a week of muchness

patterns on the morning table

remind me of where my thoughts

 traveled this summer

summer,

(which is now waning.

morning temperatures in the high 40's.

and heavy dewfall.)

i play patterning paper into spheres.

changing 

 reflections, 

 there has been so much rain

 and the babies are so big now.

 evening

 and below,

some useful and beautiful plants

goldenrod, canada thistle

 and these are the indoor doings:

i had the incredible honor of this gift,

shifu:

 margaret sent me a piece of beautiful shifu

woven by sadako sakurai

a piece that i held in my hands earlier this summer

in seattle.

she also sent some reading, 

articles i'd perhaps once seen, but had forgotten.

an astonishing package, and

so welcome!

 and i found i actually had this catalog

hidden away in my studio shelves! 

YAY!

 see the paper here, 

thread and the small rice seed 

where the sadako spun around the corner (so to speak)

 my 4 selvedge shifu echoes this,

so different, 

like a country bumpkin cousin

  i now have enough pages here

spun from kozo account book paper

for a japanese stab bound book,

and a few wee squares

left over.

 i've been spinning

 AND i discovered this woman's work!

i'd heard this summer that i should see a show of sarah's work.

i wish i had. she's written two zines

full of comics and fiber,

you'll learn a lot and be delighted.

i promise.

more news this week includes me acquiring a parking sticker

at st lawrence university

where i'll be teaching book arts this fall.

and a slew of slu meetings

exhausting

but next week: class begins. 

this is going to be a semester of possibility,

we have sophomores, and adults and a printmaker and me teaching.

i'm expecting to be challenged and have some real fun!
oh,
and i've spruced up my website a little bit:
www.velmabolyard.com
it's still a work in progress, though.
sigh.