paper!

i've been working with hemp

these sheets are hemp top that i processed

in Zone 4's valley beater

using three pigments procured

from melbourne etching

caput morte, raw sienna, terre vert.

learning to manage retention aid after too many years.

and a sweet message arrived from seattle with the

and these special needles,

thank you Kate!

save pulp

the beater/press room at Zone 4

hemp sliver half beaten

yesterday's batch was a fine warm white hemp sliver

looking forward to seeing how the pigments work on this stuff.

this beater and i have some history

lovely stuff

just before finishing.

just under 2 hours of beating.

my hannah sent me this lovely bone feather

that i can string and wear.

and so far the weekend is only half over!

new work coming along

waiting in the ottawa airport

because there is a snowstorm in chicago

i decided to put these little things

photographed on a dreary, cloudy, sleety day

up for your looking.

a couple of baskets and a tiny shifu book

the book lives in the basket

the little basket is resting on the bigger one.

the fiber is hemp, hand harvested and spun by

mari yamaguchi

the pages are lokta shifu.

as yet, wordless.

like me,

sitting in the airport, waiting.

i will be in the toronto airport for hours, too.

sigh.