I have looked at Penny Nickels work and agree it is very impressive and can recognise the influence of my Snow Queen panel, but for some reason my panel does not seem to come into the category of 'Contemporary Fibre Art' - I wonder why? I know people are visiting my website by the number of hits it gets on a regular basis and clearly they learn something from the detailed progressive images that I have shown there, but my work seems to all be classified as 'living in the past' recreating old fashioned traditional techniques. Perhaps the skills that have taken me over forty years to perfect are the problem, and maybe if I were to incorporate some irregular tension in my work, it may be viewed as more 'avant- garde'. Clearly we all learn from the old traditional techniques so it is essential that they continue to be practised, otherwise they will disappear into obscurity.
I wish you and all your exhibitors the greatest success with your exhibition. Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com ----Original message---- >From : devonth...@gmail.com Subject : [lace] Needle Lace Revival In the US, Carolyn Wetzel is investing a tremendous amount of time, effort and money to become a needle lace teacher with expertise in Aemelia Ars, Alencon and Frisado de Valladolid. She is a real asset in perpetuating needle lace. I think it is imperative to give some recognition to, and to exhibit, youngish needle lace artists. With no encouragement, they will stop doing needle lace art and go on to do something that is better understood and appreciated. My exhibit Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques has several young(ish) needle lacemakers in it. One is Penny Nickels. She has a blogspot called Donkeywolf http://donkeywolf.blogspot.com/ where you can see two works that will be in the show. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
