in the ecotone

in the ecotone 

 before class i took a walk around beautiful silks

this grid construction

struck me as woven

some insects for the melbourne winter

 signage to keep us found

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 the spinners, 

making inroads with spindles, lokta, the bobbin winder

 a long skinny table

spinning in the dye kitchen

 the name tags are for me

 naomi, from the shop,

spins away

 lokta

this is one focused 

and hard working group.

origami books and spinning

day one

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delving deeper

wendy came right over and put her head on jean's bojagi

and did not want to leave

i had to twist around to show you this a bit better. 

when it arrived in my mailbox,

it was quite hot

and it smelled like the dyes, 

the essence of jean's weaving, 

thoughts,

 hands.

i buried my face in it before the heat faded.

this is the second stump loom

cut from recycled barn wood from 

his old dairy barn

that was recycled first 

as a porch.

sustainability in action.

i have been exploring alisa golden's nifty structure:

created by her husband

who is not a book artist

(wonderful, that)

and have a new idea
we'll see if it can work into something 
or 
where it goes
when a new way of doing a beloved task emerges, 
so much potential
my head is zinging 
new 
New 
NEW
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there are still some lokta squares available
should you care to have your own
(see the prior post)