Wednesday, April 14, 2010

slippery elm

so i got my sleepy self outside and sawed down a tree, a sapling slippery elm this afternoon, and this is the luscious bark that i stripped. inner slippery elm, the stuff is like vellum or thin leather. lovely. this makes great paper, baskets, and maybe twine. we'll see what i can do with it. if only my hands aren't too sleepy, too!
look at that fiber!

10 comments:

  1. It will be interesting to see what you make out of it.

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  2. Gorgeous! As I'm sure the bloodroot projects will be.
    (Why do I live in a city?)

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  3. i think i'm going to sit down and braid some, first. melissa, to think you just missed the north country!!!

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  4. omg, BEAUTIFUL fiber!!!! wowee.

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  5. beautiful fiber. splice it together and weave tiny pages for a book (said the weaver)

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  6. very cool! It was finally warm enough, dry enough and my plate was clear enough for me to cut some loooooong pieces of wisteria for you... plan to mail asap!!!

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  7. holy fiber, batman!
    don't know where this comes from--no tv for 35 years and this!

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  8. i hear it is also good for a sore throat.

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  9. yep. i was looking at it at nori's in saranac lake today, decided i could just chew on the bark rather than buy the lozenges. ha!

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