Check out this website in which the author has several articles under the title of ‘Adventures in Time & Lace‘ that highlight various artists and artworks that are formed by lace. LACE as ART! Yes!
https://www.mrxstitch.com/category/3d-textiles/lace/
Yes, this is the type of content that I had wanted to write about. But Mr. X has done such a great job that I am merely going to point everyone to ‘his’ site. Do check it out.
I found a reference to a Polish dish called Fuczki–a sauerkraut dumpling that I have never seen before. Since I like sauerkraut (dad is German, mother is Czech) I googled it looking for a recipe. Then I found myself on a website called Culture.pl in which I was reading about the foods of 10 regions of Poland. At the bottom on the page was a link to “How Polish Women Reclaimed Folk Art by Giving it an Urban Twist” which I followed. The first part of the article was about folk painting. The part I found extremely interesting was towards the bottom of the article under the subtitle of ‘Illegal City Decor’. It included images of buildings in which a lace pattern was painted on. Many of you will recognize this style of lace art as seen on the internet before. But now I have an artist’s name: ‘NeSpoon’ and I learned that according to this Polish site that her work is considered ‘Illegal City Decor’….what we call graffiti. I shall have to do more research on this ‘artist’!!!
https://culture.pl/en/article/how-polish-women-reclaimed-folk-art-by-giving-it-an-urban-twist
THIS IS PART 2 IN MY SHARING OF A SCIENTIFIC SEMINAR I WENT TO RECENTLY TITLED: ‘HEALTH, HAPPINESS & HARMONY; THE HOLISITIC ESSENTIALITY OF HOBBIES’. Presented by a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Jerry V Walker, III
The objectives of the seminar was: 1. Define what constitutes a hobby; 2. Critically examine how hobbies contribute to our physical, mental, emotional and social health; 3. Develop ideas for how to incorporate a variety of personally-relevant hobbies into our regular routine or lifestyle.
WHAT IS A ‘HOBBY’?
According to Dr. Walker a ‘hobby’ is anything that: 1. Requires effort –you actually ‘do’ something; 2. Requires aptitude--for this one I had to look up the definition of ‘aptitude’ and learned that it is the ‘natural ability to do something‘. I’m not sure I totally agree with the word ‘natural’. That means that one must possess an innate ability to do an activity. As we know with tatting and other fiber-art activities, they have a learning curve both physically and mentally; 3. Is something you do for enjoyment. Tatting definitely fits this category!
WHAT CONSTITUTES AS ‘HOBBY’? 1. Is an Activity–something physical; 2. Has a Purpose–eg. social, productive, time-filling, etc.; 3. Is Voluntary–ie. it is something you want to do; 4. Holds Significance–ie. is meaningful to the person. (In my case 3 of my 4 grandparents tatted, so for me it is a heritage.); 5. Not a Means to an End–it doesn’t have to have a purpose, you can just enjoy it. The presenter also stated on this topic, that a hobby is not a job. If you make money at it, is it still a hobby? I would suppose that would depend upon how much money you make and how well you live.