As Janice says, the Bucks Point workers in the past did not always try to keep the workers at right angles to the footside, particularly in the floral designs. I have a piece of the well known 'tulip' design in which the workers for the long petals run down the length of the petal. Just to try it out I traced the flower and tried making it with the workers horizontal and it did not look as good. the workers travelling down the petal leads the eye in that direction and the shape at the bottom leads the eye back up - this is what designing is about. Following the research I carried out before writing about geometrical Bucks point I have the opinion that much of what we think we know about Bucks point is what was taught by the handful of lace teachers who bridged the gap between the pre-2nd World War and the revival starting in the late 1960s and, while we owe them a lot, their knowledge was somewhat limited. My research is now continuing into the floral and I am discovering that there is a lot more to find out. The most important factor is 'Does the lace look good?' the second one is 'Does it stand up to the use as intended?' If the answer to both is yes you have a good piece of lace.
Happy lacing Alex - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
