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this one is amaaaaazing and it kills me with feels
deserves to be on my main too. this is a good and wonderful created thing.
Rest in Peace Leonard Cohen. In fall 2015, Legion Magazine and Leonard Cohen released a video to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poem “In Flanders Fields” by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. In a poignant tribute to McCrae, Canadian songwriter, painter and poet Leonard Cohen has recited that stirring poem for this exclusive video. His voice is accompanied by stirring imagery from the First World War.
And THIS is why lace was a worn primarily by royalty and aristocracy for so many centuries.. It was expensive and time-consuming to produce. Wearing it, and wearing LOTS of it was a blatant show of wealth and excessive consumption.
Mechanically-produced lace wasn’t really a thing until well into the 20th century, but there remains a wide gap between the quality of mass-produced and hand crafted
In general textile arts are highly underated considering the amount of skill and time needed to execute pretty much anything.
Amazing.
this is bobbin lace, and yes, it really does look that intricate, and it really is better handcrafted because of the whole process of shifting the bobbins around and putting the pins in to hold the knots and the twists together. you bet it was damn expensive to produce – and need I remind you that this was regarded as woman’s work back then?
don’t think the women were just staying home making lace and being demure. I like to think many women were actually financially independent precisely because they could make lovely lace.
there are other kinds of lace, like hairpin lace and tatting, and those were just as intricate and gorgeous. the different methods make each kind beautiful in its own right.
crochet and knit lace came later, and at first crochet lace was considered as somewhat of the lesser-quality version of bobbin laces, but soon ascended as a fine yarn art in its own right.
(@johanirae I may have explained bits of this to you :D)
(oh man I miss making crochet lace. as soon as I finish that knittee scarf I am going back to my crochet hooks. 😄)
I love this bit and I love this version of Team TARDIS.
the power of a song. the power of words. the power of music.
this isn’t even the thing they actually DO and – I can’t stop staring at it! the virtuosity of their movements, the sheer ease they have with moving in / into each other’s space, the ease of their grins, the flight of their hands and feet, and – pretty much everything about them rocks.
PJ through the looking glass 