winding down the week

chinese box taught by steve

the exemplar that steve pittelkow

made in his box class

that ran while i was teaching contact printing

at the morgan conservatory. 

it came home with me,

a gift.

lucky me!

as did kozo that

took on some coloring

natural, but not intentional.

(sigh)

i'm building a big book

after asking cecile for advice--

good, expert advice.

and i warped up the good wood loom

for a book cover in weft faced shifu

and would like to find another of these looms.

i've been looking-they closed shop.

if you know of one for sale, please contact me.

lokta on lokta

it's been fall-like this past week, 

rain and cool moved in and has taken some of the starch 

out of summer.

the new place

that is finally looking like a home.
no porches yet.

i photographed this

right before i completed the black walnut rectangle

that sits

near one edge.

one of the coolest projects i've 

given another

(with permission) 

was to make me a measuring device 

so, 
this tape

woven by the amazing susan johnson

traditional in many ways

measures some things:

 grace notes of birds,

whiskers.

a promise,

a thought,

or such-like.

some twills

linen and cotton and hemp

a useful thing for imagery

for framing thoughts

for fiber artists.

by susan at avalanche looms.

wednesday i leave for a two day workshop 

with some very good book artists.

and, this morning's news:

i caught a nice, big

TOAD 

in the have-a-heart-trap.

surprised us both!
in my haste to let her go i forgot a photo.

 she's back in the garden now.

tending her patch.
locally two amish girls were abducted and subsequently 
released.
this news has me heartbroken.
our culture is very sick
it seems that art makes the briefest of inroads
into the souls of people.
but i will keep making and teaching and doing what little i see
is right and good.
and if that is making a book to love
out of paper that was once a wild-grown flower
that's what i will do.