-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tamara P Duvall Sent: 29 September 2005 02:08 To: lace Arachne Subject: [lace] Re: lace flower
<Snip> I wonder how so, unless one tries to keep track of Jusai Fukuyama's development as a designer. The designs - mostly Torchon - are pleasant, but not particularly inspiring. She does use colour which, ..... <snip> This book on e-bay is the same as my Japanese original hard back copy, except it's in French and paperback. As I can't read Japanese, I can't say when it was published, but when I go to work next Wednesday, I will ask my Japanese student. (No, it's not a lace class.) I'm not surprised that the instructions are < rather peculiar >. To be translated more than once will accentuate any problems with technical terms especially if the translator isn't a lacemaker. I find the diagrams are very good, perhaps because I don't have to cope with the written instructions. By the way, Yusai is a man. My copy is autographed by him and there is a photo of him at the back of the book. Some twenty or more years ago, he was taught to make Honiton lace by Elsie Luxton, and when he and his partner, Saikuo Takana, were in UK for a course with her, some members of Poole Bobbin lace Circle were delighted to meet these two gentlemen. They entertained us with traditional Japanese delicacies and wore beautiful kimonos for the evening. I have two other books written by him. One is a collaboration with Elsie Luxton, 'Royal Honiton lace' and the other is called Tambour Lace' Liz Pass In Poole, Dorset -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.8/114 - Release Date: 28/09/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
