Editing Bobbin lace (section)

==Contemporary laces==
[[File:Bobbin lace.JPG|thumb|Contemporary handmade woollen bobbin lace articles, Wool Expo, Armidale NSW. Pale green lace is made of 2 ply wool.]]

The advent of [[lace machine|machine-made lace]] at first pushed lace-makers into more complicated designs beyond the capabilities of early machines, then simpler designs so they could compete on price, and finally pushed them out of business almost entirely.

The resurgence of lace-making is a recent phenomenon and is mostly done as a hobby.  Lacemaking groups still meet in regions as varied as [[Devon]]shire, England and [[Orange County, California]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lacemaking: Associations and Guilds |publisher=Fibre Arts Online Web |url=http://www.fibreartsonline.com/fac/lace/index.htm |access-date=8 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203143142/http://www.fibreartsonline.com/fac/lace/index.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2012 }}</ref> In the European towns where lace was once a major industry or popular [[artisanry]], especially in [[Belgium]], England, [[Spain]] ([[Camariñas]] and [[Almagro, Ciudad Real|Almagro]]), [[Portugal]] ([[Azores]], [[Caminha]], [[Lagos, Portugal|Lagos]], [[Nisa, Portugal|Nisa]], [[Olhão]], [[Peniche, Portugal|Peniche]], [[Póvoa de Varzim]], [[Sesimbra]], [[Setúbal]], [[Silves, Portugal|Silves]], [[Viana do Castelo]], [[Vila do Conde]] and [[Viseu]] (Farminhão),<ref>{{Cite web |last=unify.pt |title=Tradição de bilros com nova "casa" em Farminhão |url=https://www.jornaldocentro.pt/noticias/detalhe/49286 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.jornaldocentro.pt}}</ref> being known as ''Renda de Bilros''),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-23 |title=The Meticulous Handcrafted Technique of Bobbin Lace |url=https://www.covetfoundation.com/events/the-meticulous-technique-of-bobbin-lace/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Events |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rendas de Bilros |url=https://www.rendasdebilros.com/noticias.php?a=6&id=14 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=A tradição das Rendas de Bilros de Vila do Conde para todo o mundo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Renda de Bilros {{!}} Saber Fazer Portugal |url=https://programasaberfazer.gov.pt/arte/renda-de-bilros |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=programasaberfazer.gov.pt |language=pt-pt}}</ref> France and [[Slovenia]] lacemakers still demonstrate the craft and sell their wares, though their customer base has shifted from the wealthy nobility to the curious tourist.

Still new types of lace are being developed such as the 3D Rosalibre<ref>{{cite book|last1=Belleville|first1=Cathleen|title=Introducing Rosalibre Bobbin Lacle|date=2002}}</ref> and a colored version of Milanese lace by borrowing rolls from [[Brussels lace#Point Duchesse|Duchesse lace]] to store various shades and colors.<ref name=woods>{{cite book|last1=Woods|first1=Sandy|title=Special Effects in Bobbin Lace|date=2003|publisher=Batsford|isbn=0713480718}}</ref> Other artists are giving [[Mesh grounded bobbin lace|grounds]] a major role by distorting and varying stitches, pin distances and thread sizes or colours. The variations are explored by experimentation<ref name="kantbrief">{{cite journal|last1=Wanzenried|first1=Esther|title=Moderne Gronden|journal=Kantbrief|issue=2014–4|pages=24–25|date=2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Voelcker-Löhr|first1=Ulrike|title=Viele Gute Gründe|date=2003|location=Bochum}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ulrich|first1=Uta|title=Gründe mit System|date=2009|publisher=Fay, Barbara Verlag|location=Gammelby|isbn=978-3925184086}}</ref> and mathematics and algorithms.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Irvine|arxiv=1406.1532|first1=Veronika|last2=Ruskey|first2=Frank|title=Developing a Mathematical Model for Bobbin Lace|journal=Journal of Mathematics and the Arts|date=2014|volume=8|issue=3–4|pages=95–110|doi=10.1080/17513472.2014.982938|bibcode=2014arXiv1406.1532I|s2cid=119168759}}</ref> The lace maintaining its shape without stiffening is no longer a requirement.<ref name="kantbrief"/> Inspiring journals, guilds and foundations show that old techniques with a new twist can challenge young people to create works that can definitely classify as art.<ref name="kantbrief2">{{cite journal|last1=Dings|first1=Marcella|title=Schatgraven - Uitdaging |trans-title=Treasure Hunt - Challenge|journal=Kantbrief|issue=2014–4|page=34|date=2014}}</ref>

A [[Dutch design]] graduate in 2006 discovered bobbin lace was a technique to make a fancy fence. The first fences became museum pieces. The fences are now produced in [[Bangalore]] by concrete [[rebar]] plaiters.<ref name="fence">{{cite journal|last1=de Vries-de Graaf|first1=Tonny|title=Lace Fence (1)|journal=Kantbrief|issue=2011–3|pages=18–20|url=http://www.lokk.nl/kantarchief/KB32011/KANTK%20016%20Lace%20Fence_1.pdf|access-date=26 December 2014|date=2011|language=nl}}</ref>