Re: [lace] Census - Japanese Lacemakers

[Agnes Boddington]

Hello Nobuko
On the internatioanl lace digest arachne.com an informal census of
numbers of lace makers world wide
is in progress.
We had a response from Rieko Tamura (see below), but wondered if you
have any idea of numbers of lace makers
in your part of Japan. This includes bobbin lace, tatting etc.

Hope youhad a wonderful time in London.
Agnes Boddington

Rieko Tamura wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am very late to respond this topic as I read lace-digest. I am sorry.
> You are talking about the number of Japanese lacemakers. I must respond !
>
> We don't have any organization for lacemakers, e.g. OIDFA, The Lace
> Guild etc.
> in Japan, so I don't know how many lacemakers in Japan but I've heard
> there
> are about 200 Japanese members of OIDFA.
> There are quite a few of the Lace Guild in England, I presume.
>
> I make bobbin lace. I only know about bobbin lacemaker in Japan but
> there are so many
> tatting lacemakers, needle lacemakers, crochet lacemakers etc. in Japan.
> If I include "KUMIHIMO", traditional Japanese braid, there are many
> "KUMIHIMO"
> makers.
>
>> In a message dated 2/24/2008
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
>> As for the Japanese, there must be quite a lot because in every OIDFA
>> congress I have attended, they showed up in a big group. Question is how
>> good is their English in order to correspond with us. The ones I have
>> met
>> had very poor English.
>
>
> Hi Miriam,
>
> I've never attended OIDFA congress.
> I know a travel agent organize a tour to OIDFA congress every 2 years.
> The minimum number is 20 people. It is big group.
> Some bobbin lace teachers attended with their students. It may be big
> group.
> Yes, you are right. English is big problem for us Japanese.
>
> In 2010, OIDFA congress is going to be held in Japan.
> You will see much bigger Japanese groups.
>
>
> Rieko Tamura
> near the Lake Biwa, the biggest lake in Japan
> (only 20 minutes from centre of Kyoto)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [lace] Census - Japanese Lacemakers

[Jeriames]

In a message dated 2/24/2008 4:00:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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There  are bobbin and tatting lace books published purely in Japanese - I
have a  beauty, ISBN 4-579-10822-1, brought back from Japan by a friend, and
she  has several others.  And a Google search of "bobbin lace Japan" and  go
to the end of the list for all Japanese script sites will bring up some  of
the most startlingly beautiful lace.   So there's got to be a  fair few
lacemakers there.




Dear Census takers,
 
When I went to OIDFA in Lund Sweden, there were many Japanese lacemakers in  
attendance.  Perhaps they were planning OIDFA 2010 that far in  advance!
 
Anyway, I found this so interesting that I counted the number there from  
each country.  I found there were as many Japanese lacemakers as lacemakers  
from 
the UK, where the next OIDFA (Nottingham) Congress was to be  held.  The 
Japanese lacemakers have exhibited beautiful laces at all recent  OIDFA 
Congresses 
I've attended.  Further, one recent year they were the  featured lacemakers 
at the annual meeting of Hungarian lacemakers in  Kiskunhalas.
 
So, think about what I found on a casual basis, combine that with the fact  
OIDFA 2010 will be in Japan, and guess/estimate.
 
Jeri  Ames
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center



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