It’s been a
busy week taking down my Battle of Britain lace exhibition at Gawthorpe Hall
and getting everything ready for its next outing at Bentley Priory next week.
It was sad to take the exhibition down as Gawthorpe has been such a lovely
venue but exciting to think how it can all be displayed at a new site. Dismantling
everything was very easy and it all came down quite quickly. The panels were
simple to take down and roll up but the parachute installation was more of a
challenge as the parachutes were hung in rows with others hanging over the line
in pairs and they had become quite tangled. I decided not to try and untangle
it all in situ but to tip each row into separate bin bags and deal with it all
in my studio this week, which means I’ve spent all week disentangling
parachutes. The experience is rather like untangling the bobbins on a lace
pillow that has been tipped upside down! Each row of parachutes is taking about
3 hours to separate and repack so it was a good decision to do the work at
home. I’m also finding I have a few repairs to torn or broken parachute shapes,
but it will all be ready for rehanging at Bentley Priory next week.
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