Except that this isn't point ground! It's Paris lace, which is actually
a form of Belgian laces. Oddly enough (or not... since the political
boundaries changed so much over the centuries), the laces made in
Belgium were not necessarily named for the origin of the lace, but for
the market to which it was sent... hence Paris, Flanders, Binche,
Mechlin, etc., etc. (See "Van speldengrond tot Turnhoutse kant" various
authors, 2009). Many of these laces were worked in the same city, but
other places in Belgium produced them as well. So it is not surprising
that modern scholars have such a hard time identifying the various
Belgian laces with their various idiosyncrasies *and* numerous sharing
of traits. So you'll see Binche lace with Paris ground, Flanders lace
with Binche snowflakes, etc., etc. And when you tackle a project
designed by Ulrike Voelker, you can be sure to find many things that are
traditional, but also many new inventions of her own. She is a prolific
designer, and is brilliant.
I love the point ground laces as well: they are similar, but
different. I try to keep consistent with the vision of the designer
when I work a lace, but that is my preference. I find that by doing so
I can have a "tag" on the new skills I've learned... ie., "this is
Paris..." There are no "lace police" (as we've said many, many times!)
to tell you that you can't work this Paris design using point ground
techniques. Your finished piece will not look like the model, however.
David has shown that the lovely Tonder handkerchief he worked could be
done with Chantilly techniques and he is working a piece of Floral Bucks
now, also incorporating his skills in Chantilly. They are his own
unique pieces, and lovely.
Clay
On 8/20/2011 11:17 AM, David C COLLYER wrote:
I've had a look and while the picture of the finished ground looks
somewhat like Honeycomb I don't think it is. Honeycomb is worked:-
CTT pin CTT in hexagonal shapes.
You would have to white-out the middle dot of each hexagon in the
pricking to do this.
Otherwise you could certainly use that pricking for the ordinary point
ground:-
CTTT
Personally I love honeycomb and it grows very quickly.
Hope that helps
David in Ballarat
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