Dear Arachnids, I hope you are all doing well!
I wanted to send an updated call for proposals for the Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of World Textiles, of which I am volume editor of the lace category. We have extended the call for contributions to the end of January in the hopes of including a broad range of topics in Volume 3, which we are calling "Lace, Knit, Nonwoven, and Speciality Structures." The proposals can be very brief, but the final articles will be between 2,000 and 4,000 words and due at the end of next year. While we have gotten several proposals on bobbin lace, there are still many other topics in lace and beyond that we are eager to include! See below for more information: Lace, knit, nonwoven and speciality structures This volume brings together the diverse range of textile structures and their processes that are constructed in ways other than weaving on a loom. We are seeking entries that provide context to a chosen structure that places the textile within one or more of the following (though not exhaustive and other proposals are also welcome) perspectives: - Historical - General crafts or regional crafts from around the globe - Products - In fashion - Design - Technology, processes and techniques - Suggestions for entries for lace include types of: - Bobbin lace - Macrame - Needle lace - Cutwork and Drawnwork lace - Tatting - Crocheted lace - Teneriffe/sol lace - Machine-made lace and lace machines - Suggestions for entries for knit include: - Weft - Warp - Flat - Circular - Single-bed - Double-bed - Hand knitting - Plush, velvour Suggestions for entries for nonwoven include: - Felts â wool and needle / Needle Felting - Facemask Culture - Hat making - Wallcoverings - Carpets - Bonded webs â dry laid, wet laid, direct spun, / Nonwovens Technology - Stitch bonded - Tufted fabrics Suggestions for entries for speciality structures include: - Basketry - Kumihimo - Loop braiding - Nalbinding - Passementerie Please send proposals to: Elena Kanagy-Loux (Lace) Antonio Ratti Textile Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Email: [email protected] Dr Tracy Cassidy (Knit) School of Art, Design & Architecture University of Huddersfield Email: [email protected] Dr Muhammad Tausif (Nonwovens) School of Design, University of Leeds Email: [email protected] Please feel free to share this far and wide within your own networks, and do be in touch with me if you have any questions! Best Wishes, Elena - 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/
