good fibrations

this is

genevieve nordmark's 12.

about dyeing cotton fiber sourced from firehose (see it in the background)

for papermaking.

theh natural dyes were

sourced from maiwa.www.maiwa.com

i love hearing from folks in the paper world.

a couple of summers ago i met the amazing genevieve nordmark.

she had fallen in love. with handpapermaking.

 genevieve tried to make it up here to make plant papers...

and may still, hopefully.

she enrolled in a master's program at the esf at syracuse university

she's studying paper 

 she understands the chemistry and physics of fiber and paper.
having a tiny bit of exposure to the industrial side of papermaking
i can only begin to imagine how thoroughly she 
"gets paper".

 genevieve recently contacted me about conducting an interview.

(more about that later)

here's her latest blog post
 on the fiber wire 
about her experiments with natural dyeing on pulp
here.

 and here, 

 here are some photos of the little book

an edition of six

 that she sent me.

 i love this book, and i love how her mind

organized this work

in a much more methodical and scientific way
than i would have. 
it is a 

a fine book.

i like looking through it, over and over, actually!
~~~

susan byrd's video of working the kozo into it's pre-spun stage

is visible on facebook
at the paper threads, yarns, and textiles place

~~~ 

in other paper/fiber news:

aimee lee is teaching a winter class at oberlin

she and i are planning to teach

fiber, paper, textile, book, spirit again this year

at the morgan conservarory. 
the dates aren't confirmed just yet.
~~~

melissa's show

is something i wish i could see. 

she's been exploring milkweed in a huge way.

~~~
it's been cold and wintry and snowy and north country wonderful
lately

they call it lake effect 

big snows blowing off the great lakes
(in this case, lake ontario)

  it's time for a ski!