In a message dated 8/6/07 9:56:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hello Jeri and everybody, > I am totaly confused, where do you see textile art here: > > www.fiberarts.com Go to Back Issues for Summer 2007. > > there are, for me , only two handwoven pieces to see. The rest is > painting and other crafts/arts. > Ilske > Dear Ilske,
Thank you for your question. The purpose of a commercial magazine's Web Site is to promote and sell. Either to offer the opportunity to subscribe, or to order a back issue. They are not so generous as to put everything that appears in a magazine on their Web Site. If they did, people would not buy magazines! If an Arachne wanted the Summer issue, you could go to the Back Issues (selection box at top), and there were long lists of articles - most of which I did not mention. There was no reason to list everything to make my point. The article about Radical Lace seemed appropriate because of lace content. In the U.S., there are lacemakers in remote places where there are no large bookstores with large selections of magazines, and local libraries do not subscribe to every magazine published. I gave the Web Site address so people would have more info, if interested. This magazine is about Fiber (textile) Arts. I have been reading it for quite a few years, because my interests extend to other textile subjects. It is about the textiles the publisher regards as "art". The point is, circulation figures are greater than for a lace magazine. Stimulating lace magazines are not generally on news stands or in libraries. Guild membership brings the best focused lace information directly to lacemakers, but these specialized publications are not seen by the general public. We need to reach outside our comfort zone - sharing lace with the public in additional ways. -------------------- Do you know that Lacefairy was founded because of the problem of trying to reach a broader audience for lace? It was a topic of exciting discussion at one of our meetings before it came into being! Our little group, Lacemakers of Maine, has knocked itself out to get lace information to more people in ways that were not possible just a few years ago. We think beyond local. The impact is global. Kindest regards, Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center ************************************** 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]
