Bobbin lace is very old technique. I am trying to bring new language to this ancient art. My art work is based on modern form, on abstract; but all my images are taken from the nature.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Article from Threads magazine
April M. Mohr, contributor
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/16315/beautiful-bobbin-lace-hats
What is Bobbin Lace?
Bobbin lace has been around since the 16th century where it evolved from passementerie (braid-making) in Italy. The yarns and threads used in bobbin lace became finer and colors more beautiful over the years. The lace was originally used to make braids and beautiful edging. Because making bobbin lace didn't require expensive tools or notions and it was relatively easy to learn, it became popular as a way for women to earn a living. Until the invention of lace-making machines, hand lace-making continued to be popular throughout Europe, especially when lace-trimmed garments and other lace products were in vogue.
Today bobbin lace is considered a fine but not particularly popular craft. It is made with a variety of natural and synthetic fibers as well as with wire and other filaments. The techniques used today are similar, if not identical, to the techniques used years ago, with perhaps a more intricate repertoire of lace patterns among today's lace makers.
Bobbin lace is made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are wound on bobbins to manage them--hence its name. It is sometimes known as bone lace because early bobbins were made of bone or ivory or pillow lace because the lace is formed over some sort of pillow. As the work progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow, the placement of the pins are usually determined by a pattern or pricks pinned on the pillow.
Meet Bobbin Lace Hat Designer Daniela BanatovaI was lucky enough to meet (electronically) Daniela Banatova who has worked with bobbin lace for some time. Her work is amazing because it is so different from the types of ready-made lace we see today. Daniela makes hats using this technique, often using contrasting colors. She learned the technique while attending art textile design school. Her goal has been to give this old technique a new language and use it in new forms of "modern art." She is currently creating hats which will be exhibited in April in Prague. Daniela was born in the Czech Republic, but currently lives and works in Florida.
How To Make Bobbin Lace HatsDaniela uses old felt hats for a "pillow" on which to secure her stitches. She draws basic design lines on the felt hat with chalk. Than she uses her bobbins to begin to work around this pillow creating small sections at a time. She connects them using a crochet hook.When she's done with the hat crown, she sketches the shape of the brim on a piece of white paper making sure the center of this circle fits into the opening of the hat and creates a brim. Then she neatly sews the two parts together, and lastly adds starch as a stiffener. She puts the finished hat back on the felt pillow and sprays starch over it. When it's dry, she repeats this step one more time. Contrary to almost all lace makers today, she does not draw her design in great detail. She simply makes a basic sketch, and lets her imagination lead her design as it is created. This makes each of her hats unique. Why does she do this? "I think every woman wants to have something uniquely special--something that no one else has." Inspiration for her hats comes from nature, but her style inspiration comes primarily from the 1920s through the 1940s. She considers this period a time when fashion emphasized female beauty and originality. I am thoroughly amazed by the detail in her hats, and one of these days, I'd like to give this unusual art form a try.Have you ever tried bobbin lace? If so, tell us about your experience.
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/16315/beautiful-bobbin-lace-hats
What is Bobbin Lace?
Bobbin lace has been around since the 16th century where it evolved from passementerie (braid-making) in Italy. The yarns and threads used in bobbin lace became finer and colors more beautiful over the years. The lace was originally used to make braids and beautiful edging. Because making bobbin lace didn't require expensive tools or notions and it was relatively easy to learn, it became popular as a way for women to earn a living. Until the invention of lace-making machines, hand lace-making continued to be popular throughout Europe, especially when lace-trimmed garments and other lace products were in vogue.
Today bobbin lace is considered a fine but not particularly popular craft. It is made with a variety of natural and synthetic fibers as well as with wire and other filaments. The techniques used today are similar, if not identical, to the techniques used years ago, with perhaps a more intricate repertoire of lace patterns among today's lace makers.
Bobbin lace is made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are wound on bobbins to manage them--hence its name. It is sometimes known as bone lace because early bobbins were made of bone or ivory or pillow lace because the lace is formed over some sort of pillow. As the work progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow, the placement of the pins are usually determined by a pattern or pricks pinned on the pillow.
Meet Bobbin Lace Hat Designer Daniela BanatovaI was lucky enough to meet (electronically) Daniela Banatova who has worked with bobbin lace for some time. Her work is amazing because it is so different from the types of ready-made lace we see today. Daniela makes hats using this technique, often using contrasting colors. She learned the technique while attending art textile design school. Her goal has been to give this old technique a new language and use it in new forms of "modern art." She is currently creating hats which will be exhibited in April in Prague. Daniela was born in the Czech Republic, but currently lives and works in Florida.
How To Make Bobbin Lace HatsDaniela uses old felt hats for a "pillow" on which to secure her stitches. She draws basic design lines on the felt hat with chalk. Than she uses her bobbins to begin to work around this pillow creating small sections at a time. She connects them using a crochet hook.When she's done with the hat crown, she sketches the shape of the brim on a piece of white paper making sure the center of this circle fits into the opening of the hat and creates a brim. Then she neatly sews the two parts together, and lastly adds starch as a stiffener. She puts the finished hat back on the felt pillow and sprays starch over it. When it's dry, she repeats this step one more time. Contrary to almost all lace makers today, she does not draw her design in great detail. She simply makes a basic sketch, and lets her imagination lead her design as it is created. This makes each of her hats unique. Why does she do this? "I think every woman wants to have something uniquely special--something that no one else has." Inspiration for her hats comes from nature, but her style inspiration comes primarily from the 1920s through the 1940s. She considers this period a time when fashion emphasized female beauty and originality. I am thoroughly amazed by the detail in her hats, and one of these days, I'd like to give this unusual art form a try.Have you ever tried bobbin lace? If so, tell us about your experience.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Free Spirit
My last creation is reflection of my last trip to South America. This time we went to see Perito Moreno glaciers in Argentina. Nature here is absolutely amazing. Glaciers are falling down to the water with strange, strong noises. In the mountains new glaciers are forming every minutes from rain, snow.... and than they are slowly walking down to the valley, where they are falling into the water . With the big splash they complete their circle of life. Now in different form they are 
running to the ocean, to be united with their source. And it continues again and again. It is the breath of our planet.Our lives are very similar. We are coming form light and after long journey, we are returning to our source, too. Maybe we continue our lives in reincarnations circles the very same way the water from the glaciers does.
Inspiraci pro tuhle krajkou mi byla nase posledni cesta po Jizni Americe. Tentokrat nase kroky zamirily do oblasti vecnych ledovcu. Nasim cilem byl ledovec Perito Moreno. Zdejsi priroda oplyva neprekonatelnym a neopakovatelnym kouzlem. Ledovec neustale se tvorici vysko v horach, postupuje neunavne dolu do udoli, kde se s treskutym dunivym hlukem a praskotem riti do masy vody. Kusy ledu pomalu tise a dustojne pluji po jezere tise se rozpoustejice smeruji k mori.
Je to jako alegorie nasich zivotu. Prichazime ze svetla, jdeme pouti zivota, abych na jeho konci se opet sjednotili s nasim nekonecnym zdrojem. Mozna, ze i my stejne jako ledovec, prochazime vecnou reinkarnaci.
In this harsh and cold environment , everything -included trees- radiates a special power. It looks like those very cold winters and strong wind created something beautiful and unrepeatable. You can feel pure energy vibrating from every piece of the surrounding nature.
V teto velmi drsne prirode, kde studene mrazive vetry slehaji zimni krajinu, je ukryta krasa a neopakovatelne kouzlo.
Z kazdeho kousku zeme je vyvera cista silna energie, energie spiritu prirody.
This nature was inspiration for my "Free Spirit" I wanted my design to carry the same energy, which I was able to feel in Argentina.
The same strong, pure energy which our Mother Earth is giving us.
This nature was inspiration for my "Free Spirit" I wanted my design to carry the same energy, which I was able to feel in Argentina.
The same strong, pure energy which our Mother Earth is giving us.
I do not like to follow any strict and detailed instructions , not even my own. Therefore, my designs are always done just in simple lines. That allows me to work freely. I can change my pattern or colors -if necessary- during process of creating bobbin lace.
Tato uslechtila priroda se stala mou inspiraci pro mou krajku......... Snazila jsem se zachytit ve svem navrhu cistou energii, prostupujici malebnou krajinu okoli ledovcu.
Navrh vzdy tvorim v jednuduchych liniich. Nikdy jej nerozkresluji d detailu. A to ze dvou duvodu, nerada nasleduji jakekoliv instrukce, ani me vlastni. Druhym duvodem je, ze tenhle volny navrh mi umoznuje volne tvorit. Mohu dat prostor sve imaginaci a menit volne barvnou konbinaci ci vazbu podle potreby. Timhle zpusobem mohu tvorit volne bez jakychkoliv omezeni. Krajka takto ozije svym vlastnim zivotem a ma imaginace mne prenese do jine reality.
Modre tony Free Spirit koresponduji s neopakovatelnou silou a cistotou ledovcu.
Working this way is almost like a meditation. I can concentrate and follow my inspiration and let the bobbin lace take its own course. This way I am free and can allow my imagination to take me to different reality.
This will give bobbin lace its own life.
In my work I am always very careful about harmony. In this piece I have choosen blue color and its variations. Blue colors most closely correspond with nature around glaciers
In my work I am always very careful about harmony. In this piece I have choosen blue color and its variations. Blue colors most closely correspond with nature around glaciers
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Pearl of India
Inspiration for this hat ??? My sentimental memories from my trip to India. Hidden beauty of India, bright colors, inner spirit surrounding everything, every living being.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Dobry den,
moc rada bych Vas pozvala na vystavu, ktera zrovna probiha v Praze. Ma kamaradka Jarmila Kralova mne prizvala na vystavu ctryr vytvarniku v Chvalském zámku v Horních Počernicích.( vystavujici: Jarmila Kralova, Daniela Banatova,Lukáš Hausenblaus a Tomáš Jedlička)
Vernisaz k teto vystave jiz probehla, ale o nic neprijdete. 18. kvetna v 19 hodin prostory zamku rozevuci tajemne tony lyry Jana Braunsteina . Jestli budete pobliz jiste si nenechte ujit tento povznasejici zazitek.
Vsechny pozoruhodne vystavene exponaty jsou take k zakoupeni.
Mym dalsim vyznacnym nevysychajicim inspiracnim zdrojem jsou pro mne me poznavaci cesty po Mexiku,Indii, Thajsku, Mongolie a mnoha dalsich kouto sveta,
Kazda cesta ve mne zanechava nezapomenutelne zazitky, ktere trvale ovlinuji mou vytvarnou tvorbu. Tvorba kazdeho malire je ovlivnena filozofii. Ma tvorba je provazena duchem spiritualni, vychodni filozofie, je odrazem mych duchovnich prozitku. Všechny své výpravy do vnějšího i vnitřního světa neznáma se odrazeji v me tvorbe.
Podílela se na nespočtu výstav, setkání umělců, Me opbrazy jsou zastoupeny v soukromych sbirkach po celem svete zejmena Kanadě, v Polsku, Švýcarsku, Jihoafrické Republice, USA , ale i v jinych castech sveta.
Samozrejmne, ze za vzhlednuti take stoji jeji webove stranky
http://www.obrazykralova.cz/
moc rada bych Vas pozvala na vystavu, ktera zrovna probiha v Praze. Ma kamaradka Jarmila Kralova mne prizvala na vystavu ctryr vytvarniku v Chvalském zámku v Horních Počernicích.( vystavujici: Jarmila Kralova, Daniela Banatova,Lukáš Hausenblaus a Tomáš Jedlička)
Vernisaz k teto vystave jiz probehla, ale o nic neprijdete. 18. kvetna v 19 hodin prostory zamku rozevuci tajemne tony lyry Jana Braunsteina . Jestli budete pobliz jiste si nenechte ujit tento povznasejici zazitek.
Vsechny pozoruhodne vystavene exponaty jsou take k zakoupeni.Rada bych Vam opredstavila svou kamaradku Jarmilu Kralovou. Mohla bych o ni povidat dlouho, zname se leta, avsak myslim, ze bych nevystihla vyjadrit lepe to, co ona sama napsala o sobe 
Mym dalsim vyznacnym nevysychajicim inspiracnim zdrojem jsou pro mne me poznavaci cesty po Mexiku,Indii, Thajsku, Mongolie a mnoha dalsich kouto sveta,
Kazda cesta ve mne zanechava nezapomenutelne zazitky, ktere trvale ovlinuji mou vytvarnou tvorbu. Tvorba kazdeho malire je ovlivnena filozofii. Ma tvorba je provazena duchem spiritualni, vychodni filozofie, je odrazem mych duchovnich prozitku. Všechny své výpravy do vnějšího i vnitřního světa neznáma se odrazeji v me tvorbe.
Podílela se na nespočtu výstav, setkání umělců, Me opbrazy jsou zastoupeny v soukromych sbirkach po celem svete zejmena Kanadě, v Polsku, Švýcarsku, Jihoafrické Republice, USA , ale i v jinych castech sveta.
Samozrejmne, ze za vzhlednuti take stoji jeji webove stranky
http://www.obrazykralova.cz/
Ja osobne se na tehle vystave podilim kolekci palickovanych klouku. Ma posledni tvroba vychazi z inspirace doby 30 let. Na 30 letech mne zaujala ladnost, smysl pro detail a jakasi pokora a ucta, ktera se pomalu vytra
ci z nasi spolecnosti. Kazdy klobouk je original. Netvorim vice jak jeden z kazdeho navrhu. Proc? Odpoved je jednoducha. Kazda zena chce byt originalni, jedinecna, neopakovatlna.
ci z nasi spolecnosti. Kazdy klobouk je original. Netvorim vice jak jeden z kazdeho navrhu. Proc? Odpoved je jednoducha. Kazda zena chce byt originalni, jedinecna, neopakovatlna. Klobouk je od nepameti ozdobou zeny, podtrhuje jeji krasu, doplnuje jeji osobnost.
Me palickovane klobouky splnuji naroky moderni sebevedome zeny, ktera obdivuje klasicke a zaroven moderni navrhy.
V pripade, ze Vas ma tvorba zaujala, navstivte, prosim me webove stranky http://www.danielabanatova.webs.com/, nebo http://www.danielabanatova.blogspot.com/
Daniela Banatova
Saturday, May 1, 2010
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