Greetings, Jeri ! I looked at Lori's website (still a marvel, after all these years!) and found the picture you referred to. I was curious about your description of your cone pillow as a "conventional" one. Since there haven't been any cone pillows available on the market (to my knowledge) in the past ten years, I'm mystified why the one made for you is "conventional" while the other is... interesting. In point of fact, both are interesting approaches to lacemaking problems. While Lucy has had the vision to see what she needed and come up with her solution, you were lucky enough to have an engineer put together what you wanted. I would love to see the piece you had in mind when you commissioned that pillow! It would make the design much more interesting to the rest of us.
And, BTW, I wonder how useful the cone shape really is for corners. Since most corners require a 90 degree adjustment in the pattern, I'm mystified as to how a conical shape would help make that transition - and then allow the straight-lace work for infinitely changing lengths of lace. Please do continue to tell us about this pillow, and to share some of the lace you have made on it!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dear Lacemakers, > > There was a question about cone pillows a few days ago. You can see a > conventional one at: > > http://lacefairy.com/ > > Select Gallery, then go on to Lace Pillows, then Roller Pillows. Look at the > 4th picture. Friend, Ilona, made this for me. She is an engineer and a > lacemaker. It is perfectly calibrated; very beautiful. The cone shape is > tightly > wound with many yards of string around a core, which is how she controlled > the > shape so perfectly. She has said many times "Never again!" It was a very > tiring job. The cone sits in the cut out well opening of a large round > lace pillow which she also made. > > Pricking you see is a curved lace edging which will flare in graceful soft > folds when attached to fabric. (Imagine the way an A-line skirt flares > without > being gathered at the waist.) The cone roller approach uses less thread than > it would to make straight lace and gather it. This cone roller also helps > with other special shaped laces. > > I looked at Lucy's conical form used to make an angel. It is a different > approach entirely, and one that intrigues. It illustrates how you can make a > firm fabric sculpture form on which to make lace. Should inspire lots of > innovative new laces, so don't miss taking a look. (Lucy's addresses are > repeated below.) > > Jeri Ames in Maine USA > Lace and Embroidery Resource Center > > In a message dated 8/1/07 8:14:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The conical pillow http://lacespider.blog.cz/galerie/herdule/10203848 was > > made for lacing an angel, using raw materials as raw threads, paper rope > > and > > pegig (to make the wings stiff). On the first picture the angel is on the > > pillow yet > > http://lacespider.blog.cz/galerie/andele/10820593 and on the second one > > it's already done http://lacespider.blog.cz/galerie/andele/10201345 . To > > use > the > > pillow more then once I made some other laces - like the small "sputnik" > > angel with wire wings, head and "antenas" > > http://lacespider.blog.cz/galerie/andele/10820578 and a purple one, too. > > > > > > > ************************************** > Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
