 
pp. 44-47.  There are listings of interesting exhibits in museums and 
galleries, starting on page 19.

Now, for the ladies in the U.K.:  I think I've seen this magazine in very 
large bookstores.  In London, and in York.  Might also be in the book 
department 
at Harrod's, where they do carry some American publications.  Worth asking.

Jeri Ames in Maine USA - on a bleak and rainy day, with flooding predicted

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