I finally managed to get to see Nottingham Contemporary last month. It’s an art gallery in the Lace Market area of Nottingham, but the reason I wanted to see it was not for what it houses but for the lace embedded in the concrete façade on the outside of the building. The lace was worked by Louise West based on a piece of Valenciennes style machine-made lace produced by the Nottingham lacemaking company of Richard Birkin in 1847. If you want to see how the lace was developed from an antique sample to concrete slabs, Louise has the details and lots of photos on her website. It’s great to see Nottingham celebrating its lace history at a contemporary site in this way.
No comments:
Post a Comment