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Thursday, July 24, 2014

off to the races, er, cleveland!

i'll be teaching this weekend

at the morgan conservatory

and then again next week with aimee lee

and whilst there

this show shall open

with work from several papermakers

using eastern papers/techniques

in their work

i'm honored to be in this group

and i've heard there will be a catalog.

and

this is the latest book,

just sewn together

still nameless

another of the hortus siccus series.

a soft,

landscape of a book

with drawing and stitching and shifu

and flax and cotton and silk

and egg!

it's a bit like

a sketchbook of the north country,

simple,

really.

Saturday, July 19, 2014

dyeing to get ready

i've been dyeing and making books and

making numerous trips to the post office

and being a helper

to my sister

her shoulder is healing nicely.

some of my three layer silk

top piece dyed with fresh indigo last summer

and then

both dyed this week with st john's wort

and other stuff

all in paper bundles

and this bunch was ready for the next dyeing

those papers were grand.

roz shared a wonderful

interview with squeak carnwath

and she has this to say:

Artists are—I think of us as radio receivers. Our job is to be available, to accept information and to make it visible. And it works best when the information that we accept is the information we recognize as a part of our deeper self. We’re all individuals, but we’re also kind of the same. And it’s personal, but it can’t just be that. It can’t just be what I had for breakfast or what color hair I have. I think it has to be so that someone else can say, "That’s mine." The viewer has to be able to claim ownership.

making the edition

hortus siccus

board books, edition of 10
two spoken for

the boards were sanded

by my students as service learning.
there is the occasional foldout or gatefold, depending.

boards are poplar
or popple as they say around here.

~~~

and lastly,

there are a bunch of us who joined in

this book includes

many, me, too. india

www.indiaflint.com provided a platform

for her students

to share what they do.

to honor them.

but perhaps she didn't realize this

was also a way to honor her right back.

then, another little blurb book:

and she's written a new one

it's one of my very favorites

it seems so bright and well developed and clear

and very very rich

more
words of deeper knowing and dyeing,

and some even about paper, yay!

this book is really wonderful.

this coming week i prep for two classes at the

MORGAN CONSERVATORY

which will be fun!

mouse activity is more vigorous this summer
than ever, ever before.
and then there's chipmunk relocation.
but i persevere!

Sunday, June 16, 2013

stash/edges

all winter i have been ecoprinting.

on flax,

milkweed,

hosta,

abaca,

arches text wove,

and on lokta

PAPERS

and

on shifu, textiles, and threads.

i've bound up a few books

and have the covers ready for an edition of

HORTUS SICCUS

dry garden.

i hope that while i travel out to colorado

for the terraphilia residency

to bring along my hortus siccus,

to explore what is a very dry garden, indeed.

i leave a week from today.

~~~

last night i visited the county jail

and a young man i know

and have new thoughts about how

we treat

those on the edges.

i wonder about edges, how rich they are

until you slip over

and get lost.
~~~
after terraphilia,
i will drive north to estes park
to visit my heart school
eagle rock school and professional development center
and teach a little workshop.
ian and hannah graduated from ers.
it's a place
for teenagers to get found,
not lost.
~~~