Thursday, July 2, 2015

inch by inch

so yesterday in the RAIN that has been so WITH us,
i was on my porch 
and a gray she-fox stopped in the backyard to check out my presence.
m. saw her this morning,
just down from my driveway.
 a healthy fat lady
never seen one closeby before
so she's new in the area.
probably has a litter.
she vanishes in the tall meadow
just like wendy used to.
~~~
playing with iphoto 
after spinning up some lokta
acquired in melbourne on my last visit.
maybe it's those wild colors from helen hiebert
that has me messing around...
i want to have a few new samples for the WSW class.
~~~
working on the edition still
sorting all the tiny
big details
and making shifu
wondering if i still know how
(perhaps i don't)
and remembering how important it is to keep touching that paper-
each time i touch the paper i learn more.
this was a khaki sheet,
not the normal "natural" lokta color
and 
what was a really lovely sheet of paper
is now a murky shifu square.
interesting how spinning transforms the appearance
of a sheet of paper
but doesn't alter the essence of the paper.
here's dard, wearing some simply spun lokta
and when i opened him up
i found immediately a photo of the nepalese
moulds drying on the hillside.
and i was back,
at PBI
decorating a hillside
with nepalese moulds.
as soon as there's a bit of plumbing completed,
wake robin will be making paper.

12 comments:

  1. so true, about always touching and learning from the paper. hurrah for vacation and returning to yourself!

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  2. aimee, in spite of all the dyeing of the past year, i've only made paper a little at the morgan and once in katie's studio. i can't WAIT!!!

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  3. can't wait to see the finished edition. I have a pile of paper waiting to make thread - just need more time. Like Aimee, I'm so happy you have the time to be your true self.

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  4. sharmon, thank you, it's great to read that.
    jean, a pile?! lucky you! and i am happy, too.

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  5. Oh to be making paper again, that would be delightful. It has been some years now since I had the pleasure. I need to be in the same place as my equipment for more than a week to make that happen though. Maybe it is time to invest in that new and delicious Mold and Deckle I have been lusting after! Looking forward to seeing you when you are back downunder again.
    x te

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  6. i KNOW trace, PaPeR! i may be in the swan song before utter chaos here. but it's good! are you going ot be at the grampians?

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  7. thank you for these beautiful photos of your work in process

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  8. mo, well, you're totally welcome, thanks for coming by.

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  9. dard hunter..!!
    love the way sheets get cut to become yarn. or is it thread?

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  10. just glimpsing these few of pages of your edition is exciting- want to dive into the first photo with its autumn moonish feel.

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  11. neki, yep, dard, the MAN! did you know there is a dard the third and he is in charge of the muuseum?
    hs, yes, the season is a little bit off, but it will be ok. diving in might be something!

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