Only few people know the thrill of seeing their artwork on a U.S. postage stamp. Trenna Ruffner, a bobbin lace maker who lives in Grosse Pointe Park, happens to be among that relatively small number ...
An 85-year-old lace maker has said she is "very honoured" to be made an MBE but has no plans to retire after working with lace for 60 years. Sheila Mason, from Wollaton in Nottingham, has been ...
President Mary Roth-Davies works on a lace pattern at the Cranberry Lacemakers of Central NJ monthly gathering at the Franklin Township Public Library in Somerset County. (Frances Micklow/The ...
Some 60 per cent of Gozitan women know how to produce traditional lace but most of them no longer do it because they think they would have to declare their income or register as part-time workers with ...
Photos show inside Britain’s last remaining traditional lace makers who say they are still optimistic about its future despite battling to survive in a once-flourishing trade. Cluny Lace has been ...