teaching shifu, paper, and books

(changed, in process, artists' book, dyed lokta shifu, vellum, linen, poem, 

collection of university of washington at seattle)

next june (from june 27 through july 11, 2012)

 i have the very great pleasure of teaching in

australia

at the wonderful symposium

NATURE'S COLOURS IN THE CITY

at beautiful silks in melbourne

lokta shifu pages

i will be teaching in the ecotone: north country shifu

i would like to travel a bit

around the continent

teach, meet some folks, play in some dye,

or pulp...

 weave shifu or build a book structure or three

spun kozo

maybe give a talk or demo.

so if you have an idea
for the weeks following the symposium, 

spun and dyed kozo

about a place that might like to host

this north country paper and bookmaker

around australia or new zealand,

i would appreciate you getting in touch.

two rock books before binding, shaped handmade paper, found split rocks

i want to

learn a new continent,

and leave a few paperspinners

unbundled shifu pages for vellum book

and bookartists in another hemisphere.

do get in touch

or sign up for the workshop.

stationer's binding, shifu and botanical papers book

spun kozo bobbins

i will be happy to make some pulp and pull some sheets,

spin a yarn,

weave on a stump,

make some color 

(or COLOUR),

and possibly

build a book

with you.

spring walk, artists' book, vellum and shifu

please get in touch with me here:

vdbolyard@gmail.com

rock book two, in process, found split rock, handmade, botanical, shaped pages

sewing, dyeing,

did i say i can hardly wait!

case paper and shifu cover in process