another day in a beautiful place

 kookaburra

 female fairy wren

 grampians out my studio

the other direction

i've been without e-access

but have a little bit.

my camera fell into the dye-rinse bath

yesterday,

but all is well. 

we'll see if the travel insurance will cover it.

my students in both calsses,

all 27 of them 

(yes, you read that right!)

have been an incredible blessing.

i hope they spin and weave

paper

and remember how amazing 

this little chuink of time together was.

thank you australia!!!!!

breaking news!

the MORGAN conservatory has posted

its summer schedule.

take a look, i'm teaching a class

and co-teaching another with aimee lee! 

i love this place!
(scroll down the page, hit the next page button, 
and there are the rest of the summer classes!)

hi! i am a pole….

art supply plus+++

palm

where the basketmakers hang out

blessed anne newton

she is one of those lovely 

thoughtful people 

tree so unlike a north country tree

(i forget which one, my head is mush)

word

clock

filigree

kayak

perseverance

alchemistresses of

indigo

 trace willans and naomi stevenson

pressing 

these

these

this

and this. 

the last four photos

are about 10 degrees of too light

but i will photograph them

another time

away from basement fluorescents.

~~~

at hall's gap and the grampians

it looks like i will be internet deprived.

quite possibly email only.

see ya!

cartographies

 cartographies on lokta

 a copper

making marks on paper

with many instruments

including a turkey beard brush

some plants bits and

water 

this photo makes me smile, too

felicity loving her spindle

 prepping nz flax

 loom prep

 fiberwork

jo's hands fly

 stick spinning

 the indefatigable gail stiffe

 president of iapma

 the coven (gail missing to the right, front)

 there she is!

 one of the indigo aunties 

(one of several vats)
was asked for
a piece of sky

 with naomi as tutor

and supervisor

 iowa case paper and indigo

 compiling signatures

 into a stationers binding

 each text block found its own home

 and shifu went to to live

on pages where it belonged 

 some sections were bundled until they were sewn

 some folks brought favorite treasures

to sew to paper substrate

 a few surprises appeared from the layers

crayon, graphite, resists, magic solutions, ink

that we built

 i think the class had

japanese screw punch envy

 a palette from our class

(OH! and 

 trace willans 
joined us on monday!)

 gifts were shared 

brought by students for all 

 or for me

 gifts from friends like barry and fiona

are lovely treats,

after an evening of conversation they will remind…

but gifts from students

 move me to tears.

they have gifted me 

already

with their attention and trust.

 and bring me joy.

(fiona's letters…i love these)

and a last gift:

roz showed up 

made lord only knows what effort

to stop in at beuatiful silks

to say hello.
~~~
next a few days of making and shopping
and then off to the grampians
for another australian adventure!