Hi, Gabrielle, > it is difficult to tell with these fotos, but I believe the austrian > version ist more stable than you think.
Yes, now that I've seen the examples from Prague, I think you're right. > I saw the ukrainian collars and the piece on the so called chair: > theywere all made the same way. - By the way the chair we had in our > exhibition is the one Mrs Selb shows on page 6 of "Geheimnis > derGoldlame > Technik"http://members.aon.at/rosamichl/Geheimnis_Goldlam_technik.pdf That's an interesting PDF. The pillow/bobbin contraption looks like what I saw in the Israel Museum. > Besides, we did not find out what the round thing on the lace was used > for. What is the "round thing" you describe? > I can (with difficulty) see that the "point of braiding" on the two > fotos of your flickr album looks a bit different, so it may be a > different technique, but I'm no expert. It is a different technique. The example I saw is a true braid, while the examples that you saw is coiling. > As long as I know there were different kinds of flat wire, some of them > more looking like being woven. The flat wire usually came with 0,6 > and0,9 mm (earlier I offered them in my shop)., si it can be rather > fine. These wires are still available? How would I look for them? I'm curious about what they're called and how one would use them. Are they real silver? Are they used only for this kind of metal-work or are they also used by jewelry makers? Avital -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
