A nice profile of a #NewZealand lacemaker. She makes #BobbinLace but with a special local fiber. And mounts the lace on traditional breastplate designs that are wonderful.

https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-lacemaker/

The lacemaker

In the studio with textile artist Rowan Panther

New Zealand Geographic

There weren't enough pictures in the article of her work though, so I went looking for more.

The #BritishMuseum piece that she references is here. You can zoom in to see that fiber detail and it's interesting.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_2023-2001-1?selectedImageId=1613909269

breast-ornament | British Museum

A breastplate of muka fibres (New Zealand flax), pearl shell and sterling silver. Made using traditional lace making techniques.

The British Museum
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