I spent a
very enjoyable day at Waddesdon Manor on Saturday taking part in ‘The art of
lace symposium’ organised to coincide with the ‘Imagine’ lace exhibition that
is taking place there until 26 October. There were five speakers in the symposium and plenty of catching up with new friends and old.
Rachel Boak, the curator of the Waddesdon exhibition began the day by speaking
about historical lace and its display in a museum and stately home setting. She
was followed by the landscape artist Philippa Lawrence who has an installation based
on lace in the Manor grounds (more of that in another blog). She spoke about considering
lace as a border and described how she developed the idea for her installation
of lace as planting in the grounds. Lauran Sundin, who makes precious jewellery
using bobbin lace techniques considered handmade lace as an art form. The
contemporary lacemaker Gail Baxter then discussed definitions of lace and what
constitutes lace, challenging traditional concepts of what lace can be. I then
spoke about conceptual lace and how lace is used by contemporary artists to
convey a message or tell a story. It was an interesting day and the themes and
artists we all used to illustrate our talks overlapped, and complemented each
other, linking the themes of the symposium together.
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