On Sep 28, 2005, at 18:02, Clay Blackwell wrote:
The high bidder was our friend Laurie Waters, which tells me that this
book
is a significant book historically.
I wonder how so, unless one tries to keep track of Jusai Fukuyama's
development as a designer. The designs - mostly Torchon - are pleasant,
but not particularly inspiring. She does use colour which, in '82, when
the booklet was published might have been rare (I wouldn't know, having
started in '89) but not unknown I think, especially since most of the
designs use a single colour - just not white (4 bookmarks and 6
pendants use 2 colours)
From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I see the winning bid was 21 GBP - I paid 2.75 GBP for it (new) about
20 years ago. Inflation!
Inflation indeed :) I got my copy 5-10 yrs ago - can't remember when or
where, possibly IOLI Convention in Bethesda - but it is also brand new
(though, by then, the front of the spine was slightly scuffed), and it
still bears a sticker - $10. It has 90 pages (smaller than a standard
typing paper sheet) of which the first 58 are slick and in colour, and
the remaining 32 are coarser, in b&w. The pages are glued into the -
paper - cover which means that it won't stay open (to copy the
prickings or to follow the - rather peculiar - diagrams and
explanations) and, if you force it, you risk it falling apart
altogether.
All in all, it looks more like a - very nice - magazine than a book to
me; something to flip through at a doctor's office :) I got it because
I make it a practice to buy every lace related publication I feel I can
afford at the moment - I need a lot of visual stimulation to continue
designing, and also to avoid inadvertent repetition of something that
had been done already. But $37 before shipping? I don't think so.
The original price, BTW, is 24Franks. Does anyone in France remember
what it was worth then ('82)?
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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