> http://www.weissgallery.com/catalogue/weiss25years.htm
Hi Everybody: This morning an old friend called me up. She is getting rid of her lace books, and wanted to give hers to me, knowing I would keep what I wanted and find a good home for the rest. I nipped up and came away with 3 small boxes of books, and I have spent most of today walking down memory lane, as they say. She had IOLI bulletins starting from 1969, the very first issues of The Lacemaker's Circle, and a few years of Lace from the early 80s. Looking through those old bulletins, I remember how difficult it was even to find pictures of lace, and how we would leap on even a mimeographed hand-typed photocopied bulletin, squinting at the fuzzy pictures, trying to figure out what type of lace it was, and envying the people in the photo who could see it in person. The Lace guild magazine had old Batsford booklists, and I remember how hard it was, in the 80s when I started, even to discover that new books on lacemaking had been published, as we had no local suppliers and the international suppliers catalogues were seldom updated. Now if I want to know if there are new books on lace, I get on the suppliers' website and I know in an instant. If I have a question I send an e-mail. I can search for old books or sometimes if the book is new I can look inside the book online. Just as I was thinking about that, Linda posted the link to the Weiss Gallery catalogue, and it made me think of all the museums who have put photos online, all the people like Avital putting lacemaking instructions online, and I thought about how great the Internet has been, in all these unexpected ways. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) (sorry if this ought to have gone to Chat. I don't get Chat) (off-topic PS: Go Canucks Go) - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
