Lenka's Way of LaceSpring Sale 2021
Wire Lace Supplies Spring Sale 2021 is bringing you tools, materials, and inspiration for creative bobbin lace projects.
Introducing Lenka’s new medium bobbin for wire lace
I am happy to introduce a new medium bobbin for wire lace, which completes my lifelong pursuit of specialized tools for lacemaking with wire. The new bobbin was designed from scratch in my studio (Copyright©2021 Lenka Suchanek. All rights reserved.) They are manufactured by Jan De Maertelaere BV, whose products are known for high quality, durability and beauty. It is a priviledge to have…
Lenka’s Bobbins for Wire Lace – Thirty Years of Evolution (1991-2021)
1991 – First Attempts From the very beginning of my lacemaking journey, I had a vision that the delicate lace weave would look amazing in metal. I don’t know where that thought came from. My love for lace grew from love for textile techniques, and I never saw bobbin lace made in wire. When I settled in Canada, a land without any lacemaking tradition…
Freude! Joy!
A man who was baptized on this day two hundred and fifty years ago wearing a cap with gold lace and curious embroidered motif once said: “He who understands my music will remain free from the miseries that the other men are dragging with them”. How right he was and how fortunate we are to inherit his immortal music! This year especially, it has brought…
Story of the Old Wise Tree
Old Wise Tree is one of my oldest patterns. I designed it a long time ago, when I was learning basics of Torchon Lace. I came across a circular pattern that was supposed to be a simple doily, yet I saw more creative potential in it. The fans looked to me like a tree crown, and the ground like a net of twigs. At…
THREE TRILLION TREES
I love trees, they are amazing. Not just beautiful, majestic or useful… I believe they are truly wise. They live long lives and build a complex community with other organisms within their physical environment. There is an immense number of connections in the living sphere formed by the tree trunk, branches and leaves above the ground and a vast root system underground. And everything,…
