Lenka's Way of Lacelace | heart | art
September 11, 2020
Due to the New School of Lace temporary closure, the 4th edition of the lace|heart|art challenge has been postponed.
In previous years, when the school in full swing, it was possible for the lace|heart|art team to meet and plan, and for Lenka, the main designer, to prepare the lace|heart|art project for lacemakers around the world. Unfortunately, with the disruption of the regular schedule and ensuing changes, we cannot support the development of the next challenge at this time. We had to accept the decision to postpone the 4th lace|heart|art until things in the NewSchool of Lace, and in the world at large, return to normal.
For time being, the free downloads for all 3 editions of the lace|heart|art challenge are still available online (1st lace|heart|art challenge 2018, 2nd lace|heart|art challenge 2019, 3rd lace|heart|art challenge 2020). These patterns are free and ready to download. Working instruction will assist any lacemaker who wishes to work on the heart patterns.
They were designed for anybody who wants to express love and gratitude in a unique and delicate language of handmade bobbin lace. Remember, you can modify them to make them your own!
April 27, 2020
Unfortunately, our lace|heart|art exhibition at the Crescent Beach Pop-Up Gallery in South Surrey, BC, Canada, cannot open due to coronavirus lockdown.
Luckily, our online exhibition is open to anybody with online access. In the last three weeks it has been viewed almost a thousand times! Please visit the 3rd lace|heart|art online exhibition, and share the link with your friends.
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lace|heart|art team
April 8, 2020:
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lace|heart|art team
Wendy MacKinnon, Lenka Suchanek, Pat Wrigley
Surrey, BC, Canada
February 15, 2020
The 3rd lace|heart|art International 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 of producing the 3rd lace|heart|art International Online Exhibition of Handmade Bobbin Lace in Colour.
lace|heart|art online exhibition will open, and winners will be announced, on April 8, 2020.
The prizes provided by our sponsors, Barkonie and Wire Lace Supplies, will be mailed to the winners after the announcement.
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lace|heart|art team
Wendy MacKinnon, Lenka Suchanek, Pat Wrigley
Surrey, BC, Canada
September 1, 2019
3rd lace|heart|art Challenge and Online Exhibition
of Handmade Bobbin Lace in Colour
Proudly sponsored by Barkonie, s.r.o, Czech Republic and Wire Lace Supplies, Canada
We are pleased to present the 3rd lace|heart|art Challenge and Online Exhibition of Handmade Bobbin Lace in Colour.
In the 3rd edition theme, the heart is filled with warmth and love, symbolized by the sun. Rays radiating from the centre permeate the heart and fill the world with light and colours.
Free patterns with working instructions are provided for fibre as well as wire mediums. We invite lacemakers to fill their hearts with vibrant, life-giving sun energy.
Downloads:
3rd lace|heART|ART CHALLENGE 2020
Working instructions tutorial for Fibre Lace Heart
Working instructions tutorial for Wire Lace Heart
All shining hearts will be accepted and included in our celebration of lace, love and art !
Competition categories:
Fibre Lace
Wire Lace
Young Lacemakers
Submission deadline is on February 14th, 2020
We look forward to your participation,
lace|heart|art team
Wendy MacKinnon, Lenka Suchanek, Pat Wrigley Surrey, BC, Canada
Read about the 3rd lace|hear|art Challenge here and download the free pattern with instructions here. The instruction is provided for fibre as well as wire media. We encourage everybody to try both materials and explore their potential in colours.
If you have not participated in the previous edition, please visit 1st 1st lace|heart|art online exhibition 2018 and 2nd lace|heart|art online exhibition 2019 for inspiration.
We are looking forward to receiving your lace|heart|art #2 entries before February 14th, 2019!
lace|heart|art team
Wendy MacKinnon, Lenka Suchanek, Pat Wrigley
Surrey, BC, Canada
April 4, 2019:
Welcome to the 2nd lace|heart|art exhibition!
April 18, 2019
Prizes were send to the winners in 8 countries on 4 continents. We can truly say that lace|heart|art International Challenge is reaching lacemakers all over the world!
We look forward to seeing what they will make with those beautiful threads (from Barkonie) and wires (Wire Lace Supplies).
April 8, 2019
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd lace|heart|art online exhibition of handmade bobbin lace in colour is open.
Welcome and enjoy!
April 4, 2019:
The 2nd lace|heart|art international challenge entries were juried and the winning hearts have been selected.
Here is a preview of prizes, provided by Barkonie s.r.o. (Czech Republic) and Wire Lace Supplies (Canada) for our winners :
2nd lace|heart|art winners will be announced, and the online exhibition will open, on April 8, 2019.
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lace|heart|art team
February 15, 2019
The 2nd lace|heart|art International Challenge is now closed.
Thank you for your wonderful lace|heart|art challenge entries! We look forward to producing our second online show. We will keep you updated about the progress 🙂
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lace|heart|art team
2nd lace|heart|art Challenge and Online Exhibition of Handmade Bobbin Lace in Colour
Proudly sponsored by Barkonie, s.r.o, Czech Republic and Wire Lace Supplies, Canada
In 2019 edition, the theme of the giving heart is symbolized with a bouquet of flowers.
Simple lace tape outlines the heart shape, flowers grow from the bottom of the heart and blossom with love. They are wrapped with a bow and offered as a present to the rest of the world, with joy and gratitude for creativity, lace and life.
While the simple heart outline is provided, the blossoms are open to creative interpretation. We invite all lacemakers to fill the pattern with colours and textures, and create a truly original flower arrangement. Simple or elaborate, we will accept all heart bouquets, and include them in our celebration.
Read about the 2nd lace|hear|art Challenge here and download the free pattern with instructions here. The instruction is provided for fibre as well as wire media. We encourage everybody to try both materials and explore their potential in colours.
If you have not participated in the previous edition, please visit lace|heart|art Online Exhibition 2018 for inspiration and more information about the Challenge.
We are looking forward to receiving your lace|heart|art #2 entries before February 14th, 2019!
lace|heart|art team
Wendy MacKinnon, Lenka Suchanek, Pat Wrigley
Surrey, BC, Canada
Lenka's Way of Lace 
Congratulations on this project Lenka and everyone who has participated. I’m looking forward to seeing the responses to this “heart challenge” memorial.
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Thank you Lenka to give us this oportunity. It`s a pleasure to participate on this loving memory
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Thank you, Olimpia. I am very happy that the lace|heart|art challenge inspired you to create a unique heart art. I believe that handmade lace is so delicate that it can carry subtle healing energy often better than words… Yours and other lace|hearth|art entries prove it.
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I”m a teacher in Idrija Lace School (Slovenija). I work with childrans in school. In the evening I work with adults. We saport your lace/hart/art challenge. Our lace grup will take the healing challeng and we are happy to be with you in the big world of lace.
Thank you Aleksandra
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That’s wonderful,Aleksandra, thank you very much for your response and your interest in the lace | heart | art challenge.
We look forward to receiving your entries, especially in the Young Lacemakers category.
With kind regards,
lace | heart | art team
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This is a wonderful homage to a person that seems to have been an amazing human being….and it takes another great human being to think about it…..
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Thanks this is a lovely idea for a memorial.
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Thank you, Cathy. It makes us very happy to see the positive response in the world lace community 🙂
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What a wonderful tribute.
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Thank you, Karen 😌
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This is a very nice tribute!
I lost my 20 year old daughter to cancer.
I understand the void.
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Thank you very much, Patti. Please consider participating in the Lace.Heart.Art Challenge 🙂
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What a wonderful and touching tribute to friendship and love. I will be sharing this with my lace group and hope that we can all dedicate our lace to our own dear ones and carry this healing grace to as many people as possible. Thank you for this lovely opportunity.
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Thank you very much, Evid, for receiving our message! That is exactly what we wish – that Barb’s Heart will inspire lacemakers to express their love, and through the language of lace and art, share positive, healing energy. We look forward to seeing your lace|heart|art 😌
If you or anybody in your lace group has any questions about the challenge project, please do let us know.
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