because someone asked
i will show
this
spring walk
the first
of the shifu
and vellum books
using stationers' binding
tackets & vellum
lokta shifu
ink & linen
spun, woven, dyed
knotted & recorded
a watershed book for me
the beginning of an adventure
in paper, words, vellum, textiles
& a tiny vellum button
thank you for that. your books always inspire.
ReplyDeleteA lovely walk....
ReplyDeletethanks, deanna and valerianna
ReplyDeletei remember! that WAS such a big deal. i loved seeing it in person. and still remember the first time we met, the first shifu square i saw, and how we ruined mark's type! [if i had owned the type, i would have thought it was worth it to do the test. in another life, i'd gladly sacrifice my letters again.]
ReplyDeletewow, so small and so big.
ReplyDeleteaimee, it SO was. not sure if he's forgiven me yet--
ReplyDeletejude, size is relative, isn't it?
so you use the vellum in place of "line tape" were it a "traditional" binding. (boards, paper kind of thing...and the signature is essential one folded "cloth?" very tactile. sight, sound, touch
ReplyDeleteI'm speechless, it's exquisite, all that paper thread, so beautiful in the simple weaving. Each tiny detail, perfect.
ReplyDeletehenrietta, no signatures, the pages are indvidual, but stitched onto the vellum tapes which are then laced into the vellum cover. the text block is tacketed into the cover. this is a very old structure.
ReplyDeletejean, thank you. it sits gently in the hand, like a spring found thing, and is a little bit of a treasure hunt opening and reading.
ReplyDeletepoetry, art, ode to nature - all in one!
ReplyDeleteahhhhk! wonderful! the cover was so tempting I was aching to see through the pages - every little page is a delight
ReplyDeletethanks V for sharing the journey
ohmygoodness! thanks for sharing, i like the visual tension between the book and the visuals it provokes.
ReplyDeletethanks, dee
ReplyDeleteronnie, thanks.
lf, there is tension in reading it, it's small, and you have to really hold on to it to read it.
I love the different textures of the materials ...
ReplyDeletecri-cri, thanks. they work well together.
ReplyDeletebeautiful. earthy. sophisticated. All of those.
ReplyDeleteBelated birthday wishes across the mile Velma - and thanks for sharing those lovely stitching moments and wanderings, and this book. What a special little gem - those pages are so beautiful and what a magnificent resolution of a binding. Pure delight - may you enjoy many more! (Books and Birthdays)
ReplyDeleteV- magic book - so much work and creativity makes it such a treasure. Go well. B
ReplyDeletejudy, thank you.
ReplyDeletefiona, it's not until monday, but it might actually BE monday where you are! and thank you
barry, thank, barry, i was so happy when i finished this, first one of a series of 5 so far.
powerful&tender all at once.
ReplyDeletei love the view from the side, the selvedges of the pages.
ReplyDeleteneki, i like that!
ReplyDeletejude, me, too.
Happy Birthday Velma!
ReplyDeleteAnd just loved seeing this little gem of a book...
may your year be filled with much that is wonderful!
S
thank you sophie. don't know why i work small so often, but i do. i can see a pod book, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteperhaps something small is intimate, something that belongs to you, and you to it, even more so because your hands made it. I love the simple weaving and the naming of each thing you observed. it is so poetic!
ReplyDeletekit, my nephews, biologists both, tease each other about being "listers". this is a list, of sorts, a thread.
ReplyDeleteLovely, lovely book. And it has scrunch. And don't you love that word "tacket"?
ReplyDeletealice, yes, tacket! and placket, though it's not quite as good...uness your plackets have tackets or vice verse. scrunch is a good word, but scrunchie not so much.
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