A newspaper article that gives some publicity to lace making by Avon
Lacemakers in Ontario Canada, some of whom are members of Arachne. Devon -
it mentions one of the lace artists represented in Lace, not Lace - Veronika
Irvine.
Devon wrote:
Perhaps Janice could head a committee for the IOLI on the subject of
Publicity. I notice that the Lace Guild in England is looking for a
Publicity Officer, but I don't think we have such a post.
I for one, would like to know how she contacted the TV station and made
this
In a message dated 4/10/2008 10:25:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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p.s. Devon did a nice job of advertising when the convention was in
Maryland.
Would like to take credit for this one, but it is in NJ where I made my
bones publicity wise.
I composed a blurb
Some years ago I contacted the local newspaper about a lace event, hoping for
publicity. A reporter came round to interview and take photos. The paper
published a very nice article with photos AFTER the event, when it was too
late for newcomers to attend. Publicity is difficult to manage, with
You are right about getting publicity, especially if the budget is zero
dollars - an ad or two might be well spent if that would open the door for
a newsworthy article in the newspaper, a tradeoff (if published in time?!).
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Sally Schoenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 4/10/2008 11:53:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You are right about getting publicity, especially if the budget is zero
dollars - an ad or two might be well spent if that would open the door for
a newsworthy article in the newspaper, a tradeoff (if
I belong to the North Suburban NeedleArts Guild, to the north of Chicago and
am the only lacemaker amongst them at present. On Tuesday at our regular
meeting, I had several people come up to me and ask if I had seen the
lacemaker on TV. It clearly has caught people's attention
Sue
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Dear Devon,
Sorry. I wrote NJ and then changed it to Maryland. Should have gone with my
first instinct. Thanks for the blurb. We can rewrite something from it for
our press release.
I actually provided Harry Porterfield some lace history which was given to me
by Arachne, Doris O'Neill. He
In a message dated 4/10/2008 2:42:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
He seemed to like the fact that men wore more lace than women at one time.
Yes, that is another popular factoid, as is the bit about making lace in cow
sheds and going blind. The blindness one, I
In a message dated 4/10/2008 2:42:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
He talks about mid-19th century but his male portrait I have been told is
Sir Francis Drake, dead a long time before that. The female portrait was on
the cover of an IOLI Bulletin I found for the
I did another session of advertising lace tonight. There is a Fiber Festival
being held in Crystal Lake again and the organizer has arranged for crafts
people to do it in public. We met inside a local Tea shop in a large outdoor
shopping mall. I took my small pillow with a flower on it. I
Yesterday I was talking to a bookseller in Lancashire who specialises in
selling books for the City and Guilds Embroidery course. He said that
applicants for the course used to be interviewed to see if they had the
necessary aptitude in design, colour and basic technical skills, and that
students
Many people have been complaining about the quality of the publicity that
lacemaking has received. When I was thrust into the position of publicity chair
for the convention I made a fact sheet about the convention to hand out to
reporters which contained information about the convention and the
The problem with the word 'craft' is that to most people this means going
into somewhere like 'Hobbycraft' (who call themselves the 'craft superstore'
and you all apready know my opinion of what they sell) picking up a kit, or
loose materials if you really know what you're doing, and completing
In an email dated Tue, 9 Sep 2003 7:33:48 am GMT, Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
The problem with the word 'craft' is that to most people this means going
into somewhere like 'Hobbycraft' (who call themselves the 'craft superstore'
and you all apready know my opinion of what they sell)
From: Jean Nathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know the best way of publicising, because 'lacemaking' doesn't only
cover bobbin lace. People need to know that (bobbin lace at least - I'll
never master tatting) is accessible to all at different levels from a simple
braid to complex work like
and my
t-shirts hung neatly on hangers. (Maybe I'm asking too much? g)
Avital
Original Message -
From: Jazmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] publicity
My Handweavers and Spinners Guild lists bobbin lace specifically
I have one article and picture of me at a demo, and under the picture is my
name and the fact that I am doing Bob n lace.
Oh well,
Nancyanne
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I'm terribly sorry, but I've lost the attribution for the following:
what they saw was people bent over pillows doing complex puzzle solving.
At one point I heard a lacemaker characterize us as The MENSA of the
craft world, which I thought was an interesting idea.
I was thinking about this last
On Tuesday, Sep 9, 2003, at 23:15 US/Eastern, Emma Coen wrote:
I was thinking about this last night, and actually, for publicity
purposes,
I'd shy away from the idea that lace-making is terribly intellectual.
I had some friends visit my house, and you can't avoid my various
crafts.
My friends
Devon
I think your complex thread puzzle is a very good way to describe
lacemaking and its appeal. I think the problem is not with your
description, but with the reporters' misconceptions. They probably can't
imagine anyone wanting to spend 100 hours making anything, and they don't
know anyone
Lorelei -
I love the way you put this! When my husband and I traveled to Germany
and Belgium this past summer - I had to go to Brugge and the lace museum
- (absolutely wonderful!) - my friends kept asking me if I bought any
lace. I didn't - I bought books and bobbins and thread. I enjoy making
Adele wrote:
I suggested she call her work experiments in multi-directional woven
structures I don't know if she has tried it yet, but I think lace
might be more respected with some such less feminine name. It's stupid,
but it's the way the world wags.
Lacemaking is an off-loom weaving
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