Thanks for the clarification, Beth!!
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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> Date: 10/16/2005 6:53:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [lace] Sprang in the SW US
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> As an alumni of the University
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> If you have a copy of Gertrude Whiting's "Old-Time Tools & Toys of
> Needlework", page 79 shows a sprang frame with work in progress that looks
> somewhat like a piece of knitted lace. The "List of Ill
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> Subject: Re: [lace] Sprang in the SW US
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> Given the fact that Arizona State has a museum which houses the
masterpiece
> of early sprang, AND has had the wisdom of supporting the
arts? It
certainly appears so to me.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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> From: Lynn Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: 10/16/2005 10:48:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [lace] Sprang in the SW US
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> I am on another list w
That's it! I think this is just an amazing piece, and LOVE it! One of
these days, I'd love to do a reconstruction. Years ago, I tried my hand at
Sprang and remember it as no more or less difficult than bobbin lace - just
different.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
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> >And to keep this "
I am on another list with a woman who worked at the Arizona State Museum.
When I posted this link to that list, she said "I retired from the Arizona
State Museum [in 2002] -- leaving the Tonto shirt was harder than leaving
some of my colleagues. It is truly a remarkable piece."
She also says " .
Thanks for sharing this - I was reminded of what I think as 'Aztec'
for the woven shapes.
To Jeri, I have PCollingwood's The Maker's Hand, usually on the
topmost level of my reference stack. In TMH structurally he describes
one of the bags in sprang, as 'one set of elements, obliquely
interlaced.'
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> Was it this piece?
> http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/coll/peris2.shtml
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> I love the obvious care and attention that went into its making. The
> caption says this is older than 1800's, though, so mayb
