Interesting conversation, but can I interrupt with a heads-up for
geographers?! Spatial awareness, patterns, structures, relationships,
etc, all good qualities for making lace. Not sure if geography counts as
a science or if its a humanity.
Having worked in a research department full of applied maths (fluid
dynamics) PhD's from Cambridge, it seems to me that all mathematicians
like to do is simplify and reduce everything to equations. Oh, and some
were creative in their spare time, others were not.
At the same time, there are trained fine artists among us (not sure if
any will speak up?) and their designs are brilliant and their lace work
is wonderful.
Doesn't it just come down to creativity and a love of making things? And
you could be a mathemetician, engineer, scientist or artist or musician
.....
As for logic, I give you Binche. Is there a less logical lace? I've
never been taught Binche but I've made a few small pieces from working
diagrams and their construction makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Pairs pass backwards and forwards across the work leaving gaping holes
and pulled apart cloth stitch - why?! when there are ways that would
avoid that. I can see no logic in it at all.
Could it be that mathematicians, scientists and so on are more tech
savvy and so more likely to be on arachne than artists and musicians?
Just a thought.
Best wishes,
Jane
in the beautiful New Forest where the foals have arrived
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