Comments on: High Water (Not Hell) in Venice, part 1 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/09/28/high-water-not-hell-in-venice/ Deirdré Straughan on Italy, India, the Internet, and the world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/09/28/high-water-not-hell-in-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-48010 James Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:36:29 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/10/03/high-water-not-hell-in-venice/#comment-48010 Burano (one of the Lagoon's most prominant islands) is ("ormai", or better to say was) famous for its lacework. Nowadays they can't find any young apprentices willing to learn the old skills of the trade for the salaries that they can reasonably pay. "Too much work" or "No future in it" seem to be common responses amongst younger Venetian women. Sad, but true. Burano (one of the Lagoon’s most prominant islands) is (“ormai”, or better to say was) famous for its lacework.
Nowadays they can’t find any young apprentices willing to learn the old skills of the trade for the salaries that they can reasonably pay. “Too much work” or “No future in it” seem to be common responses amongst younger Venetian women.
Sad, but true.

]]> By: Sean http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/09/28/high-water-not-hell-in-venice/comment-page-1/#comment-45696 Sean Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:35:45 +0000 http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2007/10/03/high-water-not-hell-in-venice/#comment-45696 I thought the poem fragment was interesting: "For, sinuous and delicate as the work of its spools, Venice resembles agate with its veins of canals . . ." Is (was) Venice famous for its lace? I thought the poem fragment was interesting:

“For, sinuous and delicate
as the work of its spools,
Venice resembles agate
with its veins of canals . . .”

Is (was) Venice famous for its lace?

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