Vicki Potter interviewed by Gwenda Davey in the Tradition bearers oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3294557
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Potter, Vicki, 1948-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2004
- 1 digital audio tape (ca. 65 min.)
- Series:
- Tradition bearers oral history project.
- Summary:
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Vicki Potter, born in 1948 in Hobart and the President of the Tasmanian Branch of the Australian Lace Guild, speaks about growing up in Moonah, Tasmania; her interest in handcrafts, knitting, spinning, weaving, lace-making; the Lace Guild in Australia; how the National Committee rotates between states every three years; how it promotes the craft of lace-making; the type of objects made; the activities of the Lace Guild; lace-making being a labour of love; how lace-making was a cottage craft and the makers were paid a pittance; the membership of the Lace Guild; Australian variations of lace-making and a Canberra lace-maker who ran a workshop for Australian designs into Bucks [Buckinghamshire] lace, using Australian wild-flowers e.g. the waratah; the types of lace made - bobbin lace, needle lace, Limerick or Carrickmacross which is embroidered on to net; the displays at agricultural shows and demonstrations of lace-making; the types of members in the Guild in Tasmania.
Potter talks about her history as a lace-maker; being originally self-taught; her fascination by the movement of fingers with the bobbins; having lessons; trying many different kinds of lace; her most ambitious project being a small fan; making the lace for daughter's wedding cake; not teaching but happy to give demonstrations; her collection of bobbins; the history of the bobbin; lace pillows and types of stuffing; most learners being women of all ages, the youngest being a girl of nine; the workshops; lace-making in colonial times; bobbin lace being very popular in earlier days in Tasmania; the Tasmanian Museum having an extensive collection, also the Narryna Heritage Museum at Battery Point; the Canberra lace-makers; running a bed and breakfast in a beautiful old house in Geeveston with her husband and her enjoyment meeting folk from all over the world; her international contacts for the Lace Guild; how she is a member of the British Lace Guild; the specialists who come from England, Holland, Germany to teach their special skills.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Oct. 28, 2004 at Hobart, Tas.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Davey, Gwenda, 1932-, interviewer
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This belongs to the Tradition bearers oral history project.
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