Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Catherine Barley]

Subject : Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher 
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace 
guild are booked out. 


Thank you Lorelie for sending me the link so see Margaret Stephens work, which 
I have finally found time to look browse leisurely through this morning.  Her 
work is indeed very beautiful, colourful and certainly eye catching!  I love 
her choice of colours too and read all the wonderful comments from admirers and 
her own helpful hints.  However she did write on 30th March 2014 and I quote 

'Keep doing that white, Traditional work . . . . . . . . . . because I can't 
(and have no desire to do so)'

I have not criticised anyone for working coloured contemporary work but simply 
asked was there anyone out there who makes/teaches fine white traditional 
needlelace?  In answer to that question, I was told about Margaret Stephens.  
Thanks to Lorelie I have now seen some wonderful examples of her work.

Catherine Barley


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Re: [lace] Needle lace revival

[Catherine Barley]

Interesting and whatever turns you on I guess!  'Beauty is in the eye of the 
beholder'

Let's hope the exhibition results in what you are hoping to achieve, by 
awakening the general public to lace in it's many forms and that there will be 
sufficient interest/stimulation to get at least some of them sufficiently 
interested to enrol on a class to learn for themselves.

Catherine

Catherine Barley Needlelace
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>From : devonth...@gmail.co

Subject : [lace] Needle lace revival

If you watch a 17 minute interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsO5wICsojY conducted by Angharad Rixon,
proprietor of Textile Support and the genius behind The Doily Free Zone, you
will see that she credits a class with Margaret Stephens with setting her off
on her lace journey.

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[lace] Needle lace revival

[DevonThein]

If you watch a 17 minute interview with Maggie Hensel-Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsO5wICsojY conducted by Angharad Rixon,
proprietor of Textile Support and the genius behind The Doily Free Zone, you
will see that she credits a class with Margaret Stephens with setting her off
on her lace journey.
I am featuring a series of three pieces of Maggie’s depicting unexceptional
moments in the show Lace, not Lace, in New Jersey. These are based on the
style of historic punto in aria such as the Judith and Holofernes lace in the
Metropolitan Museum. Maggie is now making another series of works dealing with
issues of the status of women. She has begun to incorporate, very cautiously,
some color in the work. Her piece
“ Tripped up and strung up on a never ending stream of comments from strange
men” is probably best viewed on her Instagram account. But, it incorporates
little male figures that reference ones often found in Italian needle lace.

So, in fact, young artists are learning the skills from traditionalists who
preserve and teach them. In addition to that, although my sample is very
small, I think that the new needle lacers may start out with larger, irregular
stitches, impressionistically applied. But, as they develop, they tend to seek
out more sophisticated techniques, looking at Catherine’s work and others,
and to incorporate them, and also to improve their technique and regularize
the tension.

But, an interesting situation that I am encountering is that people who are
not in the lace world already are more readily attracted to large pieces, and
ones with irregular stitching because they can see what is happening in them.
When there are exquisite small pieces that use the techniques perfectly and in
a sophisticated way, members of the public tend to blank out and not even
think about how the piece is made. Thus it becomes less interesting.

It is sort of a situation where say, you are a person who has enjoyed seeing
huge Roman mosaics, and then you see very small miniature Byzantine mosaics.
You say, “Wow, this is like a huge beautiful mosaic, but someone had the
skill to make it minute”. Instead, in the lace world, you say about a large
piece made in cord, or rope,  “this is fascinating in the way the threads
move in and out in a complex fashion.” But when you see a small complex,
intricate piece where you can barely see the threads moving in an out in
complicated patterns,  you say, “this is like lace trim from the five and
dime”.

Challenges…In a way, the public needs to learn about the techniques used in
a simple way,  before they can appreciate their use in a more complex way.

Devon


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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Catherine Barley]

I have looked at Penny Nickels work and agree it is very impressive and can 
recognise the influence of my Snow Queen panel, but for some reason my panel 
does not seem to come into the category of 'Contemporary Fibre Art' - I wonder 
why?  I know people are visiting my website by the number of hits it gets on a 
regular basis and clearly they learn something from the detailed progressive 
images that I have shown there, but my work seems to all be classified as 
'living in the past' recreating old fashioned traditional techniques.  Perhaps 
the skills that have taken me over forty years to perfect are the problem, and 
maybe if I were to incorporate some irregular tension in my work, it may be 
viewed as more 'avant- garde'.  Clearly we all learn from the old traditional 
techniques so it is essential that they continue to be practised, otherwise 
they will disappear into obscurity.

I wish you and all your exhibitors the greatest success with your exhibition.

Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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>From : devonth...@gmail.com
Subject : [lace] Needle Lace Revival



 In the US, Carolyn Wetzel is investing a tremendous amount of time, effort
and money to become a needle lace teacher with expertise in Aemelia Ars,
Alencon and Frisado de Valladolid. She is a real asset in perpetuating needle
lace.

I think it is imperative to give some recognition to, and to exhibit, youngish
needle lace artists. With no encouragement, they will stop doing needle lace
art and go on to do something that is better understood and appreciated.

My exhibit Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques
has several young(ish) needle lacemakers in it.
One is Penny Nickels. She has a blogspot called Donkeywolf
http://donkeywolf.blogspot.com/ where you can see two works that will be in
the show. 

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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Catherine Barley]

Such good news Anna, where can I see some of her work?

Happy Lacemaking

Catherine

Catherine Barley Needlelace
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Subject : Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher 
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace 
guild are booked out. She has even written 2 how to books one on 
Retecella and one on Amelia Ars. Both show the traditional and modern 
colo

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Re: RE: [lace] Needle Lace revival

[Catherine Barley]

I have her book and attended her class at the OIDFA Conference in Caen 2012.  
An excellent tutor!

Catherine Barley
UK

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Subject : RE: [lace] Needle Lace revival

  Also, don't forget Brigitte Delesques Dépalle, who wrote by far the best 
manual on needlelace and still teaches. She and I were students together at 
Alençon.

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Subject: Re: [lace] Needle Lace revival

Oops.
Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save your 
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!

Devon

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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Catherine Barley]

Such refreshing news I'm now reading about tutors who teach Traditional 
needlelace!  It warms my heart, as I felt I had failed, having spent over 30 
years trying to pass on the legacy that Nenia Lovesey left to us all.  It would 
be a disaster if Traditional Needlelace disappeared into obscurity like so many 
other skills have done,  Modern technology is wonderful but children seem to be 
no longer taught them at school as there is no time apparently but they would 
rather spend their time sitting at computers, game boys, x boxes etc (whatever 
they are)!

Catherine Barley
UK

Catherine Barley Needlelace
www.catherinebarley.com

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>From : l...@binnie.id.au
Date : 27/03/2018 - 23:53 (GMTDT)
To : devonth...@gmail.com, lace@arachne.com
Subject : Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher 
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace 
guild are booked out. She has even written 2 how to books one on 
Retecella and one on Amelia Ars. Both show the traditional and modern 
colour.

Anna from a warm Sydney Autumn morning

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[lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Janice Blair]

Devon wrote


Carolyn had a full class at the Winter Lace Conference in Costa Mesa, CA in 
February and she is one of the teachers at the IOLI convention in San Antonio 
in July.  Her classes are listed on the IOLI website.  Please consider signing 
up for needlelace if there is space available. I have been disappointed in the 
past when a needlelace class is cancelled because it needed a few more 
students, and I signed up again so I hope the class is successful.  The 
advantage of needlelace is that transportation of equipment is easy, unlike 
flying with lace pillows these days. Poor eyesight is not a handicap these days 
as I have magnifier glasses that clip onto my regular glasses to help me to see 
what I am doing. Come and join the fun.
Janice

 Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 
jblace.com

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RE: [lace] Needle Lace revival

[Laurie Waters]

  Also, don't forget Brigitte Delesques Dépalle, who wrote by far the best 
manual on needlelace and still teaches. She and I were students together at 
Alençon.

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Subject: Re: [lace] Needle Lace revival

Oops.
Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save your 
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!

Devon

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RE: [lace] Needle Lace revival

[DevonThein]

Oops.
Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save our
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!

Devon

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Re: [lace] Needle Lace revival

[Devon Thein]

Oops.
Sorry, Madame Laurie. Can’t wait to see your articles. Everyone save your 
lobster claws.
Needle lace lives!

Devon

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Re: [lace] Needle Lace Revival

[Anna Binnie]

Margaret Stephens, here in Australia, is very much an expert and teacher 
in needle lcae. her classes at both the Embroiders' Guild and the Lace 
guild are booked out. She has even written 2 how to books one on 
Retecella and one on Amelia Ars. Both show the traditional and modern 
colour.


Anna from a warm Sydney Autumn morning

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[lace] Needle Lace revival

[Laurie Waters]

OK Devon, you left my name off the list of traditional needlelace teachers…
is the 2012 Alençon class already forgotten? The one where we used all the
traditional equipment and threads – all the stuff I learned as a student in
Alençon?  And the subsequent Needlelace Practicum?  Unfortunately I had to
cancel the Belgian needlelace class last year, but we would have been
studying 18th c techniques.

I’m writing write my first article for the IOLI bulletin as the new
Needlelace Editor, and I’m going very hard at the traditional techniques.
The subject of the first article will be hand position. I’m taking no
quarter here, this will be a very rigorous series of articles.  I have so
much I want to say – the field of modern needlelace has forgotten so much of
what made this lace a viable commercial product, in its very finest form.
I’ve been studying the subject for well over 30 years, so don’t be surprised
at what you will read!

Laurie



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[lace] Needle Lace Revival

[DevonThein]

Catherine writes:  Is there no one out there who  makes beautiful fine white
needlelace and who can pass on these techniques for the benefit of future
generations?  I have done my level best over several decades, travelling many
thousands of miles both here in the UK and overseas to pass on my skills, but
all I hear is "I couldn't possibly see to do such fine work" but I see
beautiful fine white Honiton lace still being made, along with gorgeous
Binche, Bucks etc so why is it so difficult to find a tutor to teach
'Traditional Needlelace" I wonder?

 In the US, Carolyn Wetzel is investing a tremendous amount of time, effort
and money to become a needle lace teacher with expertise in Aemelia Ars,
Alencon and Frisado de Valladolid. She is a real asset in perpetuating needle
lace.

I think it is imperative to give some recognition to, and to exhibit, youngish
needle lace artists. With no encouragement, they will stop doing needle lace
art and go on to do something that is better understood and appreciated.

My exhibit Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques
has several young(ish) needle lacemakers in it.
One is Penny Nickels. She has a blogspot called Donkeywolf
http://donkeywolf.blogspot.com/ where you can see two works that will be in
the show. One is The Jersey Devil, the other is Just Girly Things. She
employed some gros point techniques in Just Girly Things. If you continue to
scroll down, and go to another page with older posts you will see The
Endurance, about the Shackleton Expedition. I love the way that she varies the
stitch densities in the snow. While Catherine does not know about Penny, Penny
knows about Catherine because we have discussed Catherine’s snow oriented
work. Penny is not afraid to spend a lot of time working on her art. She is
largely self-taught, which is amazing.

Maggie Hensel-Brown will also be shown. She is an Australian who works in
Punto in Aria technique.

Also, E.J. Parkes, who has made a life size arm in very fine needle lace
stitches, showing the musculature and bones, etc.

I think I see the signs of an upcoming lace revival.

Devon


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