[lace] Plaited ribbon edge.
Many thanks to Lin who has put the 2 photos on Flikr for me, and sent me some instructions which I have printed off. And also a big Thank You to Sue for sending me more detailed instructions to get into Flikr. They are printed off, and saved as well, - so I should be able to find any use them in the future!!! I think a glitch in the system a while ago somehow made Yahoo think I had disappeared off its list!! One photo is a scrappy diagrammed instruction, - and I see that in that one I show passing the 2 ribbon lengths Left over right, and in the photo picture it show going right over left! Well, it does not matter which way you start, as you use first one, and then the other piece, anyway!!! Just so long as you alternate them, and tension them as you go, passing them from the back to the front though the loop, you should get a decent result. I stitched the finished plait onto the card, with the stitches hidden in the plait, so they are not seen. Easy!!! :) Regards from Liz.in Melbourne, Oz. - 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] Lace, not Lace, progress
Devon It is great to hear about all the behind-the-scenes work for an exhibition. Including how you try to create information for docents to use. Fascinating. You'll do great. Lorelei Subject: [lace] Lace, not Lace, progress Tomorrow I am supposed to give a tour to volunteers and docents so that they know about the pieces in case they are asked. So, today I am rereading the catalog trying to come up with something that will sound coherent. Devon - 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] Re: Cameras [was World Lace Congress of 2018 in Brugge, Belgium]
Dear Nancy, I would add to your email about using a camera - if people decide to start using their cameras whether they are on their phone, SLR or point and shoot camera it is imperative that you know how to use your camera before the lace event. Or any other event. Take the time to experiment with your camera so if the lighting is low and you canât use a flash what do you do to take the best possible picture. Learn how far away you must be from the subject to effectively use a zoom lens and so on. You will take much better pictures and be way less frustrated. There are many classes available on the internet depending on what type of camera you use. Some are free, some cost a little, then again you can pay hundreds for a class. Year ago we visited the Yuma Territorial Prison and saw the crochet lace one of the prisoners made back in the late 1800âs. Low light, behind glass, no flash, etc. I still got some pretty good pictures. By the way the lace is wonderful! Here is a link you might find interesting. https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g31418-d109585-i169209380 -Yuma_Territorial_Prison_State_Historic_Park-Yuma_Arizona.html Best regards, Carol Melton West of Phoenix, AZ USA - 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] Lace, not Lace, progress
I visited the Hunterdon Art Museum on Saturday to drop off some fabric that might be used to frame a piece of art that had arrived without a frame. There I found Seth, one of their excellent installers. He has done installation work for the Newark Museum and now works for the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the Breuer location. He had constructed a small wall to create a corner in which to install Dorie Millerson's tiny needle lace sculptures. He was busy hanging Lenka Suchanek's Are We Made of Lace? pieces with the use of a level. Afterward, I drove over to the Holiday Inn to check whether there would be any problem if some exhibition goers who wanted to have a drink and a chat after the event would be able to do it there. Unfortunately, the answer was no. The Holiday Inn is so busy that night with events that they were closing their restaurant because it would be in use for the events. They handed me a list of local restaurants several of which were sports bars. I was in despair. So, it was determined that my husband and I would go out to Clinton to look for another place, as well as to do a tour of parking lots in town. Fortunately, the Clinton House Inn, a historic inn dating from the mid 18th century and located just across the historic bridge from the museum, within easy walking distance, seems to be a place that can accommodate those who want to go somewhere after the Urchin lighting. While there I noticed that there was a large banner strung across the middle of the down town announcing the opening and the Urchin lighting. Previously, I had asked arachne if there were historic films that could be used to illuminate lacemaking and had received information about two, dating from the 1930s that were very suitable. One had the woman who had been making lace for 40 years and seemed to do it largely left handed and the other was about needle lacers on Burano. Both were from Pathe. So, on Friday we tried to figure out what would be necessary to license the films. It turned out that each film would cost 237 English pounds to license, which the museum really could not afford. So, instead alternatives had to be found. Tomorrow I am supposed to give a tour to volunteers and docents so that they know about the pieces in case they are asked. This is a new challenge because the tour is somewhat dictated by the way the pieces are arranged in the gallery, so I will have to segue between pieces that are placed because of size and other considerations, not thematically. So, today I am rereading the catalog trying to come up with something that will sound coherent. Devon - 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/
