The Lacemakers is an Arts Council funded puppetry Research and Development project, inspired by lacemaking lore and history. The R&D phase took place in 2021, entailing research about the history of bobbin lacemaking, the folklore surrounding it and engagement with modern day lacemakers and lace historians. The research was all published on a bespoke website of blog posts. The website itself is no longer available, but I have copied and pasted selected posts from 2021 into the blog below!

Associated Partners: The Higgins Bedford Museum, Cowper & Newton Museum and Amersham Museum.

Creative Directors/Artists: Daisy Jordan & Ulysses Black. Musician: Gemma Khawaja. Producer: Matt Rudkin. Special thanks to Edie Edmundson and Aya Nakamura.