working with a master

in 1997 i attended a wonderful workshop

given by asao shimura at carriage house

we worked with pina

so 

when aimee lee told me asao 

was coming to the u.s.

and I found that he would be teaching in syracuse

i asked holly greenberg about it 

and received a gracious invitation to

sit in on the class.

so i drove down yesterday

 asao creates magic: a table full of color
(pigments, dyes)

 placed  by asao shimura

master papermaker

 who is on his kon'nyaku tour

from new york to syracuse to cleveland to iowa city

 so we ogled the dyes and pigments he prepared

and used them

asao wearing pina shifu

up close

asao clothed in shifu with dyed paper yarns

bengara (for jean)

holly and a sutra by asao

printing 

kon'nyaku thickened pigments and dyes

holly's papermaking students got to play

with the "paste"

genevieve nordmark
a lover of hand papermaking
and a friend 
who may find her way to my mill sometime soon

some of her lovely paper

working into her paper with kon'nyaku and pigment

coating sheets with kon'nyaku

the lime cook

a short immersion

rinse and dry

printing blocks

and a final note:
pina spun paper, colors to dye for.
i almost jumped over the table for these treasures.
it was a good day.
making marks, making friends.