Re: [lace] Lace eye candy

Hello Ilske and everyone Thank you for the clarification, Ilske! The effect really is remarkable. When someone thinks "outside the (lace) box" in this way, it is a pleasure for the rest of us :) On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 4:40 AM, Ilske Thomsen wrote: > M. Th. Bonniol

Re: [lace] Lace eye candy, salt water, wet cleaning unique laces, conservation

> > Some of you know that many 20th C. > sequins were made of gelatin. They, also, melt away in liquids. This > means: if you buy vintage sequins, test them in water before attaching to > lace. Gelatine sequins will dissolve in perspiration! I have heard a sorry tale about a dress with

[lace] Lace eye candy, salt water, wet cleaning unique laces, conservation

Thank you for the salt-infused lace explanation, Ilske. In brief, this is done only to new laces by an artist whose first consideration is to make something that is not normal. Is the artist using materials other than linen, cotton, silk and wool? How will this lace be cleaned in the future,

Re: [lace] Lace eye candy

M. Th. Bonniol doesn’t „bath“ old lace in salt water. She creates laces, with „big holes“ and let it lay in the salt water on the place she lives a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The salt form crystals in the gaps of the lace. Astonishingly those crystals stay on the lace. These are really