| CODE | LAS2050 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | The Art of Maltese Bobbin Lace 2 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | H - Higher Level | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for the Liberal Arts and Sciences | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Using their basic knowledge of drawing and making bobbin lace, this study-unit is intended to help students explore the Maltese Lace style and technique and improve on it. This will be achieved by concentrating on: - The designs found in the class charts of Diacono’s Casa Industriale thus learning the Motif / 'Festuni’ application - The Maltese Cross and the ‘English Stitch’ widely used from mid 19th century to accommodate the export market mainly to Britain Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Decipher the routes of our traditional bobbin lace from Genoa to the convents, aristocrats and finally to peasants or rural areas; - Learn the mechanism of trading lace and the system adopted in schools by the British philanthropists; - Adopt the fight for survival during time of war or time of poverty, as well as emigration; - Adopt to the religious, social, political and cultural impact of their times; - Strive to learn the real Maltese /Gozo design and acknowledge responsibility of safeguarding these methods while passing them on intact to the next generation. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Draw the design of various motifs - Draw and work the Maltese eight-pointed cross, used as trade-mark of Maltese Lace; - Work the ‘English’ stitch possibly with variations; - Learn how to work the Maltese Cross within a Motif - Work Motif in Sequence - Constructing corners using Motif application. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - C. Azzopardi (1991), Gozo Lace Introduction, Gozo Press. - C. Azzopardi (2019), Maltese Lace History & Mystery, Kite Group, Malta. - Lace Day Patterns 2000-2010 – edited & published by Koperattiva Għawdxija tal-Bizzilla u Artiġjanat Ltd. - Is-Seher tal-Bizzilla – magazine in English & Maltese published by Malta Lace Guild. - Bulletin OIDFA – quarterly magazine, English & French published by the International Organisation of Bobbin and Needle lace. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite knowledge, skills and competences: A good knowledge of English, competence in using geometrical instruments, understanding lace designs and general mastering of basic stitches. Applicants who present evidence that they had already attended LAS1082 have first preference. | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lectures, Practicum & Project | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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