autumn colors

these two are the spread out edition for Hand Papermaking

genevieve lapp made the paper, i printed.

so much variety 

so many hours of printing.

152 papers here

(there are a few left over "in case" and a few duds).

 the porch helped me manage all of the chaos of printing.

 and after it all was done

sent to and received by tom bannister,

i bundled up a silk scarf.

 i also continued making lokta kami-ito 

for another project.
an article about shifu.

 the st lawrence county arts council

emailed they had some bookbinding material 

for me.

one thing i could not decipher 

was this jar of pink crystalized stuff.

peter verheyan said to dump it.

it smelled like my old elementary school

and erasers.

 this is my favorite of the found leaves so far this autumn

 and i collected some spent late daylilies

and printed with these

and these

a fine gift from my internet friend

gin petty

who sent them to me to test in contact printing.

 and here are the results 

the bronze leaves are tupelo.

 and today

 i'm writing an article,

a joyful task because it's heart work, 

that 's been brewing for some time

i have 5000 words that must

whittle down to 3000.

edit edit edit.

(yes, that does sound like a frog)

october 1.