Thank you, Sue, for the kind words! Your tale of
a broken fan covered in torn silk is my story
exactly, for the first fan I ever made
("Espalier," which also appeared on the IOLI
Bulletin cover a couple of years ago) was for a
black Spanish fan that I picked up for $6 in an
antique shop in St. Augustine. Its black silk
fan-leaf was in rags, but the carved black sticks
were beautiful. I was into camellias at the time
(still am), so the design was of camellias done
in needle lace. It's probably one of those
situations about fools rushing in where angels
feared to tread.
What a compliment your asking me whether the
"green fronds" on my fan are live leaves! How
will I ever recover from that one!! However,
while I convalesce about it, I will tell you that
they are made of Gütermann's 100/2 silk thread,
done in needle lace after many consultations with
my Encyclopedia of Ferns.
My guess is that after you spend a couple of
evenings with Ann Collier and her bookful of
wonderful fans, you will hardly be able to wait
to try your own hand. That lady is really an
inspiration!
Aurelia
Hello Aurelia,
I forgot, I have that book, our daughter bought
it for me the second christmas after I started
learning to make lace. It is beautiful but was
much to difficult to use in those dates. Now if
I concentrate on reading the right section I
might find it helps me learn what I need to
know. Your fan is very pretty, I bought a
broken fan this summer was covered in a silk fan
but that is way beyond repair so I thought maybe
I could reuse the sticks myself. It is a
project to plan for and I often think ahead and
do some prep work while working on other things
on my pillow. I like to have things to do now
and things to conside for the future.
The green fronds on the fan, are they live
leaves laying on, or are they worked lace.
It is always so interesting to see what others
work with their lace, I really enjoy it.
Thank you for sharing the picture with me and
well done on going into print, it must make you
feel very proud.
Sue T, Dorset UK
Hello Sue -- I have never tried plotting out
grounds in groups. My most recent fan has a
"wild" variation on point ground and is plotted
on a logarithmic grid, which gives an effect of
a lot of movement (and I loved doing it!), but
I did not alter the angle as I went round the
fan.
You might have a look at Ann Collier's book
"Lace Fans." She is a genuine genius and I am
sure has tossed off problems like ours!
Beginning on page 18 of her book, she discusses
designing grounds for Bucks fans. Very
interesting.
I am sending you a picture of my most
recent fan, "Gardening in Winter," as an
attachment to this e-mail (it is going to
appear on the cover of the next IOLI Bulletin).
As you see, I paid no attention to the
appearance and reappearance of successive
sticks (nor would I do differently if I were to
do it over again).
Good luck! -- Aurelia
Thank you for addition to this discussion, it
all helps me clarify for the future when I try
it out for real.
Can I ask another question in relation to this
point. If I were going to design a fan in
bucks point which is only 180 degrees with 16
sticks in the fan how would you decide on the
grid angle and shape for that in Bucks point?
Sorry if this sounds like a mad question and I
do hope you understand what I mean:-) 3 lots
of 60 degrees maybe?
Sue T, Dorset UK
I should think 70 degrees was a bit much. I
usually do 52 degrees and like it a lot. I
have seen Bucks done at 60 degrees, strikes
me as a bit tame, however. -- Aurelia
I have spent an exciting 16 days opening the
doors to the advent calender and
finding the lovely lace designs and pictures
as well as new lace patterns and
have a question about todays (16th pattern
by Jean Leader). It is a lovely
little pattern in Bucks point, I just
wondered what grid angle it would have
been drawn on. I have done plum pudding
once before and have a complete photo
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