One of Nottinghamshire's most distinctive crafts is at risk of dying out if new people are not trained, enthusiasts say. Bobbin lace-making is a centuries-old hand technique that evolved into machine ...
The art of lace-making is being kept alive at Honiton in East Devon, where the lace industry once employed hundreds of people. Centuries after Honiton lace became famous, young people in the town are ...
A woman who has studied with lacemaking experts in the United States and Europe will present a program on making lace and how it has changed over the centuries at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Bushy Run ...
President Mary Roth-Davies works on a lace pattern at the Cranberry Lacemakers of Central NJ monthly gathering at the Franklin Township Public Library in Somerset County. (Frances Micklow/The ...
Making lace by hand is so time consuming few people are interested in it anymore, a Geraldine lace maker says. Lace is believed to have originated in Europe in the early 16th century and some patterns ...
On a Friday night, members of the Brooklyn Lace Guild gather at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, rhythmically knocking together 3D-printed and traditional wooden bobbins. The crafters’ hands move ...
Lace seems to be everywhere on fashion's runways recently. But much of it starts in a small French town called Caudry, where 100-year-old looms are used to weave lace using methods that pre-date the ...