Hear! Hear! Jeri! lrb
-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Mar 5, 2011 10:13 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [lace] Population, vs. Lacemakers to Watch and Learn From > >Dear Lace Experts, > >Reading your responses to methods of learning to make lace, I really have >to hop back in the discussion. People in very low-population areas do not >have the opportunity to watch a live demonstration of lacemaking, and do not > have easy access to someone with enough lace-making knowledge to be able >to teach. > >This is an international list, with participants from a variety of >demographics and economic ability to spend on travel, lessons, books, >equipment, >etc. Please, please remember this when you participate. > >Let's make a simple comparison of population per square mile: > >Maine is a state with a population of approx. 1.3-million in 33,000+ >square miles (quick google search) >England is a nation with a population of approx. 50-million in 50,000+ >square miles (quick google search) > >You may want to plug in the population/square miles of your geographic area > for comparisons. > >We (in Maine) just had the example of a person desperately trying to find >a bobbin lace maker in our state. >She finally found a tatter, who is a member of our quiet group of >Lacemakers of Maine, and she is at this very minute far from her home with >Tess (60 >miles from me), learning to make lace. We meet in homes, do not publicize >ourselves, and money does not exchange hands. We do what we can, when we >can. > >The larger lace community, with more resources at their disposal needs to >know that there are places in our world where finding anyone who knows about > bobbin lace (or any lace) seems impossible. They have computers, but it >still seems difficult to find anyone - even by Googling - if **you don't >know what to search by**. > >When they do find us, we need a variety of options for teaching lace >making for these isolated people, and for shut-ins, etc. That is why I >always >recommend the Springett workable solution that you can share with a total >novice. > >The additional problem is one of language. Membership on Arachne >illustrates that we are not reaching lace lovers in vast areas of South >America, >Asia, and Africa -- probably because of language and economics. > >We have come a long way due to widespread use of computers, but there are >still opportunities for reaching people interested in learning the skills we > love. > >Jeri Ames in Maine USA >Lace and Embroidery Resource Center > >- >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 - 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
