Remembering Barbara Jean Jones and the lace|heart|art challenges

April 8th was a special date in the New School of Lace. On this day, for three consecutive years of 2018, 2019 and 2020, we celebrated an opening of the lace|heart|art, International Online Exhibition of Handmade Bobbin Lace in Colour . We took delight in sharing beautiful lace creations from all around the world with online audience. Each heart reminded us of our dear…

Old Wise Tree in France

March 18, 2024 When an Old Wise Tree reached my mailbox a couple weeks ago, it brightened up the gloominess of the winters’ last days. This time of a year we often wonder if the light and colours will ever return. It is the art that saves the day and raises our spirits. And in my case, the lace art works like a magic….

Old Wise Trees in Australia and Germany

December 2, 2023 It’s always exciting when a new Old Wise Tree reaches my email inbox, and this month it was not one but four beautiful lace creations!  They were perfectly timed, arriving in November, when the real trees in Vancouver present a spectacular display of colours before revealing delicate lacework of their bare branches. The new lace trees added even more beauty to…

Exhibition, September 2-3, 2023

I am happy to share the news about an upcoming exhibition “Art in the Wash” in Port Washington on Pender Island (British Columbia, Canada) on Labour Day weekend. Colin Hamilton, an amazing artist and artisan wood worker, who makes the custom cedar wood frames for my lace, invited me join him and his friend, sculptor Stan Oglov, for a weekend show on their home…