[lace] Vibeke Ervo
Dear All, There will probably be other messages about this sad news. Vibeke Ervo passed away on October 1st. She was such a driving force in the research into early and freehand bobbin laces and an extraordinary source of support to many lace researchers. Many members of the lace community, myself included, were very fond of her and she will be greatly missed. Angharad Rixon Piazza S Teodoro 2 27100 Pavia tel. 0382 34789 cell. 349 293 8972 www.textilesupport.it - 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/
Re: [lace] My bucks efforts so far
Jenny, Another good tip is to try to work the ground on the same diagonal all the time, as switching back and forth leaves visible changes in the tension on the threads. Clay is quite right, but what the books don't seem to mention, is that it is absolutely vital that the same bobbin remains the worker in the point ground. If you think a pair may have crossed and you might have 2 or 4 twists, then untwist them and check. You'd be surprised how it will show if the worker suddenly becomes a passive. On the other hand, if you do CTT instead of CTTT, the ground works just as well, but gives a different effect altogether as there is no one worker. David in Ballarat, AUS - 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/
[lace] Programme on Opus Anglicanum on BBC4
I apologise first to all the non Uk Arachnes - as unless this is syndicated it won't be accessible to you, (actually it might be through BBC worldwide / itunes, but I don't know). BBC 4 has just finished had a short run series Fabric of Britan .The first one was on knitting and a bit soft, mainly on fashions trends in the 20th C. I haven't watched the second one yet on wall paper. But the third, last night, was really very good. Beautiful focus on stunning early mediaeval church copes, and a demonstration from the RCN on the stiches involved. They even pinpointed the date at which the skill declined with the great plague, and when inferior continental techniques came in. I've posted the iplayer link - its available until Sunday. There is a clip under more info nonUK people might be able to see. Here's the blurb The Reformation in England witnessed the destruction of the most brilliant art of the medieval age. Church paintings and stained glass - even sculpture - were destroyed throughout England in the name of religion. And yet one art survived against the odds - the art of medieval embroidery. Portable and easily squirrelled away, English embroidery was spirited out of the country in the 16th century and many brilliant examples survive today - if slightly unappreciated and forgotten in Italian churches and museums, even the Vatican. And yet it is an art form that rivalled the very finest in medieval painting or stained glass and for 200 years was the finest embroidery in the Western world. Known simply as Opus Anglicanum (English work), the work of English embroiders was desired by kings and popes throughout Christendom. Dan Jones, Plantagenet expert and medievalist, goes in search of these fragile yet stunning survivors from the great age of embroidery - encountering a world of finery, bejewelled luxury and sacred beauty on an undreamt-of scale. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03c2766/Fabric_of_Britain_The_Wonder_of _Embroidery/ Enjoy! Louise, In slightly drier Cambridge this afternoon, where Autumn and the university term have definitely arrived - cue the wet weather traffic jams - 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/
Re: [lace] Point ground laces
Thank you Jacquie. It is so nice to hear someone praising other skilled persons. On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 8:15 AM, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: Talking about Point Ground Laces, which we were as Jenny has just started doing Bucks Point, this month's Artefact of the Month picture from The Lace Guild (free to everyone who asks) is a beautiful black machine lace Chantilly shawl. Absolutely stunning and it demonstrates that we shouldn't turn our noses up at lace that's not made by hand. Don't forget that humans designed it and programmed the machines to be able to make it (punch cards are not a new thing), operated the machines and almost certainly did a lot of hand finishing before to was ready to be sold. Different skills to ours maybe, but highly skilled none the less. To receive the artefact of the month send your email address to off...@laceguild.org. You do not need to be a Lace Guild member (although we'd love you to join us), and the photos will be send to you near the start of each month. They all feature lace from the collection and can be anything from antique to contemporary, from a grand piece like this to a small motif. A lace surprise present every month. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - 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/ -- Hugs, Lin and the Mali *I just realized I am so old, I have forgotten I have been there and done that.* - 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/
[lace] Programme on Opus Anglicanum on BBC4
For anyone in the UK who missed this programme last night, it's repeated on Suday BBC4 at 8.00 pm. Thought Dan Jones was trying to flirt (unsuccessfully) with the lady from the RSN. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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/
