Saturday, June 8, 2013

fiber thinking

 top fiber: slippery elm
bottom fiber: hollyhock
slippery elm, hollyhock
slippery elm
hollyhock
potential

14 comments:

  1. That word potential V - sums them up beautifully! I love them as they are...but know they hold promise of more.

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  2. fiona, i love the scene in pretty woman when one woman says to another "you think i got potential?" (yes, i've seen that one a few times...my daughter was that age)

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  3. I love them also, just as they are, little fiber bundles. But look forward to seeing the end result of the potential you see in them.

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  4. me, too. i was hunting plants for ecoprinting, and just had to include these fibers in my haul.

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  5. And... if you feel a sore throat coming on, you can chew on your slippery elm while printing :)

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  6. valerie, if i get a sore throat NOW, i will scream which you will hear all the way to new hampshire!

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  7. how lovely.... I keep trying to picture these both in their plant form... and imagining how they become fibre.... its all a big mystery to me... but I loves what I sees!

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  8. These are gorgeous pieces of fibre - can hardly wait to see what you merge them into!! Whoo!!

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  9. Oh... right, you're finally feeling BETTER. Didn't mean to dredge up recently passed illnesses!

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  10. ronnie, i just leave the hollyhock stalks and let them field ret. the slippery elm grown in my perennial border like a weed, so i trim it and harvest the bark! easy!
    wyn, thanks, wyn, we'll see!
    valerie, it's ok, i might start chewing as prevention!

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  11. V-I love the bundles - primitive and full of texture and promise. B

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  12. barry, one way to keep them from under control (sort of)

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  13. neki, i do believe you know what you're talking about.

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