LACE MAKERS CENSUS

The Lace Makers Census of Camariñas is not published due a law existing in the country.We are not allow to publish the census with out their permission.This permission was not asked by the Museum, because we think is not necessary to make this information viewable.

However the Census is available for research studies and here you can find a profile about it. The Council of Camariñas has got an old census with almost 367 lace makers. Under the BLEN project the census was renew and the names were upgraded. Typical problems were wrong addresses, wrong phone numbers, non existing telephones, etc. In order to conduct the survey, a formulaire was developed.This formulaire with little local changes was used by all the partners of the BLEN project.

In the case of Camariñas that was asked to the lace makers:

Name,Address,Zip,Phone,Fax,E-mail,A what age started to make lace,Actual age,Who teached her,What kind of lace she does,Lace courses,If it has the title of " craft woman",If there is another person making lace at home, Any comments

The final number of lace makers in Camariñas on the 17 of April, year 1999 was 651 plus 168 children. Just to make an easier understanding of the profile, that was divided in the following charts:

Geographical distribution of the lace makers in the Council, Actual age profile of the lace makers, At what age they started to make lace, Ways of learning lace making, Courses made about lace making, Other informations

 

CHARTS

Geographical distribution of the lace makers in the Council
The lace makers are leaving spread around in 7 towns or Parish.
Camariñas concentrate the 38% of the lace makers.
Camariñas has got 8 shops open to the public.

2 Associations joint the 10% of the census.

Ponte de Porto is the second larger town for lace in the area.

According with the historical documents published in mecam.net and in blen.net, as in the old time Ponte do Porto holds his importance as both lace producer and exporter behind Camariñas.

Town/Parish PORCENTAJE Quantity of Lace Makers

 Camariñas  38%  312
 Ponte do Porto  23,2%  191
 Camelle  15,8%  121
 Arou  9%  73
 Xaviña  9,6%  79
 Santa Mariña  1.7%  14
 Brañas Verdes  0,9%  7
 Not answer  1.5%   14

Actual age profile of the lace makers

In big numbers we can say

 27,7% of the lace makers are between 10 and 20 years old
 17,7% of the lace makers are between 21 and 40 years old
 23,7% of the lace makers are between 41 and 60 years old

Actual age profile in porcentajes Quantity of Lace Makers

 between 10 y 20 years old  27,7%  222
 between 21 y 30 years old  9%  73
 between 31 y 40 years old  8,7%  71
 between 41 y 50 years old  10,7%  88
 between 51 y 60 years old  13%  106
 between 61 y 70 years old  11,5%  94
 between 71 y 80 years old  5,4%  44
 between 81 y 90 years old  1,6%  12
 between 91 y 100 years old    2
 not answer  13%  107

At what age they started to make lace
More than 60% of the lace makers learn before they were 10 years old.

They started at the age of Porcentaje Quantity of Lace Makers

 between 4 y 10 years old  62.3%  454
 between 11 y 15 years old  6%  41
 between 15 y 20 years old  2.2%  15

Ways of learning lace making

The family is the most important way. Way of learning Porcentaje

The family, through the mother, grand mother, sister, aunt and mother in law  58%
Joining The Palilladas (see E-publishing, special report to learn more about The Palilladas)  38.7%
In a course with out previous acknowledge  3.3%

Courses made about lace making

The courses are organized by the Council and very few are organized by private organizations or lace teachers.

Courses Porcentaje

 Has not made any course  66.2%
 Has made courses  34.3%
 Not answer  16.5%

Other informations

157 lace makers has got the letter of "craft woman"
56% of the census makes any kind of Camariñas lace
20% of the census are specialized in handkerchief and the rest is specialized in some models.

Lace is not only a hobby in Camariñas, is a way of leaving. Is made for business.