dyeing to get ready

i've been dyeing and making books and

making numerous trips to the post office

and being a helper

to my sister

her shoulder is healing nicely.

.

some of my three layer silk

top piece dyed with fresh indigo last summer

and then

both dyed this week with st john's wort

and other stuff

all in paper bundles

and this bunch was ready for the next dyeing

those papers were grand.

roz shared a wonderful

interview with squeak carnwath

and she has this to say:

Artists are—I think of us as radio receivers. Our job is to be available, to accept information and to make it visible. And it works best when the information that we accept is the information we recognize as a part of our deeper self. We’re all individuals, but we’re also kind of the same. And it’s personal, but it can’t just be that. It can’t just be what I had for breakfast or what color hair I have. I think it has to be so that someone else can say, "That’s mine." The viewer has to be able to claim ownership.

making the edition

hortus siccus

board books, edition of 10
two spoken for

the boards were sanded 

by my students as service learning.
there is the occasional foldout or gatefold, depending.

 boards are poplar
or popple as they say  around here.

~~~

and lastly, 

there are a bunch of us who joined in

this book includes 

many, me, too. india

www.indiaflint.com provided a platform

for her students

to share what they do.

to honor them.

but perhaps she didn't realize this

was also a way to honor her right back.

then, another little blurb book:

and she's written a new one

it's one of my very favorites

it seems so bright and well developed and clear

and very very rich

more 
words of deeper knowing and dyeing, 

and some even about paper, yay!

this book is really wonderful.

this coming week i prep for two classes at the 

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

which will be fun!

mouse activity is more vigorous this summer
than ever, ever before. 
and then there's chipmunk relocation.
but i persevere!