Hello everyone, Pene, who lives now in Estonia which is separated from Finland by only the Gulf of Finland, is thinking of visiting Rauma lace week some day and asked if I have any pictures from the lace week this year.
I sent the pictures to her but mentioned that if she can not receive the files I could use the Arachne web shots album to share them. After receiving the pictures she mentioned that actually other Arachneans would like to see them as well. So, I have uploaded them for all of you to see. The title of the album is Outi or you can use this link: http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=469031950 In Rauma Museum they have every year a lace exhibition from some another country. This year the laces where from Vologda, Russia. (Rauma Museum has Rauma lace in permanent exhibition.) Rauma lace association has every year an exhibition of lace made in Rauma in Poselli. This year there was also lace from Mária Danielová from Czech Republic. She makes these pieces of art lace that look 3D even though they are flat. (Some of you saw her lace during the OIDFA lace tour in Czech republic after the Prague congress.) For some years now there has also been a lace exhibition in the water tower of Rauma. The tower has a cafe and a good view over the city and also room for an exhibition. This exhibition tends to have more contemporary point of view to laces than the others and every year presents something you have not seen before but it does not reject traditional laces either. The laces for this exhibition has been collected from around Finland and are not just work of Rauma lace makers. This year there was also a lace exhibition celebrating Impi Alanko's 80th birthday. She is the most famous lace maker in the country, I think, having been on TV couple of times. Anyway, she has done a lot to keep Rauma lace alive and redrawing old patterns as well as designing new ones. She is a very much respected person in lace circles in Finland. Even though she is not in very good health at the moment she spent a lot of time demonstrating lace making at her exhibition. Hopefully you enjoy the pictures. Happy lacing! Outi >From Vantaa, Finland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
