The article about Lace in Puerto Rico brought on a search for the Lace Map.
The one above is  Eeva-Liisa Kortelhati's "Lace World" worked by Mani Setty.
Exhibited at the 2nd North & Mid-Wales Lacemakers Exhibition
held at Erddig, nr Wrexham, N. Wales, May 1994.
Photo taken by Ann McLean
http://www.ann-mcclean.mid-wales.net

it in NOT the one mentioned in the article but it is wonderful none the less.

Another version of the above lace map was
the center piece for a wall hanging that was made by members of a lace
class in Rochester Kent, England. It was made as an entry for the John Bull
Trophy that was displayed in Coventry in 1998. The map was the
center piece and students each made a 6" square to 'Reflect' our holidays.
 The whole wall hanging is now hanging at Demelza House in
Sittingbourne Kent, which is a Children's Hospice.
 


In collaboration with the well known artist Antonio Martorell, a group of Puerto rican lacemakers from the Borinquen Lacers, Inc., a chapter of IOLI, accepted the monumental task of creating a curtain for the Puerto Rico Art Museum's theater. This curtain, made entirely in bobbin lace, represents Mr. Martorell's design of the earth and it's continents and includes an enlarged version of the island of Puerto Rico. a sun at the top illuminates the world and a pair of hands at the bottom represents the hands of the lacemakers, artisans of the world.
The curtain measures 15 feet by 30 feet and took a group of very talented and dedicated lacers a year and a half to complete. They are: Lucy Betancourt, Asuncion Bayo, Hilda Millan (sister of writer of this article), Norma Figueroa, Julita Santiago, Hilda Crux and Carmen Martinez Rigau.
Mr. Martorell had previously collaborated with the lacers to create three maps in bobbin lace, two of Europe and one of the Caribbean, which were exhibited in the US and Europe.

The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico was inagurated July 1, 2000. This delicate piece of art can be seen in the museum theater.

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