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Neus Ribas San Emeterio, Director Arenys de Mar Lace Museum, Spain Sunday, 20 August, 2023 15:00 CET Designers, lacemakers, entrepreneurs, fashion consumers, educators, contemporary lacemakers, collecters. A walk through the history of Lace in Catalonia visiting special…
Marketta Palo and Tanja Aarnio, Finland Saturday, 19 August, 2023 15:00 CET Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti has been a name in the lacemakers’ world since the late 1970’s. She has designed many original patterns and published 12 books as well as individual prickings and…
Vicky Taylor, Australia Wednesday, 16 August, 2023 15:00 CET To complement the launching of The Janice Jones Lace Collection in Uralla, NSW, Australia, a video has been produced, Living Art Lace, for lace makers and textile people everywhere,…
Frieda Sorber, Belgium 26 July, 2023 Wednesday 16:30 CET From cutting edge fashion to niche markets in Middle and South America and the northern Netherlands. Antwerp never gave its name to a specific type of lace. Nevertheless,…
Annamaria Gatt & Claire Bonavia, Malta Wednesday, 26 July, 2023 15:00 CET An introduction to the Maltese National Textiles Collection, with particular emphasis on domestic lace. This collection dates back to 1903 when the first donations were registered. Importance is…
Carol McFadzean, UK Sunday, 23 July, 2023 16:30 CET A talk featuring a variety of trails, both informative and humorous about trying to prove or disprove historical ‘facts or local folklore’. The principles of trying to ‘stay on task’, ‘the…
Anna Sznajder, Poland Sunday, 23 July, 2023 15:00 CET An ethnographic case study: women, bobbin lace histories and the formation of lacemaking heritage in Bobowa, Southern Poland. The presentation explains how craft culture stimulates ideas of enterprising women, contributes to…
Lydia Thiels-Mertens, Belgium Saturday, 22 July, 2023 15:00 CET The intangible lacemaking-heritage has a centuries-old tradition and it has evolved considerably after more than 500 years. Thousands of lacemakers spread over all the continents master this valuable technique and give…