I started making lace in 1970, and in 1980 I started to learn Bucks point lace from Marjory Carter. I joined a week long course with her for several years. She was a wonderful teacher, and I enjoyed every minute. She certainly believed that Bucks point should always be traditional in design and worked in fine cotton, white ecru or black. New designs should always be “traditional” in concept.
By this time I had started to design lace myself - not Bucks point - but trying to make lace “pictures”. I had designed a small picture of a sea horse among water weeds, in colour, of which I was quite proud, so, although it was not yet framed, I summoned up my courage and showed it to Marjory. She looked at it and said very little! But the next day she brought and gave me a frame which was perfect for my picture. >From this I realised that, although she loved traditional Bucks point, and >believed that It should stick to tradition, and she would only teach and >design it in this way, she was open to the idea that lace could be adapted to >“modern” methods and made in colour, especially if it was presented properly! > I think that this encouraged me to embrace both “traditional” and “modern” >lace, in whatever interpretation they appeared. Sent from my iPad - 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/
