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 ...

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 ...

Tessa Waugh meets Cluny Lace, the only company flying the flag for British lace. Ilkeston in Derbyshire might be the historic centre of British lace-making, but, nowadays, there’s only one company ...

Men who make bobbin lace organized their first meeting in Slovakia in Krakovany near Piešťany. Making bobbin lace is usually considered the domain of women. Matej Pisca, one of the organizers, grew up ...

What began as a lifeline for sanitarium patients has turned into a unique heritage art of this laidback town in Iloilo ...

New bursary lifts the veil on Ireland’s rich history with lace Carrickmacross lace maker Theresa Kelly. Photo: David Conachy. The Carrickmacross lace technique was used in Kate Middleton’s wedding ...

The art of lace-making is being kept alive at Honiton in East Devon, where the lace industry once employed hundreds of people. Centuries after Honiton lace became famous, young people in the town are ...

The laces made in Belgium during World War One are an important part of the lace holdings of the Division of Home and Community Life’s Textile Collection in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

The next generation of lace-makers are being encouraged to take up the craft to keep the skill alive. The Aragon Lacemakers, external in Bedfordshire are putting on two sessions in the county for ...

Renowned lace makers in the Polish village of Koniakow have found a new way of boosting sales - sexy underwear. Artisans who used to create gowns and altar cloths for customers such as the late Pope ...