I totally agree! Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 23, 2016, at 6:42 PM, Marianne Gallant <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think this discussion is going in the wrong direction. We don't need > young 'artists' to continue the art of lacemaking. If you come right > down to it, it is not really an 'art form' like a painting you put on a > wall. It never really was, it was mainly something to decorate clothing > or household linens. It was more a beautification of a utilitarian item, > not something you hung on a wall. Yes there is some of that now made, > but it wasn't considered an art form that could be collected, or that > increased in value. > What we need is to encourage young people to study lace and become > designers or teachers. Publish patterns, write books, but going in the > direction of making it into an art form, and make a living out of just > making items is not going to work. Really, most ordinary people don't > spend money on these kind of things, unless they want some handmade lace > to add to a wedding veil, or a christening gown. Even there, most of the > time it is machine made lace that gets used (think royal wedding gowns). > But you can make a living by designing patterns and selling them. And > even there you can go the 'artistic' route, but to try and make a living > selling finished lace items is just not an option, most art is bought by > very rich people who could care less about a lace item, or it is an art > installation put up by a big company or a government. But those things > are rare, and not something where as an artist you can make money. > Really, to replace the people that we are losing, we need designers and > teachers, not 'artists'. And we should not be letting them think they > can make money selling their creations, but they can by selling the > patterns. Knitters, crocheters, quilters and for that matter tatters > don't make a lot of money selling their finished products, I hear them > all complaining that people don't want to 'pay' for labour, often not > even enough for the materials. But they have no problem selling the > patterns, and/or writing books. It just takes too many hours to create > and item, which means you can't get even minimum wage for your labour. > > *Marianne* > > Marianne Gallant > Vernon, BC Canada > [email protected] > http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ > > - > 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/ - 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/
