Color photography shows in detail small wooden stems, also known as bobbins, used to weave lace. The image shows around eighteen huddled stems. They are hung on a cushion by yellow, green, pink, blue and beige threads. The bobbins measure about fifteen centimeters and have on the opposite end of the strands, small tucum coconuts attached, which gives it a shape similar to a lollipop. The upper part of the photograph, where the ends of the stems with the tucum coconuts are located, appears slightly blurred, while from the middle down, part that shows the body of the stems and the colored lines, appears very sharp, so as to highlight them.

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Bobbin lace is the new theme of the podcast 'Make Spoon and Edge the Cable'

05 July 2021

The Vale Maranhão Cultural Center launches today the new episodes of the podcast ‘Harvest and Edge the Cable’. This time, the Bobbin Lace is the chosen theme. The origin, diffusion, learning, aesthetic and sound experiences provided by this technique permeate the research carried out by the CCVM educator Junior Reis, who presents the episodes.

The podcast is part of the program ‘Open Horizone’ and was created with the aim of emphasizing the lack of boundaries between everyday life, art and function, in the practices, knowledge and actions of the people. The podcast already has 6 episodes available on popular sayings and the plumary art of the Kaapor Indians.

To listen to the content, visit Spotify from CCVM.