Mary Elizabeth Barron - Ewa Szpila is a very talented Polish lace maker, designer & teacher. She both exhibited & taught a workshop, with her daughter Malgorzata Szpila, at the first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. It was so lovely to meet you, Ewa, & see all your beautiful lace!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Mercè Rovira (Conference organiser) generously invited me to stay for a few days after the first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. We went to her beautiful country home where she had plenty of her beautiful contemporary lace displayed

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Maria Jose Marti Villena a talented lacemaker from Barcelona, Spain. I met Maria at the first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. She had a beautiful display of her lace & was wearing her lace! Thankyou for sharing your lace with me, so lovely to have met you!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Some of the beautiful lace in Mercè Rovira’s (Conference organiser) flat in Girona. She made it all except the antique lace handkerchief & the crochet curtains. The shoe is amazing!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barro · Malgorzata Szpila is a very talented Polish lace maker, designer & teacher. She exhibited, had work in the fashion parade & taught a workshop, with her mother Ewa Szpila, at the first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - first Biennial of Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. I was fortunate to be able to observe at her masterclass workshop on her revolutionary freeform bobbin lace techniques which blew my mind, opening a whole world of creative possibilities! Bistra is an immensely talented

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Some of the fabulous lace installations around Girona during the first Biennial Contemporary Lace Conference Girona, Catalonia, Spain 2025. The lace makers of Girona are very innovative & proactive!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - More of the works in the exhibition, the opening of which was the first event of the Contemporary Lace Conference, 1A Biennal de Punta Contemporania, in Girona, Spain. The lovely & very talented Lauran Sundin, stood next to piece in the exhibition to give a size reference

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Had a great day at The Lace Guild Museum, Stourbridge, UK, with Louise West. Some more of the Guild's huge collection of beautiful lace. You could spend months, years studying their collection!

 

Mary Elizabeth Barron - Halfway on second more open braid on the Celtic knot lace.