I think that may be true for a lot of people. Most of the modern 'art' I don't care for, it is just too far out there. Like the mention earlier of a guy who had been watching a demo of bobbin lace and then enthusiastically talked about using rope.....fine, yes you can make 'lace' with anything, but.....is it going to be appreciated by most of the mainstream? Not necessarily. I think especially those of us who appreciate lace, want the stuff made out of fine threads, not rope or anything like it. Likely a lot of collectors of old laces would buy newer laces if they were done with fine threads, but if the artists insist on using weird things like knitting yarns or rope, it is a novelty, but not necessarily something you want to pay for and have in your house..... Same goes for knitting, lace knitting can be done with heavy yarns or with fine thread. If it is done in fine thread I would consider it art, but if done in heavy yarn I'd consider it a novelty, but not art. I've even seen lace done on wire fencing. Yes it looks interesting, but is it something that is going to last, and would someone pay big money for it? don't think so. Maybe my thinking is off as far as artists are concerned, and they consider everything they do as art, but I think the mainstream people probably think the same as me. I think if artists want to get paid, they are going to have to consider their audience. There are lots of newer laces being made, look at the books with patterns that have been produced over the years, and are still being produced. They are artists too, though we don't think of them that way, but if they were willing to sell their pieces of lace I am sure they would easily be able to sell them to people that collect lace.
*Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada [email protected] http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ On 23/07/2016 10:04 AM, Malvary Cole wrote: > Or perhaps we don't buy the works because we just don't like them. We > can appreciate the work that has gone in to them but wouldn't want > them around all the time > > Just my 2 cents worth. > > Malvary in Ottawa > > Devon wrote: But, do any of us buy great works by current lace > artists such as Pierre Fouche? > Why not? - - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
