Saturday, December 31, 2011
new year
old year
silk, cotton, indigo, eco cauldron
strings left from summer dyeing
canada goose from saranac lake
balancing
where the threads are going
where are yours going?
~~~
happy
new year
a very good one
to you!
leah's snowflake
you!
~~~
Friday, December 30, 2011
what is joy?
illumination
being stunned
connecting
rainbow
clouds
green
moments before flight
strength and vulnerability
Thursday, December 29, 2011
nothing much...
...to say.
this just appeared.
no kidding.
i am working,
pulled out a cutting mat, set it up,
and there it was.
i wanted to show you my new journal
and the bag i put it in
and on the other side of the table i saw this
there are a four circle sheets from st. armond
and this amazing journal
mohawk superfine pages,
case paper cover
seeing, sometimes it's so rich
even the dishes
touching, sometimes
learning, in this case to use flash
to capture the fugitive greens
oh, the endbands
do you make endbands?
i can't wait to use this
almost everytime i go someplace,
start something new,
beads appear.
~~~
blue oatmeal story, because i was asked.
i was a student, dyeing at home on old sheeting
with rit dyes, layering color, shibori when it was tie dye,
subtle when subtle was OUT.
aluminum pan for cooking the dyeing cloth
(you can see where this is going)
in the morning i made oatmeal
served it.
bleary eyed, not believing, i realized the truth about NOT
dyeing in kitchen pots.
rit blue oatmeal.
poison, maybe. i learned my lesson.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
brown cloths
when the amazing india's eco colour appeared
i had been playing for some time with rust
and mold
and alternative dye processes,
not knowing what, exactly, i was up to.
since the days of college and extreme frugality
i have been
using old cotton sheeting to dye on.
in those days, i used rit and procion dyes.
there is an unfinished quilt in the trunk--
in soft reds and blues
(the story of the blue oatmeal comes from this time)
anyway,
not long after i commenced reading eco colour
i was dyeing
bundling, adding metals, plants
(and a frond of eucalyptus from the florist)
several days ago i pulled out this cloth
and studied it.
it's fine.
the old cotton
sucked up the available pigments
in tidy patterns
for christmas, my daughter hannah
knitted a brown cloth. a scarf
to keep me warm.
her friend jody's pattern
apparently available on ravelry
(i don't do ravelry...)
two brown cloths.
both made from a few fibers...
beautiful
Monday, December 26, 2011
a little snow
on christmas, we went to the mountains
there was caroling on christmas eve
and goodies, but on christmas
we drove in order to be THERE
where i feel both welcome and a little rebuffed
the snow came and went.
we returned home to delicious eating
and today there's sugar coating
too
and milkweed is decorated
(see that front moving through?)
and there were some strange stained spots on the snow
the origin, perhaps?
and melt chilled now.
waiting for the weather to change.
Friday, December 23, 2011
snow fall
and deepening dark
except for one small spruce
here the cold deepens
not very much snow, actually
the old barn softens and freezes
so does the woods
night falls, the day after solstice
a bit before chirstmas eve.
this tree on a hillside, north facing
always surprises me
as i go home.
hugs to you all.
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