Amazing Grace

May 12, 2020 Maybe you were one of tens of millions people who watched Andrea Bocelli’s Music For Hope – Live From Duomo di Milano on Easter Sunday.  It was calming and moving at the same time to listen to Andrea’s beautiful voice singing hymns to Virgin Mary, praying for love and compassion that she embodies in Christian faith. Besides the singer and the organist…

Prizes from Barkonie, s.r.o., have been mailed!

April 29, 2020   Prizes from Barkonie to all Europe-based recipients have been mailed and we hear that some of them already arrived! We wish all recipients, the winners of 3rd lace|heart|art challenge 2020, a lot of inspiration for many creative projects with those wonderful threads: We really appreciate Barkonie‘s generous sponsorship of our event. Especially now, when due to restrictions caused by the…

3rd lace|heart|art prizes unveiled

Prizes for 3rd lace|heart|art challenge winners are ready. Colourful linen, cotton and metallic threads from  Barkonie s.r.o. (Czech Republic) for winners in Fibre and Young Lacemakers Categories, and enamelled copper wires form Wire Lace Supplies (Canada) for winners of Wire Lace Category, will be mailed as soon as possible. We hope that these simple materials will be soon transformed into beautiful lace art! Please,…

3rd lace|heart|art online exhibition 2020 is now open!

Please welcome to the 3rd lace|heart|art International Challenge and Online Exhibition of Handmade Bobbin Lace in Colour

Changing seasons, changing times

Observing nature as it transitions from one season to another can teach us all we need to know about profound change… Let’s accept the rare opportunity of disrupted order of things and look for new ways and solutions. Release what needs to be released, renew what is waiting to be renewed, and see what happens… in lace and in life.

3rd lace|heart|art challenge is now closed

Our big thanks go to all lacemakers who created and shared their beautiful sun-filled lace hearts. With 45 entries form 9 countries on 4 continents the jury will have highly  enjoyable, and also very difficult, time to select the winning hearts. It’s wonderful to see so much creativity, skill and joy manifested in a simple heart pattern! With gratitude, we now accept the challenge…