Michel Storm factory in the back streets near the lace museum
Nottingham once had many lace factories and supported industry in making lace machines and design of lace. Indeed, the art school here at Nottingham Trent University supported lace design and technical specialisms. There was a strong connection to Calais with many folk and machines from Nottingham making their way to France. Calais still has some lace factories and a large lace museum, while Nottingham has few remnants of the industry left. (Click on the gallery below to see the captions)
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It was great to learn so much about the machine-made lace industry in Calais Lace Museum 2019
a lace sample book at Calais Lace Museum 2019
Calais Lace Museum is set up to show the historical developemnt of lace, with beautiful handmade lace samples and machine displays 2019
The Joan of Arc lace panel -Calais Lace Museum 2019
The machine room -Calais Lace Museum 2019
Many machines came from Nottingham
A Nottingham Lace machine
The machine room has working Leavers lace machines
More of the working lace machines in the machine room- Calais Lace Museum 2019
Calais Lace Museum 2019
The jaquards drive the pattern in the lace
a lace draught (draft?) with the corresponding jaquard cards
Lace thread
Lace thread
A leaver lace draught – the technical drawing for creating the jaquard, referred to by the twisthand as it contains information about the journey of each thread in the pattern
The twisthand’s workbench
machinery for winding bobbins
Calais Lace Museum 2019
Calais Lace Museum 2019
Lace suspended for inspection after making on the machine. Calais Lace Museum 2019
Machinery for repairing flaws in machine made lace -Calais Lace Museum 2019
Lace ready for checking after being taken from the lace machine -Calais Lace Museum 2019
Machinery for finishing or embellishing machine made lace. Calais Lace Museum 2019
\machinery for embellishing machine made lace- Calais Lace Museum 2019
Machinery for finishing machine made lace -Calais Lace Museum 2019
Tools for finishing machine made lace -Calais Lace Museum 2019
Machinery for cutting or dividing machine made lace -Calais Lace Museum 2019
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I visited in December and was inspired to see working lace factories and machines. The process of making lace by hand and machine was explained very thoroughly.
The twisthand shows the lace machine operating, Calais
The contemporary gallery showed me how I can bring my design into an art setting, and the Olivier Theyskens fashion exhibit was simply a treat of darkness. Theyskens had created a whole collection in response to items of equipment and machinery held in the museum.
Bobbin winder equipment
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Ladders
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Stepladders
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Each installation was a response to equipment of machinery found in lace factories, from the museum’s collection
Lace frame
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Furniture
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Stools
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Trestles
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
Racks
Olivier Theyskens <> Exhibit at Cite de la Dentelle et de la Mode
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The contemporary gallery was showing ‘Dentelle etc…’ a year long exhibition of applied art
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Lou Roy
Le Maquereau et les fuseaux – 2016
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Fanny Sautier
Fanzedwarf 2018
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
sSarah Sumfleth X SolstissXAdidas 2003
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Audrey Dewet
Dentelle? Vrai ou faux? 2018
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Eric Doisy
La courbe feminine 2018
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Juliette Bigot
L’alliance 2018
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Dorothee Vantorre
Trois personnages 2012
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Audrey Lemaire-Dome
Mimetisme 2018
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
Lou Roy
La masque 2016
Dentelle etc…
A year-long mixed showcase of art and applied art inspired by lace artefacts and design
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I found a new reflective and presentation style when I came back from Calais. The video below shows how I incorporated the two for my formative assessment in February 2020
