before Codex, briefly

the weather

 is all the news here, 

constant temp swings (60 degrees in a little over 24 hours!)

and today warning like crazy...

it's winter.

i   hope i can get to syracuse to catch the plane to get to san francisco for Codex

with no snow to deal with along rt. 81, the snow belt. 

maybe i should make a magic gut parka 

(and below wonderful needles 

pre-historic and beautiful.

from all over the world

we were stitching.)

shift back to now-- 

here's the stump loom with one of my own deer bone folders

doing double duty as shed stick.

this is the stump loom i wove the pages on.

for this book 

here is the interior of a one of my new shifu books.

 made from old kozo ledger pages from japan.

 this was a precious gift

and the final book, 

3 x 6 x 1/2 in

i'm in a rush, 

and hoping that if you're coming to Codex, 

you'll stop and visit me at table #190.Cod

iphone camera on my walk

 so there's some (more) snow

 and this lovely light was frigid last evening.

almost as cold right now

 it was too cold to walk

my nose hurt

 but it was beautiful

with light strong, intense

 and secret hidey holes and shadows

 frost heave causes many scares

while driving the back roads.

this morning the snow was squeeky 

and i knew we were below zero.

again.

 some treasures i picked up

at the grampians texture

waiting for experimental stitches

of some sort.

 the leavings from some 

frozen blueberries

patterning the inside of

a yogurt container.

some drawing experiments

under ecoprinting

and today, after,

well i'll let you know what i think 

once they're all dry.