Lace-makers use specific techniques to work thread into a light, ornate and precious fabric.
Lace is not cut from a piece of fabric; it is made by carefully and painstakingly weaving the threads by hand.
Lace production is an ancient craft and, according to some sources, it has been practiced in Venice since the 15th century.
It is an irregular weaving technique that requires an extremely skilled hand with decades of experience. Until the mid-16th century all lace was produced exclusively by hand.
Over the centuries lace-makers on the tiny island of Burano refined the so called punto in aria or punto Venezia, developing a unique style which came to be known as punto Burano. This tradition of exquisite lace-making is still alive on this island in the Venice lagoon.
The place we stopped was sort of like a museum/store and let me take many photos. Many of the pieces they showed were hundreds of years old! Just incredible.
Incredible, I will never look at lace the same as before your story. Glad you made it home safely.
ReplyDeleteThe lacemaking looks almost painful. But so beautiful. I esp admire the all lace dress.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this. Most interesting post. I saw a woman making lace once and she did it with lots of shuttles and pins on a cushion. The Venetians definitively have their own way of doing it. They make lovely pieces too. That lace dress is just sublime. Wow! Did it give the earning to try this craft? ;^)
ReplyDeleteThis is fascinating. What an amazingly intense art/craft. And I can't imagine bending over the "pillow" they have their lacework on for hours at a time. The lace dress blew me away!
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