The thread started off with Jeri saying, "We simply cannot afford to lose so many of our very talented lace artists without replacements. In memory of Radmila, " Doris has just said of Radmila, "She arranged for us to meet prominent Czech lacemakers, including Milca Eremiasova, Marie Vankova and Luba Krecji, and to see contemporary and traditional laces in many areas of the country. Since most of us were novices in lacemaking, it was a truly a memorable and wonderful experience."
I actually have a book of the work of Milca Eremiasova in front of me. Her work is beautiful, inventive and changes in time. She harnessed impressive technique to beautiful aesthetics. She has been a lace artist for a long time. Does anyone who admires her work buy it? If not, does she only make it for her personal pleasure? How does she support herself while also having such prodigious artistic output? Malvary says "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" Marianne says," I think especially those of us who appreciate lace, want the stuff made out of fine threads, not rope or anything like it.... I think if artists want to get paid, they are going to have to consider their audience. " Perhaps the problem is that artists have no choice but to consider their audience and as of now the lace art buying public is only buying things like lace made of rope because it is a novelty. We, the practitioning cognoscenti, are not developing aesthetic criteria for lace art and rewarding artists who make things out of fine threads with interesting technique and themes by buying their work. What would be our artistic criteria if we were considering buying lace art? Personally, I like to see pieces which show mastery of technique, have interesting uses of voided areas, and do things that can't be done as well in any other technique. What do we like? Whose work would we buy if we were buying it? Devon - 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/
