Dear Catherine,
I am truly grateful for the time you have spent on this.
Be assured I am asking the artists for their statements about the works.
It was the superficial and often misinformed treatment of lace by the
mainstream press that made me wonder what it would be like if someone who
actually
Original message from Devon
Subject : RE: [lace] contemporary needle lace
I have been fortunate to convince Ros Hills to loan to the exhibit two works.
One is I am woman, which can be seen on p. 120 of the book Merehurst
Embroidery Skills Needlelace, by Pat Earnshaw.
Devon
Dear Spiders
Lorelei says that â As for lace being white and having holes in it - my
personal definition has
to do with transparency or partial transparency and white just doesn't
matter. (Although white or a solid color focuses the attention on the
transparency aspect.)â
I have been fortunate to convince
Elena
A very interesting perspective. Personally I value needle laces in all 3
categories:
those exhibiting all the characteristics of the antique laces in both
scale and technique and design.
Those using the best techniques of antique laces, but with modern design
Those enlarged in
