I am always inspired by contemporary patterns in bobbin lace. Veronika Irvine is a design guru in this respect. Having a Master of Applied Mathematics and a Ph.D in Computer Science and currently completing her post-doctorate, she uses her science and math brains when designing algorithmic lace patterns, bringing lace design into the 21st century.
On her site https://tesselace.com/ Veronica explains that -
For over 500 years, the art of bobbin lace has been developing and
evolving. During this time, lacemakers have relied on extensive hands-on
experience combined with trial and error to discover new lace
tessellations. This can be a slow, time consuming process. In the modern
age, we have the benefit of computers and mathematical discoveries.
Computers are extremely good at performing tedious, repetitive tasks
with great precision – they just need to be given explicit instructions.
Based on this idea, I have developed a mathematical model for
bobbin lace and have been using this model to teach the computer to
identify lace tessellation patterns.
Veronica has some great links if you are wanting to explore ways she has developed lace tessellations and bent or even broken the traditions of lace making.
Just go to the link below for over 200 downloadable patterns suitable for a free editing tool called InkScape
https://tesselace.com/tools/inkscape-extension/
Veronica is so generous to share her learning and also those of software designer Jo Pol who designed a free source program Ground Forge. The math side of things may go over my head but the beauty and complexity of these patterns does not and are a joy to explore.
There is a great tutorial site for Ground Forge where you can learn and play to your hearts content. It opens up a world of opportunities for developing new grounds and studying the form of existing grounds. This may result in a future post I feel.
In the meantime, thanks Veronica and Jo for your incredible talents in this area of lace.
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