Our New Exhibit Thread Around Holes

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1 552 S. Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale., CA (408) Fall 2015 Vol 33 No 3 Our New Exhibit Thread Around Holes When most people think of lace, they think of something white, fragile and old. The Lace Museum s current exhibit, Thread Around Holes, hopes to dispel that idea. Twenty contemporary lace artists working in a variety of media from wire to ceramic to cyanotype as well as traditional thread are featured. Pieces are vibrant in color and several incorporate beads. They range in size from a few centimeters to a life-size human figure and a life-size tree. Bobbin lace, needle lace, knotted lace, knitting, crochet, tatting, ceramics and 2-D art will all be seen in a new light at this exhibit. A student s corner showcases lace made by school-age children in lace museum classes. Many of the guest artists are from the Bay Area, with a few from other parts of California, Texas, Washington and Oregon. Come and see how modern artists are re-thinking the art and craft of lace making. The use of color, the use of unusual materials and the use of lace in other media such as ceramics is extending the visual appeal of lace. The exhibit also features a small exhibit entitled, Make Lace not War!, featuring 20 th century anti-war and patriotic themed pieces of lace and lace-making tools. The exhibit runs through October 31, The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free except for group tours of 6 or more where we ask for a small donation of $3.00 per person. In this issue... Calendar of Events Drawing Item 3 The Lace Museum Groups 3 Museum News Corner 4 Lace of the Quarter 4 Upcoming Workshops 5 Workshop Registration Form 5 More Museum News 6 Milanese Lace Flyer 7 Education to Secure the Future Conservation to Protect the Past Our Mission To Preserve Lace and the Art of Lace Making To Exhibit Lace and its Historical Use To Offer Instruction in All Facets of Lace Making Become a fan of The Lace Museum on Facebook! To join type your browser and become a fan! into V i s i t o u r w e b s i t e a t

2 2 The Lace Museum & Guild (408) Newsletter Editor: Vicki Friend Web Mistress: Paula Harten Museum Board: Kim Davis Vicki Friend Paula Harten Donna LaVallee Sue Meyer Teresa Mize Eleanore Schwartz Pat Wootton Museum Guild Board: Kim Davis Sue Meyer The Lace Museum is a California non-profit Public Benefit Corporation September October Calendar of Events Fall Vintage Sale Milanese Lace Workshop Louise Colgan By arrangement Classes in knitted lace, tatted ornaments, Hardanger and bobbin lace. Call the museum at (408) for more information. Contributing Grant: Institute of Museum & Library Services: 2002 Conservation Assessment Program Grant Associations: American Alliance of Museums California Association of Museums Charter member of International Organization of Lace Inc. Organisation Internationale de la Dentelle au Fuseau et à l Aiguille We have a bank account set up to accept Contributions to our Building (New Home) Fund. 100% of the funds will be used either for long-term Leasing or purchase of a permanent home for the museum. If you wish, you can also send a check to the museum to be used for our present monthly rent. If everyone who has an interest in lace will donate just one dollar, we may soon have enough!!! Please pass the word on to everyone you know. Send your donation for the Building Fund to: BANK OF THE WEST The Lace Museum Building Fund # Castro Street Mountain View, CA WE THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!!! DON T FORGET TO RENEW! Be sure you continue to receive this quarterly newsletter. Don t forget to renew your guild membership! Visit our web site if you need the renewal form. The Lace Guild The Lace Museum Guild Members are meeting once a month. Bring your lace projects to work on. We will be talking about lace identification, working on items for sale, and learning new techniques. The meetings will be tailored to the needs of the members attending. The dates and times are subject to change, call the museum to confirm. In even months (February, April, June, August, October and December), the Guild will meet on the second Wednesday of the month from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. In odd months (January, March, May, July, September and November), Guild members will meet on the second Thursday of the month from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. All members are welcome and if you have a friend that is interested in joining the Guild, new members are AL- WAYS welcome. Come join in on the fun!

3 3 The Lace Museum & Guild (408) DRAWING ITEM Cutwork Tablecloth The 2015 DRAWING item is a lovely cutwork tablecloth. The tablecloth measures 108 x 66 inches. The drawing will take place in November, The cost to participate is $1 per ticket or 6 tickets for $5. THE LACE MUSEUM GROUP MEETINGS come and join us! Everyone is welcome. Lace Study Group Meets: 2 nd Wednesday of each month (7:00 9:00 p.m.). At this meeting we gather to identify and attempt to date specific pieces of lace from the museum collection. It s a great opportunity to closely examine and learn more about the different styles of lace and how they are made. Thursday Afternoon at the Museum Join us for Thursday Afternoon at the Museum every Thursday (1:00 4:00 p.m.). We provide mentoring and support for finishing your UFO s (Un-Finished-Objects). We also make ornaments for the holiday season which are sold to help keep the museum open. For more information contact: Teresa Mize at Teresa.Interlace@gmail.com

4 4 The Lace Museum & Guild (408) MUSEUM NEWS CORNER Visit The Lace Museum Gift Shop We have two new bookmarks and a new postcard in The Lace Museum gift shop. The new bookmarks are Italian bobbin lace and Point de Gaze and the bookmark showcases our spectacular sparkle tatted Victorian collar. These items make wonderful gifts. Lace of the Quarter Fall 2015 Chrysanthemum Lace The current exhibit features two pieces of Chrysanthemum lace. This is a modern style of bobbin lace with a disputed history. Cathleen Belleville published a book on the basics of this style of lace and included several patterns. According to her it was developed in the early to mid 1900s and nearly every European country claims to have created it! It is similar to Russian and Milanese style laces. This lace is made in lovely curving petal like units made of cloth or half stitch, a pivot and split spider ground work joined with a raised rib. Kay Asahi, a well-loved bobbin lace teacher in Southern California made a round doily from one of Cathy s patterns in the traditional white bobbin lace thread. But as a teacher, she also created one more unit than needed so that she could demonstrate to her students how the individual units work. The lace museum s own Eleanore Schwartz also worked the same round doily pattern but she choose to use to shades of rose color thread which gives a more contemporary look to the piece. Both doilies and the chrysanthemum lace unit are in the Thread Around Holes exhibit as is Kaye s pricking pattern. Kay s pieces are in the permanent collection of the Lace Museum and were donated by her estate. Eleanore s piece remains in the private collection of its maker and was exhibited at the 2015 San Mateo County Fair.

5 5 The Lace Museum & Guild (408) UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT THE LACE MUSEUM MILANESE LACE WORKSHOP offered by Louise Colgan October Basic bobbin lace skills are required for this three-day workshop. See flyer on Page 8. NOTE: The cost of each workshop includes morning and afternoon snack, coffee, tea and water. Lunch is on your own. To register for the above classes, call the museum at (408) or fill out the Registration Form below and mail it along with your check to The Lace Museum, 552 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, CA Name of class or teacher: The Lace Museum Weekend Workshop Registration Form Please copy to use again (one form per class) Make checks payable to The Lace Museum unless otherwise stated in the workshop description Mail to The Lace Museum, 552 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, CA Dates attending: Amount enclosed: Name: Address: Phone #(s): Dietary restrictions:

6 6 The Lace Museum & Guild (408) MORE MUSEUM NEWS A Heart-felt Thank-You The Board of Directors of The Lace Museum would like to extend a sincere thank-you to all those listed on the right who helped out at the San Mateo County Fair, Saturday, June 6 through Sunday, June 14. Thank you to each and every one of you for all your help in promoting the museum. We could never do it without you. Karen Alger Sandy Baker Arlene Essex Suzanne Fouche Donna Jeffrey Donna LaVallee Debra LaVergne Teresa Mize Elis Nielsen Eleanore Schwartz Pat Wootten Fun at Hands On The Arts a recap by Pat Wootten After a bit of a cloudy start, May 16 th turned into a bright sunshiny day. It was the 30 th anniversary of the City of Sunnyvale s Hands on the Arts program. There were 33 art booths surrounding the lake at Remington Park. After the children purchased their wrist bands they were free to choose any of the arts projects. This year The Lace Museum offered a braiding project called fill the gap. The braid was designed as a backpack clip. Octagonal looms and thread kits were prepared in advance. Each loom was identified with a sticker with the museum s name and address. The children could take these looms home and continue braiding. We had several wonderful high school helpers who learned the technique very quickly and then taught it to the younger children. Over 280 children had a wonderful time with this project.

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