Yes, categories. Also, maybe the categories relate to other forms of folk art such as embroidery and carving on other wood pieces such as spindles, door frames, knitting sheaths, ... love tokens ... with regional or occupational speceficities such as anchors, fishes, fishnets, flowers, etc.
Just an idea coming from my museum experience with other objects. Lucie DuFresne Ottawa Canada (and yes, I remember that I owe you some pictures, sigh...) > I have started to write the promised article and doing reasonable well. I > have omitted the largest group of hand carved/decorated bobbins as they > are a > genre to themselves, namely the East Devon/Downton bobbins... also I am > sticking to English antique. The Continental hand carved bobbins are very > prevalent and extremely well carved, but I just do not know enough about > them > to tell a story. > > I have discussed the utilitarian bobbins, like a twig or a piece of wood > carved to a bobbin shape, I am OK with the basic application of "chip > carving" > to a bobbin but I am struggling as to whether I include the hand carving > of > scenes, animals objects etc on bobbins. I have written about individual > bobbins in this group (see tiny URL below and scroll down till you find > them) > They are often quite interesting. > > I suppose I am asking if "artistic carving" (i.e. scenes, animal etc etc) > can > be discussed in "the same breath" as chip carving which is "geometrical" > in > its concept. > > MMmmm as often is the case "chatting to you Arachne" people (over > coffee???) > has perhaps clarified my thinking.. I.e. create categories of geometrical > and > artistic carving. > > What do you think? > > > > > > Brian and Jean > From Cooranbong. Australia > You can read my bobbin stuff on: > http://tiny.cc/egb85 > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
