i have wonderful mail some days.
woven by chinami ricketts
goat
chinami
and a hide
hand made paper, shifu, artists' books, north country living, and some words
hand made paper, shifu, artists' books, north country living, and some words
V-truely good mail - the goat looks to be both leather and vellum - is that so - if so great base for book work. Hope the spring is in full flight in your part of the globe. We are in rather warm (about 32C) in Darwin - lots of stormy afternoon. Back to Melville Island tomorrow morning. Go well. B
ReplyDeletecarol sent me both goat leather and vellum, she knows me so well!
ReplyDeleteYou DO get good mail! Goat makes a great drum as well, though you need quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteweird, goat in the mail....
ReplyDeleteyou have a magical mail box. Chinami's weaving is very fine, is it silk? and natural dyes? think I have only seen her indigo work. more treasures.
ReplyDeletewell, jude the GOAT didn't appear...!
ReplyDeletev, come on over and build a drum!
jean, it's a story i may tell on the blog, keep you in suspense...he, he, he
ahhh now that's something you don't get in the mail everyday! especially around these parts.....aussie quarantine laws would mean that the goat and vellum (and probably the delicious weaving... mostly because its too damn beautiful) would be confiscated by the powers-that-be.... (and any vellum is nigh on impossible to get in oz nowdays)
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carol always knows what bits will move me, she taught me how to dye vellum a couple years ago which changed my life. too bad about the mail...is that how rabbits got there???
ReplyDeleteoooooohhhhhh!!!!!!
ReplyDeletechinami rickets. furiously jealous :)
yep, and it's more beautiful than you can believe
ReplyDeletewell, consider me suspended, don't leave me hanging too long. I'm already green with envy.
ReplyDeleteFabulous mail Velma - what a delight to behold! Have fun and enjoy.
ReplyDeletethanks, f
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