tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179359742024-03-15T21:12:42.982-04:00It's my partyEvery planet returnsaimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.comBlogger1697125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-81754822948786388722024-03-03T22:30:00.003-05:002024-03-03T22:30:30.367-05:00OSGF part three: interstitial breathing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhOjXhvAuLQArC7PF5sCdLea9j-vcA54eBIcMJ_8he9XXYR0r5lofg8RwQqKk4AWRu48LjQ6T0Zuue5ngpFyIdu-qqb_igGXz9ViyL8L4o12NBDCqLF70xfHyC7eJNPmikP10YWpbysP1KHrRz_6KZK9kpI2Gh935Js3nkIeR8p75NLmlgMsgRw/s1280/osgf24%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhOjXhvAuLQArC7PF5sCdLea9j-vcA54eBIcMJ_8he9XXYR0r5lofg8RwQqKk4AWRu48LjQ6T0Zuue5ngpFyIdu-qqb_igGXz9ViyL8L4o12NBDCqLF70xfHyC7eJNPmikP10YWpbysP1KHrRz_6KZK9kpI2Gh935Js3nkIeR8p75NLmlgMsgRw/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Last year I gave myself a lot of leeway to not blog as much and it was a great training to almost stop. The older I get, the more I would rather be, instead of documenting the being. January is always bananas as <a href="https://aimeelee.net/oberlin-paper-book-winter-term-2024/" target="_blank">I teach every day for six hours</a>, and somehow I survived. But the deep yearning I had was to return to Virginia for a three week residency at <a href="https://www.osgf.org/blog/2021/5/27/seven-rules-for-artmaking-from-resident-aimee-lee?rq=aimee%20lee" target="_blank">OSGF</a>. As soon as I pulled into Bank House, I knew I was home.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OJ2S3Io0Cf922V_IZme9BQ7rvyBT2N3NZwc8n-4rGzAgmHBdhdGNxPcNtFkN0hopyxILlZmjuIhfJpNlI0NlVjuS_CAQj4TAVagux_BMDao-Nzf5clcSMsYOEFxJqSRkJvr6cSXc616-SNqJh5l4p0d1N02QZvxHeeOiKeXkS-F2Y6k_PqCQKQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2OJ2S3Io0Cf922V_IZme9BQ7rvyBT2N3NZwc8n-4rGzAgmHBdhdGNxPcNtFkN0hopyxILlZmjuIhfJpNlI0NlVjuS_CAQj4TAVagux_BMDao-Nzf5clcSMsYOEFxJqSRkJvr6cSXc616-SNqJh5l4p0d1N02QZvxHeeOiKeXkS-F2Y6k_PqCQKQ/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Through an unfortunate fluke of bureaucracy, I was alone again. I immediately set up as usual, paper on one side,<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OMqbd7fLVG_C8PU-_Ujlv4kGCE-KBYjo43PWaqQW_mWNTEJUaItT57N1EENogAYGWJGrLm2wc8agG0zri2xKqbNPl7Rnue4JzgWuo5hyNTFaybjTANRZfHzIXdwrR1V7X1j5-soH7bC6-KsvyWOd4eKQbyeFTR3ENAr-JGKziNrzxHohf6nx_w/s1280/osgf24%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OMqbd7fLVG_C8PU-_Ujlv4kGCE-KBYjo43PWaqQW_mWNTEJUaItT57N1EENogAYGWJGrLm2wc8agG0zri2xKqbNPl7Rnue4JzgWuo5hyNTFaybjTANRZfHzIXdwrR1V7X1j5-soH7bC6-KsvyWOd4eKQbyeFTR3ENAr-JGKziNrzxHohf6nx_w/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>books/dry work on the other.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklyAUrZxq0xS0rO6V-uK6__LB8PkM-YBjbqWgmZyHRUZ9LZHDHGGdwHCeKCPhq8X5x8-sBlwwUUnKbha-OL9ZgCA8kyas-ENwv_qm_e1LhMspO2MjjW8fglVL1wO0Q_A_2jTLK-0-nNSp_K5nEb40JoekVmSSWOh8N4xelr57yTjTaeNO6hfKIg/s1280/osgf24%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiklyAUrZxq0xS0rO6V-uK6__LB8PkM-YBjbqWgmZyHRUZ9LZHDHGGdwHCeKCPhq8X5x8-sBlwwUUnKbha-OL9ZgCA8kyas-ENwv_qm_e1LhMspO2MjjW8fglVL1wO0Q_A_2jTLK-0-nNSp_K5nEb40JoekVmSSWOh8N4xelr57yTjTaeNO6hfKIg/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Then I walked and saw the new oak planting experiments, fenced, in the near field. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyeJG38dfiPKzOu-jiG_lOJ5iEyS3RbOx1oOuuOVRgchXtFV0zhKYtpP2wLRM2nu2G1bS_5TGqOPEDkDzHXWmrdAhrH82_6YQZxK3HNVKp2v_nW8Ht_GCIawKM6iOrOAdvOr0BnpKCXXqLYnzvQczUDqjggVhuNz4enz3yN32VwcBw6bThNaR7A/s1280/osgf24%20-%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyeJG38dfiPKzOu-jiG_lOJ5iEyS3RbOx1oOuuOVRgchXtFV0zhKYtpP2wLRM2nu2G1bS_5TGqOPEDkDzHXWmrdAhrH82_6YQZxK3HNVKp2v_nW8Ht_GCIawKM6iOrOAdvOr0BnpKCXXqLYnzvQczUDqjggVhuNz4enz3yN32VwcBw6bThNaR7A/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>A pollinator garden where there was once black tarp to kill weeds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr56KOI1ighyphenhyphen8jIkPOpfIQvDh5wv2evdKXdpLgaiBDVhl_BoChYXuqpqd3JNNi77Eq1my7Du4rjVNqUpR4Ot9GqF6xtNlyIT7-UNL4ScJuRJ77OCaNykgGrMlAgXqs3XNjmh32nc2svJ9MGuJyhYWjWQC_BY1tRjGD7ehk1X3GD5sd9FvrObN_GQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr56KOI1ighyphenhyphen8jIkPOpfIQvDh5wv2evdKXdpLgaiBDVhl_BoChYXuqpqd3JNNi77Eq1my7Du4rjVNqUpR4Ot9GqF6xtNlyIT7-UNL4ScJuRJ77OCaNykgGrMlAgXqs3XNjmh32nc2svJ9MGuJyhYWjWQC_BY1tRjGD7ehk1X3GD5sd9FvrObN_GQ/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>First I tried an experiment to cook stalks directly in soda ash, to bypass the steaming step. Meh, I still had to clean a lot later.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKEOs486J2VbPHrobD-SLw4BaibuTo3oyMBGU6Ju0V4qcyFxYjQUk8hyphenhyphenq4P84VqFB14m7AVwAK1MpaoRR8JQk1hESMgyhdA-dkP2mawAhk2VgALhgShytusXAy1ZIddgQUepn6i0poe_ldk8RCOEqjSaue-DPy_rDbBYMUR_Q3eQpb57x9Lp7dQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKEOs486J2VbPHrobD-SLw4BaibuTo3oyMBGU6Ju0V4qcyFxYjQUk8hyphenhyphenq4P84VqFB14m7AVwAK1MpaoRR8JQk1hESMgyhdA-dkP2mawAhk2VgALhgShytusXAy1ZIddgQUepn6i0poe_ldk8RCOEqjSaue-DPy_rDbBYMUR_Q3eQpb57x9Lp7dQ/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2010.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Then I steamed as usual and decided to extract only certain fibers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBofRcV7dUqjc8ySm_EAJY7VpsuOQxHpB7UINSvBMX10hYha5jOqLVRsFVIpeBvoVHOA7maGelYqNOZcERzVZKKErQB2lIDyxWH6G8OqoXSnnI5mkzBeCKGRb4l_RTJz9qHveyNY_xhBCvkkr1v0wpiyNjBgkOfWpVJKrgUEsEMs29aCjfJofbWA/s1280/osgf24%20-%2011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBofRcV7dUqjc8ySm_EAJY7VpsuOQxHpB7UINSvBMX10hYha5jOqLVRsFVIpeBvoVHOA7maGelYqNOZcERzVZKKErQB2lIDyxWH6G8OqoXSnnI5mkzBeCKGRb4l_RTJz9qHveyNY_xhBCvkkr1v0wpiyNjBgkOfWpVJKrgUEsEMs29aCjfJofbWA/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I feel like what was happening in the studio was not so different from what was happening in the house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBf5z-NfREeFkkLuvh4W1yTVHNEo0EDT7V36vyaXTYCmGhVK3e5jzBmHhF6aDQqhKFdj311R5DBFz9ukYH7NSsmwMTyqgTmYsHYmyS9An_OyUzeWVPD-F-Vf-oZLDOsJaTtc90uQ65mhHpcfB0iP0WSsU7gMSGwmcSW-DJvV4VU_9H9rsfmiGRw/s1280/osgf24%20-%2012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBf5z-NfREeFkkLuvh4W1yTVHNEo0EDT7V36vyaXTYCmGhVK3e5jzBmHhF6aDQqhKFdj311R5DBFz9ukYH7NSsmwMTyqgTmYsHYmyS9An_OyUzeWVPD-F-Vf-oZLDOsJaTtc90uQ65mhHpcfB0iP0WSsU7gMSGwmcSW-DJvV4VU_9H9rsfmiGRw/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYQRY9gIWbNxQO6HHpylf3sWRt6GA0YcMTmG78X_a6uhf48TKCNq0xjlfKtKoEJNoJeOw1b7E3ziCAskKC4oDqpg5dbB60sABx7HFoGlxHvr0MmSK27BLJ3LzjP0ACovBJxSWSfItQETnT028W8mI_mOWPvMs7yyGm5CoCE1G7VTlK01cS6fJNw/s1280/osgf24%20-%2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYQRY9gIWbNxQO6HHpylf3sWRt6GA0YcMTmG78X_a6uhf48TKCNq0xjlfKtKoEJNoJeOw1b7E3ziCAskKC4oDqpg5dbB60sABx7HFoGlxHvr0MmSK27BLJ3LzjP0ACovBJxSWSfItQETnT028W8mI_mOWPvMs7yyGm5CoCE1G7VTlK01cS6fJNw/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%2013.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This mess becomes...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDh2-eqo7dLJy9trYk3a8454iXTwmmnK_Yt9Pb-nF0U6AJTCve5PmELEnrLOGkmmHQERbjWITPwqz6ZB9BsjD8lJiY7frZZ0WqSI6WlmjrrcPoXBGaPDMAb3AJZJznzHEpxf-5k1qV61OtIB-esdDaeLzxvi71ztfIcOjh89oM5vAza-6LyWYIA/s1280/osgf24%20-%2014.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDh2-eqo7dLJy9trYk3a8454iXTwmmnK_Yt9Pb-nF0U6AJTCve5PmELEnrLOGkmmHQERbjWITPwqz6ZB9BsjD8lJiY7frZZ0WqSI6WlmjrrcPoXBGaPDMAb3AJZJznzHEpxf-5k1qV61OtIB-esdDaeLzxvi71ztfIcOjh89oM5vAza-6LyWYIA/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%2014.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>pickles! I for sure made more pickles than paper this time around.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdyO3z5bVMPqlfpp4htJFOQU-AqFmDWCkBtIgJwJUzpmoueib1qlZGbMRUQfwxLnfAP8dZLNrp0-OZ6U3wE1IfV5IdmyfjHZOdMn5is5u1ZSik3aaPa8FmjMo64TMySz_t-2E8LZCJdD2mJ-uCfVDF7BeFca-OWFgW1v-hfsFi-A-J73QK7XbwQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%2015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdyO3z5bVMPqlfpp4htJFOQU-AqFmDWCkBtIgJwJUzpmoueib1qlZGbMRUQfwxLnfAP8dZLNrp0-OZ6U3wE1IfV5IdmyfjHZOdMn5is5u1ZSik3aaPa8FmjMo64TMySz_t-2E8LZCJdD2mJ-uCfVDF7BeFca-OWFgW1v-hfsFi-A-J73QK7XbwQ/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%2015.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>But nowhere near what our wonderful chef Jason had been up to.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpA307krtF1GLJRP-21ePVX93RxE1S3ojiqYC7vTR-kyJ3ABQIUqTwcEjRfz1Q4i11ZPlA3XAwrMjCArIrauyFtNhYaZJpd7GGqPOlmIy0wJPssu0RZMFk_zDcMPxwpFsHYRyy3kpdXCh7SnDOx1MJtDOwkoxiusFCMwdW01i1NAPzbPmAHy_IQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%2016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQpA307krtF1GLJRP-21ePVX93RxE1S3ojiqYC7vTR-kyJ3ABQIUqTwcEjRfz1Q4i11ZPlA3XAwrMjCArIrauyFtNhYaZJpd7GGqPOlmIy0wJPssu0RZMFk_zDcMPxwpFsHYRyy3kpdXCh7SnDOx1MJtDOwkoxiusFCMwdW01i1NAPzbPmAHy_IQ/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I was so happy to be back when the alumni show was up, and honored to have my book included in this display.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ8UcT0HPRYpYKWUIwql7_mxB6_GLfjZIa_iCJbwM4SnYhNQNobt3g8jdAEOXxZbip9wOizKMSt9iP0FT2ynpu-nFiiBi6WyOwv80hUfj2uadyh2nLPjztcL9lfAtM7d2kb0csaQpeYCX5A7UipVtAZ13SqOGGrUFnZvwEKhJhUIbkdJq2f0BzA/s1280/osgf24%20-%2017.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ8UcT0HPRYpYKWUIwql7_mxB6_GLfjZIa_iCJbwM4SnYhNQNobt3g8jdAEOXxZbip9wOizKMSt9iP0FT2ynpu-nFiiBi6WyOwv80hUfj2uadyh2nLPjztcL9lfAtM7d2kb0csaQpeYCX5A7UipVtAZ13SqOGGrUFnZvwEKhJhUIbkdJq2f0BzA/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2017.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>As well as this one (<a href="https://www.osgf.org/blog/2020/7/9/exploring-oak-springs-meadows?rq=kandis" target="_blank">Kandi</a> does the MOST exquisite work, hers is the marvelous big book, standing).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ujAneLcqKUR_YVOm2vSf9FG5oeUUJz5EVO2Ssu0poxyhyZwgJOnA_16VpfN8u44W8e4c_Rt8n74diRjCBN9sAU2hH1Xe8l3-7yio3GeWG8rR6IDMaVbFfIjZF9n7bjeVizr3UCipL-punTaaFZCy7xUxl0oaPwcmUl_NLg3Vq9B08gpFyRIKvQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%2018.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ujAneLcqKUR_YVOm2vSf9FG5oeUUJz5EVO2Ssu0poxyhyZwgJOnA_16VpfN8u44W8e4c_Rt8n74diRjCBN9sAU2hH1Xe8l3-7yio3GeWG8rR6IDMaVbFfIjZF9n7bjeVizr3UCipL-punTaaFZCy7xUxl0oaPwcmUl_NLg3Vq9B08gpFyRIKvQ/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>She also did all the<a href="https://www.osgf.org/covid-19-artist-response/2020/5/19/kandis-phillips" target="_blank"> silverpoint drawings</a> in this display. Tony the librarian did an amazing job composing my piece of milkweed paper at top between Kandi's nests. <a href="https://www.henryobeng.com/" target="_blank">Henry</a>'s four thistle papers are below.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgv-00jMcj4IPWmsWO1hLtyO298EXMWL7D90rLxdlFssKwJadS8R-1z5aO1hvo0Yq9PmtXjcNFYMONhhXBzXaTwZiPXq6EG1TIiNMwOJh5hjpO0tx5vUXO2YDvInqTU5i80TO0QHIwz8wbkHaH0UDE1xw45NqhI7_qb_bKcIwwnlVl3qwsHfN03A/s1280/osgf24%20-%2019.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgv-00jMcj4IPWmsWO1hLtyO298EXMWL7D90rLxdlFssKwJadS8R-1z5aO1hvo0Yq9PmtXjcNFYMONhhXBzXaTwZiPXq6EG1TIiNMwOJh5hjpO0tx5vUXO2YDvInqTU5i80TO0QHIwz8wbkHaH0UDE1xw45NqhI7_qb_bKcIwwnlVl3qwsHfN03A/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2019.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I finally got to make two different iterations of this book, which was one of two ways of handlin <a href="http://moonaimee.blogspot.com/2024/03/osgf-part-two-pops.html" target="_blank">the honeycomb</a> that I have been backburnering for YEARS.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzoCYR8IzpKGiffA8NW8GUQcnlygxqxTRf-RLUE-2kYMGcNKtBsw3IHGt2ghH72aO9ugbbyMada9f6GIfTfW65nNtMNFhLnX4dRf1vtOjwtgEJDafJTEUrvO9RiITf1adJJ7VAirlqeaH4ufGN8xJKJHjY_OVaX56dswZr4GStIy2rrf5dtooIw/s1280/osgf24%20-%2021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzoCYR8IzpKGiffA8NW8GUQcnlygxqxTRf-RLUE-2kYMGcNKtBsw3IHGt2ghH72aO9ugbbyMada9f6GIfTfW65nNtMNFhLnX4dRf1vtOjwtgEJDafJTEUrvO9RiITf1adJJ7VAirlqeaH4ufGN8xJKJHjY_OVaX56dswZr4GStIy2rrf5dtooIw/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%2021.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>When you get to work on art every day, all day, things happen that you wouldn't have expected because you are showing up and then more is revealed to you.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-v11QHocI8XiEWqMQwyngQi6DH3zXbPKFEVf_LKivJeseVu1GKR3S6QAVqjXi6GpOOUHZ4aYRfEenM8-IhZwUeRUqgszUGNgak02t8pZx2QUNzFD6817dF4Sd0jJLup5U2GM9x1m7IDBxPHv343rLmozw1qbbJ0dJBEj6_9-TqJMVFBNkp_cHQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%2022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-v11QHocI8XiEWqMQwyngQi6DH3zXbPKFEVf_LKivJeseVu1GKR3S6QAVqjXi6GpOOUHZ4aYRfEenM8-IhZwUeRUqgszUGNgak02t8pZx2QUNzFD6817dF4Sd0jJLup5U2GM9x1m7IDBxPHv343rLmozw1qbbJ0dJBEj6_9-TqJMVFBNkp_cHQ/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2022.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://www.nancyhershberger.com/" target="_blank">Nancy</a> took this picture of one of the most glorious sunrises we had, in our first week. I had looked forward to this aspect of living here for a long time: watching the sun rise a LOT. I cried the first time I saw the sun peek over a red barnlike structure, while sitting at home. This morning that Nancy captured amazingly well, I was outside walking towards higher spots to get a better view and yelled a lot as the sky showed off. I also totally overdid it with walking and was in a lot of pain afterwards (the week between Oberlin and Virginia, I had four appts and got unhappy diagnoses but no clear route forward).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlrBxRM6H3o3dPXlzvd_GvcCL7eoXbpRUJgb6Tpyw3ciZYNz_9QDhu5knPoDC99BfCds_rRg614hKltlXcFYtDVqIlMK6UrlDfA0X5XQcOc12VDilmFh_1b4r4quZrcRkPQhlTRaYktxLkgnCntRtoBgS2_iT1GRDqZlUfy7Ys-6JCCcjzHja4g/s1280/osgf24%20-%2023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlrBxRM6H3o3dPXlzvd_GvcCL7eoXbpRUJgb6Tpyw3ciZYNz_9QDhu5knPoDC99BfCds_rRg614hKltlXcFYtDVqIlMK6UrlDfA0X5XQcOc12VDilmFh_1b4r4quZrcRkPQhlTRaYktxLkgnCntRtoBgS2_iT1GRDqZlUfy7Ys-6JCCcjzHja4g/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2023.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>All the snow we had melted quickly but was still welcome.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFMsFVBeEhnPhy1swjsZJtI-pPpFUDd7Qc7qIWlO0hRW4ggidBmgXt3D_BR9tHFycVMVqQ6ztF06i38AP6uUd-WMxGxBLPRMe_YorqCBz14areJx9IWwyRV2iQiz_HoyG7uV3l8PegKtaXBtLQgJav0PsjUHBecg57JOY9dstjySJidBDT6Zuaw/s1280/osgf24%20-%2024.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFMsFVBeEhnPhy1swjsZJtI-pPpFUDd7Qc7qIWlO0hRW4ggidBmgXt3D_BR9tHFycVMVqQ6ztF06i38AP6uUd-WMxGxBLPRMe_YorqCBz14areJx9IWwyRV2iQiz_HoyG7uV3l8PegKtaXBtLQgJav0PsjUHBecg57JOY9dstjySJidBDT6Zuaw/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%2024.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I took old journals to make new comics.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ndLKfCZXOppqLkS3jlj9cFx0BmMb3Pui_oh57iGLOlmYwUekKqBb8qlA2OGeY-yvSeHpPWxJpDhHfP2Wusikq6TKly44M8_oBAhntR9Vx7RJR95crSIwKWq5OYIETahvI_UWFPSkV_Awx2bmdQT6WWfaW7F37Md9CahhejREnBnSBPo_U3c-dw/s1280/osgf24%20-%2025.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ndLKfCZXOppqLkS3jlj9cFx0BmMb3Pui_oh57iGLOlmYwUekKqBb8qlA2OGeY-yvSeHpPWxJpDhHfP2Wusikq6TKly44M8_oBAhntR9Vx7RJR95crSIwKWq5OYIETahvI_UWFPSkV_Awx2bmdQT6WWfaW7F37Md9CahhejREnBnSBPo_U3c-dw/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2025.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>My last two visits were during serious pandemic times, so I never got the regular chef dinners and treats. I didn't know Jason would make us so much gorgeous bread and that there was enough leftover for lunches.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlOHDGUvHfFm4m0WT-AAFLCS5UuPxHxMBELhAWCEOnx8Qhyphenhyphensp_Nk2NvXZi8rnsNlxOEVUZSsWulAcw10A4UYMMc1MrnVaxstjUnXgOv-yt57Ejo_eMVzXEHGJej1J3eOI0LVhu-tthdAuHVljN25n-jqen4zM_FeEF2CgPnMq0uUAZk8EG_ck_Q/s1280/osgf24%20-%2026.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlOHDGUvHfFm4m0WT-AAFLCS5UuPxHxMBELhAWCEOnx8Qhyphenhyphensp_Nk2NvXZi8rnsNlxOEVUZSsWulAcw10A4UYMMc1MrnVaxstjUnXgOv-yt57Ejo_eMVzXEHGJej1J3eOI0LVhu-tthdAuHVljN25n-jqen4zM_FeEF2CgPnMq0uUAZk8EG_ck_Q/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%2026.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Also, with a fully equipped kitchen, I made lots of things, mostly with CSA produce. Aside from quick pickled beets, turnips, and shallots, I made parsley pesto, skillet potatoes, seaweed salad, baked rice, and butter bean hummus (with pickling juice).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcNi8Jwh2PjtzPou_mFTua8-MXWbJ-nlQ97vnT6Ph1tqJlajfEBDsqd81FbnZM8ZIE9n3S_9Kk59kfAABX14Wx1RxvjwgVEgSEzYafYEtsj13DY8GgEJSCnQBW_Lr0y7bLtAD2dYoqEk9ABZYQ-mlPCIVoXQl6TNCMjpUDFsyGOa1dT5tdjNKJg/s1280/osgf24%20-%2027.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWcNi8Jwh2PjtzPou_mFTua8-MXWbJ-nlQ97vnT6Ph1tqJlajfEBDsqd81FbnZM8ZIE9n3S_9Kk59kfAABX14Wx1RxvjwgVEgSEzYafYEtsj13DY8GgEJSCnQBW_Lr0y7bLtAD2dYoqEk9ABZYQ-mlPCIVoXQl6TNCMjpUDFsyGOa1dT5tdjNKJg/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2027.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I was rarely paying attention to sundown, but when I could, loved the pinks of it as much as the pinks of dawn. Along with this wonderful tree with its lower branch almost like a bird in flight from afar.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfam2Hf68iIT9QdRZf9W1NtHDVhnItWelAc2lzd11QB0QuHAaEoB0wvCs8Tg9DiR5PJGRSuJcYJG3XIHjzwudZUiKH4i1jlk1G2NTs0jr781hpc5_PdDaHFFxO7s7s-a0N2Qa0ZKN-O3b4titb9AGHuUYHSWEmNQdKXQKCq-Gjv2EDkY-VFma4A/s1280/osgf24%20-%2028.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqfam2Hf68iIT9QdRZf9W1NtHDVhnItWelAc2lzd11QB0QuHAaEoB0wvCs8Tg9DiR5PJGRSuJcYJG3XIHjzwudZUiKH4i1jlk1G2NTs0jr781hpc5_PdDaHFFxO7s7s-a0N2Qa0ZKN-O3b4titb9AGHuUYHSWEmNQdKXQKCq-Gjv2EDkY-VFma4A/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2028.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>My first batch of milkweed paper was lovely, small, and sweet. I had spent the first week cleaning it and then had to stop myself because there would be no fiber left if I cleaned it all.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8m-llgJ9Yr9Jmxg4mKp8BavQyZDcut5uV5ElnhjleDmJbW9nvaLZlSgnezpnEAT5rsUvPmFcpbRQiDze7yearBKm5AYqFHj99MLbZKCK4QmqRy-zcc8yXRCAr55Odf9HdTApCYU6kOzCBfC9Z6CkEHa-EWJAzRjsdx3xGzC3OAgVJSeYebR2EkQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%2029.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8m-llgJ9Yr9Jmxg4mKp8BavQyZDcut5uV5ElnhjleDmJbW9nvaLZlSgnezpnEAT5rsUvPmFcpbRQiDze7yearBKm5AYqFHj99MLbZKCK4QmqRy-zcc8yXRCAr55Odf9HdTApCYU6kOzCBfC9Z6CkEHa-EWJAzRjsdx3xGzC3OAgVJSeYebR2EkQ/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2029.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I figured out a new couching system leaning in/on the sink. I always love to work in/on sinks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xxOqHYxkVloNYlVoVpLqYjxnzpcIYfZQ8MPOC_IJXvZOvrDId58GRlG5_N1XEMGY4K64kAH4eCaWvuEjKwePjk80KBO9wE7quW3ZRRygMvYiPrBUtanbIK2FQzfuG4jJb4Wp_EF0NfeExi-squQLLwqfrPF-S5XVvZeIIAhp-iYNlBcwFubFnw/s1280/osgf24%20-%2030.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xxOqHYxkVloNYlVoVpLqYjxnzpcIYfZQ8MPOC_IJXvZOvrDId58GRlG5_N1XEMGY4K64kAH4eCaWvuEjKwePjk80KBO9wE7quW3ZRRygMvYiPrBUtanbIK2FQzfuG4jJb4Wp_EF0NfeExi-squQLLwqfrPF-S5XVvZeIIAhp-iYNlBcwFubFnw/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2030.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I learned to really appreciate and savor tiny batches. Never made more than 11 sheets in a go! My body was grateful.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG61F5q_PyT0U9ivURK1XYObq9NabFKylR6koW9KIjbPn5nqLpMlZFIxaOVh5NVGuhb6EkeHV08PeJFM09wypZBglQE4PWDr2AKGXn6r3kEGfJbJyFsaz0MdIQCTOiXa0u_qtHiGm-Ib1J35bwfVKl0mq1wbGA6kHUS9KR1p_huHHWauqHm7QEwA/s1280/osgf24%20-%2031.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG61F5q_PyT0U9ivURK1XYObq9NabFKylR6koW9KIjbPn5nqLpMlZFIxaOVh5NVGuhb6EkeHV08PeJFM09wypZBglQE4PWDr2AKGXn6r3kEGfJbJyFsaz0MdIQCTOiXa0u_qtHiGm-Ib1J35bwfVKl0mq1wbGA6kHUS9KR1p_huHHWauqHm7QEwA/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%2031.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>The paper, dried.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj233RcIf4uLsnH8WyBch5Tnpk4AcDmC6cCGW7PIFbrq_qAViuODAlDIdfSwADJqreS1HKr5E-nX6BNChBvdt8iMuEtoukP3QCBLuykjut3qvYHGq494wJSgZ8P_v85-Q-qFdI4aBLk6pQa2-L3toSP-6TwtaNgsjbpe7i120-rSGe9x2zU-csTew/s1280/osgf24%20-%2032.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It had taken me two years to do it, but I finally did it! The final batch was a very hasty one of small milkweed sheets from the near field.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCsvhaYO0eu0ePuxAdgXy4vV2xWLfmk4a2BcKXwLfyqx8dOyIRUQuEthmELS6YKC2O-MDdX1Qu9sTnqIOLD1VgMk2Xcs-dgf4eq1YY7ukCgT7GCbmZmGsm2Ngcn9xfWuiW7QYUO8-Q4TzM6fddOZJENnN0sqvZpxYft88RmJ9gwsWS-FDulc1JQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%2040.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCsvhaYO0eu0ePuxAdgXy4vV2xWLfmk4a2BcKXwLfyqx8dOyIRUQuEthmELS6YKC2O-MDdX1Qu9sTnqIOLD1VgMk2Xcs-dgf4eq1YY7ukCgT7GCbmZmGsm2Ngcn9xfWuiW7QYUO8-Q4TzM6fddOZJENnN0sqvZpxYft88RmJ9gwsWS-FDulc1JQ/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2040.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I was fascinated by the burn they did of one of the fields. If I hadn't been so glued to the studio, I would have watched it in action.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNHLHoDbdcECSXYXMfPWIj9NDAUJd84kCCuPcSu26OBtg07DZJbl_VcrxuBRj8jXta9im7_Lj9WiNViw8o0vceNocAQqMy08MpbjumRRzIqeN-vQ1sUMXGS2DW0w2wo2IkQA4cms3QrBW_agM0_l5mn66V71sINrBgydntphulASKVDJMBKLgdw/s1280/osgf24%20-%2041.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNHLHoDbdcECSXYXMfPWIj9NDAUJd84kCCuPcSu26OBtg07DZJbl_VcrxuBRj8jXta9im7_Lj9WiNViw8o0vceNocAQqMy08MpbjumRRzIqeN-vQ1sUMXGS2DW0w2wo2IkQA4cms3QrBW_agM0_l5mn66V71sINrBgydntphulASKVDJMBKLgdw/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2041.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Once I got to the end, I realized I wouldn't have time to do much. It's hard to let go of the work time and start packing to leave.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Jvh6_-sgXWp2ALqC6sknArvBoHkH6sGFhtjUN-pC3frnBSgScAvaMse9lWmtwEt7Hlv03QgzLCMbVzKYKTs6aLxwt1GQII2gNCiK6kxKTP68Li6k0Wt1gt96SGfjzTsMoHlh3QCxA2TEhMmYIrJSfygKyrjPHkjs8AE-pPyJmuWMPUSavp6ziA/s1280/osgf24%20-%2042.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Jvh6_-sgXWp2ALqC6sknArvBoHkH6sGFhtjUN-pC3frnBSgScAvaMse9lWmtwEt7Hlv03QgzLCMbVzKYKTs6aLxwt1GQII2gNCiK6kxKTP68Li6k0Wt1gt96SGfjzTsMoHlh3QCxA2TEhMmYIrJSfygKyrjPHkjs8AE-pPyJmuWMPUSavp6ziA/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2042.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>But I noticed patterns even on the last day of studio and kitchen work.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXqLHAT9hFup7oxlh4GEsy_3PCWBJf5s9-mKCsXvpam42emlO1GPP5B_5W06P_bNWY3ET70C2pQ_jVOofIhjXDVtNHAkEs5RKDsb8_Ywy5nr7HU3SHFZhVQ6VyGaEqhNeIgXUqwvPfXGeYEwjkSqDaGAUAJVmyHhkLvYtReJwf0q4gqnmJdxwpQ/s1280/osgf24%20-%2043.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXqLHAT9hFup7oxlh4GEsy_3PCWBJf5s9-mKCsXvpam42emlO1GPP5B_5W06P_bNWY3ET70C2pQ_jVOofIhjXDVtNHAkEs5RKDsb8_Ywy5nr7HU3SHFZhVQ6VyGaEqhNeIgXUqwvPfXGeYEwjkSqDaGAUAJVmyHhkLvYtReJwf0q4gqnmJdxwpQ/w300-h400/osgf24%20-%2043.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDKn8coUQpfNRnycszdqm1BiQmrtNuak_jvl2U7nknK1GRtGXSwR7Dk9WHJuPIyLaj7nVedl_kOhuY7Qo9Vx0O067dK5QODaWfE7m0w4tAVhimADwPapzET9Y7n59s64S-1ECZBqvwhhGYovfyEWgXZkDLLcO6gDUenZ3zz32sYVmF7_zBOCDOg/s1280/osgf24%20-%2044.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDKn8coUQpfNRnycszdqm1BiQmrtNuak_jvl2U7nknK1GRtGXSwR7Dk9WHJuPIyLaj7nVedl_kOhuY7Qo9Vx0O067dK5QODaWfE7m0w4tAVhimADwPapzET9Y7n59s64S-1ECZBqvwhhGYovfyEWgXZkDLLcO6gDUenZ3zz32sYVmF7_zBOCDOg/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2044.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>My final morning, I walked up the ramp to the top level of the studio to watch the sun rise.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdveBDgNRwHTDnd2eSHbetWQ7KtBC8uvoYH4-W_Q26HldTwYcSDVpZskGNOXbbg-U4oVhXtM56WX_OXKFxtC0f9YFejehk6u6S58ZqZikV-KldaNd5Y_o73lH8BspUdwTNKhKaBgEV5LoTvA3qG9jTMUPLYF0uduJyhplbnvTDWRLxELPOeTw5g/s1280/osgf24%20-%2045.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixdveBDgNRwHTDnd2eSHbetWQ7KtBC8uvoYH4-W_Q26HldTwYcSDVpZskGNOXbbg-U4oVhXtM56WX_OXKFxtC0f9YFejehk6u6S58ZqZikV-KldaNd5Y_o73lH8BspUdwTNKhKaBgEV5LoTvA3qG9jTMUPLYF0uduJyhplbnvTDWRLxELPOeTw5g/w400-h300/osgf24%20-%2045.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Behind me, the full moon was setting and a black horse hanging around on the neighbor's side. This was a watershed time, learning to sit with myself in the in between spaces, and thrive.<br /><p></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-66736238741085411192024-03-03T21:37:00.003-05:002024-03-03T21:37:44.957-05:00OSGF part two: pops<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xGnlhVGQto9Lx9fhVVWjRxOFeSFnM6bnQGH58qdNaST2OZZOUDYF7E6oDJVJkEBYG-dv0OzlVAf_4ejVgmbTJbKvHcFeGH87-zIwmU5er7UjTP6ExAyRZ6sNo1FYvhmIdI4Irm3ms1zBYzwv92RFrUY9MaczcjNxjYsqjgGvmpFIMcQ-t4aNXg/s1280/pops%20-%200.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xGnlhVGQto9Lx9fhVVWjRxOFeSFnM6bnQGH58qdNaST2OZZOUDYF7E6oDJVJkEBYG-dv0OzlVAf_4ejVgmbTJbKvHcFeGH87-zIwmU5er7UjTP6ExAyRZ6sNo1FYvhmIdI4Irm3ms1zBYzwv92RFrUY9MaczcjNxjYsqjgGvmpFIMcQ-t4aNXg/w400-h300/pops%20-%200.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This is another long malingering project that has seen so many fits and starts over the years. I knew exactly what I wanted, but actually making and engineering it, that is another story. Let's see one version unfold:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOTD0ixTCVksEz_eisEnfbGaKTl0PM4wBFU737zkH46NBjhETXJaCFAhg5DJF2N8LRnOyblwPHdoOUn35C5Ow3UNG3u3UldkVnmfijVswmnaXon3aZhbtmmgCkdELYPpCPYvzcDbhZsMCWKnN_VC5-TFaujXr2SPDUyeV3xhOA59_G_fp5nYzwA/s1280/pops%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOTD0ixTCVksEz_eisEnfbGaKTl0PM4wBFU737zkH46NBjhETXJaCFAhg5DJF2N8LRnOyblwPHdoOUn35C5Ow3UNG3u3UldkVnmfijVswmnaXon3aZhbtmmgCkdELYPpCPYvzcDbhZsMCWKnN_VC5-TFaujXr2SPDUyeV3xhOA59_G_fp5nYzwA/w400-h300/pops%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXO4EbMs3LTJW4qbLPKHoMQ7UzNQANopbddwFDCn1TWMCf40oWnyy1xUZDgF9XQPQ9-s63FEnXEKr1r5UQtm6WbSWfaEUBziqkyOSeI1Vz-Knbo4IqzjqkKu6vDF34acem8uZfZeN4D2bG0IsD77l7O1RK5-94vOIdN1ysDr49Cji4PkKDosJkLQ/s1280/pops%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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But once pandemic hit, I abandoned them):<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGiG1KJwpqg74gpO61WFZueiAy8mrROyVwE5t4rNMJaV3Cc20E2ZsWA2FBgR4usP2rNktOQUYs0R0jSagRAR9wfvGtq1mz2GHL4umE9XAO4xJYLOcOpV3qZyClPNN18e2oGEg_JPV6QkdJG67Y3WXXdEM2q1e1gkQkESC0d-9mQqlFHyHeXqUDQ/s1280/pops%20-%209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGiG1KJwpqg74gpO61WFZueiAy8mrROyVwE5t4rNMJaV3Cc20E2ZsWA2FBgR4usP2rNktOQUYs0R0jSagRAR9wfvGtq1mz2GHL4umE9XAO4xJYLOcOpV3qZyClPNN18e2oGEg_JPV6QkdJG67Y3WXXdEM2q1e1gkQkESC0d-9mQqlFHyHeXqUDQ/w400-h300/pops%20-%209.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YFcbR5m9ekqDa1gXD0cE_Ap8zO4seNolFj6wHaKyfc3SfBq1MqcwdsLN-qXvFWymqNuf9rpCrKNZ2bLrE8Z6jcJEN2vU1Bk4YzTQ1d_QxlzEMx4xYDiPeEgwFqdv4dmCdIUAEDrCZmJC-VKR4XG1pxaF4jJcEAo70Q_jsm4HfPGutO_FXxvOnQ/s1280/pops%20-%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uTi-KOxXV-9Cay5DVGRj6j3Q9me2BuDM5HP04fkJ_ZxVeLGu7gi3OSrl-38PzLjETFqrZqSbYUD38J3qzkIhYub84J_2XHVg-1Dpz8tLQ2U9wJCPuETjn_Cnc9e_meQjcR0IS0P-wKu68pLfq4cL7c9TmUqXyj7P_zp1BN2ZswHhI4pwNfhHpg/w400-h300/pops%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Now I have four versions (one I "leafed" months ago, and the last is a tiny one), and have engineered two different ways of getting them into books (again, in my mind, this seemed so easy...). I couldn't finish them but three are housed in their differing book structures. Thank god for another stay at OSGF so that I could have the time and space to sort it out. <a href="https://www.osgf.org/covid-19-artist-response/2020/5/19/aimee-lee" target="_blank">100% related to my first project I did that they supported.</a><br /> <p></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-57699218379308709442024-03-03T21:22:00.003-05:002024-03-03T21:22:33.384-05:00To celebrate 2024, eggs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLHrzPX3rsMwLpIbnu-3iu5SLVZEL-c34bwB-4R8HujqzDj7-hQ4s5r6vHIxnNlz-vP82MDygFLfMG8CezF5VN02t_UkMso9PcehrZWRtJ6PbFQV8JJNYGCmmdov__8X5TI4tvDXx6wmC4h-OG64yCp-aYh18RjXKGMx9s-cEuwzSej0YyL8RGQ/s1280/eggs%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLHrzPX3rsMwLpIbnu-3iu5SLVZEL-c34bwB-4R8HujqzDj7-hQ4s5r6vHIxnNlz-vP82MDygFLfMG8CezF5VN02t_UkMso9PcehrZWRtJ6PbFQV8JJNYGCmmdov__8X5TI4tvDXx6wmC4h-OG64yCp-aYh18RjXKGMx9s-cEuwzSej0YyL8RGQ/w300-h400/eggs%20-%201.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I'll address my longest absence later. The more joyous bit of it was spent in <a href="https://www.osgf.org/" target="_blank">Virginia</a> in February. Arrived on a Monday to a wonderful CSA share that included my favorite eggs ever.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsyNnyr2CmfNNTSMFqQj56G55hdOYMbsSMZLJdhYs03nClkC2fBPpX_ZqQoLS-C43X_I1D3yTewUG36Sdy9PImhOWJ6GJhiTJ4GZvZXup42C3qr1FFRn2T7_lG3YMDm9p5zrhxMBn7_nmgizqeMICkgfvmPSZ_arlnbBa6Zx5zyPJXmUMPr_mOw/s1280/eggs%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRsyNnyr2CmfNNTSMFqQj56G55hdOYMbsSMZLJdhYs03nClkC2fBPpX_ZqQoLS-C43X_I1D3yTewUG36Sdy9PImhOWJ6GJhiTJ4GZvZXup42C3qr1FFRn2T7_lG3YMDm9p5zrhxMBn7_nmgizqeMICkgfvmPSZ_arlnbBa6Zx5zyPJXmUMPr_mOw/w300-h400/eggs%20-%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I first had them two years ago on the same residency. Four years prior, they didn't yet have chickens. I loved the eggshell color variety so much that I saved them, then never got around to using them in my books, then brought them back to Virginia! This is the collection doubled.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCe-8lZYErId7AQE7jW6w7HdsoOLE_pz4gPYB5ox2r4F8pdYcTJ2q_MM0uM8r0YCk4esfsArlF3QiNKkk5bpjbX7IlmViAK02lbxFzV3UMXDAJ7hzaLB22OkZmQyvdYl7-HI6Ap_gPIszVdAXUu0QV2KB86o62EBDnuCq6c2qBoNOH9OBU5gOxeg/s1280/eggs%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCe-8lZYErId7AQE7jW6w7HdsoOLE_pz4gPYB5ox2r4F8pdYcTJ2q_MM0uM8r0YCk4esfsArlF3QiNKkk5bpjbX7IlmViAK02lbxFzV3UMXDAJ7hzaLB22OkZmQyvdYl7-HI6Ap_gPIszVdAXUu0QV2KB86o62EBDnuCq6c2qBoNOH9OBU5gOxeg/w400-h300/eggs%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I worked for <a href="https://www.robbinamisilverberg.com/" target="_blank">Robbin Silverberg</a> years ago and she was the one who inspired me to want to use eggshells in my books, because she did it so beautifully.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDBJoj5NaReztUaHgBFkmJ5JdC1ToJbZJZSar6DJqWQX5OW6ymj-UVohSEqifMuGz4wBfp_BpYnhvPiMtZyg8Seq2y2_mHkejTE2V3FUWyOz72HrHVGFB46vtQxq-L-cBAXqwX8o6HI7iI8uUJqCu9w6el84EqdWeWkB1DbrFLf7ursUYwqiMjg/s1280/eggs%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDBJoj5NaReztUaHgBFkmJ5JdC1ToJbZJZSar6DJqWQX5OW6ymj-UVohSEqifMuGz4wBfp_BpYnhvPiMtZyg8Seq2y2_mHkejTE2V3FUWyOz72HrHVGFB46vtQxq-L-cBAXqwX8o6HI7iI8uUJqCu9w6el84EqdWeWkB1DbrFLf7ursUYwqiMjg/w300-h400/eggs%20-%204.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I knew it was hard because I helped edition her books, but she always kept the hair and eggshells as her job. I learned why very quickly.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3iaU-6L8Q8kLIikSCKjuhgCkJGGi9tutMhlfRGfBi_yiauvig481JFFUYHCseoJ1epxe8Qz0-CG1t-lZP-30RTtntV3IsgP4vsPjfLNGnVzcf2nATv1QJ8CYhYYnaRnpCnAaU5nuc4LhMKNRc6a-EigVdHLSvB7yWh8ur9Mjh0n2Y8mvUFvqQw/s1280/eggs%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3iaU-6L8Q8kLIikSCKjuhgCkJGGi9tutMhlfRGfBi_yiauvig481JFFUYHCseoJ1epxe8Qz0-CG1t-lZP-30RTtntV3IsgP4vsPjfLNGnVzcf2nATv1QJ8CYhYYnaRnpCnAaU5nuc4LhMKNRc6a-EigVdHLSvB7yWh8ur9Mjh0n2Y8mvUFvqQw/w400-h300/eggs%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>It's really hard work! Also not good when you are in that eye aging stage where you don't quite need readers but you can't see through your distance glasses anymore so you're hunched over. I felt a LOT of neck, shoulder, elbow, hand fatigue and pain over the three-week stay.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeLwb_aX6lw07kjDjJXDpYHn22fl-G2J8ff5bqf1lj0Za4pO5LNF1zcspwmNmZ96LuU4DV_OggzlvUHngwgukYmspnRbSRgfoHlPQG5h1rT0fosWc6stFRUfO0cUdvuMrOcjuR4p5uAsSQEaQLeAtehDcu3y-FexXPPKpHCF2Cm3yi0ggBikWxw/s1280/eggs%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzeLwb_aX6lw07kjDjJXDpYHn22fl-G2J8ff5bqf1lj0Za4pO5LNF1zcspwmNmZ96LuU4DV_OggzlvUHngwgukYmspnRbSRgfoHlPQG5h1rT0fosWc6stFRUfO0cUdvuMrOcjuR4p5uAsSQEaQLeAtehDcu3y-FexXPPKpHCF2Cm3yi0ggBikWxw/w300-h400/eggs%20-%206.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNPvVqu24zRrujzlePxI6RNt5GMHEcphXqU4aqhCzu5S7qsyQXnqOS4hWkMmkVr-tX1SYMu3Ah0LtD6eOGPCVZnMAWo95AOigIdsjqMhSB0oYNFocNjuMbaGOjYjr9lmYa7EiZxg5rsU8NQTDogP8BuhYWp7DYYcUet2P2HRGT4-vwc3bsWjaGQ/s1280/eggs%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNPvVqu24zRrujzlePxI6RNt5GMHEcphXqU4aqhCzu5S7qsyQXnqOS4hWkMmkVr-tX1SYMu3Ah0LtD6eOGPCVZnMAWo95AOigIdsjqMhSB0oYNFocNjuMbaGOjYjr9lmYa7EiZxg5rsU8NQTDogP8BuhYWp7DYYcUet2P2HRGT4-vwc3bsWjaGQ/w300-h400/eggs%20-%207.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMy4MzxraSMHX-fBS7GKmYWBUV_oA5vPIVhrOApqEv_c0_I-97NxQZucKC4kXu6oh53IvV_kcJ7m-69QYFhy6a10a-3lR-572nYJSSm1u5RVQRBZfrLXtFLeglhRmK75NboE1ycJr_wXwe3NlY4YVEiqb6eqTtNC8LnFwbBwY00JJcY8ShZy6eQ/s1280/eggs%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGMy4MzxraSMHX-fBS7GKmYWBUV_oA5vPIVhrOApqEv_c0_I-97NxQZucKC4kXu6oh53IvV_kcJ7m-69QYFhy6a10a-3lR-572nYJSSm1u5RVQRBZfrLXtFLeglhRmK75NboE1ycJr_wXwe3NlY4YVEiqb6eqTtNC8LnFwbBwY00JJcY8ShZy6eQ/w300-h400/eggs%20-%208.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI3ZKwRKT50Pn1lHXU0jMjWoaoEom_YokBRiFC9nib0mVJthE3lPeXYIjx_2UjFl628RO1Rh7gZ4FQqePkeKWo5PsbMjP_16kVfrSxGXyRUa1IS1hfE-EiD4QwOWMTLmnjxv2LnG4MHf1QBYmkME_ck8s_RuBjDu0iN9TRodbiiI4MuUiJzI_1w/s1280/eggs%20-%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI3ZKwRKT50Pn1lHXU0jMjWoaoEom_YokBRiFC9nib0mVJthE3lPeXYIjx_2UjFl628RO1Rh7gZ4FQqePkeKWo5PsbMjP_16kVfrSxGXyRUa1IS1hfE-EiD4QwOWMTLmnjxv2LnG4MHf1QBYmkME_ck8s_RuBjDu0iN9TRodbiiI4MuUiJzI_1w/w300-h400/eggs%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEmW9r954B8M8WKqgeY0lGwW-PG5ERLcE7NXuqKcNwS9TOJ9oqTDMJdh7DkwgScytcttkemsFpFeHR1pfzjOy4JWmOe4AWiYdq1Qn7chYe5a6tDTgZ1WgYJxIJ9hnoOdV386PnHGNth6244AUuxerTavz7vuwzwmcobATf8e43YdtFaYFjtYPAA/s1280/eggs%20-%2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyEmW9r954B8M8WKqgeY0lGwW-PG5ERLcE7NXuqKcNwS9TOJ9oqTDMJdh7DkwgScytcttkemsFpFeHR1pfzjOy4JWmOe4AWiYdq1Qn7chYe5a6tDTgZ1WgYJxIJ9hnoOdV386PnHGNth6244AUuxerTavz7vuwzwmcobATf8e43YdtFaYFjtYPAA/w400-h300/eggs%20-%2010.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This is a sketch of what I did in real life, which was crumble a bunch of shells in my hands as I ran out of the studio and threw them over a stone wall (many of which flew back at me), to prevent myself from having them to use on more books. I later learned from an old student that this was a practice of creating a barrier from evil. Indeed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1u7OdMquRUxtMvekrf2ylMVG3UjB-cDXmT5CFMykKcvSQ7pizSwXqA4MYjrJ9inntwESjrcE86emueZTIPGjVu_zDCkKJ3Trc-modtxC-VdROfFFubwfd28LaKmUAdiBExHuIuRpSmmbTHKbYaGLNg5VKRdyShK3V_ok5O6igrGmjl4dyDruRw/s1280/eggs%20-%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1u7OdMquRUxtMvekrf2ylMVG3UjB-cDXmT5CFMykKcvSQ7pizSwXqA4MYjrJ9inntwESjrcE86emueZTIPGjVu_zDCkKJ3Trc-modtxC-VdROfFFubwfd28LaKmUAdiBExHuIuRpSmmbTHKbYaGLNg5VKRdyShK3V_ok5O6igrGmjl4dyDruRw/w400-h300/eggs%20-%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Two of the writers got a tour of the chicken house and even got to hold one, but I only ever got to see the roosters. This was my last visit, after the coop had been moved again, since they keep moving it for the animals to fertilize the soil that will be planted. I wondered what the geese were doing in there but later learned they protect the flock!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi803TUxrMUAVrAfyYqgOucqANgZ2Xj0c7uebS1rh3krZ373Uby0FcAVukphxPYsp3JOQob9cMVs-4K672rSIag61m7LlVIzcAMe9tJGHW5hs9WkOEIscc9ZdifCnSjuq_GMvkZlJngEE42MvU8X0Mhhd0ihZ85En18lIzhtl1RE964xGzUPLqO4g/s1280/eggs%20-%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi803TUxrMUAVrAfyYqgOucqANgZ2Xj0c7uebS1rh3krZ373Uby0FcAVukphxPYsp3JOQob9cMVs-4K672rSIag61m7LlVIzcAMe9tJGHW5hs9WkOEIscc9ZdifCnSjuq_GMvkZlJngEE42MvU8X0Mhhd0ihZ85En18lIzhtl1RE964xGzUPLqO4g/w400-h300/eggs%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>But my first happenstance was on a sunny day when I was walking to a luncheon. I wanted to take non-paved paths so I went around the back of the farm and was so excited to see this, because I had heard about the chickens but hadn't seen them. Well, these were the roosters and I thought, like other animals, that they would run away from me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgWhGa5kPLAIs77E-D9rpvvtf-vAm8YCTFZ-_Yhlk7yN5NGfYwWy0c9_6EV3CSJbFkMnhtGQiUKWoDnEplrEaXn3XINMbKWN2LSgK0dHTbbOOThEPbRYhTx5TfI3TTMt9vDDye8VHf4DsQz2F0XRnUt7Q59AsNbh-5by8vsMcY2k25NVFdD5ReQ/s1280/eggs%20-%2013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgWhGa5kPLAIs77E-D9rpvvtf-vAm8YCTFZ-_Yhlk7yN5NGfYwWy0c9_6EV3CSJbFkMnhtGQiUKWoDnEplrEaXn3XINMbKWN2LSgK0dHTbbOOThEPbRYhTx5TfI3TTMt9vDDye8VHf4DsQz2F0XRnUt7Q59AsNbh-5by8vsMcY2k25NVFdD5ReQ/w300-h400/eggs%20-%2013.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Oc7fpEnhQUfwNjBLxRzDgVeLWAaC_yWfPyQSO-NwtLb7MV7cfuEWKCSZNiPcc_oqVF-wBGWxAvHMpjKOo5W-BtnobyTUsJz0Dv5n4maxaduUpikqH2vNox9AvdEHD-Dqub3ShE4OrHo8q3pYoZpPqHenb_GLOIjGi6NDrrQH85-Nv80TtpJFGw/s1280/eggs%20-%2014.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Oc7fpEnhQUfwNjBLxRzDgVeLWAaC_yWfPyQSO-NwtLb7MV7cfuEWKCSZNiPcc_oqVF-wBGWxAvHMpjKOo5W-BtnobyTUsJz0Dv5n4maxaduUpikqH2vNox9AvdEHD-Dqub3ShE4OrHo8q3pYoZpPqHenb_GLOIjGi6NDrrQH85-Nv80TtpJFGw/w300-h400/eggs%20-%2014.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIz8seLtSKwty8kMn1Aj9kJ7q8Hoe1WV1C_ftEEQliDnUXBcSZvhiIUUJttOZt3j-C1plVh5fQrXSPdL-jGmxOiYsk-WWzvMsz99MZB_vjx7TnrQ6G0gM-FsheUvnGOXAXuALov31pbV10b2kUU2IXNNoYVgAEu4w64nxmeVuzit90RAgGZnimaA/s1280/eggs%20-%2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIz8seLtSKwty8kMn1Aj9kJ7q8Hoe1WV1C_ftEEQliDnUXBcSZvhiIUUJttOZt3j-C1plVh5fQrXSPdL-jGmxOiYsk-WWzvMsz99MZB_vjx7TnrQ6G0gM-FsheUvnGOXAXuALov31pbV10b2kUU2IXNNoYVgAEu4w64nxmeVuzit90RAgGZnimaA/w300-h400/eggs%20-%2015.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPB-YgQegurpJPi0OR3DhrjfgqRfg_tSF18_N-ztPP7Te3FWKQGq3rqUBpnQNf3vy8MHG4bWhEg7cmUXaRT9RU1AZ1gBhEa6P6SqsyLEcYWxiS1NOWHqcraTWVs5Q333FUSCg7NNRF_wG9F54EGjCR8b9Vpg-U5sOwM3NzETZFSIcIVyKf4fMaQ/s1280/eggs%20-%2016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPB-YgQegurpJPi0OR3DhrjfgqRfg_tSF18_N-ztPP7Te3FWKQGq3rqUBpnQNf3vy8MHG4bWhEg7cmUXaRT9RU1AZ1gBhEa6P6SqsyLEcYWxiS1NOWHqcraTWVs5Q333FUSCg7NNRF_wG9F54EGjCR8b9Vpg-U5sOwM3NzETZFSIcIVyKf4fMaQ/w300-h400/eggs%20-%2016.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUYfSn8c3gSMsrWnySfI5sKB2LnPgd9_Y-GhsnV9L4PlD4CFaCBeAlVleMRiOB_K1OAPHCQ1dB8bvOIhqsdv8FCXuIvjeP6bxcmbsZpDKsFUB3dw23XC1i_6EjIlu4bKp9hypKEPsaqMrcN3cn__PmixNuzHVRsTjFQJqxbVH8Oi78_XTQQv71w/s1280/eggs%20-%2017.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUYfSn8c3gSMsrWnySfI5sKB2LnPgd9_Y-GhsnV9L4PlD4CFaCBeAlVleMRiOB_K1OAPHCQ1dB8bvOIhqsdv8FCXuIvjeP6bxcmbsZpDKsFUB3dw23XC1i_6EjIlu4bKp9hypKEPsaqMrcN3cn__PmixNuzHVRsTjFQJqxbVH8Oi78_XTQQv71w/w300-h400/eggs%20-%2017.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Well, I was totally wrong. When I arrived, most were inside. Once I walked on the other side of the electric fence to see them and take pictures, I wondered why they were all jumping outside. Then I realized, duh, they thought I was bringing them food!! Sad to disappoint them but exhilarated by the crowd, I turned and went to lunch. Most of the chicken (to eat) was gone by then.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8bpnRAzk2Y0BER9C_YdgaTozNwsPBVnU7iphsmUs7Ug_KTPFBHI5zEfa-kVaxZvE0nML43lbDHWQ-K4Ws_FMtZ07q5B3Q-n7UZqjHrpgefvgpq4vKpS6SUDb06ZWMUusm_M1ivP_8-qsD-sALS0Z1CXeJOk5YizWKsP3n-o46TP4rqSrvQd3iw/s1280/eggs%20-%2018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8bpnRAzk2Y0BER9C_YdgaTozNwsPBVnU7iphsmUs7Ug_KTPFBHI5zEfa-kVaxZvE0nML43lbDHWQ-K4Ws_FMtZ07q5B3Q-n7UZqjHrpgefvgpq4vKpS6SUDb06ZWMUusm_M1ivP_8-qsD-sALS0Z1CXeJOk5YizWKsP3n-o46TP4rqSrvQd3iw/w400-h300/eggs%20-%2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This was part of my final CSA share, such faves. I adore microgreens and the eggs have had my heart for years now.<br />aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-37720509822744024202023-12-31T16:35:00.005-05:002023-12-31T16:35:36.214-05:00Final quacks of 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmnf8IyG4JuyUeusPzOHSDx7jdvWyK8lLl5Q3J0NO__aJQcOXL2w45AXRBaoOHLvid1XWTB8ZDDLCfIvEx2ucNtoX0kaxnUwJb8vQ80LioeNYb6lc85lLwXij8NlBjH21aAalPfUNHz-7e0YGdMvmEU-ghetjjsy3DokmPq8n3q6GkIMpE6y1JQ/s1000/dec2023%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmnf8IyG4JuyUeusPzOHSDx7jdvWyK8lLl5Q3J0NO__aJQcOXL2w45AXRBaoOHLvid1XWTB8ZDDLCfIvEx2ucNtoX0kaxnUwJb8vQ80LioeNYb6lc85lLwXij8NlBjH21aAalPfUNHz-7e0YGdMvmEU-ghetjjsy3DokmPq8n3q6GkIMpE6y1JQ/w300-h400/dec2023%20-%201.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I pushed hard the last few days at home before I left to see family in NY. This duck I started in Feb of this year. I can't believe it took this long to finish.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEMr4yJ1xX6OR34_Vc4B3Bw9MIQsJx_2smrNdg4h3v7k7pm53SaGA0NDJrne7iD4JtQuEpFyo8VdJIWl8OGQ05oxazaCLAL9iexutZkmDjrsFYzNoEjn_FziQMnm-NeeUcjqsHuxdRRdaj9uG-kswBgfGPSQyd_b_7kTiJr_9-pnt3SKZsXfajw/s1000/dec2023%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqEMr4yJ1xX6OR34_Vc4B3Bw9MIQsJx_2smrNdg4h3v7k7pm53SaGA0NDJrne7iD4JtQuEpFyo8VdJIWl8OGQ05oxazaCLAL9iexutZkmDjrsFYzNoEjn_FziQMnm-NeeUcjqsHuxdRRdaj9uG-kswBgfGPSQyd_b_7kTiJr_9-pnt3SKZsXfajw/w300-h400/dec2023%20-%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>After a few false starts, I immediately then got to this one (once I'm warmed up and remember everything I'm capable of doing, it goes faster).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZlfewZQluILuv3-_jiUs4Hgo6hIqKTOKQrFeBXt-t5JjFl02OBHopVnD0I5bB8ZPDB8P-yIdYCk0oh9-BbJMp1slFAUn8ijZar8xbyoPbEPTKhXL3tj_z6Xlft5xUd-tex_c_XP3dfMLwEK3tMHSciEWO92e0Ttt8VoLM41BfrtNWa-5BCcNpg/s1000/dec2023%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZlfewZQluILuv3-_jiUs4Hgo6hIqKTOKQrFeBXt-t5JjFl02OBHopVnD0I5bB8ZPDB8P-yIdYCk0oh9-BbJMp1slFAUn8ijZar8xbyoPbEPTKhXL3tj_z6Xlft5xUd-tex_c_XP3dfMLwEK3tMHSciEWO92e0Ttt8VoLM41BfrtNWa-5BCcNpg/w400-h266/dec2023%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>One friend said, interesting to see a newborn and a 10-month old! Both are uploaded on the <a href="https://aimeelee.net/hanji-ducks/" target="_blank">duck page</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKChyphenhyphen1KO9gls6F_4rpRDKX8iBgoJ2OMVP5jrlBAOn_-yqX3fOxG_TEQXR6tUUetoCRg3y45ideN95R76-bxMZ3wpa02rgxQ8k4k9w_QzwhbHpKB5JZEzdd7fvPpPnHI-LjE5VAAD2G-aRrHCmkboDr6Udel1xYlCIiJsgnbvahok3ijKHBX5wFsA/s1000/dec2023%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKChyphenhyphen1KO9gls6F_4rpRDKX8iBgoJ2OMVP5jrlBAOn_-yqX3fOxG_TEQXR6tUUetoCRg3y45ideN95R76-bxMZ3wpa02rgxQ8k4k9w_QzwhbHpKB5JZEzdd7fvPpPnHI-LjE5VAAD2G-aRrHCmkboDr6Udel1xYlCIiJsgnbvahok3ijKHBX5wFsA/w400-h266/dec2023%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Earlier in another push in Nov, I hand delivered <a href="https://aimeelee.net/artists-books/" target="_blank">this new big book</a> (intentionally not bound) to my photographer in the empty parking lot of a furniture store off of I-90, after I had gotten up early to buy fresh bread for him and his wife for their road trip, because that is the polite thing to do—share excellent bread. These are the things I do as a working artist when most of the world thinks that I am painting at an easel in a studio or something.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkR7TT9GiUpQsXCOeqm8EcJ91vsFr02_ttSva-xvrOIqq8JY-sFpRhTB9kSCFj0PH9sNv7FCi4pl76uwB6F2v0qMHsSA7EomcdG_nVwgufieXxS1grhjkga9UP8GnE-RKsrSpXasUKVNcLnJfROzFuHLZdTcptYBehpE6HrfnTzi9MWk9OZYuxA/s1000/dec2023%20-%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkR7TT9GiUpQsXCOeqm8EcJ91vsFr02_ttSva-xvrOIqq8JY-sFpRhTB9kSCFj0PH9sNv7FCi4pl76uwB6F2v0qMHsSA7EomcdG_nVwgufieXxS1grhjkga9UP8GnE-RKsrSpXasUKVNcLnJfROzFuHLZdTcptYBehpE6HrfnTzi9MWk9OZYuxA/w300-h400/dec2023%20-%205.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Being back with family comes with its own stressors, which almost overwhelmed my entire nervous system. I have a lot of work to do to reconfigure my response to...everything! But was glad to see <a href="https://diaart.org/exhibition/exhibitions-projects/delcy-morelos-el-abrazo-exhibition" target="_blank">this installation</a> on my last day (again, a great tip from <a href="https://www.stefanhagenphotography.com/" target="_blank">Stefan</a>, from where all good things flow).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zSVuQPp8zB5n91UhIHgvY9vUki9fKRNbmd86FhrUq_9s4aFRBy__teuXjsKtf26nwsLExilyzqjJ4nsmWlHWw0uBxVQNsSD3o0nnCxj5wFsyXus-rxPDj2eP5xCL-UeYMlvicsG8bN33HJp5hc5XoVyRhES7Q6aJVlaTLOlVJBHTNfBFqHA23w/s1000/dec2023%20-%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8zSVuQPp8zB5n91UhIHgvY9vUki9fKRNbmd86FhrUq_9s4aFRBy__teuXjsKtf26nwsLExilyzqjJ4nsmWlHWw0uBxVQNsSD3o0nnCxj5wFsyXus-rxPDj2eP5xCL-UeYMlvicsG8bN33HJp5hc5XoVyRhES7Q6aJVlaTLOlVJBHTNfBFqHA23w/w300-h400/dec2023%20-%206.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Mud from upstate going up 4 feet, the high line of where the Hudson River had flooded the gallery during Sandy's visit years ago. I returned home yesterday, relieved to be back even though I leave soon to teach at Oberlin. Don't forget to apply to do <a href="https://www.montellofoundation.org/pages/montello_apply.htm" target="_blank">a desert residency</a> for two weeks this year if you like. I might try but not for another year or so—so much is in flux right now.</p><p>If you can read Arabic, <a href="https://arabic.korea.net/NewsFocus/HonoraryReporters/view?articleId=244454&pageIndex=1" target="_blank">this</a> is about me. And if you want to look around my website, I finally redid it with <a href="https://insiya.com/" target="_blank">Insiya</a>. The biggest new section is <a href="https://aimeelee.net/research/" target="_blank">research</a>, though I guess also <a href="https://aimeelee.net/teaching/" target="_blank">teaching</a>? The publications page is my favorite. Regardless, sorry to embed links in-line after attempting to add links at bottom so you aren't distracted constantly. But why pretend we aren't? See you in the new year.<br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-12902483568290774462023-12-12T12:09:00.000-05:002023-12-12T12:09:09.764-05:00Abu Dhabi second half<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1kYWv07oTNh1WO1ejkKPMG27z9Bqdrwrhe-52hZJNMqEs2W-9b8YdP6U1rNVM9-wmTB2ZGUlzBN8OIEMkHCj4ba-rNwfqczq4Z_ATogX3olgwvnD9oH_lkwFSfrWqwYNZYHcxm4EV1y6C4l17-3hVE96BqbCHWQlaCFeCOd-t1XHSbK9SZo-Sw/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1kYWv07oTNh1WO1ejkKPMG27z9Bqdrwrhe-52hZJNMqEs2W-9b8YdP6U1rNVM9-wmTB2ZGUlzBN8OIEMkHCj4ba-rNwfqczq4Z_ATogX3olgwvnD9oH_lkwFSfrWqwYNZYHcxm4EV1y6C4l17-3hVE96BqbCHWQlaCFeCOd-t1XHSbK9SZo-Sw/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>While I could have run around earlier in my five-night trip to Abu Dhabi, I wanted to give my body a bit more time to rest between show install and opening before poking around. The day after the show opened, aside from early morning work that a journalist usually does, I was free until 5:15pm. So I went to the grand mosque.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoWRz6KsF9Csd1DdLkSOM4RT5FXXagZRwHOGwi5OU-_UriEckhXM9i5LkLOzcNDybzFaiavuRCNfiZsJnBw0WzETajXpI0iiPvUrdr_4TF4vsmMJq6AeGVYojhrH7EdPhepUa5KyQj3rvyrysRKtRDs3z6osxdCrTT9asCUeJC8L5Lp8WgkwP8Q/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoWRz6KsF9Csd1DdLkSOM4RT5FXXagZRwHOGwi5OU-_UriEckhXM9i5LkLOzcNDybzFaiavuRCNfiZsJnBw0WzETajXpI0iiPvUrdr_4TF4vsmMJq6AeGVYojhrH7EdPhepUa5KyQj3rvyrysRKtRDs3z6osxdCrTT9asCUeJC8L5Lp8WgkwP8Q/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I was told to visit the war memorial across the street (not a kind of street that you can cross safely but it is close enough to see from afar, which for me in this heat was enough).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dvjYYmBjtDj1RLtJMR0AJ2SFCkGAK2UqwQN16pix1iXfbdrfuHdyqmLlv8PH4aNKlphoUfgWwN36aDuyO-_8b2V8QtoZo0JXfW23Bxpvg5ujyDahsZVfzoBt9O-MZW0Hs0UetrSgDVVR5_MVo51FbgDTRr8wmKZVaiJBFTQ80RUfJQodhTh-_w/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dvjYYmBjtDj1RLtJMR0AJ2SFCkGAK2UqwQN16pix1iXfbdrfuHdyqmLlv8PH4aNKlphoUfgWwN36aDuyO-_8b2V8QtoZo0JXfW23Bxpvg5ujyDahsZVfzoBt9O-MZW0Hs0UetrSgDVVR5_MVo51FbgDTRr8wmKZVaiJBFTQ80RUfJQodhTh-_w/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>You can only visit if you are appropriately covered. Fortunately I was prepared but it was a pashmina so a bit hot. It was doubling as my airplane warmth + once I arrive back home it will be very cold and I won't have a winter coat. But of course when I arrived back home it was in the 50s.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNQGYo3mXjZ8YqSRf0wh9wHiQIDVBJiDyQDsKntBm-2MjsfVR4s2PVepndPRkxQJC-DD-3VLtrLnWWFawkLmzTtwkZyUSadTATSzCE2x0ceIF0EB7KARJZ9yPM1N8GM3UhcUYC-OrPyA-Uz6T7OUR8QM7yTQ27tvI3j2VS-noNV6SndWKkVOm-Q/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNQGYo3mXjZ8YqSRf0wh9wHiQIDVBJiDyQDsKntBm-2MjsfVR4s2PVepndPRkxQJC-DD-3VLtrLnWWFawkLmzTtwkZyUSadTATSzCE2x0ceIF0EB7KARJZ9yPM1N8GM3UhcUYC-OrPyA-Uz6T7OUR8QM7yTQ27tvI3j2VS-noNV6SndWKkVOm-Q/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%204.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I was pretty underwhelmed here because it felt just.....big. I didn't feel any deep sense of spiritual center. If anything, it felt like everything was intentionally made so big to win things like the Guinness world record for the largest rug. All I could think of seeing so much white was: how many people does it take to CLEAN this place? And how little do they get paid?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8XB4vKtW2QzFWFkaSAq8uWkx8GuoB_xAIkB0vaMeU3LwQbYbEx_rMEUomirI34wkduBCpKiL3G4D8o6dE_RDjssAJ0nj8nIsDuxR98ZM_-Z60ZlnbAcMtxhyGoKodNJVuLYHuGHk7HlnJ1b-Rv9u8IEraiwxn4_0wzYmcK_KuuQO15R9caMTQA/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt8XB4vKtW2QzFWFkaSAq8uWkx8GuoB_xAIkB0vaMeU3LwQbYbEx_rMEUomirI34wkduBCpKiL3G4D8o6dE_RDjssAJ0nj8nIsDuxR98ZM_-Z60ZlnbAcMtxhyGoKodNJVuLYHuGHk7HlnJ1b-Rv9u8IEraiwxn4_0wzYmcK_KuuQO15R9caMTQA/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%205.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>After leaving the main complex, I felt like this was the more appropriate signaling of what this place is: another center of global capitalism. I've never seen more Tim Hortons than in this emirate. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRfsELA3greDGAnpR4yC-3yP0alfOaD-n5_nmyiJs4VmQ2eFcJXFaXba2rGdpTFbf6izK2aJ_LQtmEzh-NbxyU7lMChc44ocHCDqMHnyK3f6Yoybts58-OPWd1tkcIIt6KZoO2DtRhqepcqL2A6WBug7cmiGYvXLciedvxfgOapy-oNCft1KlyQ/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgRfsELA3greDGAnpR4yC-3yP0alfOaD-n5_nmyiJs4VmQ2eFcJXFaXba2rGdpTFbf6izK2aJ_LQtmEzh-NbxyU7lMChc44ocHCDqMHnyK3f6Yoybts58-OPWd1tkcIIt6KZoO2DtRhqepcqL2A6WBug7cmiGYvXLciedvxfgOapy-oNCft1KlyQ/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>My next visit was to Qasr Al Watan, the presidential palace where state dinners and meetings happen (not where people live). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Gck_KhKNuuCyAcLp8b-quQdOjxrUW9HxUXulyzv1hJ9rhCO_yL_GMQszkZc_7zHXWRbY1sL_u83YhVTnUzLKVOXn2eIvygwaan6O9JUntrOr7Z0jmv7t6jCUJooNzB20KNOw89Y4pr0qOLhBp_Nu_Stop4pvSPlVOu58tRNYfh53k6ED_CWoNQ/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%207.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Gck_KhKNuuCyAcLp8b-quQdOjxrUW9HxUXulyzv1hJ9rhCO_yL_GMQszkZc_7zHXWRbY1sL_u83YhVTnUzLKVOXn2eIvygwaan6O9JUntrOr7Z0jmv7t6jCUJooNzB20KNOw89Y4pr0qOLhBp_Nu_Stop4pvSPlVOu58tRNYfh53k6ED_CWoNQ/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Again, the scale was extremely grandiose. But a bit more craftsmanship and also (though fairly hidden from the main exhibits and public areas, in a weird black geometric enclosure) a bit more info about the making of it, elements that include mosaic, stained glass, marble, etc.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjismzSO3KmW66CqpsYNPrRA-ad_D1xRup-2yb9Oc2Kb8r3a7zuAIXKesuItrt_vPr6Do3DDJIPB8p4HrpP76ehJ2qP_9G1J4dmVJCpuzswmBWG1nowFWMoqRXlDy29X8Nc_SMqOC2W1DzJWwFP6JxXjm-Zm4JuKs9WGbWNvfKO6pXN4Q5FiEVwYw/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%208.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjismzSO3KmW66CqpsYNPrRA-ad_D1xRup-2yb9Oc2Kb8r3a7zuAIXKesuItrt_vPr6Do3DDJIPB8p4HrpP76ehJ2qP_9G1J4dmVJCpuzswmBWG1nowFWMoqRXlDy29X8Nc_SMqOC2W1DzJWwFP6JxXjm-Zm4JuKs9WGbWNvfKO6pXN4Q5FiEVwYw/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%208.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>There is a photo op where you can stand in line to go into the gold structure. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcADnZFSOF3kLwjMY9HK9l1cmX9JJXCDhU1iuFAH8hs3U9wPp_lDi1oj8nok6E2WSoGObQMlDtDskIlmXYj6oPxgsq563pFOeJLf02vhYK6q9d3ZPSTkgTlOZlDxsi0DN9mdweIYTAnfFkqVXoQVIiD1yB6YvzVgNL1W8QWTr7YQxsZbXvKB7Hmg/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcADnZFSOF3kLwjMY9HK9l1cmX9JJXCDhU1iuFAH8hs3U9wPp_lDi1oj8nok6E2WSoGObQMlDtDskIlmXYj6oPxgsq563pFOeJLf02vhYK6q9d3ZPSTkgTlOZlDxsi0DN9mdweIYTAnfFkqVXoQVIiD1yB6YvzVgNL1W8QWTr7YQxsZbXvKB7Hmg/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>The library, which you can't really access, another photo op.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ftwn7htsMY3r89iMwblQRYYaM_I_RE1ahIX5jgOQhJgaEmtrotGu7FuONY-YVkIYhKjSjLwFlC1YlM7f1GcZHurheeFSIqDstPJhm3b3Aiz1VjLhArMrqXOTajS-v7FTk6snVVREHN7Vk84HgIktpDoDJo4-zuBQMMA1dd6PhL3GaI-gKOS_Dw/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ftwn7htsMY3r89iMwblQRYYaM_I_RE1ahIX5jgOQhJgaEmtrotGu7FuONY-YVkIYhKjSjLwFlC1YlM7f1GcZHurheeFSIqDstPJhm3b3Aiz1VjLhArMrqXOTajS-v7FTk6snVVREHN7Vk84HgIktpDoDJo4-zuBQMMA1dd6PhL3GaI-gKOS_Dw/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2010.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>If I hadn't wandered into the area where they explained some of the architectural elements, I would not have noticed that the marble was all cut in a way so that the veins could mirror each other. So much work! I did take a break in the cafe for a lovely quinoa tabbouleh, when I could finally stomach a lunch. It went Day 1: arrive at noon, eat pizza. Day 2: bfast and nothing else all day. Day 3: bfast and a Korean lunch I couldn't finish. Day 4: late afternooon dish! Day 5: overeat massively but in style. Day 6: already on the plane home.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib80_2X31Asoa4HrwlYcA_Z8ZqXSip1Dd3n-GW-Q9MdYHzj8Ve4BX1bMsg2-OQb0rdc529o5vT2Vw88mP7FloVND3VVtfc8e4jVlMFSaG2JjGQyJaGUc5p0Tf1q7y-uX3qJ9FVtW2K5AuocxFVNjooUpekNfDRqbmAriiWjW-ruCeBF4OxO27sfQ/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib80_2X31Asoa4HrwlYcA_Z8ZqXSip1Dd3n-GW-Q9MdYHzj8Ve4BX1bMsg2-OQb0rdc529o5vT2Vw88mP7FloVND3VVtfc8e4jVlMFSaG2JjGQyJaGUc5p0Tf1q7y-uX3qJ9FVtW2K5AuocxFVNjooUpekNfDRqbmAriiWjW-ruCeBF4OxO27sfQ/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I got back to the hotel with enough time to lay down. After fighting the urge to sleep through it, I walked back to KCC to teach my joomchi workshop. I had been warned that we had so many registrations that we needed to move from a classroom to the library.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFu8K2er3SsC9gzf81oJUhO5_Nbd6uAqTBQVaK8fhHHtQ0COeT-_fQ3x4GJlFd2Y0RosQHxw1502G3KU9k0rAWyK7cWjzAyghWlBhnXMh30WpmhyzocaxW5RhyCivawmXgPS0rhq7zvPtqt1Se1MGuaJ7GP-um7c0UCiNiELQOOnaSericUVdnIg/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFu8K2er3SsC9gzf81oJUhO5_Nbd6uAqTBQVaK8fhHHtQ0COeT-_fQ3x4GJlFd2Y0RosQHxw1502G3KU9k0rAWyK7cWjzAyghWlBhnXMh30WpmhyzocaxW5RhyCivawmXgPS0rhq7zvPtqt1Se1MGuaJ7GP-um7c0UCiNiELQOOnaSericUVdnIg/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Everyone had a great time, and the show branded bags came in handy for people to take their hanji home.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioGOGkm_-Z4XEFAc1Ntn28twBujqhb8ITzyud33xtiMulrCJLbNOfyN3HN4y1PH191D4HaN7iylQ4-Cm6lkyOqnVFmrLl6KB8I5FlWYkcpxIiD3yh3KJgqG647JSsWXxwhsNQ9KjtdNWEe1jUWbshlyUEoOZl2iwbciIQfQT2Uw-9aRXpfvh8Zw/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioGOGkm_-Z4XEFAc1Ntn28twBujqhb8ITzyud33xtiMulrCJLbNOfyN3HN4y1PH191D4HaN7iylQ4-Cm6lkyOqnVFmrLl6KB8I5FlWYkcpxIiD3yh3KJgqG647JSsWXxwhsNQ9KjtdNWEe1jUWbshlyUEoOZl2iwbciIQfQT2Uw-9aRXpfvh8Zw/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>What amazed me is that when I arrived on Monday, the hotel cafe did not look like this at all. Over a few days, they did speedy construction to create an entire gingerbread cafe!!! Also, xmas tress went up all over the place along with lights and decoration. So fast.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjii83TRaxZybSsanVfUKL2DoESzChy9Prfwk7EsjYt8waOHWCg-i4Ch_gMV_VYPhV56Aoe7nOwLH6Ourw8EAdCzIu9iylLajvNXrh-iy_l0BK6BlG6DtvU1fPPPX1hd6QCGCngABvmLCXyItK81jWM1rhsZO179ZQ6QHjuoO4AGWTeWBvsR3cO0w/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2014.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjii83TRaxZybSsanVfUKL2DoESzChy9Prfwk7EsjYt8waOHWCg-i4Ch_gMV_VYPhV56Aoe7nOwLH6Ourw8EAdCzIu9iylLajvNXrh-iy_l0BK6BlG6DtvU1fPPPX1hd6QCGCngABvmLCXyItK81jWM1rhsZO179ZQ6QHjuoO4AGWTeWBvsR3cO0w/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2014.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>My last day, Friday, was the only free day I had and while I really wanted to see the nighttime light shows all over the city (but not the part I was staying in), I only had the energy for the Louvre Abu Dhabi.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-6hIeZO12TWFdp-9XvRSpXmwBVN6nMRyzHjFj_vKRytxOFemxCUR1w1MyZc71eNschXmZzNldTFjXhkXimo7CA8UsBk6JdRgLVLpgot9YM-b3EWMkDMUZD4SuqJkUPwSeOV7cyImnJtM5RR7p3-ECpOVeB6hX6DPA1LmYWjAVmYAA_fiTE2aIA/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-6hIeZO12TWFdp-9XvRSpXmwBVN6nMRyzHjFj_vKRytxOFemxCUR1w1MyZc71eNschXmZzNldTFjXhkXimo7CA8UsBk6JdRgLVLpgot9YM-b3EWMkDMUZD4SuqJkUPwSeOV7cyImnJtM5RR7p3-ECpOVeB6hX6DPA1LmYWjAVmYAA_fiTE2aIA/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2015.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplcQYYK0TwYnIJHxpKzf0XhygmkSmNZCpOUV6J63ycJrlVa4ytFK3wfWbdlxfDTifmC68WEiKrlSPuujZ6ATvJJmX-eYSEUA5_-ZpfMND3GphCQbsIZTN2yr4f70qdueYbaBlhgo-Am6mwqfcPP8aaTSHTUhHyNI1opPgFmWglXTNRaE8xRpn3w/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplcQYYK0TwYnIJHxpKzf0XhygmkSmNZCpOUV6J63ycJrlVa4ytFK3wfWbdlxfDTifmC68WEiKrlSPuujZ6ATvJJmX-eYSEUA5_-ZpfMND3GphCQbsIZTN2yr4f70qdueYbaBlhgo-Am6mwqfcPP8aaTSHTUhHyNI1opPgFmWglXTNRaE8xRpn3w/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This is an Egyptian mummy bandage with an extract from the Book of the Dead, c. 300 BCE. It looks like someone just drew it!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKN4WfSiAtlPzhhp3_uaE6DWW1b0etnV1F4c4k5RbUEgE2u4Knnr85-7NgWYc88hckeIwVugmoqXlx6TTuxMe00c6Y1EdsDl_ZXY_ucuLlohRkYyjwTka_ZydhMR22gQaWpWl9guN4pswZ3DLCSXkisqohETX-8RscOWifhOrf-W7ljEUAMUcT6w/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2018.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKN4WfSiAtlPzhhp3_uaE6DWW1b0etnV1F4c4k5RbUEgE2u4Knnr85-7NgWYc88hckeIwVugmoqXlx6TTuxMe00c6Y1EdsDl_ZXY_ucuLlohRkYyjwTka_ZydhMR22gQaWpWl9guN4pswZ3DLCSXkisqohETX-8RscOWifhOrf-W7ljEUAMUcT6w/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2018.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>The museum is so poorly laid out that I missed the entire rest of the permanent exhibitions and wandered to the temporary ones. This was from the Cartier show, which was very dark so it was hard to see but this is a necklace from Egypt (20th century). The point of the show was to demonstrate how deeply Cartier was influenced by Islamic art.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6CgkQXI8Ih3KjypQ4qmE9AMYy_wiUA65On2ueh-Kdvo_HLHmCJeIGF_pNcOk8nE06yIjX63zroZOyHxDGzqPjCfmvK7b64ucM_FJuJTUMqOl7ePXI7I-b8WLz-RZhT6fUmisDpZvK1diMV4wPcgDtIsabQQIHroDcpoadt18y1Ak5nBhmugUqA/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2020.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6CgkQXI8Ih3KjypQ4qmE9AMYy_wiUA65On2ueh-Kdvo_HLHmCJeIGF_pNcOk8nE06yIjX63zroZOyHxDGzqPjCfmvK7b64ucM_FJuJTUMqOl7ePXI7I-b8WLz-RZhT6fUmisDpZvK1diMV4wPcgDtIsabQQIHroDcpoadt18y1Ak5nBhmugUqA/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2020.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDCVoS-NEASzuSyY1UwhakK2Uc4qpyooj_P3maqEAs3R-PJlR8pkdDVY8rzox9JUcFlgZMvyRRl9qVNQrSNl1KAND0bv_FmKZtpLC_TP2jb4vN3IBjpY2V55qIJIrSh3wakM5ljd2RigQMRWbhQOR8eRUJ-Uofs3EtwPsC7c6A7MUIBhajefOhQ/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDCVoS-NEASzuSyY1UwhakK2Uc4qpyooj_P3maqEAs3R-PJlR8pkdDVY8rzox9JUcFlgZMvyRRl9qVNQrSNl1KAND0bv_FmKZtpLC_TP2jb4vN3IBjpY2V55qIJIrSh3wakM5ljd2RigQMRWbhQOR8eRUJ-Uofs3EtwPsC7c6A7MUIBhajefOhQ/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2021.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCtjRkfos9gRSKvyw9u82Ait6_aii2V1l-V3r7jrQ04XPddAVFsVhSWCw0EKvmp6jW-gtQDLSYvPNisUKeawzWfhLqBiUI6l3B4NSasMBk0YynMBCoAjaKhZCy1sE7ooVVvn47hS6oGsQFE95LqzXgxQo4dNlbQfkLL3KJMN4Eogx5FJGsr39Ww/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCtjRkfos9gRSKvyw9u82Ait6_aii2V1l-V3r7jrQ04XPddAVFsVhSWCw0EKvmp6jW-gtQDLSYvPNisUKeawzWfhLqBiUI6l3B4NSasMBk0YynMBCoAjaKhZCy1sE7ooVVvn47hS6oGsQFE95LqzXgxQo4dNlbQfkLL3KJMN4Eogx5FJGsr39Ww/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2022.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNFuv7nk1D6thXawH4jPdLgUVzgDLT5qOLkTPjRnG7htF_T2GIxEUOLDmjZs6klCwpPplB7bETOntiUvUdd6gmKdWiMgOEJwXX6T1aCJwsuShfkT7Gt8nM_nRS_oj5mWNBz1QiVpFw98izUcAESn65r0w6qjLzrZRwxdkFU7ccYuyEqBk9FnBRA/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLNFuv7nk1D6thXawH4jPdLgUVzgDLT5qOLkTPjRnG7htF_T2GIxEUOLDmjZs6klCwpPplB7bETOntiUvUdd6gmKdWiMgOEJwXX6T1aCJwsuShfkT7Gt8nM_nRS_oj5mWNBz1QiVpFw98izUcAESn65r0w6qjLzrZRwxdkFU7ccYuyEqBk9FnBRA/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2023.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>The other temporary exhibit was about the texts behind the three Abrahamic religions. I worried I would be bored but there was a TON to see. Including Dead Sea scroll bits!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oKR6260c_M0FEHjhX2GYenI-Ofy3-5ubOYf4qkV7HgR37FJQEhasSqlAbiJRyDdlnG_XUbeVXkGvKa9Q24H8CznXdn862A-ZJYR5qZbsRGBOJhrAusDE7rZV3K7WszG2YXiUQJ7R6-yMRjM9UZLypyjMUHsxQL5Ohkn_Q1x260NtI6EHtLhRhA/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2025.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oKR6260c_M0FEHjhX2GYenI-Ofy3-5ubOYf4qkV7HgR37FJQEhasSqlAbiJRyDdlnG_XUbeVXkGvKa9Q24H8CznXdn862A-ZJYR5qZbsRGBOJhrAusDE7rZV3K7WszG2YXiUQJ7R6-yMRjM9UZLypyjMUHsxQL5Ohkn_Q1x260NtI6EHtLhRhA/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2025.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And Book of the Dead on papyrus (Egypt, 1096–545 BCE).<br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeFxYNeOO4HmfswtkY3EeHXrF7gbxOuXMwoSPjFNVNkPZco0kD_PnxPdaOVdD9zSZsW5TDWd_pArNoIwSOLLrLF4Og4wZvuLWBjEJgeIKmsWFVWe2PpNE-6HurmhUcYpLlztYEEw-OLgKqp84zZN4WQBWCTFWeKFmvUKJDn4szrWo9nIhm65JLg/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2026.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeFxYNeOO4HmfswtkY3EeHXrF7gbxOuXMwoSPjFNVNkPZco0kD_PnxPdaOVdD9zSZsW5TDWd_pArNoIwSOLLrLF4Og4wZvuLWBjEJgeIKmsWFVWe2PpNE-6HurmhUcYpLlztYEEw-OLgKqp84zZN4WQBWCTFWeKFmvUKJDn4szrWo9nIhm65JLg/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2026.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>At the end of the show was a contemporary commission called <i>The Unseen</i>, by Muhannad Shono. It's thread, light, video, and sound in a dark room.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKRze4W4rK3Pav1euxvURAfDWKGL8GvQrzRs0ELEq2MNQJxflluthOBhkMdeb2yciY_9Talr19WQwKKGKK-2B-0_-6JcvxOKYzb3MVKmJydU4-eC0CrsUB2UlcPd0MQ2eKOG0XCt-rSP9LVEAFgSutVgmQTfuSFaGomBGxrtC_Z8cItjjPPOndQ/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2027.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKRze4W4rK3Pav1euxvURAfDWKGL8GvQrzRs0ELEq2MNQJxflluthOBhkMdeb2yciY_9Talr19WQwKKGKK-2B-0_-6JcvxOKYzb3MVKmJydU4-eC0CrsUB2UlcPd0MQ2eKOG0XCt-rSP9LVEAFgSutVgmQTfuSFaGomBGxrtC_Z8cItjjPPOndQ/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2027.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Parts of the book show were a bit over the top, where they installed mirrors to make it seem like endless books. Well before this gallery, I was a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of books.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhHXN3-Z1ClyEdJw-D1eFDvip6P2Ym2Z5PkS5t_PpxZy-zXJl8Z3DxoP6zMl5DaVdfVlNFaA8ddf0fycmmGJmXE8q57mSysFRkl55uDAKRRBEO4xfO7A4bqcqw8SxnYBo4rx6hE6zl3V6YMGgOG9kzyIr_0pCKXc0dW6Ct9GW8VLozfQuGmuWhg/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2028.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhHXN3-Z1ClyEdJw-D1eFDvip6P2Ym2Z5PkS5t_PpxZy-zXJl8Z3DxoP6zMl5DaVdfVlNFaA8ddf0fycmmGJmXE8q57mSysFRkl55uDAKRRBEO4xfO7A4bqcqw8SxnYBo4rx6hE6zl3V6YMGgOG9kzyIr_0pCKXc0dW6Ct9GW8VLozfQuGmuWhg/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2028.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved the ways that the text becomes the image.<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkSCW8lr2sjJdTX7eyBvV5EsXMULSB-dNeWYwpjYT6hvU8k1XWebqwBENwVebCK_K0uVfsvnQsndhvbd7nXgQYVjex9UXOEVGLL9yHBy0RjRzWYvNWY1e9Yqt9vDePGR2O6bdka-T9mvB4nhPn8xGYf2gZJnO_39IZS-hODxHY9p_rg7ZOJcwPQ/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2030.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkSCW8lr2sjJdTX7eyBvV5EsXMULSB-dNeWYwpjYT6hvU8k1XWebqwBENwVebCK_K0uVfsvnQsndhvbd7nXgQYVjex9UXOEVGLL9yHBy0RjRzWYvNWY1e9Yqt9vDePGR2O6bdka-T9mvB4nhPn8xGYf2gZJnO_39IZS-hODxHY9p_rg7ZOJcwPQ/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2030.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This print was mind-boggling, where Yakov ben Abraham Zaddik, a Portuguese Jew, depicted all of the events of the Bible. What??? It's four sheets, printed intaglio in the Netherlands in 1621.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00IFkmrYTV3pdY515VpJrXZthEstQX1B9JkUCNDbHdJoKNHmIk7uhC2iOFeeqW1Ghy4hmhFUze3n_-NCcHP6-xUh0U7DYaj2ZCfGS7XZbp1_mipanfnvSJTmsxv1XyFKGHtVtl1mf8gIrrDt1efgzzclKIlAqmTXkEed5IO6mMdOUnn2M-dUzkg/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2031.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00IFkmrYTV3pdY515VpJrXZthEstQX1B9JkUCNDbHdJoKNHmIk7uhC2iOFeeqW1Ghy4hmhFUze3n_-NCcHP6-xUh0U7DYaj2ZCfGS7XZbp1_mipanfnvSJTmsxv1XyFKGHtVtl1mf8gIrrDt1efgzzclKIlAqmTXkEed5IO6mMdOUnn2M-dUzkg/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2031.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is one detail of so so so many more.<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwuzpEUmjdUTLuPP8QfiAY9p1nXrvksGY8QsNeq7XUjz09phRzKEtkyhHvz3SEJLCX5AGMes4DJHaRqfRoJcafFDzQDyrGl8-fo6luzwdoH2VI1wzAwBszKUCWYAF0Nvmia4b54PK3nKwVfFsJ9_x9TWP-P2f_DD7hT6d1G6AFVdN3ziDtcP7Tw/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2032.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwuzpEUmjdUTLuPP8QfiAY9p1nXrvksGY8QsNeq7XUjz09phRzKEtkyhHvz3SEJLCX5AGMes4DJHaRqfRoJcafFDzQDyrGl8-fo6luzwdoH2VI1wzAwBszKUCWYAF0Nvmia4b54PK3nKwVfFsJ9_x9TWP-P2f_DD7hT6d1G6AFVdN3ziDtcP7Tw/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2032.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A dyed Quran<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm8hq32-W1CPo6Mytuju5AV4-1XHHjNYzdIYx_F7LAjh6AOiqUFNQuhF-xk6BUkdJaC9dkqwwYJQXJs6uxTJym2ASEN_i2A6HrbOM491UWnqQuTpioXXu640CerZuoAjGbk09DuzXW-QPsxiipUjwiKs9CbB29ePEQ7Z6ZW1MkT1BYs5eIQTSpw/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2033.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm8hq32-W1CPo6Mytuju5AV4-1XHHjNYzdIYx_F7LAjh6AOiqUFNQuhF-xk6BUkdJaC9dkqwwYJQXJs6uxTJym2ASEN_i2A6HrbOM491UWnqQuTpioXXu640CerZuoAjGbk09DuzXW-QPsxiipUjwiKs9CbB29ePEQ7Z6ZW1MkT1BYs5eIQTSpw/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2033.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and another dyed one, this time with indigo.<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlFXdzhjHx4flFQl8qzsJ_SfZ7wu38voe2xhkyQduUQhfmu5sMcKssH2sg9aq2MPu3w_kooRthS6uNd48R4CgUt1VgicRfJhdnbnlA-S6_eRXx5DTFwIfKbknO0mrFk4voidskFA-oqoIUY-XkvjmpFX-hiKzWMgYLgIQlSEKiI1v7kq53W77uQ/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2034.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlFXdzhjHx4flFQl8qzsJ_SfZ7wu38voe2xhkyQduUQhfmu5sMcKssH2sg9aq2MPu3w_kooRthS6uNd48R4CgUt1VgicRfJhdnbnlA-S6_eRXx5DTFwIfKbknO0mrFk4voidskFA-oqoIUY-XkvjmpFX-hiKzWMgYLgIQlSEKiI1v7kq53W77uQ/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2034.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">An Ottoman Empire (1744) collection of prayers in both Arabic and Turkish.<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk0rzO11YD7qDu_apgX7Ryj7qJ4JfGWzOB8QPUs3rkZh31ULJs2D8oHBJ3AyPNCLyA4Pe8veRLMxHdwcwWxkOvt9ExJeIkfNPo3lQGbpflryLHAKemqCoct3oobESaidTk9cNtwoVWtdJmdrvjwbU66UppR1nX_W0RmIGTH7g29EDIl3Lhu844w/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2036.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk0rzO11YD7qDu_apgX7Ryj7qJ4JfGWzOB8QPUs3rkZh31ULJs2D8oHBJ3AyPNCLyA4Pe8veRLMxHdwcwWxkOvt9ExJeIkfNPo3lQGbpflryLHAKemqCoct3oobESaidTk9cNtwoVWtdJmdrvjwbU66UppR1nX_W0RmIGTH7g29EDIl3Lhu844w/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2036.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>It was remarkable how the dome creates adequate shade so that you are not hot outside.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fBwsvwX-R15Fv0n02SuyM8IAof1Z6XFF9DE0Uuq0B1RuiKlJ19d2RN3926xlpUtjfBeIw33LvpBw4svIVtEBu7n3vZd7N6DSNfVBantH-g5Z8QXF4tz7bebihf_Kxx7ublTDRBaHIJDL2x-QupAZRaTFj5Fgj9lj7e0aidirUmJk-lmQHWrHxw/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2037.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I decided that for my final day I would splurge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3ryOuqoqTXgEZuquxTwoPkt8w3-sdRxGETuNNioZ_2zctvs4mZg9iLSM-A125lRLsBFQ5Adt3lei3l66o114Cuw2Pdrh2XGDmkR_3PL-WZq7UyWhkI5KAJm3HgU6rCAmOiT3WWLkMocaEcPDNG7Wu0AxZOOlr0IVUH8eZf5YPHiL_37gLvHN2A/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2038.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3ryOuqoqTXgEZuquxTwoPkt8w3-sdRxGETuNNioZ_2zctvs4mZg9iLSM-A125lRLsBFQ5Adt3lei3l66o114Cuw2Pdrh2XGDmkR_3PL-WZq7UyWhkI5KAJm3HgU6rCAmOiT3WWLkMocaEcPDNG7Wu0AxZOOlr0IVUH8eZf5YPHiL_37gLvHN2A/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2038.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Dim sum (including duck gyoza! I had just been complaining over turkey day that I'd prefer duck).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF50g_XPiZt6_sBbv6WM4gNhVlzLGfLYWSzt-blkhktyqJMZ_hQDnDG6NZMBhHjFz26TuS8W-ZFuqtETU6l287seWJbd3j0KFijJmqn1UIE_ablz6yEx1pvQMUfAq5nySFJiXInM_S_yJ2-km7vJfZGiNVGI0Kn8dl7fNX07Z9lqgQ7CNNOjc18Q/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2039.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF50g_XPiZt6_sBbv6WM4gNhVlzLGfLYWSzt-blkhktyqJMZ_hQDnDG6NZMBhHjFz26TuS8W-ZFuqtETU6l287seWJbd3j0KFijJmqn1UIE_ablz6yEx1pvQMUfAq5nySFJiXInM_S_yJ2-km7vJfZGiNVGI0Kn8dl7fNX07Z9lqgQ7CNNOjc18Q/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2039.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A lovely pho. Soup and noodles are always comfort food for me.<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpmyr8cr4YN3Ixnrvm6MLLhmBB9HhZJBgcBrzIYMu3k3PH_7GHGfTURnMpMC4ko4xcdlIFaOf6L_h3celcHgHMsdRFHxibjsWlhDjfO-h1Xc1TYQQCt3o4Do_ePBBO_ts3WxbZab8jI1QSfFh_4cMRYnUnEN1fSd139DF7FtWoMhDdy6wmKLG0g/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2040.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpmyr8cr4YN3Ixnrvm6MLLhmBB9HhZJBgcBrzIYMu3k3PH_7GHGfTURnMpMC4ko4xcdlIFaOf6L_h3celcHgHMsdRFHxibjsWlhDjfO-h1Xc1TYQQCt3o4Do_ePBBO_ts3WxbZab8jI1QSfFh_4cMRYnUnEN1fSd139DF7FtWoMhDdy6wmKLG0g/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2040.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I even had tea afterwards, and then got up to wander a bit more. There was some contemporary art in the outdoor areas, but after seeing people leave a certain gallery that looked like I had missed, a guard finally confirmed that I had indeed missed almost 10 galleries. So I started all over in the permanent collection (which seems mostly stuff from the actual Louvre and other major French collections).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZa2o9sOTQNYMHPZ6Iezp2trGFO9liApHU9adVRel5MNv5YJDGyOJSaLGmCH87anHpRqhmgcqWRkYwwrG4L-Qf3Or3tu2r_OW_vonbvE3l1M83oOAilr5lrtjfhF29DixhupeRq769atGvxWU84WHC-hGgrdzBalpDI5T5cmXJ7D-n7GH5cv6IQ/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2041.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZa2o9sOTQNYMHPZ6Iezp2trGFO9liApHU9adVRel5MNv5YJDGyOJSaLGmCH87anHpRqhmgcqWRkYwwrG4L-Qf3Or3tu2r_OW_vonbvE3l1M83oOAilr5lrtjfhF29DixhupeRq769atGvxWU84WHC-hGgrdzBalpDI5T5cmXJ7D-n7GH5cv6IQ/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2041.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I was so happy to meet this Korean guy (1400–1500, gilded wood), a reliquary that holds prayers and objects.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdcuJUR0gjV6a83MfcmmhjJmJIAVC4o2kz93ESffQenboViRTgYgjpSNNl-_748vpMC13vMvbv-DZjtFSMr8SVLJlRe0RYRxG39j8_CYAWyAAe0BiTVhlkFb5gpnldGeJsfSy56Q4OxG-guInQdNpIfQ4cp2C1r-WOr9Ltd8q_iZ2RXjH3Rs2LA/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2043.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdcuJUR0gjV6a83MfcmmhjJmJIAVC4o2kz93ESffQenboViRTgYgjpSNNl-_748vpMC13vMvbv-DZjtFSMr8SVLJlRe0RYRxG39j8_CYAWyAAe0BiTVhlkFb5gpnldGeJsfSy56Q4OxG-guInQdNpIfQ4cp2C1r-WOr9Ltd8q_iZ2RXjH3Rs2LA/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2043.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Was not expecting this photo from Japan, colored very weirdly, of women boarding handmade paper!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOws8ou_VVVUBG9YtiDi7Fw1iAle8JqEpQ5UNxZsql4k2WJ7LohV5QRpLHJ0azzQSa3wPA7iEHHuEn-x5rBO_3lTT5A_9rMNeadAw_Cu7V12jiFTiIWdD4i8v_DpbIzxap4feCpoX3OE9NZCcwcKZQD7CY69clv_LcsA_DpFogunz0C6Jo8ZmuHA/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2044.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOws8ou_VVVUBG9YtiDi7Fw1iAle8JqEpQ5UNxZsql4k2WJ7LohV5QRpLHJ0azzQSa3wPA7iEHHuEn-x5rBO_3lTT5A_9rMNeadAw_Cu7V12jiFTiIWdD4i8v_DpbIzxap4feCpoX3OE9NZCcwcKZQD7CY69clv_LcsA_DpFogunz0C6Jo8ZmuHA/w300-h400/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2044.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And truly, this was the LAST guy I thought I'd meet here.<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5c9RM13NJG96dWuRXoh-RytIfOtbiGcxlloU8agJfiNspUlNB8F6sutnCpjOF0h2Hl3O8OpoIesG9lqlGVdiQah0y8dtN2FxzIrETnf1xVckmdFI7JXs5vllZK2pZjaj8M4X1nHR9XeKhISdHVks_VeJsi7LwwG8WhSmNl8cOY63b-KSnC5qHA/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2045.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5c9RM13NJG96dWuRXoh-RytIfOtbiGcxlloU8agJfiNspUlNB8F6sutnCpjOF0h2Hl3O8OpoIesG9lqlGVdiQah0y8dtN2FxzIrETnf1xVckmdFI7JXs5vllZK2pZjaj8M4X1nHR9XeKhISdHVks_VeJsi7LwwG8WhSmNl8cOY63b-KSnC5qHA/w400-h300/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2045.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This was in the cartography gallery, a stick map from the Marshall Islands (c. 1900). "Rods represent the navigation routes, while the shells attached to the ends of the rods indicate the positions of the islands. These maps were never carried on board but read on land by navigators before the voyage at sea."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuD5pvER-g26lXpdQDpr4-KkZrpA7rqELUyuJMeZ5Vx-XQsTGdJVsoltHKxsmZ7KIX97xFNdDHPVCD2gELEXCo3KikJwWK9Is2e5sOkeEpyVOvVdNSnwzA9jSBPZLJBLgVnO-4kLj5Plg8uX5YUWhpd_K4RVo5xr3Du6n7jg0VWHrSlqExJwVk-g/s1280/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2046.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuD5pvER-g26lXpdQDpr4-KkZrpA7rqELUyuJMeZ5Vx-XQsTGdJVsoltHKxsmZ7KIX97xFNdDHPVCD2gELEXCo3KikJwWK9Is2e5sOkeEpyVOvVdNSnwzA9jSBPZLJBLgVnO-4kLj5Plg8uX5YUWhpd_K4RVo5xr3Du6n7jg0VWHrSlqExJwVk-g/s320/AbuDhabi2023%20-%2046.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>The coral bits! After my initial disappointment the previous day about not being able to see any "old stuff," I got my fill here (because the French were such ardent imperialists). I am back home now, recovering, and glad to be on this side of the show!<br /><p></p><p><a href="https://www.szgmc.gov.ae/en/" target="_blank">Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque</a></p><p><a href="https://www.qasralwatan.ae/" target="_blank">Qasr Al Watan</a></p><p><a href="https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/uae" target="_blank">Louvre Abu Dhabi </a><br /></p></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-83928258333041942892023-12-12T10:47:00.003-05:002023-12-12T10:47:58.481-05:00Abu Dhabi exhibit and first half<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJM2FdDqYd5_c92SfjPOVIFP4sViMyAVW-DYgpN9VujAMu9qBoEyrvquAe_pORd78uUrMjNGIFbpzTyerXsGrCw1TaGoBHsnkt5kOIEXmcUnVr1g9_Rvx4d6IpHRgJzxRO_Ne19Qh0Qy-LL6YD6dAzDe9nCNRdo9xX_QmHrn2alPygYTPNk0pceA/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJM2FdDqYd5_c92SfjPOVIFP4sViMyAVW-DYgpN9VujAMu9qBoEyrvquAe_pORd78uUrMjNGIFbpzTyerXsGrCw1TaGoBHsnkt5kOIEXmcUnVr1g9_Rvx4d6IpHRgJzxRO_Ne19Qh0Qy-LL6YD6dAzDe9nCNRdo9xX_QmHrn2alPygYTPNk0pceA/w300-h400/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%201.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I landed in Abu Dhabi a week and a day ago after a not very fun long-haul flight because of a rude middle-seat neighbor (he was exhibiting a lot of "all the land is my land" hipster behavior, ugh). So I was very happy to get off the plane and use my legs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCN825_2ArCIBLJZEck3I80agIkDFvVnZXGBWZ1fS_Ohj6hANIdbNmgu7z1nkDWttRfNIRASsuDeKEyg0Jwlt6Ab4K9iciGQyrXv9YIMPuezkmGXPSx1f2G-Hsxdk7lYErkUNL_C0NYIpK04WhF4IjHTI1TOoVTUn8ZNyr2T5MfuqzX4p84UAECg/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCN825_2ArCIBLJZEck3I80agIkDFvVnZXGBWZ1fS_Ohj6hANIdbNmgu7z1nkDWttRfNIRASsuDeKEyg0Jwlt6Ab4K9iciGQyrXv9YIMPuezkmGXPSx1f2G-Hsxdk7lYErkUNL_C0NYIpK04WhF4IjHTI1TOoVTUn8ZNyr2T5MfuqzX4p84UAECg/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The driver for the Korean Cultural Center in Abu Dhabi picked me up right outside the airport and took me straight to Yas Island, driving past all kinds of weird places like a giant golf course, Ferrari World, an F1 racetrack, probably Sea World and Warner Brothers but I never noticed, and so on. I somehow got 37 pieces of art into a medium-sized checked bag and very small carry-on; I was not allowed to have anything more than those two pieces (very underwhelmed by Etihad, what a terrible airline). I unpacked everything as soon as I got inside and we got to work.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaxb_Z4fmV7QU163Ul2uKw5bvAX68jjsRlj-YM57uxbd1aVqQojDuSNb5xW_THyKRk1CwcKQqms788LaLIgppSDrMW9cfqxwYlUd-dWRIJuq5_w2hsFsYQA7s5AjMJ3xPJFApiQ3P_dufKdk6b6CE-ezjQ5Z-Haf-LHaQyBabrLopxJHPO82H9w/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfaxb_Z4fmV7QU163Ul2uKw5bvAX68jjsRlj-YM57uxbd1aVqQojDuSNb5xW_THyKRk1CwcKQqms788LaLIgppSDrMW9cfqxwYlUd-dWRIJuq5_w2hsFsYQA7s5AjMJ3xPJFApiQ3P_dufKdk6b6CE-ezjQ5Z-Haf-LHaQyBabrLopxJHPO82H9w/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Soo-yeon was very prepared and within four hours, everything was pretty much placed. We did a little bit of lighting and then made notes on what tags needed to be fixed or re-printed. These metal mesh walls are all on wheels, very easy to move around, and extremely easy to hang onto. SO EASY. I also love the chance for people to see the backside of many of these pieces.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWk7IVkp_Fairbe6dBRs0-dxXOMkXKb812dRpAgrgtBXoWL0mGX9e7fXm8V1KlU8cYX_quIHhLQF_9hMktFKJ0C8PLmeRFkpzgZeoYAby0AJFO8JGs_9YRu_wZp6uo0n8wyzHR8SEkEkkCUmt5N6w7ZoMng9MbB6I6eECeX6mARB-ytDRf6TcDQ/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWk7IVkp_Fairbe6dBRs0-dxXOMkXKb812dRpAgrgtBXoWL0mGX9e7fXm8V1KlU8cYX_quIHhLQF_9hMktFKJ0C8PLmeRFkpzgZeoYAby0AJFO8JGs_9YRu_wZp6uo0n8wyzHR8SEkEkkCUmt5N6w7ZoMng9MbB6I6eECeX6mARB-ytDRf6TcDQ/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the middle, Zaheer went to get some pizza. Not what I would ever choose as a first meal upon landing but after 30 hours of not sleeping (I think I slept maybe 10-15 min on the long flight incoming—each direction, even though one left Chicago and one arrived in NYC, was 13 hours) you just have to be polite and eat what is in front of you.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXmAqk5XGWfaCeBLXXG7DhkoiBzZzVz-pMqCZxdfiJR2BfTV2FzLojZdQtf9wwrIJsthKLhyphenhyphenvj1tJxO_xiOqTR56pSQPGHJooK_n4LXWObLRbondDSpOYHUF8AkNDQN9rAk3hMFFIScVYPuLKVXHtNS15HvCFCZ9NIg76UgCwtEb4cF23QpdItQ/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXmAqk5XGWfaCeBLXXG7DhkoiBzZzVz-pMqCZxdfiJR2BfTV2FzLojZdQtf9wwrIJsthKLhyphenhyphenvj1tJxO_xiOqTR56pSQPGHJooK_n4LXWObLRbondDSpOYHUF8AkNDQN9rAk3hMFFIScVYPuLKVXHtNS15HvCFCZ9NIg76UgCwtEb4cF23QpdItQ/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /></div>At a certain point, I finally said, I am so tired I need to leave. Zaheer took me to the hotel, where I learned upon check-in that I had spa access. For all the travel I have done, I am not wise enough to pack a swimsuit even if you don't know for sure that the hotel has a pool, because if you don't, then you end up like me. I knew immediately that I had to get into the hot tub, but had to figure out how to get to the giant mall from the hotel.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFAeW825avzxv_mC777De1JVp2ZHxH4IKHQijXoPbNS6p1oiNOGCB6xDdEHt1KTH994NW0a2dHn4pXYbKvmDKUujZZutupKu8wru8_dg-WGrW1D6nfMT2IDolnTTXDZtcuQWGtwT35_Yu4WnhFXviQKsuEyA5YvQ7dSicZ5UF2bMA1kQ1ZGI6Hg/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFAeW825avzxv_mC777De1JVp2ZHxH4IKHQijXoPbNS6p1oiNOGCB6xDdEHt1KTH994NW0a2dHn4pXYbKvmDKUujZZutupKu8wru8_dg-WGrW1D6nfMT2IDolnTTXDZtcuQWGtwT35_Yu4WnhFXviQKsuEyA5YvQ7dSicZ5UF2bMA1kQ1ZGI6Hg/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I shamelessly just rode a bus without paying and wandered around looking for a place that might have a swimsuit. It was pretty dire, and so much of what was on sale were puffer vests and sweaters. The weather was usually in the 80s each day so I don't know what that is all about. But in my wandering around Rolex, Mercedes, and a zillion chain stores, I happened upon Peter Gentenaar's paper sculptures! That was a fun find even though I was out of my mind by then.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCf6DAcbDiqrjWf3Y2yuuZNDGYDJJgMPaa5Zr58FprZbV31IHFv1to_A5ByglRUKAg0gkG_ySdqvCaFG6NopAVOtKSEgIPq1JtFbUNYgwzLmJPh3GtVF6W606oHdVx_G2qX-C4FK8o9r9QnlLXrcx6wiIc6GbI2roCqGCGYbOwrK3bgFiKCYBVfw/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCf6DAcbDiqrjWf3Y2yuuZNDGYDJJgMPaa5Zr58FprZbV31IHFv1to_A5ByglRUKAg0gkG_ySdqvCaFG6NopAVOtKSEgIPq1JtFbUNYgwzLmJPh3GtVF6W606oHdVx_G2qX-C4FK8o9r9QnlLXrcx6wiIc6GbI2roCqGCGYbOwrK3bgFiKCYBVfw/w300-h400/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%207.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Finally, I found a store that I thought HAD to have swimsuits because it had Waikiki in the name. I got one that was the least hideous and then again got onto a bus I was supposed to pay for without paying because that was all I could manage (also that's what happens when transit systems only accept fares on their own cards). There are free shuttles that loop around the island to all the attractions but I'm pretty sure if I had waited for that, I'd be passed out in the street. Then I got into the hot tub and sauna and finally got into bed. I knew that I should eat dinner but by 9am gave up and figured sleep was more important.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz21nIVwUzmcNzDEvDY8VS2Qxpev-b53KYGwz51rZYObPQ7iF7uXsmtZndoB-nmd5VD93awbJC1a8AsD6oSF0Re_kGVbhQrw2iTQUHTDN1JEPQ44eUXPUV5gI-7zGw_PG0V2k42oX9fBtmNNVoAOEsO3OZ76IKiAZeJPyOBKsubzDL8TXtOBH4Pw/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz21nIVwUzmcNzDEvDY8VS2Qxpev-b53KYGwz51rZYObPQ7iF7uXsmtZndoB-nmd5VD93awbJC1a8AsD6oSF0Re_kGVbhQrw2iTQUHTDN1JEPQ44eUXPUV5gI-7zGw_PG0V2k42oX9fBtmNNVoAOEsO3OZ76IKiAZeJPyOBKsubzDL8TXtOBH4Pw/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The breakfast buffet at this hotel was similar to the one in Sharjah last year, a mix of Indian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and continental. I was so happy to have big savory breakfasts again. This is only my first plate and I never had a morning without at least two.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOIY0EWnqOMO1cpVQXHCWLUh72lPBHphozqrCzyvAkDEq7b7BO4GWP0HN-YiT3DnHtxoWXSFD48fwV3fjtnkTsSJzqfevO-b476g6J_isItJJSk0PU1J-incbeBmXtgupgH6HNz4BFlvT3Fh61ypPZEfAn0z-pq03Frb6ZJSOZuVis4njCz_-sg/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNOIY0EWnqOMO1cpVQXHCWLUh72lPBHphozqrCzyvAkDEq7b7BO4GWP0HN-YiT3DnHtxoWXSFD48fwV3fjtnkTsSJzqfevO-b476g6J_isItJJSk0PU1J-incbeBmXtgupgH6HNz4BFlvT3Fh61ypPZEfAn0z-pq03Frb6ZJSOZuVis4njCz_-sg/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%209.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I walked each day to KCC since it was in walking distance. They are located inside of a giant complex of buildings called the Yas Creative Hub and security is pretty intense. But there was a well-stocked market very close by, which was a good option even though I surprisingly only got snacks there once!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwaLcyur8U00x4OXlgPOlb-7oVbItkJa-tbYl8885gSWN_D7IIkhwCUEf8-z7sUet2eXumaW04cS9tslL-rqh6vXFO7yNn00Fpx_IS29iSali8T5AxIKSyqjBMMYJf12EtXEy208mdafHHqgADkOTDeqyqqs4AGFtLL82j-WZES0GX8qOC2lF6A/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwaLcyur8U00x4OXlgPOlb-7oVbItkJa-tbYl8885gSWN_D7IIkhwCUEf8-z7sUet2eXumaW04cS9tslL-rqh6vXFO7yNn00Fpx_IS29iSali8T5AxIKSyqjBMMYJf12EtXEy208mdafHHqgADkOTDeqyqqs4AGFtLL82j-WZES0GX8qOC2lF6A/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2010.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Along with final lighting and show prep, I needed to get ready for the workshop on the night after my show opening. I was truly amazed by the resources at KCC, the Korean government is spending a LOT of money to be there and I am not quite sure why, given the size of their audience. But was glad to see a spare pile of Wonju Hanji, in probably every color that they make, as backup to the Andong Hanji we ordered for the class.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SBdso9BISgC2catFlXC_lcSPG2RIWeeU-8ffQKloq3ObbH7kaKBZyu0VZAELl-eTzL_t6x5TLCFmxXuwQCtTFH0xbCLwcb5poCjBxvf25dsNiSJHvEUW6HaFcGcPA5WR_WecD6lPU0dgqMYIQ8bdSBUQFEpcWGpvBhxtXSvO67jpIwtOn127jw/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SBdso9BISgC2catFlXC_lcSPG2RIWeeU-8ffQKloq3ObbH7kaKBZyu0VZAELl-eTzL_t6x5TLCFmxXuwQCtTFH0xbCLwcb5poCjBxvf25dsNiSJHvEUW6HaFcGcPA5WR_WecD6lPU0dgqMYIQ8bdSBUQFEpcWGpvBhxtXSvO67jpIwtOn127jw/w300-h400/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2012.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Oh, look, my pictures are out of order and I don't feel like fixing it. This stray cat I saw my first morning at breakfast outdoors where people ate poolside. You knew it wanted to get in, and it did on the second morning!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAPfHQjfekiot6UrytMOlyMSbNJIUKv-Wcb_lfr8wny_LZ5u6ijoLWhzZsbWRw780XEYDuHukdcdZ8nopGumCj4x50b6vKXBzVNcZRI4qBEJunm4iURGdweeaZ4GwuJTxZeD9h66LC8aNTctHP3KiM4abi4CT1UMof3ZoLLKtGra-mxglHRwdig/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAPfHQjfekiot6UrytMOlyMSbNJIUKv-Wcb_lfr8wny_LZ5u6ijoLWhzZsbWRw780XEYDuHukdcdZ8nopGumCj4x50b6vKXBzVNcZRI4qBEJunm4iURGdweeaZ4GwuJTxZeD9h66LC8aNTctHP3KiM4abi4CT1UMof3ZoLLKtGra-mxglHRwdig/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This is only one of MANY rooms that the KCC is renting. There's three kinds of tea, and of course everything in this place has been shipped from Korea. There are also classrooms, so many supplies, a prayer room, an entire library, offices, and a kitchen for when they want to run cooking classes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4q6uDGJ3cwMpIuPpWS1ho1hhfxse481zgc780R3e4nCJRBDQaTXmSmBNM6QffWCdLL32fopU5ceeUgXyvj8gRDHLveOYdTsN_Xm7sJr_hSRV096RdrSP74Op1L-QGh0JImbYcCSyZRAcSut5uZG5RmA9HBKNXnlGCFOaO7x_AsqjLZF8IAXoUw/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2014.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4q6uDGJ3cwMpIuPpWS1ho1hhfxse481zgc780R3e4nCJRBDQaTXmSmBNM6QffWCdLL32fopU5ceeUgXyvj8gRDHLveOYdTsN_Xm7sJr_hSRV096RdrSP74Op1L-QGh0JImbYcCSyZRAcSut5uZG5RmA9HBKNXnlGCFOaO7x_AsqjLZF8IAXoUw/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2014.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This wall also has signed photos from peopel like BTS, along with Korean brand toys and products. They have three screens running my hanji videos for the show duration.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcnKDBJykoM6wSQM2cWH989Znw-PZzEZFPwiEvPY9q_g9kwFKsvwSfhOzhOfAcrtqKce9M4p7KNpBGaDoCsXFLGus3AiM5noFS4lBmS5qKVacOLJE3Ny696j0fSeGdb1aBbP2fHrkRWay66MUyeOfTAiwDbAgWFLleOhyphenhyphenXqDieMCHQyXBqfhu6w/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcnKDBJykoM6wSQM2cWH989Znw-PZzEZFPwiEvPY9q_g9kwFKsvwSfhOzhOfAcrtqKce9M4p7KNpBGaDoCsXFLGus3AiM5noFS4lBmS5qKVacOLJE3Ny696j0fSeGdb1aBbP2fHrkRWay66MUyeOfTAiwDbAgWFLleOhyphenhyphenXqDieMCHQyXBqfhu6w/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2015.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This is where things get tricky, since the whole gallery corner is windows. I had the shades drawn for installation so I could see what best goes where but the light is so strong that pieces that are black or grey turn white when blindingly backlit. It also messes with the indoor lighting (aka rendering it all useless).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgeR9fkbxs11yf0ypISDCDj-w5ExXxSiTrJsomotB-aKE5msC96_y00kj6cMmlfXZK6-X7I-ibGoqHae_UkY3VagbuDlCNBDD03zzzI6SRYLh1u4oSDgRnA6UsLBIan5h1mjlSSx0vf7RCR6FVrgve8ZovvGxLQAkzuj8IjYysl0Z8MAW8R4heg/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgeR9fkbxs11yf0ypISDCDj-w5ExXxSiTrJsomotB-aKE5msC96_y00kj6cMmlfXZK6-X7I-ibGoqHae_UkY3VagbuDlCNBDD03zzzI6SRYLh1u4oSDgRnA6UsLBIan5h1mjlSSx0vf7RCR6FVrgve8ZovvGxLQAkzuj8IjYysl0Z8MAW8R4heg/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>My preference was to leave most of the shades closed but who knows what they will do now that I'm gone.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RnC3TKYy0jsHRQvXSridna_lYfNMMmQlSwFCJLu8DPcPazblCLNjHN_-yuxNemasMJCRAOu8f-mIQZWIV9pWlm68foVpaPqqoRYeTZzR7qPghgm2BKeCdtiO2vCbWQ5JnLjKlEc_7v9m2c9zkPx78kQOeEtOjPgHPiJgLzNQNHeFMELzzC4ULA/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2017.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_RnC3TKYy0jsHRQvXSridna_lYfNMMmQlSwFCJLu8DPcPazblCLNjHN_-yuxNemasMJCRAOu8f-mIQZWIV9pWlm68foVpaPqqoRYeTZzR7qPghgm2BKeCdtiO2vCbWQ5JnLjKlEc_7v9m2c9zkPx78kQOeEtOjPgHPiJgLzNQNHeFMELzzC4ULA/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2017.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The day of the opening, I was treated to lunch with two staff plus the director, and we went to a very fancy new Korean restaurant at the Hilton complex across the street. While the banana makgeolli welcome drink was lovely, the main dish was underwhelming. I felt guilty not finishing it but was starting to understand that my body was still so jet lagged that it was resisting my forcing it to eat, since it wanted to be sleeping instead.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8h9O_9L8eFnKR2TYkbb4KcDG4r-FjmGBLXHcbqmruNFBmR0U8ON2Z3i3UvGoCKC5S_wKshnDKHuqeMngCpkIf5g1jOzXcLJzdW51KLX2pIsmPH-YSAG5_vyJ8BxZpZEJm5jqFz7DwE7bUHGEjfC0qu9N5OHCYpvbGsboJFg16jdpcaqwq0Nlbiw/s1024/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8h9O_9L8eFnKR2TYkbb4KcDG4r-FjmGBLXHcbqmruNFBmR0U8ON2Z3i3UvGoCKC5S_wKshnDKHuqeMngCpkIf5g1jOzXcLJzdW51KLX2pIsmPH-YSAG5_vyJ8BxZpZEJm5jqFz7DwE7bUHGEjfC0qu9N5OHCYpvbGsboJFg16jdpcaqwq0Nlbiw/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Then I had to kill time before the reception and opening/artist talk, so I found some cushions and closed some folding screens in the prayer room and laid down. No sleeping but a bit of rest.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHCCGGWgkaU-3NYNG7XkmoWIA2ACiIThQE63QekA-5D9-X3nEYUIwG2NovZLrDtflChjdydGeP7Wa2ks8YRwQb19nlHffQyys1QNl_xAfyKToWbiuaf4IhGaGZH3mjUA_PxSJbS6vlaY74OrOSuMZRZ-FPQT8_3k-fo0lUJdW-DkKR_tMlYZs9A/s1024/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2019.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHCCGGWgkaU-3NYNG7XkmoWIA2ACiIThQE63QekA-5D9-X3nEYUIwG2NovZLrDtflChjdydGeP7Wa2ks8YRwQb19nlHffQyys1QNl_xAfyKToWbiuaf4IhGaGZH3mjUA_PxSJbS6vlaY74OrOSuMZRZ-FPQT8_3k-fo0lUJdW-DkKR_tMlYZs9A/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2019.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I had to review all of my interview answers a day ahead of time, and then was told before my talk that I needed to also type up all of my responses, ASAP! I was horrified by this, because since when is any of this required? Right after the opening, I was on my computer typing. And I was so tired that after that, I went to bed at 8pm and then got up at 5am to type more in the hotel lobby. Because guess how press is done here? You have to answer interviews by email, and the venue has to take pictures, and the "journalists" don't have to go anywhere! I had been told to clear my schedule for interviews but I didn't realize it meant that I had to write all of my press immediately and that constituted the "interview."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcYLsKbZGzONMRCZWXkm9ml-sPfBMZuQCH2ZR_H3TTKkKYyHkiChKwqtF1SfmBeFhwx0yN0NwiJzQSlxArXmm-pu0JBLMtcqrYazGV3D5sWpa8fMayzfsH6g4rYQTrYVDLJyoznWr4hROQmYR4WQlMjDiCT95Z4HDtiQawKv4uAZ_Lz_L8vz0sQ/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2020.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcYLsKbZGzONMRCZWXkm9ml-sPfBMZuQCH2ZR_H3TTKkKYyHkiChKwqtF1SfmBeFhwx0yN0NwiJzQSlxArXmm-pu0JBLMtcqrYazGV3D5sWpa8fMayzfsH6g4rYQTrYVDLJyoznWr4hROQmYR4WQlMjDiCT95Z4HDtiQawKv4uAZ_Lz_L8vz0sQ/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2020.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The KCC also wanted to make souvenirs for attendees, so they ordered tote bags with my images ironed on. I would have preferred that money be given to me, but, oh well! I was relieved on the first day, though, to be informed that I didn't need to go to COP28 in Dubai to do more teaching/exhibiting (issues with the venue capacity). One last-minute gig was enough for me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LfZdLqSmOOPj1arBiNl5ZJpS9BJNqSyJn1U0tID6ZMO0axX_oPHn6AmJ1FDfKywWUNrxTmqhyphenhyphenu9rm8fVHz1Ss5WthGVORwpDAx59e0mYqRJR6rEe5b7Bo_ahccCdJkxYi8DP6d7BcEh9Sp3RjrvXsfOSrcGKqBCUBms6CP0fO_a6BKsaMx_b-Q/s1280/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2021.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LfZdLqSmOOPj1arBiNl5ZJpS9BJNqSyJn1U0tID6ZMO0axX_oPHn6AmJ1FDfKywWUNrxTmqhyphenhyphenu9rm8fVHz1Ss5WthGVORwpDAx59e0mYqRJR6rEe5b7Bo_ahccCdJkxYi8DP6d7BcEh9Sp3RjrvXsfOSrcGKqBCUBms6CP0fO_a6BKsaMx_b-Q/w400-h300/KCCADexhibit2023%20-%2021.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This was part of what was left from the reception. I didn't have time to eat or drink during the event and they cleaned up so quickly that I only got a few bites before running off to type up my interview, but it was a pretty spread. And for all my bag complaining, when I got back to the hotel, I recognized one of the audience members because he had a bag, too!</p><p><a href="https://uae.korean-culture.org/en/550/board/380/read/127049" target="_blank">Korean Cultural Center Abu Dhabi</a></p><p><a href="https://aimeelee.net/abu-dhabi-exhibit-2023/" target="_blank">More pictures from my exhibit</a><br /></p><p></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-34911557110347877592023-11-20T16:22:00.004-05:002023-11-20T16:22:52.895-05:00Place, plants, people: Milkweed Residency<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KlKQDpo-qBAYvHspXoSLIn9Cf2WhEk-KjO-j4Sfd8rLCDfOMYFh3_dj7QNQiZP21dMa6LX5MYcE6ssD-E_hR1ex4D-dFYZOQbSBu9_naZ7OYal5HHpLb84xtYir0C8gFA_vwHta7cKLn22XzRzDHi6HboBTobkgCHSxcZz9L0nhK1kNkQ3yc_A/s640/mwr%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KlKQDpo-qBAYvHspXoSLIn9Cf2WhEk-KjO-j4Sfd8rLCDfOMYFh3_dj7QNQiZP21dMa6LX5MYcE6ssD-E_hR1ex4D-dFYZOQbSBu9_naZ7OYal5HHpLb84xtYir0C8gFA_vwHta7cKLn22XzRzDHi6HboBTobkgCHSxcZz9L0nhK1kNkQ3yc_A/w400-h300/mwr%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Yes, of course I could harvest Ohio milkweed, and I have and do (this year, it has decided to have its way in my yard/border and how can I say anything? I put it there, there's no stopping it). But each fall brings my favorite time of year: Milkweed Residency! I get to commune with my favorite plants, people, and places.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpBw4P9ftWxplDmwpIAneMM_y5aSAhE-YvSOy8qpOUbFEYGPKccoP5o_ES0PTxQV69y_spHKSOuioqPj7CRY_ryAd7OEPEf9yMTAbzcWdbiuGWysdydyOxeFRSWbWH4MubT92SKT-LwkuVWOyHexu6rfo8mY7Qf99KW4WNuNI97gfceLYMI-xhA/s640/mwr%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpBw4P9ftWxplDmwpIAneMM_y5aSAhE-YvSOy8qpOUbFEYGPKccoP5o_ES0PTxQV69y_spHKSOuioqPj7CRY_ryAd7OEPEf9yMTAbzcWdbiuGWysdydyOxeFRSWbWH4MubT92SKT-LwkuVWOyHexu6rfo8mY7Qf99KW4WNuNI97gfceLYMI-xhA/w300-h400/mwr%20-%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Tim and Pati live here (and work in the studio building to the left) in the house that he built and added onto over the years. Ever since I visited the place in 2017, it has been one of my very favorite homes/studios, and I have been to very many homes and studios throughout my life. They host me every time and Pati had the idea last year to expand the residency to include a student, to try and share all that milkweed has to teach. I had resisted at the time, after being exhausted by launching my own hanji retreats and wanting space away from students.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2TiBHab9xtXn951jGsadkiCxP5n0hQzX3MYM4eO0O9TWGfSiEqj-CmH4oaolZEQHhkooVfO99NTsm-dxtnDIIyOFPpnUjHOAZjuvyIA5pQ13akVEdh6DjPVUkl9bwVq2NfZw9U2jkH8jqJZX-XcaKbjEeRF9oetcCg5iUVKs_aX-x6stePoDdQ/s640/mwr%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2TiBHab9xtXn951jGsadkiCxP5n0hQzX3MYM4eO0O9TWGfSiEqj-CmH4oaolZEQHhkooVfO99NTsm-dxtnDIIyOFPpnUjHOAZjuvyIA5pQ13akVEdh6DjPVUkl9bwVq2NfZw9U2jkH8jqJZX-XcaKbjEeRF9oetcCg5iUVKs_aX-x6stePoDdQ/w400-h300/mwr%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>But this year I had two students in my annual retreat that I thought would really get a lot out the experience. Veronica was curious about milkweed for papermaking as it's in her backyard, too, and Esther was motivated to learn more about toolmaking after our week together. I asked Pati if they could handle TWO, as V&E are kind of a package deal. They are in their final year of their Madison MFA program and Pati got her MFA in printmaking in Madison years ago, so she and Tim had lived there and now their kids are also there/in the area. Turned out to be an ideal fit!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iCiN4ZdaIQTSl963GpQaYpEp0_G2oXwpdZWEl5SbyaM3XZjJWC71mz6mUXWTTBWgiMhoduJyghLe7bXx_u4dNQk4UBFAlIhmqz6IswetLlL6OnPaS5ok5JkAuE2dZ1SwYCpTTshBCi4oIBIw9cpy0Ap1j6uU6Fcf8dw_bIgZL78qBgg0oy33jA/s640/mwr%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iCiN4ZdaIQTSl963GpQaYpEp0_G2oXwpdZWEl5SbyaM3XZjJWC71mz6mUXWTTBWgiMhoduJyghLe7bXx_u4dNQk4UBFAlIhmqz6IswetLlL6OnPaS5ok5JkAuE2dZ1SwYCpTTshBCi4oIBIw9cpy0Ap1j6uU6Fcf8dw_bIgZL78qBgg0oy33jA/w400-h300/mwr%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>It was going to be a bit late (in Nov instead of Oct) and abbreviated for my students because of a variety of scheduling challenges, but there was still plenty of milkweed hanging around. Can you see Pati in this picture? She's there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsQlenFJ_DsFl1giDa5Ht74APPaJW77cLBKDpJnxqtfUajjvabKrpWJQubgwcsb39BZ0eoUSvvu7qay9r_bvCRnUO66hDbQNZPkvFQc_kBz84V8HnjPgniqrV5MTY6WmgRQ9MPLFTk69YsTBn3dA-k3ljW36ImoXLRUbUtQjnilDE6Gl0O57pdw/s640/mwr%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGsQlenFJ_DsFl1giDa5Ht74APPaJW77cLBKDpJnxqtfUajjvabKrpWJQubgwcsb39BZ0eoUSvvu7qay9r_bvCRnUO66hDbQNZPkvFQc_kBz84V8HnjPgniqrV5MTY6WmgRQ9MPLFTk69YsTBn3dA-k3ljW36ImoXLRUbUtQjnilDE6Gl0O57pdw/w400-h268/mwr%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Veronica took this and the next three pics, which I love so much. Also, SO much easier to document when you have a pro photographer in the group!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzkRx46iJI3HbvzfofjAWKjcscmnJj7T4nSzGpycHFc2R3eRvA2MQpudmTTVAAH8mKrtQKsZc_-ajgSRz1OPOC-ZaEgVv2YAe6QK0y0MFdmLc5laRJk8AsEs7fdN6rvmcHXyIzpl_8YyG5TVHhzs88ifBuWXzeLGm7022b97hiwXr6_35HaHiuA/s640/mwr%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMzkRx46iJI3HbvzfofjAWKjcscmnJj7T4nSzGpycHFc2R3eRvA2MQpudmTTVAAH8mKrtQKsZc_-ajgSRz1OPOC-ZaEgVv2YAe6QK0y0MFdmLc5laRJk8AsEs7fdN6rvmcHXyIzpl_8YyG5TVHhzs88ifBuWXzeLGm7022b97hiwXr6_35HaHiuA/w400-h268/mwr%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Pati and I used the be the only one to harvest in David's field, though last year Jill was able to join us. I was very sad to miss her this time around but she got sick and needed to stay home.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu83Qcd-YCCNjykcMBZBgNgBBiLsb-c5geFWlvT1nB2YC9OA0XTPsZRYYvMo6wLcicjmlhGHY7MwNmcf0k31xgGWL5ukefcdDveBhAOXP46R2noQaewPHGsW5R3Gcz2d6LKKG7QvTaEPmMwir3YIKFBmci3ZboVEwPAgOdUyMFK-filzZQkpIEDw/s640/mwr%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu83Qcd-YCCNjykcMBZBgNgBBiLsb-c5geFWlvT1nB2YC9OA0XTPsZRYYvMo6wLcicjmlhGHY7MwNmcf0k31xgGWL5ukefcdDveBhAOXP46R2noQaewPHGsW5R3Gcz2d6LKKG7QvTaEPmMwir3YIKFBmci3ZboVEwPAgOdUyMFK-filzZQkpIEDw/w400-h268/mwr%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We had plenty of time harvesting and I probably could have let them do less but striking out to find just the right ones in the field is its own deep and solitary pleasure. Here, we've already trimmed away exploded pods and are organizing the stalks to bundle and transport back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidoQzpe87fwCBQbxM1cquXXs5VgQZFQoPLq1zItHsIxTFS20YiPP8Ni-veNmzk21v_KOcKiWgyzt_H1thX6NfJWztaSIMYRLbcW7kQvPu1gvr1BOXC0-2_CHfbx3dbY3UmpY-hggUHYKLGHU6vUlipim4EMegWWMKylgVXC_nbEqTFMebOcNQ7g/s640/mwr%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidoQzpe87fwCBQbxM1cquXXs5VgQZFQoPLq1zItHsIxTFS20YiPP8Ni-veNmzk21v_KOcKiWgyzt_H1thX6NfJWztaSIMYRLbcW7kQvPu1gvr1BOXC0-2_CHfbx3dbY3UmpY-hggUHYKLGHU6vUlipim4EMegWWMKylgVXC_nbEqTFMebOcNQ7g/w400-h268/mwr%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I still have plenty of coma (the fluff) back home from past harvests, and am not interested in separating silks from seeds from pods from other bits, but figured V&E might want to see the process, so we had a bit of trimming and sorting to do before we could shove the pods into multiple buckets to take home.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18IEF8V93VBbYEWECsadyn691TGd2ObeMMBgguY5NvEGWSdAoJpXDxB9coxFfn-W-DdL4w8gPoD4fcisft_AF_145FeC3TQDDW8MbFZcntoHuEQ7LuJB9-cDER1UWhhmRZNWmbeausWn5sXLto8cqgF2fHFEQbwOZXurxst-AFd2VsUfL4YEjRw/s640/mwr%20-%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18IEF8V93VBbYEWECsadyn691TGd2ObeMMBgguY5NvEGWSdAoJpXDxB9coxFfn-W-DdL4w8gPoD4fcisft_AF_145FeC3TQDDW8MbFZcntoHuEQ7LuJB9-cDER1UWhhmRZNWmbeausWn5sXLto8cqgF2fHFEQbwOZXurxst-AFd2VsUfL4YEjRw/w300-h400/mwr%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Every day, Tim started cozy fires, the best part of being in the woods in chilly weather. Plus I got to hear more stories about the system and learn more about how it works. I realized that someday, if we ever get far enough in the process, we should use the ash (which is not even that much, from my understanding of how efficiently the system works) to cook fiber. For now, the better use of the fire was to roast tomatoes!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziPuCva3gqh8RwfK6zEFwh13x8D9SoJfD-ABy1eE3r7uesRyYb0Xy8F3ZZz5PBos90mHPthSFWucddSgTueTArSdmkGwSOXJJOUJKSrKbKaRNYY4G80YB2Wlv3WRbH1AsGewhGnOpayizdi0LQm_i0HB1AcbAcnJPuD2NakDqEvqQYvfNBHHHtw/s640/mwr%20-%2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziPuCva3gqh8RwfK6zEFwh13x8D9SoJfD-ABy1eE3r7uesRyYb0Xy8F3ZZz5PBos90mHPthSFWucddSgTueTArSdmkGwSOXJJOUJKSrKbKaRNYY4G80YB2Wlv3WRbH1AsGewhGnOpayizdi0LQm_i0HB1AcbAcnJPuD2NakDqEvqQYvfNBHHHtw/w300-h400/mwr%20-%2010.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I had urged my students to bring gifts of the local (to Madison) and edible kinds, so every morning Veronica took care of the pour over for the coffee she brought.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EW1SL2FsaIYotFhyRZKX3kwvpHUgQ6jWoQ4eSu_PXhQh7O4xZ-8RZ3PlWVUSW6cjRNzMDOsIBXjWdR41hK5HroYwLvFPxZLWogcg8dVVWfZk8VPYNIb8Qg5JMFX2Cl7REOG1PVvTQ5njLAS1w9B7AvZ786uuZp6AWp6y-pp4CG1LNcKHfbLD7w/s640/mwr%20-%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EW1SL2FsaIYotFhyRZKX3kwvpHUgQ6jWoQ4eSu_PXhQh7O4xZ-8RZ3PlWVUSW6cjRNzMDOsIBXjWdR41hK5HroYwLvFPxZLWogcg8dVVWfZk8VPYNIb8Qg5JMFX2Cl7REOG1PVvTQ5njLAS1w9B7AvZ786uuZp6AWp6y-pp4CG1LNcKHfbLD7w/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>And Pati made exquisite meals for us every single day, which are always so delicious and heartwarming. The only problem was now that we had five at meals, there were so many more stories to share and food to talk about, so each meal would extend for a long time until we were up past midnight by their final night.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2EDgOLGTtgeuWFWDJ8FgTt7BI32NBwLJpWXUPYmWJTxb0lLXoUAi8Ai1aZtLOCUqbcb472PEGg78xJIQVDKfHlIv1eo-GZkIaX2CHkEMuN5CSryP24131ndDmRhRUAriKpkV6XV45ZFK5l_K6f5GQ-HwMOJGg_wyd7LLUd799w9PQ6XQ2NtbcQ/s640/mwr%20-%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2EDgOLGTtgeuWFWDJ8FgTt7BI32NBwLJpWXUPYmWJTxb0lLXoUAi8Ai1aZtLOCUqbcb472PEGg78xJIQVDKfHlIv1eo-GZkIaX2CHkEMuN5CSryP24131ndDmRhRUAriKpkV6XV45ZFK5l_K6f5GQ-HwMOJGg_wyd7LLUd799w9PQ6XQ2NtbcQ/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Pati and Tim kindly laid out a bunch of his moulds downstairs in the studio, and it was great to see such a big range of laid, wove, dimension, and time.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHoMFcKcYqiSOw1f5_do5j9tp_S3h_b6CqIwoX8T3zQV48qL5d59uxHSLH6iepFBDifPf9iRwTGPe6NlaOy38ZcUJpa2E-jDiqnJ9H1oAKYPUhfjWsnFeotDS2f5CCSNLyS2J0JeXmIvmTbCCqiWbjCthCUOfYgGFiITHpk8UOtIcLdkiCGERMA/s640/mwr%20-%2013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHoMFcKcYqiSOw1f5_do5j9tp_S3h_b6CqIwoX8T3zQV48qL5d59uxHSLH6iepFBDifPf9iRwTGPe6NlaOy38ZcUJpa2E-jDiqnJ9H1oAKYPUhfjWsnFeotDS2f5CCSNLyS2J0JeXmIvmTbCCqiWbjCthCUOfYgGFiITHpk8UOtIcLdkiCGERMA/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I wanted them to see Tim's loom, too, but I think that would require more time to really understand. I forget that on first glance, the loom (to the left) does not make sense to people who don't know what it's supposed to do. Here we're looking at Tim's straightened wires.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0b8-SMxm0EApGbh0mCZS2llm0S4GZHpXYnFozURznGXMNcrjTnw2tNtGRCixq3hXWdtVHS7_joZHPfUGnKu8JADBrO6q4vB47EBofFPqzEcBpaQztv23Zmb_fv5X9Apd3sLRp-fp1y7Z5hpMoxWPGM2a6FFJaYkqabZjDMPLWLFmeDtVFe3mxA/s640/mwr%20-%2014.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0b8-SMxm0EApGbh0mCZS2llm0S4GZHpXYnFozURznGXMNcrjTnw2tNtGRCixq3hXWdtVHS7_joZHPfUGnKu8JADBrO6q4vB47EBofFPqzEcBpaQztv23Zmb_fv5X9Apd3sLRp-fp1y7Z5hpMoxWPGM2a6FFJaYkqabZjDMPLWLFmeDtVFe3mxA/w300-h400/mwr%20-%2014.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>While milkweed was steaming or whatnot, we tried to make time to look at artwork. This was just a one-on-one with Esther but I was very glad to see her using the jiseung techniques she learned in July. We had talked about this at least seven years ago and she had never gotten a chance to work with me until this year. Her early attempts were like many early attempts when you don't have a teacher to guide you. But like many gifted past students, once we were in person, everything clicked for her and she was off to the races. There are secrets (literally, written secrets) woven into the basket-in-progress.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF65q2-zJ-FN7UqJteEA1HLV92n_Ybonv4Hdo2YfD6_tCqc3lQaa0cbGXBzbTdPtfHuVc_UgyPge-VFfybYR6s8uPN8mMAyLz2M6ZGuZqxN5lAIpys4Hh5UubFpOFoz27DnqEogO0c7TI7kkAw1YpXK6cmefLa_GtEhSqn_VvxUDZRuDFToJEdZw/s640/mwr%20-%2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF65q2-zJ-FN7UqJteEA1HLV92n_Ybonv4Hdo2YfD6_tCqc3lQaa0cbGXBzbTdPtfHuVc_UgyPge-VFfybYR6s8uPN8mMAyLz2M6ZGuZqxN5lAIpys4Hh5UubFpOFoz27DnqEogO0c7TI7kkAw1YpXK6cmefLa_GtEhSqn_VvxUDZRuDFToJEdZw/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2015.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I really, really wanted them to see Pati's artwork. But given the time, it was only ever going to be a sliver of her oeuvre. This was a blank wall when we arrived, and then she very kindly hung a bunch of her prints to share, which became a backdrop to our stripping bast fiber work.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig71jhxXvw5ZolNXtnYR-y14_TkaRY0iK832oaFkxohIPnzUlpUo5g2jwBbWRuvLV_RjKRqQ8HGI95Yb-x1dJnKW3yi2OAkYHK9JVPXokufS6C9k3ch3tixlNZjM2XEBVZZxx7BZMcMjhMKp-0_KAUCUYBLb3t4h6NuZbwOYI_VI7jpHpPHS_9rA/s640/mwr%20-%2016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig71jhxXvw5ZolNXtnYR-y14_TkaRY0iK832oaFkxohIPnzUlpUo5g2jwBbWRuvLV_RjKRqQ8HGI95Yb-x1dJnKW3yi2OAkYHK9JVPXokufS6C9k3ch3tixlNZjM2XEBVZZxx7BZMcMjhMKp-0_KAUCUYBLb3t4h6NuZbwOYI_VI7jpHpPHS_9rA/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The books, she showed us in the house. This one was GIANT, and like so much of her work, incredibly ambitious, layered, impeccable. I'm still stuck on trying to figure out how to get a book structure engineered now at home, and I run away from it for days on end after only handling it for half an hour at a time. Being able to map this one out (there are 18 books bound into this one, and they all have to line up with each other on every single spread—right now they haven't been opened yet). I loved seeing her work in more of a context from the early grad school books through the ones I've seen, to this giant one. The quality of her work even as a grad student was so high; I have tried as much as possible to sell/give away/hide/throw away my work from then but that's probably a waste of shame.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzZ9sYkirTEM9FcL724a-E2vwajwKhAGQ4_qTypv79BfkFs4Hw81QTtIacnvgUeqIe2WDEOI6au2LDkzS7HCmlsiuUMgXxrMCY8pys_Q660CVxEQFqGmb_grqAZqWZnqZaWHG8LRYMg3ZXXwK5F7A2P-bXxtPbU6msWc178T1WqV_jfn8wwyTAg/s640/mwr%20-%2017.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzZ9sYkirTEM9FcL724a-E2vwajwKhAGQ4_qTypv79BfkFs4Hw81QTtIacnvgUeqIe2WDEOI6au2LDkzS7HCmlsiuUMgXxrMCY8pys_Q660CVxEQFqGmb_grqAZqWZnqZaWHG8LRYMg3ZXXwK5F7A2P-bXxtPbU6msWc178T1WqV_jfn8wwyTAg/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2017.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Because I didn't want to make a total mess inside of their studios, we worked on Pati's balcony and steamed the stalks out there with outdoor outlets and burners.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6c_oDHtzNID4m9uOpkehB305n8YArta3myLJGzaSsGed9bWjElKycbvSN4Fe1EXtZ14BMVhtc7KbjSqHAuHMD5aNOOl6KxIUT5VfLdsNzXkwzMd3nNoMB8giuFD3DM_88JepaAN7dnjpFn36Xr1AEXkh3_pzmNHpP2MoIQnSwTaSesJXItT4VEQ/s640/mwr%20-%2018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6c_oDHtzNID4m9uOpkehB305n8YArta3myLJGzaSsGed9bWjElKycbvSN4Fe1EXtZ14BMVhtc7KbjSqHAuHMD5aNOOl6KxIUT5VfLdsNzXkwzMd3nNoMB8giuFD3DM_88JepaAN7dnjpFn36Xr1AEXkh3_pzmNHpP2MoIQnSwTaSesJXItT4VEQ/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Unsurprisingly, V&E very much enjoyed separating seeds and coma and pods and other non-coma stuff. At one point, we got locked out, but V got the latch up before I started yelling over to the house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKi4DNj8XUrCz_IF5h1ta2Owkor9fu0jo1JRv_Xm2mLJ4B5imJz_7YS2Sn4XtZQrpRooXnp4xwE-qXkRajjMn0LhUv_VgjOSKHcnlCYFPzlr233Eu75e92n_7mqXZUY-kOU8NrDlr6T7R5KVhB7iYjg3ICFkX9EkbbLJQ1oFH2E17AJhw64bKpA/s640/mwr%20-%2019.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZKi4DNj8XUrCz_IF5h1ta2Owkor9fu0jo1JRv_Xm2mLJ4B5imJz_7YS2Sn4XtZQrpRooXnp4xwE-qXkRajjMn0LhUv_VgjOSKHcnlCYFPzlr233Eu75e92n_7mqXZUY-kOU8NrDlr6T7R5KVhB7iYjg3ICFkX9EkbbLJQ1oFH2E17AJhw64bKpA/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2019.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>They worked until it was too dark to stay outside. I love how joyful they are up there, while Tim is hard at work downstairs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlPtHADeliIlBU-_lMETnXkD5ergkqJ0BJJ-CHfU8a8V84_N-K8PIzab6lFrHEuX-MNY8laaDtmDhaX096hNqWCKLLiHexv_j8VaO40rzMNX3xD0S8OwtriCxA8aiiI06jRwP6VcRqoDSzehMl5qtKTV2fiKw9tuq5-zphijTKxE-VrM_BZci2g/s640/mwr%20-%2020.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPlPtHADeliIlBU-_lMETnXkD5ergkqJ0BJJ-CHfU8a8V84_N-K8PIzab6lFrHEuX-MNY8laaDtmDhaX096hNqWCKLLiHexv_j8VaO40rzMNX3xD0S8OwtriCxA8aiiI06jRwP6VcRqoDSzehMl5qtKTV2fiKw9tuq5-zphijTKxE-VrM_BZci2g/w400-h300/mwr%20-%2020.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>There is SO much more I could have shared but will leave it between us for now. The residency expansion was a huge success, and we were sad to see them go. After they left, I thought, is this how parents feel when their kids leave? And then a parent friend told me, no, because once they leave, you start to worry again. What I felt was, okay, I think that went well, time to nap!! And as always, I was so grateful to Pati and Tim for letting me feel so much at home in their home, and being just as generous and welcoming to people who were up until a few days earlier, strangers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZFEwWwY2R3AWyECTiT65DokrDeygxTfc6pXV2nn4w9Y6xXzfLZLJ9jDjWfPdly6tvtNiTKNIG97-_ay9JvooscHIGi3zrd4psrEhuXdweboZ0EmBvJB6MT257H-EosCYAeo5JvkMR_COdo2vKMA1bJNBot9bnOL1_ByVrkKgWfrpV-3KaIW2OA/s640/mwr%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZFEwWwY2R3AWyECTiT65DokrDeygxTfc6pXV2nn4w9Y6xXzfLZLJ9jDjWfPdly6tvtNiTKNIG97-_ay9JvooscHIGi3zrd4psrEhuXdweboZ0EmBvJB6MT257H-EosCYAeo5JvkMR_COdo2vKMA1bJNBot9bnOL1_ByVrkKgWfrpV-3KaIW2OA/w400-h268/mwr%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Final pic by Veronica!<br /></div><div><p><a href="https://www.patiscobey.com/" target="_blank">Pati Scobey</a></p><p><a href="https://timothymooretools.com/" target="_blank">Tim Moore</a></p><p><a href="https://www.estherjihyecho.com/" target="_blank">Esther Cho</a></p><p><a href="https://veronicapham.com/" target="_blank">Veronica Pham</a><br /></p><p></p></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-68148727052981897192023-10-09T18:14:00.005-04:002023-10-09T20:28:16.343-04:0080s to 40s in a week<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcV4dHqF8s0eUedL-tB7uFC0Pl_u4LpKY9j2ztAlBqkjdkoWJR42KzAy40qBfGKhfyTXwP2t6ChVxsX1B4w4qEyGVOuuhkphS-JrWQ0ZJp6niAISAzDvprAIcJ2668jkZ73v9EuX4isf4zNHgQg1smpP3tgZTv5PVkEQWPoZZCNDmqKKQ3RuBjg/s1280/penpal%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcV4dHqF8s0eUedL-tB7uFC0Pl_u4LpKY9j2ztAlBqkjdkoWJR42KzAy40qBfGKhfyTXwP2t6ChVxsX1B4w4qEyGVOuuhkphS-JrWQ0ZJp6niAISAzDvprAIcJ2668jkZ73v9EuX4isf4zNHgQg1smpP3tgZTv5PVkEQWPoZZCNDmqKKQ3RuBjg/w400-h300/penpal%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I've felt buffeted by the weather, walking through fall leaves covering the sidewalks on a sunny day when the highs were in the 80s, and now under the covers with the heat on during nights in the 40s. The rain patterns have been the most confusing, I think, in their sudden and torrential nature. I have a LOT going on but nothing flashy to show. Here is the process of transcribing the first paragraph of a mother's eulogy to her baby girl.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDCnhnoi6AF-PemLx9mxfuycIOh8ePBsWgQKhgsVMbJ5tajQ6n3ti2amrOeGjvCJA7TJ55bQOK0ReujlPGkEZb1NWbfqhOZNbwk7DkKPaG0G5dt8jL2KYehu4qrnsRpWHvCIhQvKp8d6kghn002CaIIUx3tgAW6IvAqwc2e9Qk7nG0YYg2_ZX1Q/s1280/penpal%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDCnhnoi6AF-PemLx9mxfuycIOh8ePBsWgQKhgsVMbJ5tajQ6n3ti2amrOeGjvCJA7TJ55bQOK0ReujlPGkEZb1NWbfqhOZNbwk7DkKPaG0G5dt8jL2KYehu4qrnsRpWHvCIhQvKp8d6kghn002CaIIUx3tgAW6IvAqwc2e9Qk7nG0YYg2_ZX1Q/w400-h300/penpal%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">sliced<br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Kao1_MbPBtr8KpfV9O-QRal6gyIIXLtAdGVE-Ron5fdNvuNficp6ubAPR1lieMQ8N8cMaH9xgEjSmilE0Gkk3POF9S1YNT2kUPz3VjypeyAyrMBiW9icssHch2oPO1ewBJ0aMlXcBns222acgqerEmGe7Lyd4TEOjIw5v0UgqiqAcV5P0p1prQ/s1280/penpal%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Kao1_MbPBtr8KpfV9O-QRal6gyIIXLtAdGVE-Ron5fdNvuNficp6ubAPR1lieMQ8N8cMaH9xgEjSmilE0Gkk3POF9S1YNT2kUPz3VjypeyAyrMBiW9icssHch2oPO1ewBJ0aMlXcBns222acgqerEmGe7Lyd4TEOjIw5v0UgqiqAcV5P0p1prQ/w400-h300/penpal%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">opened<br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6isz_8A1ok0eIo7pHF1rVuuinkk3i7GsGWa63foIeHkNYFy-yaWofWjGQUKXqgG2feMpz7mmK5RXBAnaw23JSmC7pvMDa6R_1wzdaRLgNh4vxxolfs2bUtC3hGRwgTbAcwQWtQ474f2RAzGPyZ-cV3KUfHXJMvww7c7_vFHTpyaJ_RuORqFKRrw/s1280/penpal%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6isz_8A1ok0eIo7pHF1rVuuinkk3i7GsGWa63foIeHkNYFy-yaWofWjGQUKXqgG2feMpz7mmK5RXBAnaw23JSmC7pvMDa6R_1wzdaRLgNh4vxxolfs2bUtC3hGRwgTbAcwQWtQ474f2RAzGPyZ-cV3KUfHXJMvww7c7_vFHTpyaJ_RuORqFKRrw/w400-h300/penpal%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">crumpled<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05DM8BMIeYhDUjU64o3MB_TJ1jK3WS_a9Fah76n7HJeJ-phLT8D39_GqVoYoH55vZEZM7_AY7_jjXIkmVJebxbTvYcbomaJnMuupuQ8WAB8MuIOQPSABoxifnIq4VI2cfXbkq6hj7fiiYAohSrliHdot4OR1_aeH7FS7UwBC94ex4AGcy083srQ/s1280/penpal%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05DM8BMIeYhDUjU64o3MB_TJ1jK3WS_a9Fah76n7HJeJ-phLT8D39_GqVoYoH55vZEZM7_AY7_jjXIkmVJebxbTvYcbomaJnMuupuQ8WAB8MuIOQPSABoxifnIq4VI2cfXbkq6hj7fiiYAohSrliHdot4OR1_aeH7FS7UwBC94ex4AGcy083srQ/w400-h300/penpal%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">twisted<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUOH4JkwODy6BiS5DvwMfJwHE-y_P_q-eBPcShppSlkBtu95sI5qpaOi2ye0g56jgbocox3BxOmZPX_qshqitJgJUMkOa8_oF-x3e2TmNxqWTzMIYJr7yGTQ32EM56cQ7lFSB42NG74msrwVGvYlXi0_Rn1OeCmJ5hBBlBKo6jzaeUY4woYS4Hw/s1280/penpal%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUOH4JkwODy6BiS5DvwMfJwHE-y_P_q-eBPcShppSlkBtu95sI5qpaOi2ye0g56jgbocox3BxOmZPX_qshqitJgJUMkOa8_oF-x3e2TmNxqWTzMIYJr7yGTQ32EM56cQ7lFSB42NG74msrwVGvYlXi0_Rn1OeCmJ5hBBlBKo6jzaeUY4woYS4Hw/w400-h300/penpal%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">hiccups in spinning because I cut too close to the edges<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXslE-4D10OIY-6NxJx08T0K3BMnKJXBP6E4ctEwr_raLJymbMmXr4_HfOxUZeHDAGVJe69NddmJfO0TrWEXcU0Qx8hWp1YrBh3wiSweteCVAfZT2z6nJjmjdyOfQl_vYGCcJuH2JOae6zZktJKrRjUIV0Wa-VoNcMhm5BT3KaYGnAzNYUAH1fzA/s1280/penpal%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXslE-4D10OIY-6NxJx08T0K3BMnKJXBP6E4ctEwr_raLJymbMmXr4_HfOxUZeHDAGVJe69NddmJfO0TrWEXcU0Qx8hWp1YrBh3wiSweteCVAfZT2z6nJjmjdyOfQl_vYGCcJuH2JOae6zZktJKrRjUIV0Wa-VoNcMhm5BT3KaYGnAzNYUAH1fzA/w400-h300/penpal%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">spun, saving all breaks<br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmJ77HrdKdFeire7dWmIs4ytX2NdSmcpCOtyKkGgWQBePCAcOidtlZAnLk7KHcl_xjmWapEQnixUwDjoGaEIZKw8EKLSbpymk3jExKH5yg_rEU0AbcWnjUgZWS4KNbGIBzjoLJdE4FoGu-OG84ZkJi7iwLvwjwlj_DKI0zM3gXsU4N_5aUv9onA/s1280/penpal%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmJ77HrdKdFeire7dWmIs4ytX2NdSmcpCOtyKkGgWQBePCAcOidtlZAnLk7KHcl_xjmWapEQnixUwDjoGaEIZKw8EKLSbpymk3jExKH5yg_rEU0AbcWnjUgZWS4KNbGIBzjoLJdE4FoGu-OG84ZkJi7iwLvwjwlj_DKI0zM3gXsU4N_5aUv9onA/w400-h300/penpal%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">connected</div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm seeing how important it is to do things that connect me to the world, remind me I am part of it: being outside in the woods, cooking, gardening, being with friends, and of course, making. I feel increasingly unmoored from what used to be important to me and it's a big effort not to trash it entirely (but I can't, it would look so 'unprofessional' and 'irresponsible'). For now, I try to tie myself into being, repairing each break as I go.<br /></p></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-6513846140908293062023-09-07T20:05:00.001-04:002023-09-07T20:05:30.040-04:00Summer roundup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKowtD2NSB0uky48Fb15EYogZv8KgQhnT8rP8Q8E4Xc_fXtWt07F5-NGQot8ll3X7IsCVyWT-lqzBCF6PzVOq_J1F8Pxnynku95C2L5GikWW4vj5V31ElOjWQi0BMsyfRBCSxqb7LgUIIiQrBOVmegQU8pavHwUUhYBMxN-R1J060BP_HKUzxUPQ/s1280/aug2023%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1059" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKowtD2NSB0uky48Fb15EYogZv8KgQhnT8rP8Q8E4Xc_fXtWt07F5-NGQot8ll3X7IsCVyWT-lqzBCF6PzVOq_J1F8Pxnynku95C2L5GikWW4vj5V31ElOjWQi0BMsyfRBCSxqb7LgUIIiQrBOVmegQU8pavHwUUhYBMxN-R1J060BP_HKUzxUPQ/w331-h400/aug2023%20-%201.jpeg" width="331" /></a></div>I didn't have a lot of recovery time after the last hanji retreat and dove right into a couple of private studio tours. One was for conservators and fellows and interns from the Cleveland Museum of Art, which was fun. It was so helpful to have Taiwanese colleagues to translate a few things that I had been curious about. The funniest was that a gift from a student was a print that contained a curse word.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVX8rpZzxk5smAS7vpuWrJ0Ae-vFvA9GPbLM-4O6bIelj7jTwoGYjuSbh1X62Hyp757zyCMxFMxdq9aeTzYQ7Gqo-QAJT40Lnku9igumaSmJaMFIeAoKXNsdjIgLkXIIlcekFztZvIYUca4EdykI5GZ7RrU7VpAUrJnOi4nA1QNkdhZwraBBByQ/s1280/aug2023%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghVX8rpZzxk5smAS7vpuWrJ0Ae-vFvA9GPbLM-4O6bIelj7jTwoGYjuSbh1X62Hyp757zyCMxFMxdq9aeTzYQ7Gqo-QAJT40Lnku9igumaSmJaMFIeAoKXNsdjIgLkXIIlcekFztZvIYUca4EdykI5GZ7RrU7VpAUrJnOi4nA1QNkdhZwraBBByQ/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I also had a lot of bark to process into lace and grids for future projects. These are going to lay around for a while as I'm too scattered to focus on them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE06CXjf5PeJ2ItM1zwELuhxA1qLFt8kbDPF8EZX9QK0xnRRJMyaCi4xnYCxVAYnf0-a7seR5LiaxBWr1lS3EwVfCyQ-eeqAOSnvhMSfdpOmDGtyicqxcnXtMYq2nflclkMHo-Q6IAwUCeRbnulCEwovbTmOmh3owKZ73U_uaYX6_q2LZ8DVBB3A/s1280/aug2023%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE06CXjf5PeJ2ItM1zwELuhxA1qLFt8kbDPF8EZX9QK0xnRRJMyaCi4xnYCxVAYnf0-a7seR5LiaxBWr1lS3EwVfCyQ-eeqAOSnvhMSfdpOmDGtyicqxcnXtMYq2nflclkMHo-Q6IAwUCeRbnulCEwovbTmOmh3owKZ73U_uaYX6_q2LZ8DVBB3A/w400-h300/aug2023%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This was round one of two marathon print sessions I had to do for one part of a large edition due end of year. It has been months in the making and a very difficult process because it's a collaboration where my collaborator is very inaccessible so I'm just doing what I can. I designed something that I thought would be easier to execute but is actually the opposite.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc6H_c6u_H2Nm4y8_bYij1f_4y0pj2OUypEuuIwlbKjnURZcWCo6iV4cwhbgmIrdvx67FEx5qWCqwiBRtl0i_nTNTm4AbnaB9uC8zqfhNhsQh0U32DUc2VfZZ7ASfDAwAhsFOzwBnUfFUdUjIvqfUDBfjZeNVuQ4X85y995JLlR8AgLkKlEoI2A/s1280/aug2023%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAc6H_c6u_H2Nm4y8_bYij1f_4y0pj2OUypEuuIwlbKjnURZcWCo6iV4cwhbgmIrdvx67FEx5qWCqwiBRtl0i_nTNTm4AbnaB9uC8zqfhNhsQh0U32DUc2VfZZ7ASfDAwAhsFOzwBnUfFUdUjIvqfUDBfjZeNVuQ4X85y995JLlR8AgLkKlEoI2A/w400-h300/aug2023%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Then I had to zip over to D.C. for a gig. I know, I had promised myself no out-of-town work this year but the exception was made for several reasons. One: my collaborator invited me. Two: I needed major dental work. In between transporting everything for a papermaking demo and panicked formation aid making in the hotel bathroom, I visited the National Museum of Asian Art. There was a cremated Korean guy in that gorgeous stone box once upon a time, among other things.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo74e-nM51WTko1PU2cZtbMQJi0rPAMliLi1ckvwDOBPxa0sCcs7CYTqDT5HRTGVaTlHF8N-yQAvxxxXTzN74TQn8hwYsUoU6khdA-m7A0YmUk_Xq_1Ui2y34CCfWKpLzFVRDvWzMadAQlPjTvSBojerDDpP8vlYWtvDOvJf7qlGGZuoyMgOMZQw/s1280/aug2023%20-%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo74e-nM51WTko1PU2cZtbMQJi0rPAMliLi1ckvwDOBPxa0sCcs7CYTqDT5HRTGVaTlHF8N-yQAvxxxXTzN74TQn8hwYsUoU6khdA-m7A0YmUk_Xq_1Ui2y34CCfWKpLzFVRDvWzMadAQlPjTvSBojerDDpP8vlYWtvDOvJf7qlGGZuoyMgOMZQw/w400-h300/aug2023%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This pic is more for the tag than the objects, because it confirms (in a very diplomatic way) that the best Korean objects are in Japan. And I'll probably never get to see them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEtllKsDvfSjDjc3XMp1u2mmPQVeW0S_Zg1ndDYS_y29Fwo9uAVecER5xsT8GyalT6jxkln0O1h0i6QkkF8P3JM3X4er6yekGFg2Q8jAHhu423kSwTJukXNuKaTQn1i1X63Ul1tAa2jUFtnRbAp-AiJr1HcQJNyFPQ6Z-aAhe1-qDe4wjh5dRHw/s1280/aug2023%20-%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEtllKsDvfSjDjc3XMp1u2mmPQVeW0S_Zg1ndDYS_y29Fwo9uAVecER5xsT8GyalT6jxkln0O1h0i6QkkF8P3JM3X4er6yekGFg2Q8jAHhu423kSwTJukXNuKaTQn1i1X63Ul1tAa2jUFtnRbAp-AiJr1HcQJNyFPQ6Z-aAhe1-qDe4wjh5dRHw/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%206.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I was stunned by this sixth-century cosmic Buddha in the Chinese galleries. Front and back are like this.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpU-YAwgRBI6lFcbsM69p0UxUlyeqTmXI8R9Gj-7KXuJzpBErvTS37EHnCjDkx1TziH1E-GRCzewT4Ay_1DDiqvQAp8ieLgeIgJrQtEp6Maw-Gxgs8U6C7b3fBCxuKXtMR1kIJqwEUONgw664YLa5Z449LCoiZsoqyEH9GIPj5lZbKuADejVvzpA/s1280/aug2023%20-%207.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpU-YAwgRBI6lFcbsM69p0UxUlyeqTmXI8R9Gj-7KXuJzpBErvTS37EHnCjDkx1TziH1E-GRCzewT4Ay_1DDiqvQAp8ieLgeIgJrQtEp6Maw-Gxgs8U6C7b3fBCxuKXtMR1kIJqwEUONgw664YLa5Z449LCoiZsoqyEH9GIPj5lZbKuADejVvzpA/w400-h300/aug2023%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>It was classic August D.C. weather, hot and humid, barely making it from one building to another while passing through gorgeous gardens.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74sTxQp1W9hScXiIYAfN7_gQ-dAjw9TG9tC7Jcz1Xxr7xunN1eMPknwVV3NtvVpowqjmvyhggNxnfzxBQ-QURAmUto029x7DyTmhfUmAaRYDre2eN13UmBbONl0ghA5WaulB3ERX3m3vXfKtniAEV9TNPXAxrjEUEEZQ0fKeUCf8FCFDfrhnlFw/s1280/aug2023%20-%208.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74sTxQp1W9hScXiIYAfN7_gQ-dAjw9TG9tC7Jcz1Xxr7xunN1eMPknwVV3NtvVpowqjmvyhggNxnfzxBQ-QURAmUto029x7DyTmhfUmAaRYDre2eN13UmBbONl0ghA5WaulB3ERX3m3vXfKtniAEV9TNPXAxrjEUEEZQ0fKeUCf8FCFDfrhnlFw/w400-h300/aug2023%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The National Museum of the American Indian was very moving and powerful in its main exhibits, which were mostly educational. The objects were more on the outer periphery of the circular floors. These stories on bone are my favorite, imagine making and handling! I also ate a lot and hydrated a lot here, as it was the closest museum to my hotel.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsipemo2EB2JrV_eyqujS0zov4jAWH-JMInZ34DRS4Ers5V-kCLwa7aMp8YVEWw5gpdSfORedyAy-S8lzHEIDytYA5v4MvhmDOlkUTV8I6ORoQm7F_NuQQRq7H-DwVa9jZmM2J9AG5P8Kico-rpGaPOiEw8YmyqFt2vAIv74W-FCkKKsHKknR0g/s1280/aug2023%20-%209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFsipemo2EB2JrV_eyqujS0zov4jAWH-JMInZ34DRS4Ers5V-kCLwa7aMp8YVEWw5gpdSfORedyAy-S8lzHEIDytYA5v4MvhmDOlkUTV8I6ORoQm7F_NuQQRq7H-DwVa9jZmM2J9AG5P8Kico-rpGaPOiEw8YmyqFt2vAIv74W-FCkKKsHKknR0g/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I had only seen Geo Soctomah Neptune's work on screens so it was wonderful to see it in person (albeit behind glass) at the Renwick. Their birds! Their birds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78GLHZVFlDv0s5nK_IGKS_9vQeaBhGXclperAlTea4rPxC3RnqpmOdcVZ6klBE3e0VxdLpEMJHF7KCcR9mta4XXFyVfpiW5N-tCv75gIWK4LV7zgnbhbnGaJDjJSIXfIPDVoFOjELqNpm4tZPad1_ARFotvvm885-mmFA36ng3QjS13QmVAaIsw/s1280/aug2023%20-%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78GLHZVFlDv0s5nK_IGKS_9vQeaBhGXclperAlTea4rPxC3RnqpmOdcVZ6klBE3e0VxdLpEMJHF7KCcR9mta4XXFyVfpiW5N-tCv75gIWK4LV7zgnbhbnGaJDjJSIXfIPDVoFOjELqNpm4tZPad1_ARFotvvm885-mmFA36ng3QjS13QmVAaIsw/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2010.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I wish I had had the time and energy to have been able to research the bark cloth collection at the National Museum of Natural History but still enjoyed this Fijian masi (1838–42), whose fringe of bark I especially love.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1Fi6KCFFKR5M2MZOXoAn-GWfYR3CJvD2biBXAO8ToU0k_YGl8S3jSZUrJq8NQghaYhu_OsnsTTRUWldyRdRaJDkN9t0dmZgS8SXYhSHUAKPTosgOCSfCcI49trTP61sSRPHzWaFqegLUQdqEbpcFWTmI3v6-7od8osEOPenkXygDammC-XtEoA/s1280/aug2023%20-%2011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1Fi6KCFFKR5M2MZOXoAn-GWfYR3CJvD2biBXAO8ToU0k_YGl8S3jSZUrJq8NQghaYhu_OsnsTTRUWldyRdRaJDkN9t0dmZgS8SXYhSHUAKPTosgOCSfCcI49trTP61sSRPHzWaFqegLUQdqEbpcFWTmI3v6-7od8osEOPenkXygDammC-XtEoA/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2011.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>From the Kiribati Islands in Micronesia, more stunning textiles (and spotted porcupine fish helmet and shark teeth/wood sword), the armor woven from coconut fiber and hair.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZo3kGSGfRcSfmuLUXZdaKVp3v9heQyD9UBrWc2rH75j4kVjlSE0rICkz-_rUCw8CIyZfe_tsFSoi-0QOXrWL98-Eye9x-bGnylUicxlooIittULHg1U5FCf_e3nLtzWhy6bUTOflrNZwp9XRT3ULnUz68zrB53Cy9ioo2ZO6XxlwlsuKAwb5GCA/s1126/aug2023%20-%2012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1126" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZo3kGSGfRcSfmuLUXZdaKVp3v9heQyD9UBrWc2rH75j4kVjlSE0rICkz-_rUCw8CIyZfe_tsFSoi-0QOXrWL98-Eye9x-bGnylUicxlooIittULHg1U5FCf_e3nLtzWhy6bUTOflrNZwp9XRT3ULnUz68zrB53Cy9ioo2ZO6XxlwlsuKAwb5GCA/w400-h301/aug2023%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I was amazed to be allowed to do this papermaking demo and talk inside of a library (look at how close the book are!!) and glad to have been able to share with a large audience, mostly for UCLA Cal Rare Book School. \<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rfiuN8lfvGSbbVOncJJ2dERPWu0MMXKau9_yCtuKG-2APmOLHVDS-7ZR5yKvCI8qAWpVLXlogVzkyTY5znDnAqWg4r_Da8_LsJEPtyzW_m9JqVtTn4uBW-6SIQyQrvpL6JlmcEyLYIBnWR9g907UHuYgyLuhenm0CcKGOLSMw-vktrGNMKMUgQ/s1126/aug2023%20-%2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1126" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rfiuN8lfvGSbbVOncJJ2dERPWu0MMXKau9_yCtuKG-2APmOLHVDS-7ZR5yKvCI8qAWpVLXlogVzkyTY5znDnAqWg4r_Da8_LsJEPtyzW_m9JqVtTn4uBW-6SIQyQrvpL6JlmcEyLYIBnWR9g907UHuYgyLuhenm0CcKGOLSMw-vktrGNMKMUgQ/w400-h301/aug2023%20-%2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Did I take the bus first thing in the morning on this day to look for a more appropriately-sized vat because I had given my friend Frank the wrong specs on a concrete mixing tray? Of course! Did I find a kitty litter bin that was perfect at a hardware store after going to three of their sections, all with separate entrances, after the sales guy told me most people buy it to soak their feet? Yes. And did I give away the gloriously large vat that Frank got for me to Kelsey so she could have her children play in it with water and sand and also use it to garden? So happily. Thank goodness for them, for helping me in what to them were simple ways but to me so necessary and so generous. Also to Minah for coming to the event and helping me clean up, get everything to the hotel, and then find a place for a quick dinner.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72b4GgjdJFO3k21swweBIzzbAmeMy5mnWJygD5urA9DlVowdHtecQoJywVA6t1ZEs1GRcNbfHi29eAx1koXDZ0J2mnE1L85kT_Pnem-0AUJQuqFh-3uhVwgIJEUo4EdbFt5rzsBBUDdHFwBCVT0rFVB_uWVAJpwlPsovW0Q185-8cAgji5MsjZg/s1280/aug2023%20-%2014.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72b4GgjdJFO3k21swweBIzzbAmeMy5mnWJygD5urA9DlVowdHtecQoJywVA6t1ZEs1GRcNbfHi29eAx1koXDZ0J2mnE1L85kT_Pnem-0AUJQuqFh-3uhVwgIJEUo4EdbFt5rzsBBUDdHFwBCVT0rFVB_uWVAJpwlPsovW0Q185-8cAgji5MsjZg/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2014.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>One of my other private studio tours was for my cousin and her daughter, and during lunch, the latter showed me her crocheting projects. Even though she is now a junior in college on the east coast, I realized I may have found another potential vessel for jiseung learning. She came over after my D.C. adventure and incredibly learned the steps from cutting down a sheet, cording, twining, and finishing a gourd in four hours! I felt like I was watching myself. I've never had a student who so immediately, with no extra props or dancing on my part or re-explaining or handouts, had it click in her head and hands what to do. She was such a natural and at once point said, "This feels so familiar." She is tracked for a wholly different career but even if this is a hobby in the evenings or she never comes back for more, I felt so fulfilled.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYuk5JrCqbmkria8GGIiIolQP1spI6Eb6zVICLVPKE2_3mtlFGvgxChcir9so0mp2_09YyzNqIgIhwrJ4aAruwor47qm2B2QF1RIHMlqet5QprzEYST_ZCXRlYacS3IBzegqTwLUPYJv3CxN0xEhxe5mOeEY6Y38Zpik3XOGctVBE79CRHqT6Ig/s1280/aug2023%20-%2015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYuk5JrCqbmkria8GGIiIolQP1spI6Eb6zVICLVPKE2_3mtlFGvgxChcir9so0mp2_09YyzNqIgIhwrJ4aAruwor47qm2B2QF1RIHMlqet5QprzEYST_ZCXRlYacS3IBzegqTwLUPYJv3CxN0xEhxe5mOeEY6Y38Zpik3XOGctVBE79CRHqT6Ig/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2015.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Esther from the hanji retreat shared this image of how she's been busy making cords, which is also very satisfying, as this is the foundation of the work. As my teacher long ago said, fully one third of jiseung is making cords. She does it while watching TV, exactly the way I developed a terrible TV habit 14 years ago in Seoul making hundreds of cords.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHy3Tkw-uX1l2W533u3czd4ds_u6mLkEBPwzi8JshYjpfNZqY33C3Yvkqp0Iw9I4ZuIy6lDftROwJYtgAYufRxlHQpYhMrle9NV7Hg0K1s-hY0fJYBbG22y4uE0LHDlhYbUnhu5wUSPsqihsohTtQbftHo__dKP4X3t8nX6cIian4Nny4GKLfiEA/s1280/aug2023%20-%2016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHy3Tkw-uX1l2W533u3czd4ds_u6mLkEBPwzi8JshYjpfNZqY33C3Yvkqp0Iw9I4ZuIy6lDftROwJYtgAYufRxlHQpYhMrle9NV7Hg0K1s-hY0fJYBbG22y4uE0LHDlhYbUnhu5wUSPsqihsohTtQbftHo__dKP4X3t8nX6cIian4Nny4GKLfiEA/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2016.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>The much, much less fun part of summer is dealing with how the HVAC system (mini splits) have been failing since construction (which is wild, since it has only been less than three years since the building was gut rehabbed). Everyone blames someone else. The architect drew the condensation lines to be pumped UP in the wall to the roof to drain into the roof drains. The HVAC installers chose a water pump that clearly cannot keep up with the condensation, so the drain tray overflows and spills both outside and inside the wall. So the brand new wall is being degraded on both sides (the vat on the window ledge is weighted so it can stay and catch the dripping water from the outside).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYtdza3g9amFLEpUm_uPNKGNKGQ8SdoQxrgFF-ZA09J-CatFIo1Rf__gNrPgwxJPk1ZDwfcPeOLnqmPOD92JEaLDUIUq_7GRry_2gvoQu4V8XL81NteM5YoK4jbUG3w8JP6iEkZ8SIyaMHgeQIo00pb_nrapwzi-AZs8kULAVm9DVBroGHRKEyw/s1280/aug2023%20-%2017.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYtdza3g9amFLEpUm_uPNKGNKGQ8SdoQxrgFF-ZA09J-CatFIo1Rf__gNrPgwxJPk1ZDwfcPeOLnqmPOD92JEaLDUIUq_7GRry_2gvoQu4V8XL81NteM5YoK4jbUG3w8JP6iEkZ8SIyaMHgeQIo00pb_nrapwzi-AZs8kULAVm9DVBroGHRKEyw/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2017.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Outside drips, not great. But dripping INTO the wall, really bad. Yesterday I smelled mold and touched the underside of this window frame only for my entire finger to go through what felt like only paint. No more drywall, it's gone. General contractor says the entire outer masonry should have been pointed before more walls went up. No one is taking responsibility (and of course, the city approved all of the drawings and final construction), just a bunch of men finding other people and companies to blame. Meanwhile, I am the one living/working with it. I try not to get too worked up about it but for sure have lost sleep over the years. Oh, and I had masons point my house and was horrified by their poor work and high costs and mansplaining nonsense. Why don't I hang out my window and throw money out of it? Probably would get similar results.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw2ixijfPstPPDleglXznhM6-MF6RMzK3PdypfYxy8nHykBj23UPzWFt-s8oJde6iF6-1pwh_wtpPLNle8_ed6FNWKErvBr5PNIAacw7_RfHhk1pwHCFw5mdk3qvNx9mON4ViaXdSQGkaRmGYlRLUPijrVGnh4-_3ZMAYrSNyXHq38hn0P6H81g/s1280/aug2023%20-%2018.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw2ixijfPstPPDleglXznhM6-MF6RMzK3PdypfYxy8nHykBj23UPzWFt-s8oJde6iF6-1pwh_wtpPLNle8_ed6FNWKErvBr5PNIAacw7_RfHhk1pwHCFw5mdk3qvNx9mON4ViaXdSQGkaRmGYlRLUPijrVGnh4-_3ZMAYrSNyXHq38hn0P6H81g/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2018.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Back to the collaboration print, did you know I was making two different types of paper (hanji and European style) for it? Yet another brainiac move, a good way to torture myself since I'm still getting to know my beater and made some pretty embarrassing sheets, three batches, before I gave up and said, I just have to make the edition work with what I have.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimw85mxi5NxNzeTwhBcHFFC7ycbN272MtM4v0J7gWiEcaMhz4zlZESlaAPRyx9u6dWMFGCkNVP05hlCZgmFMwmmG6t0V1F0GRz-dj0cWxVOFctGEhfli8Wl0KLEgZPDZ6Ly2yrxLnQcuiMgFxSps9Q5TZlaSXBrlTVdE9xbN8NBgV370py_jdGaA/s1280/aug2023%20-%2019.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimw85mxi5NxNzeTwhBcHFFC7ycbN272MtM4v0J7gWiEcaMhz4zlZESlaAPRyx9u6dWMFGCkNVP05hlCZgmFMwmmG6t0V1F0GRz-dj0cWxVOFctGEhfli8Wl0KLEgZPDZ6Ly2yrxLnQcuiMgFxSps9Q5TZlaSXBrlTVdE9xbN8NBgV370py_jdGaA/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2019.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>But I love my Tim Moore mould. Because it's so light, I am really averse to going back to my heavier British and German moulds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQYAr9yj55FU1qJojOn4khzHBPLTyoi05MOfT8qClblTgvJmbdd7BY0wcPm9gekDgYYIEuPSgZIeg8MpUUS4niKAIo4JZqiuM9kYp1hAcUVhJGeZlmYitYnf626BvBaX6eT7djgN9BKPjTjlemWSOSOUYq3SpvyA5PeUazpcHfaMVpwjdf5-q4A/s1280/aug2023%20-%2020.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQYAr9yj55FU1qJojOn4khzHBPLTyoi05MOfT8qClblTgvJmbdd7BY0wcPm9gekDgYYIEuPSgZIeg8MpUUS4niKAIo4JZqiuM9kYp1hAcUVhJGeZlmYitYnf626BvBaX6eT7djgN9BKPjTjlemWSOSOUYq3SpvyA5PeUazpcHfaMVpwjdf5-q4A/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2020.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Also wanted to test new "felts" for my paper. Over 16 years ago, I would travel to residencies all over to make paper, including in Mexico, where I cut up an old dress to use as interleaving between sheets. It worked great but left the imprint of the fabric. Which at the time I must have been taught was less desirable. Now I actually love the imprint of weaving on paper, and appreciated Hannah O'Hare Bennett's article in <i>Hand Papermaking</i>'s issue on shop talk, because she has swapped out all of her synthetic interfacing for bed sheets. I'm excited to make a new new batch of paper and see how it goes. It felt particularly perfect that I had no offcuts, both sheets I used tore down perfectly to two different sizes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacFAwz10VwjPDIvTkH5mv8qLhiaafR5dPsfQRD3LeE6W-gekaq-y5kTW9Y0EnWxDjV7PyOjUc3iQawXQL2N06vO6EXY9_TI4QFKCCnEMR48fbT8bL-Qc03yu_3GuGl0Lna95aBEPvKJxmLoL0YZqz_sDU4wS0VVKOjKcUULitDEJ58r-2MkTZBw/s1280/aug2023%20-%2021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhacFAwz10VwjPDIvTkH5mv8qLhiaafR5dPsfQRD3LeE6W-gekaq-y5kTW9Y0EnWxDjV7PyOjUc3iQawXQL2N06vO6EXY9_TI4QFKCCnEMR48fbT8bL-Qc03yu_3GuGl0Lna95aBEPvKJxmLoL0YZqz_sDU4wS0VVKOjKcUULitDEJ58r-2MkTZBw/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2021.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I divorced a duck from a pot and dyed both and got some unexpected results! The divorce went great.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKKLg2Ym_KtiNatLDh-yZoZhtsdM8yDkd_-MRlxtdyU_KkPWCckZQ5Gig7t-Mk87mTXkI1CyBqk133RDeGBHXpZH7TDq_6MkCXA6U0wIatWG1CgfdosPusS3-6gozNMe1Mr6MMcxWN6WaNoezoxjDnEROlnZi7Mymhzcb9x4w67iwqw4aeitikA/s1280/aug2023%20-%2022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKKLg2Ym_KtiNatLDh-yZoZhtsdM8yDkd_-MRlxtdyU_KkPWCckZQ5Gig7t-Mk87mTXkI1CyBqk133RDeGBHXpZH7TDq_6MkCXA6U0wIatWG1CgfdosPusS3-6gozNMe1Mr6MMcxWN6WaNoezoxjDnEROlnZi7Mymhzcb9x4w67iwqw4aeitikA/w300-h400/aug2023%20-%2022.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>And when I'm in the studio trying not to feel upset about men being stupid about mistakes they've made but will NEVER admit to, I twine tiny bits of bark thread. I have too many projects going on and am completely scattered. I feel terrible guilt about the things I'm not "getting done." But also am riding the waves of climate instability, migraines, chronic pain + physical therapy, while learning not to overwork myself so much. Reaching out for help has been key. [Sorry, too tired and screen timed out for links, but they are easy to find!]<br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-22444384605322910122023-08-07T12:17:00.000-04:002023-08-07T12:17:02.185-04:00Second annual summer hanji retreat<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wzJbBHU3QKFlbE_C3pqqXo385R_Ta7M0jufUx1rzBB2e6vqeIuGRvkFd9yg6WqlQcFaul0-l54fEaEq9--90M0WelV4FNvCSUg__aeaExaA6pCtHMYGXVflkoho0mmI29ekk2yP4oFS9aIv-lYP1dJJ3hklkfKt1ftCjTvyjUobhk5QPYLSmOA/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wzJbBHU3QKFlbE_C3pqqXo385R_Ta7M0jufUx1rzBB2e6vqeIuGRvkFd9yg6WqlQcFaul0-l54fEaEq9--90M0WelV4FNvCSUg__aeaExaA6pCtHMYGXVflkoho0mmI29ekk2yP4oFS9aIv-lYP1dJJ3hklkfKt1ftCjTvyjUobhk5QPYLSmOA/w300-h400/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%201.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>In the last week of July, we did it again! A wonderful week-long hanji retreat. This time, for the biggest group I would want to accommodate in the space, which is four. Here's Jaz making sheets.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_dPrl1MG7w_TDiMmR-V4GzrPiH45rYzZyuiVwOXPSKpisZB6tQwBWW-9hQqRYsE89NRNr_sKmjYGj7Lf6dg8kEyanwJTfp2tOXBOj2KuGWqNESepZfSo2ObsjLrSmNMPd-HEEL582Kjf4qu5WqvfSNNrwyLmYVMaAX12AhnpkZcmK0FvRK94Ww/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_dPrl1MG7w_TDiMmR-V4GzrPiH45rYzZyuiVwOXPSKpisZB6tQwBWW-9hQqRYsE89NRNr_sKmjYGj7Lf6dg8kEyanwJTfp2tOXBOj2KuGWqNESepZfSo2ObsjLrSmNMPd-HEEL582Kjf4qu5WqvfSNNrwyLmYVMaAX12AhnpkZcmK0FvRK94Ww/w400-h300/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The great thing about this group is that they all have varying degrees of expertise in papermaking, and all have the experience of doing research abroad or have plans in motion to be in the field in Asia. Jim has the most, an expert in Himalayan manuscripts (who did important early work on Tibetan paper and books before I was even a papermaker) when not in Indiana as a Lilly Library conservator. His most recent trip was in Vietnam, which is also Veronica's area of heritage and research. And Jaz will be off to Thailand soon while Esther spent time in Korea and will return end of year. This is the kind of group I can share moldy screens with because they are interested in tools and old things because of how we can read them for information.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0Nlhrg3RL1lWuBrehdjba7xhUvYHuJ1TcVnhKHeJ2sWRSP90ATtJ1ZBkawr5FejMQw1TkEFiE8BbhBPFsxWa_8SeXGYcLgs7nKCzYrR6uKGuT3zLZl9S1pRra4Y_3EzMhxN7VTKVB8bPKRzNBJ1hWVm2usOq301ViXmVnuwLGH3-jDsgDpkdKw/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ0Nlhrg3RL1lWuBrehdjba7xhUvYHuJ1TcVnhKHeJ2sWRSP90ATtJ1ZBkawr5FejMQw1TkEFiE8BbhBPFsxWa_8SeXGYcLgs7nKCzYrR6uKGuT3zLZl9S1pRra4Y_3EzMhxN7VTKVB8bPKRzNBJ1hWVm2usOq301ViXmVnuwLGH3-jDsgDpkdKw/w400-h300/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>You can see me asking Veronica if she needs more of a lift to beat. The table is already risen but for the shorter ones of us, we can stand on various constructions of scrap wood and carpet squares to get just the right height.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HIHRznUpzcHVMvIuOFIlaoU5HYTktgctuiq4RyzoklD97beCN3ja_WHN5t2qUQ4wDvRx-L6bsT66c3hUDIluVyfJPs8C0f5PVSbL8yJpRMl5kMwWiwhwCX9d3OCu43VqV33nS1CVhBagA1rkESpo0mAQRWovK6x4c07Ou3sBTCSdC-T026Um2g/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HIHRznUpzcHVMvIuOFIlaoU5HYTktgctuiq4RyzoklD97beCN3ja_WHN5t2qUQ4wDvRx-L6bsT66c3hUDIluVyfJPs8C0f5PVSbL8yJpRMl5kMwWiwhwCX9d3OCu43VqV33nS1CVhBagA1rkESpo0mAQRWovK6x4c07Ou3sBTCSdC-T026Um2g/w400-h300/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We started cord making on Day 2 so that they would have enough time to get them done but I should have started twining earlier. Timing was tricky with a larger group that got along so well because I hated to break up conversations.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqVbtW62-pMHPlpuw1dIUHBTzTSfuBI_I3lXI7Ny0kgv-ATdRRIrCDZDeh2n2bzDx-frBSKWxGRk2wiRjd4bA48GLjkbRg5XgCfQ4CYmPmzlm17F6OPtXQ7h2SYYN9t5uB9k5Eq3kR_yOYoNyn4QnLla7FxGpK5nttMAUOIaONP7x3y3s5bUrLA/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqVbtW62-pMHPlpuw1dIUHBTzTSfuBI_I3lXI7Ny0kgv-ATdRRIrCDZDeh2n2bzDx-frBSKWxGRk2wiRjd4bA48GLjkbRg5XgCfQ4CYmPmzlm17F6OPtXQ7h2SYYN9t5uB9k5Eq3kR_yOYoNyn4QnLla7FxGpK5nttMAUOIaONP7x3y3s5bUrLA/w400-h300/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I showed them both modified cord making (here),<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2ZgycHMoXo_2sL7s4zWFWvGuHyI_c40HRpSqgKBER2lFKJLvFduwgiMDp7uAivhtm-MEPRfpPnCP-baqXyVLQbTxzH7tYf5n1YDJPd2VyGB9XHeNFVm0iSFZuGJ-v0fG0nqvRrheppn0BDq05BjyVCfaIGCM42g-uvMbgGDUS5CDjMtIxK-FvQ/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2ZgycHMoXo_2sL7s4zWFWvGuHyI_c40HRpSqgKBER2lFKJLvFduwgiMDp7uAivhtm-MEPRfpPnCP-baqXyVLQbTxzH7tYf5n1YDJPd2VyGB9XHeNFVm0iSFZuGJ-v0fG0nqvRrheppn0BDq05BjyVCfaIGCM42g-uvMbgGDUS5CDjMtIxK-FvQ/w400-h300/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>and working on the floor. That seemed to work better for some.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVVx92mdKVbVSCfu0eM4U-FU7C472ocor6-7eFr-Ot0rk-DkTdAEdTG4byD6EGhw3EZ7EsWenn1bZgPiv6O7p73GQSoAu0FTQp5YGChcJu3dZe5_oMjhDG1J3cyBaB-VEBMqqT7hOODd6g2oqxGrhmWzyDTNk4I7JJcVd_avtXiV3v-KIPjvgjw/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%207.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVVx92mdKVbVSCfu0eM4U-FU7C472ocor6-7eFr-Ot0rk-DkTdAEdTG4byD6EGhw3EZ7EsWenn1bZgPiv6O7p73GQSoAu0FTQp5YGChcJu3dZe5_oMjhDG1J3cyBaB-VEBMqqT7hOODd6g2oqxGrhmWzyDTNk4I7JJcVd_avtXiV3v-KIPjvgjw/w300-h400/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%207.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I had asked Jim ahead of time to bring lokta papers from Nepal because I knew the stash would be good. Another distraction, shopping!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJDMDhDPADNdFHFeSCShW-qb106n5WhEg1UV8DhIkr6cf939BlLLDg9itw8eAJBNHparlPicT4hwtpKuBLLHzya0GeZ6zlGNygjyRna7Qdj1qTzqRC7dxMCfFHSwo1vG8RWOQBT-FxyUOTsA1f7nbtAkQKln-_9uKRLQLLTHhkVphU5LBSmS2Ew/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%208.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipJDMDhDPADNdFHFeSCShW-qb106n5WhEg1UV8DhIkr6cf939BlLLDg9itw8eAJBNHparlPicT4hwtpKuBLLHzya0GeZ6zlGNygjyRna7Qdj1qTzqRC7dxMCfFHSwo1vG8RWOQBT-FxyUOTsA1f7nbtAkQKln-_9uKRLQLLTHhkVphU5LBSmS2Ew/w400-h300/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>He also brought roots of the papermaking plants, and this amazing manuscript that he had commissioned by an expert in the family that over the generations has served the Dalai Lama.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyl0eHz9jYPUpqNDbFlXrziS3SQc5gYMKDdoSjYv9yBygBAob9jTdT2Bjs0hrOpPuOiMDyW9-U8gSoaaURdnybJvO8bQKGUbsRCb3H_oIvFVMuXGBQ1LA8-6DNZr2e33dpmNozINPgUG366xFEaX4HuhfKjjxOMa-P7yQhHGELsYI844Vc9ZcoDw/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyl0eHz9jYPUpqNDbFlXrziS3SQc5gYMKDdoSjYv9yBygBAob9jTdT2Bjs0hrOpPuOiMDyW9-U8gSoaaURdnybJvO8bQKGUbsRCb3H_oIvFVMuXGBQ1LA8-6DNZr2e33dpmNozINPgUG366xFEaX4HuhfKjjxOMa-P7yQhHGELsYI844Vc9ZcoDw/w400-h300/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%209.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We didn't get as many days for sheetforming as I had planned but everyone had time to work at the vat supervised and then left alone to sort it out (the best way to learn). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFunsg-L9Nn3UUc6y8JyWl1rPHFSKJSJ9EH1z3fBBLqeMafHJTbyASYRKI4nEDoRWpeL4Y8EjlUyL-TOO6-H998l1-pMIH2nND_Kv5hT58KI8aMvHt-gITEqO_zrLe99FMR-y60_c0d3VjDCaFAbObYSnWPCF8gD4qKtal3l6I3-Sj55qJEfnwQ/s640/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%2011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFunsg-L9Nn3UUc6y8JyWl1rPHFSKJSJ9EH1z3fBBLqeMafHJTbyASYRKI4nEDoRWpeL4Y8EjlUyL-TOO6-H998l1-pMIH2nND_Kv5hT58KI8aMvHt-gITEqO_zrLe99FMR-y60_c0d3VjDCaFAbObYSnWPCF8gD4qKtal3l6I3-Sj55qJEfnwQ/w300-h400/hanji%20retreat%2023%20-%2011.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted because, well, I was teaching, but I was so grateful to host this particular group, and that I had Michelle available to assist all week because she did an incredible job (like this burdock pile that she sorted for me by hand, a partial harvest after two years of growing. There's more on the tree lawn but I think this should be enough for now). This is a very underwhelming recap but suffice it to say, I felt blessed to have such a great group and to be reminded why I work so hard to create spaces like this. Next full-week retreat is July 2024, but I will offer shorter retreats in fall and spring (for sure to coincide with April 8's full solar eclipse in Cleveland next year!).</p><p><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/moonaimee/albums/72177720310164000" target="_blank">My pictures from the week</a></p><p><a href="https://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/curator-of-books,-creator-of-history.php" target="_blank">Jim Canary </a><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.jazgraf.com/" target="_blank">Jaz Graf</a></p><p><a href="https://veronicapham.com/" target="_blank">Veronica Pham</a></p><p><a href="https://www.estherjihyecho.com/" target="_blank">Esther Cho</a><br /></p><p></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-73058090645075899382023-07-19T18:27:00.001-04:002023-07-19T18:27:28.792-04:00Summer studio time<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wsfYZRVYOeYT47Un4HD4g9qWV-MyDIsu86C48KlRUbUQbOcwrHzROXLOxTXPd-JRXGjHAHisvhXMSg2vMQNph5xmmY4UZgSco33-DiFFuAIWHSZv_eXHVxPjS3SgX-o2B4s3cCUJZmVmqt91Cq_K7rGIXqBw0TAWuHOYJeLfCc43Nn_SnQBqsg/s1280/summer2023art%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wsfYZRVYOeYT47Un4HD4g9qWV-MyDIsu86C48KlRUbUQbOcwrHzROXLOxTXPd-JRXGjHAHisvhXMSg2vMQNph5xmmY4UZgSco33-DiFFuAIWHSZv_eXHVxPjS3SgX-o2B4s3cCUJZmVmqt91Cq_K7rGIXqBw0TAWuHOYJeLfCc43Nn_SnQBqsg/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%201.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I am pretty unhappy in summers because it's too hot, humid, bright, and the neighbors really like to mow frequently, which makes me look like a slob. BUT I have figured out a nice slow way to work that keeps me feeling less terrible about low productivity. My friend gave me coreopsis transplants last year that flowered this year.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVgKpByWy2r_bh9Pak39WD9jv0QT_Zqk-dPiFqxCIOlubJqrexyPXRWJPC8YwOQasBJkHYcBqrdvm5Sy50yw-9m9y268iYg3Ut-rBrldJ8P5dGOTbukrDr9htud2W5Gom43HQn_3GFJCuiDZQXAsrzEFj6ppjxwKgfv0Rqtqcq8S-ZadCkP5ZCg/s1280/summer2023art%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVgKpByWy2r_bh9Pak39WD9jv0QT_Zqk-dPiFqxCIOlubJqrexyPXRWJPC8YwOQasBJkHYcBqrdvm5Sy50yw-9m9y268iYg3Ut-rBrldJ8P5dGOTbukrDr9htud2W5Gom43HQn_3GFJCuiDZQXAsrzEFj6ppjxwKgfv0Rqtqcq8S-ZadCkP5ZCg/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This isn't my first batch but my first batch was maybe 14 blossoms? And they gave such incredible color that I kept going back for more, because as soon as I deadhead, the blooms come right back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlaIw5phZXT8P-67Oxl-02yPqXEUn4Yrauqr-RYRylGFkpEPPF9F0koCygEylj6T7QpIsLTDsqPFTYsftNinih4dTL5vtXQd6TBujBJpB_KWhPToVO03ofBKb6ou7WACphdlF0F04KpEaV5tXLWdmVIdvlLU51HnEi1tM3FsCs2ozP9cf_z1Kcw/s1280/summer2023art%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlaIw5phZXT8P-67Oxl-02yPqXEUn4Yrauqr-RYRylGFkpEPPF9F0koCygEylj6T7QpIsLTDsqPFTYsftNinih4dTL5vtXQd6TBujBJpB_KWhPToVO03ofBKb6ou7WACphdlF0F04KpEaV5tXLWdmVIdvlLU51HnEi1tM3FsCs2ozP9cf_z1Kcw/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%203.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I think this was the first batch. I've since learned that the dye is very soluble so that it requires very little cooking, a big plus in hot weather.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcnq_LWjePtaAJfeKr9a5pA46o5FEH10IbE9oSmvY7bZFpdAGGkk_knO3DwlxN-tKdBfhzetvflCHGcjm9Ph7AY2kHvUggk9ge0pWSfBcvHSEWRfuPlMSUvD_5evKN796tb356-oc8Ws4eCQ1V1y-bJCw4oUCyQS0X0cG2TDgWHBz5dbwj50Ofg/s1280/summer2023art%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcnq_LWjePtaAJfeKr9a5pA46o5FEH10IbE9oSmvY7bZFpdAGGkk_knO3DwlxN-tKdBfhzetvflCHGcjm9Ph7AY2kHvUggk9ge0pWSfBcvHSEWRfuPlMSUvD_5evKN796tb356-oc8Ws4eCQ1V1y-bJCw4oUCyQS0X0cG2TDgWHBz5dbwj50Ofg/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>That is not the first batch but you can see the bath already pretty potent.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFM9su947204eq45OIkWnlTCM3q10UOEWeHoMBAFLlYpi1HVPiHHrqV7FG9hwIdDmdtESKl8TaMIK5rlxYuSQcIGWQOD1vJ_vKzSdac6ty3_KR8DuezhzFm8px5c-Ec2kKnwhaGrhACpIZY6hfqXDf_9WY7lRpLfSFBJkMOBn87OSgwi01UquUFA/s1280/summer2023art%20-%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFM9su947204eq45OIkWnlTCM3q10UOEWeHoMBAFLlYpi1HVPiHHrqV7FG9hwIdDmdtESKl8TaMIK5rlxYuSQcIGWQOD1vJ_vKzSdac6ty3_KR8DuezhzFm8px5c-Ec2kKnwhaGrhACpIZY6hfqXDf_9WY7lRpLfSFBJkMOBn87OSgwi01UquUFA/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This was my second round of dyeing, and I can tell because I had done the first dyebath as a shoving a ball of hanji into the dye because I didn't have a big place to spread out flat and brush on. Then I took it to the studio to start to mordant with alum. It brought the color out dramatically.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij14pFGmE2OGohWRecbZvB8CYFTArXStTV62INISU5rTvZcEdxfDKC_Hp1ODAtZdkKJ7ZOIN_aK5EUOrz9l4p9087PZXpPIoaNYJDIeaUpUuB2hiOuUkbShcgWDx4TdtUaZcS_bQan8ys5OXZOSKSC5-m6HtbFHd1Y5OaNjK1AHP0AnIq95kvtEw/s1280/summer2023art%20-%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij14pFGmE2OGohWRecbZvB8CYFTArXStTV62INISU5rTvZcEdxfDKC_Hp1ODAtZdkKJ7ZOIN_aK5EUOrz9l4p9087PZXpPIoaNYJDIeaUpUuB2hiOuUkbShcgWDx4TdtUaZcS_bQan8ys5OXZOSKSC5-m6HtbFHd1Y5OaNjK1AHP0AnIq95kvtEw/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>So every day I just do one round (one or two days I managed two but I don't push myself to do that): either a dye round, or a mordant round. Most batches (and these are batches of TWO sheets at a time, since I don't have enough flat space and didn't feel like laying plastic out on the floor) were dye/mordant/dye but one batch I went dye/mordant/dye/mordant/dye.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcWRyV3JSzSSjuIeFxMHst7oARG4t1kzhVZDxbTux75fkgTNeOonNaG_5vGQR06k1YybpbTABeiXH7b63OraAFcYc8OlQb_Hy3UnXYifZ__5RBcDw50zNELelgRisAzRHoZAE79aBj0HhBe9K5Yk8g_ozHcjWPdWUFhxRI65WeBBJbIDpZgSH4g/s1280/summer2023art%20-%207.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcWRyV3JSzSSjuIeFxMHst7oARG4t1kzhVZDxbTux75fkgTNeOonNaG_5vGQR06k1YybpbTABeiXH7b63OraAFcYc8OlQb_Hy3UnXYifZ__5RBcDw50zNELelgRisAzRHoZAE79aBj0HhBe9K5Yk8g_ozHcjWPdWUFhxRI65WeBBJbIDpZgSH4g/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%207.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This was a scrap of a different type of hanji (different mill, different location in Korea, different papermaker), and I have no idea why the dye took in this weird uneven blush-y way, but you can see the mordant is going down starting at the right side.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupJwoCr3ZDyDgWeqFSrIZTY3H5PRrMJr3Rl7dDmTenAxfHSmWEinqRDeQAaACjXqmzx9ns02yZurrBb3abiLG7nTmLay_ID3RPdGEmako_fcvvkKoyv7hmDXBCvuepJYxXc5hkIMRWcroaAxeFDPY0WjpPYNWZGU1JMKPSystwj960Vg-fblmZw/s1280/summer2023art%20-%208.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupJwoCr3ZDyDgWeqFSrIZTY3H5PRrMJr3Rl7dDmTenAxfHSmWEinqRDeQAaACjXqmzx9ns02yZurrBb3abiLG7nTmLay_ID3RPdGEmako_fcvvkKoyv7hmDXBCvuepJYxXc5hkIMRWcroaAxeFDPY0WjpPYNWZGU1JMKPSystwj960Vg-fblmZw/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This was an extra productive day because I dyed and also made bark lace.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8lMBNflmxD7M5jdWrflEdo6UTa7eHg1l_uafHJ_CK5Z2D0AbunktIblduZrJvfagI_3IqsptFIxYXsGZp6byMW4h2CpMnmMIsZF4HObodGf8PPB22GRaIlq95GcC2MFA1nnZgpK71Qsnx2lPVhxMyjA_-uZkfdVuNiXzWniHyFlXqkbwhvv57A/s1280/summer2023art%20-%209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM8lMBNflmxD7M5jdWrflEdo6UTa7eHg1l_uafHJ_CK5Z2D0AbunktIblduZrJvfagI_3IqsptFIxYXsGZp6byMW4h2CpMnmMIsZF4HObodGf8PPB22GRaIlq95GcC2MFA1nnZgpK71Qsnx2lPVhxMyjA_-uZkfdVuNiXzWniHyFlXqkbwhvv57A/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>And then started to cord some of the dyed paper, but not all of it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvQlR4_7nP4FvRfVQZTmehYiNtMDHlVuZyctexcINYoegw-XM5wNwSaSyblazONaXvfuwduUWZPWtRGMJQBC3mkHfO1_DYppol7Isf0NKP9EAPdp9ldmS8Wn5VzF34ooS32J8v6DRRkusnpaXc8Nd0tswfbpYkzyO0wVAIYRZKTLeUEk2FKfeyg/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvQlR4_7nP4FvRfVQZTmehYiNtMDHlVuZyctexcINYoegw-XM5wNwSaSyblazONaXvfuwduUWZPWtRGMJQBC3mkHfO1_DYppol7Isf0NKP9EAPdp9ldmS8Wn5VzF34ooS32J8v6DRRkusnpaXc8Nd0tswfbpYkzyO0wVAIYRZKTLeUEk2FKfeyg/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%2010.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I cooked for a friend on July 4 and didn't want to do my work so instead I sewed these pants out of a gift from a friend years and years ago when she used to live in the Philippines (though an anthropologist recently said it was Indonesian. I have no idea and I hope it wasn't bad spiritually for me to cut up a wrap to make pants).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnsVUMG0v6vOAMEhlvOqvkB09rYV2Mv8EcYemAZXKRd5TgtM86CBZKJ_-QP87LjqVgQObSDyeGjVV8bCnzlqcxrJ3nUMy8vnDHNQQi9LQG7pooQ0OQdyGueTnSogjZZIZS7iLHo08jmZnujVTekM_tRkh23PCUwoLrWeK-gNJo829cg_VODUK4A/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnsVUMG0v6vOAMEhlvOqvkB09rYV2Mv8EcYemAZXKRd5TgtM86CBZKJ_-QP87LjqVgQObSDyeGjVV8bCnzlqcxrJ3nUMy8vnDHNQQi9LQG7pooQ0OQdyGueTnSogjZZIZS7iLHo08jmZnujVTekM_tRkh23PCUwoLrWeK-gNJo829cg_VODUK4A/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>One day a box arrived on the front stoop that I was not expecting. But once I opened it, surprise! The "encyclopedia of inspiration" published by Uppercase has been printed and my copies arrived.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsRLw_Lqw9t7t-j394xRJ0HomgtGMsf1LlFlDwu-zotLA9-0QPXCdkqvj3yFQWqPSeQTaIFBdNQT5Tmv9o4Sc1eG75imRltDZMqs22kw8TjT7MXLV0uBwKm4pNsnKMsWcTp3lSCWxCzbjNKNkvnFQANpL89naJpwm8IUKCSHegblKtYV_eAu-aQ/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsRLw_Lqw9t7t-j394xRJ0HomgtGMsf1LlFlDwu-zotLA9-0QPXCdkqvj3yFQWqPSeQTaIFBdNQT5Tmv9o4Sc1eG75imRltDZMqs22kw8TjT7MXLV0uBwKm4pNsnKMsWcTp3lSCWxCzbjNKNkvnFQANpL89naJpwm8IUKCSHegblKtYV_eAu-aQ/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvjyESfWNFiHId9UdAh0mGnQs7RjX96NKFK66GrA7Jv2vKStsyA3kWF85J3M8m3eLwFOUVe5IO68esc2bV2OkdqJYO1QUtQt8UEhBc832G46hnvFow0JsXv332xmjSuN6irRMnA1Nbpg4ykaoNjFJMaBx8fe6JkC07LO0G6cQngD8H0n6Ubw482A/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVqMt9RGHyvxv_F8zFcbONY66a-15lP8wuVWTDVMoV1AuEy9lZiUSefV8XMcen5-LPNdkVp4bsgsXBYnhgYsRSwK4VIbe8D6snvjfG9vRmCwUJjy-EW7V5K-4CosecdxwO46yM1XFkfJD-ioU-QvF_EY7oj_Ac86tHA-87Uxmu-Pull9BwQFPdg/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>It's generous to us all, giving a bunch of splashy spreads, and it seems they got a competent writer to make sense of all of our writing that was requested last fall!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghXVbi4eIgYIXLp1e5TVjD9bNbSVJmSkeZ5-kOjUVRpmWpADDXms7qmjVQ9Y8UQGh5vFLaD4CyYYwi4tJ5zhps7OcccZh4w5Sz7RqYwaAT8UriOxwxD-AAp2VbtoOXemB9EfUwSsM3oQeQ_9ruOE5XMZ1h3hnKoYnf8XlB7nk2ikiT6OLpOeAEQ/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2017.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghXVbi4eIgYIXLp1e5TVjD9bNbSVJmSkeZ5-kOjUVRpmWpADDXms7qmjVQ9Y8UQGh5vFLaD4CyYYwi4tJ5zhps7OcccZh4w5Sz7RqYwaAT8UriOxwxD-AAp2VbtoOXemB9EfUwSsM3oQeQ_9ruOE5XMZ1h3hnKoYnf8XlB7nk2ikiT6OLpOeAEQ/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%2017.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Back in the studio, I experimented by dragging in my papermaking equipment to the beater room so that I could feel a little more at ease with a readily accessible drain. I didn't really need it but I also did design the room to be big enough to make paper if I wanted to inside of it. Something about the room makes me feel safe, more contained.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6e7AHBttl2sxtUSbad-IheKn-imztdLbkHof3yYNvz40_v_CEZWdK61qvIgBjGgvNfLAc06gKIlrNqnH_5lX4as03AWEGpm13Xv3LtfrjzsNXQ7ApM8EgBmxQL4r4MIAtfBhP4aJPXr9vxoqSe_bUny155KLG45kAqvBfeD0fzBgR64yvjGFKg/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2018.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6e7AHBttl2sxtUSbad-IheKn-imztdLbkHof3yYNvz40_v_CEZWdK61qvIgBjGgvNfLAc06gKIlrNqnH_5lX4as03AWEGpm13Xv3LtfrjzsNXQ7ApM8EgBmxQL4r4MIAtfBhP4aJPXr9vxoqSe_bUny155KLG45kAqvBfeD0fzBgR64yvjGFKg/w400-h300/summer2023art%20-%2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I beat up a bunch of Rives BFK scraps with a touch of premium abaca. Weirdly, the beater did not leak where I expected it to, but it did start to spurt out the back end again, so I was so glad I still have my beater lid handy. After adding sizing and then retention aid to the load in the beater with plenty of time to brush it, I took it out into three buckets and threw in burnt umber pigment I got from windmills near Amsterdam.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOIRknrGOco5rL2EYXamsc3KDaGL0lkr_DHtQ9afziUi6GWiQk16xNpBy0CZPdOTtn0btIippyPrL60u2baQGv_-4Mu--RYH2EsWVfDgEhwh92HuYJ84zdJTaAP52Wy82_xhkGj5gmJGuBwqYCurv1qa4yAiju2VUNlP2EXh2PaHddh5CMkTs8w/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2019.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOIRknrGOco5rL2EYXamsc3KDaGL0lkr_DHtQ9afziUi6GWiQk16xNpBy0CZPdOTtn0btIippyPrL60u2baQGv_-4Mu--RYH2EsWVfDgEhwh92HuYJ84zdJTaAP52Wy82_xhkGj5gmJGuBwqYCurv1qa4yAiju2VUNlP2EXh2PaHddh5CMkTs8w/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%2019.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I used Velma's recipe for dry pigments and it worked! Then I tried to take it easy and only made a third of the batch each day instead of attempting to beat and pull the whole load in one day.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oPRa7HlVbO4Anm587EWvuIFbfUkH5bpqX0KRLqOZGPx6NZVfIOPMVDxBG78QtELtQ4f3wzrxEqPvhjfs7_FYZjPYGiP-0tkA-IZ6rbmw5peYefYgHWJCWkJoqRQSDEQDibvmD0O6kdDvUelWwMqg0U548ppCblLKArdgJsyxObiFRM4OL556TQ/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2020.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oPRa7HlVbO4Anm587EWvuIFbfUkH5bpqX0KRLqOZGPx6NZVfIOPMVDxBG78QtELtQ4f3wzrxEqPvhjfs7_FYZjPYGiP-0tkA-IZ6rbmw5peYefYgHWJCWkJoqRQSDEQDibvmD0O6kdDvUelWwMqg0U548ppCblLKArdgJsyxObiFRM4OL556TQ/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%2020.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>These are the sorted sheets in progress, before I'm done with the batch. You can see I am still having issues with my mini-split (remote is off the wall to remind me to tweak, manuals are on the chair). The HVAC "professionals" who installed the units I think didn't do them right because they leak. I think this is a pretty easy thing to do right and yet easier to do wrong, and here I am with lots of water dripping into a vat weighed with an old gym weight on the windowsill. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-UGhZvUkWPBNoOAnB429imqzHXeyYkSsJ8BE0FKnr_WsEfNCuuZUb3hEI7DbhpPs9OANM6GqcI9Re4126oDijve-KetiDWw-j91PKMaME3PpwiO9ndd5iSa1iS6FDIMebz6wSlh2vdOgxIhmvuxSigKOwywPJ2JX1qh94kX4N0lsk6XK6imK5g/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd-UGhZvUkWPBNoOAnB429imqzHXeyYkSsJ8BE0FKnr_WsEfNCuuZUb3hEI7DbhpPs9OANM6GqcI9Re4126oDijve-KetiDWw-j91PKMaME3PpwiO9ndd5iSa1iS6FDIMebz6wSlh2vdOgxIhmvuxSigKOwywPJ2JX1qh94kX4N0lsk6XK6imK5g/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%2021.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Abby from Oberlin came out to record sounds in my studio after I recorded an interview with her on campus two days prior. I had soaked these hanji scraps to run in the beater and guess what? It shorted again or whatever, where it wouldn't turn on. So clearly I need to do something with the switch/motor connection or replace both. I can't deal with any of it now. When I ran this load, it started to leak again in the likely spots and I still have to sort out a way to catch the leaks safely. Also, I finally discovered the original source of the rust bits: the bedplate! Which I DID not epoxy/seal, which was so dumb because I had so much time to do that if I had not been so ignorant. At least I know, but I don't feel like taking the underside apart again to take it out. For now....all I can say is that I do not make archival paper out of this beater!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxFCZIA1n3I0tst2KMJr1szCmxFTfgfmANpk4vFPfrKYT0ThnkwXp6QTcQnRlSnV3jw2SZ-WChQSi59i-ZXJS6mE1XNQCJraJvURH5v0L3DRSJXpfYxQdzEv_xb7p21EuROFlxddPaCosKHDp_6npskirOHnGAAyZe-WgDapSY1zM5lS4SYr4Yg/s1280/summer2023art%20-%2022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCxFCZIA1n3I0tst2KMJr1szCmxFTfgfmANpk4vFPfrKYT0ThnkwXp6QTcQnRlSnV3jw2SZ-WChQSi59i-ZXJS6mE1XNQCJraJvURH5v0L3DRSJXpfYxQdzEv_xb7p21EuROFlxddPaCosKHDp_6npskirOHnGAAyZe-WgDapSY1zM5lS4SYr4Yg/w300-h400/summer2023art%20-%2022.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>But the marigolds that have been in my freezer for up to 9 years have been giving me lots of cheer! I am so impressed. They work well. All I'd say is, the blossoms lose their moisture, so you want to cook with probably twice the water you would with fresh ones, it just gets sucked up into the flowers.<p></p><p>Next week is another annual hanji retreat! The biggest class yet, and the most mixed group, so it will be another big adventure. I also have tons of work I've been avoiding and to do that, I spent hours yesterday making samosas from scratch (the dough as well). Time to fry them up and deliver them as a belated birthday gift!<br /></p><p><a href="https://uppercasemagazine.com/products/ragpulp" target="_blank">Rag & Pulp</a> encyclopedia</p><p><a href="https://www.velmabolyard.com/" target="_blank">Velma</a>'s recipe for dry pigment in papermaking is in the <a href="http://www.thelegacypress.com/paper-and-colour.html" target="_blank">Paper and Colour</a> book.<br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-71922252466932311442023-07-19T17:55:00.004-04:002023-07-19T17:55:50.211-04:00NYC was a month ago<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHrA7UzAi6M6a2iXW3g4SA-Q2kQIy9avkPkbqZcRiGZfoj6_Xl5fUwxlywmkSnHHF_gPtK1bNmpZYWUIkWpukmW7LhdCeygu2_ZKj6SSAfIYDWIHJlNC-vKBsCpAByLlIrts3dAu1Fsal6sI8_x3kTCDo7oe4rwP2MR-zH5qxthRH-qBqmTJ-_A/s1280/nyc2023%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHrA7UzAi6M6a2iXW3g4SA-Q2kQIy9avkPkbqZcRiGZfoj6_Xl5fUwxlywmkSnHHF_gPtK1bNmpZYWUIkWpukmW7LhdCeygu2_ZKj6SSAfIYDWIHJlNC-vKBsCpAByLlIrts3dAu1Fsal6sI8_x3kTCDo7oe4rwP2MR-zH5qxthRH-qBqmTJ-_A/w400-h300/nyc2023%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I am still struggling with how I want to blog, even though I know it changes all the time. I had intentionally scaled way back but then found it stressful when I had been away for so long because now I'm going to do a big dump of stuff in multiple posts. Not a great method, to feel stressed about not doing something for a while but thinking about it all the time, when I could have been doing it all along. OR, someday I will cultivate not doing it while not feeling stressed about it! Here is a duck family at Penn State.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzNZdn-3jl7ZOfMrTLk-06YIVFRxDJp_DrMdXxFryuh0gZYu5U7qTvBkbKwSZLD57MqhJbTh64j4Rclpy2lYaHxBIR4R1yl1rNLqO5tVPKsPg3tIWcBltkr5hSpAG7to4Ajd2DQfAO4y9WdEtztEUpmFsZlmcsDX87VW0iH3aS2q4S0t7QN53iQ/s1280/nyc2023%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzNZdn-3jl7ZOfMrTLk-06YIVFRxDJp_DrMdXxFryuh0gZYu5U7qTvBkbKwSZLD57MqhJbTh64j4Rclpy2lYaHxBIR4R1yl1rNLqO5tVPKsPg3tIWcBltkr5hSpAG7to4Ajd2DQfAO4y9WdEtztEUpmFsZlmcsDX87VW0iH3aS2q4S0t7QN53iQ/w300-h400/nyc2023%20-%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Because Vagner lives right about halfway between my home and my family, it's a great way to break up the drive. I love visiting the arboretum with him and we can fantasize about all the things we could also do with our gardens if we had giant budgets and staff like this place does.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEHkycWZk2Je-8olUkL-A938QqDJz21bviwYK6imoFyDefqUXtuOe1ec9159SrF8MOAjwIvxb1E5x15Q11pGf5uxriZcpHWQUKaL__FBfuRKc4kh6ALJRp59SeMucgtbDQUq2QONo7Vma87WSadKDjm6bRs6ZIBPf9x47JfyAZVp4mr_kKoFf5A/s1280/nyc2023%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEHkycWZk2Je-8olUkL-A938QqDJz21bviwYK6imoFyDefqUXtuOe1ec9159SrF8MOAjwIvxb1E5x15Q11pGf5uxriZcpHWQUKaL__FBfuRKc4kh6ALJRp59SeMucgtbDQUq2QONo7Vma87WSadKDjm6bRs6ZIBPf9x47JfyAZVp4mr_kKoFf5A/w400-h300/nyc2023%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I went to NYC a month ago to shoot my new artwork and check in on my family, so that was all a success, albeit stressful (which is extremely normal). I gave myself ONE day for myself, which meant checking in with my dear friend Barbara who is always so good about making time and meeting me in a location convenient to me. Before I saw her on a rainy day, I went to the Willa Kim show at the performing arts branch of the NY Public Library. It was great!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNspdNxs2IfMAV-RCJEx1DRLxC6hNzX3MGtKVONAFhKwU2KrGXAtHW4gF__khsWz6Y3-uER_IOHdW0kbbnkMbG5O3a0w_vQNTneucQO58O0mLRqCXQjQeZrx-L5mUymV24hQq4LQUwKzrukUtx6lu_ZEo8NnD3QNp8bxajhuGTi2U45pfw1QsFww/s1280/nyc2023%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNspdNxs2IfMAV-RCJEx1DRLxC6hNzX3MGtKVONAFhKwU2KrGXAtHW4gF__khsWz6Y3-uER_IOHdW0kbbnkMbG5O3a0w_vQNTneucQO58O0mLRqCXQjQeZrx-L5mUymV24hQq4LQUwKzrukUtx6lu_ZEo8NnD3QNp8bxajhuGTi2U45pfw1QsFww/w400-h300/nyc2023%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Willa Kim was a costume designer for theatre, dance, and so on. She had a huge, long career with lots of successes and I had never heard of her. The show was full of drawings, videos, models for set design, recreations of both stage and studio, photos, documents, and of course, costumes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nfiLOPvMdiARwn09uuXPRnq8JtGjr8NoMljO14oQAGOUH-XYUcGqLTsjUyUKWketKVF0nyO71EdH74M1A-gnLIShjjeHiTBBN7btaXSnJcm9LbgXch01_YoSQng5n0MDbicb0JQm4ly1VhtZXR61IYpcb9wdo9S9Er98n-DZadPk6CPKyNrrrg/s1280/nyc2023%20-%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3nfiLOPvMdiARwn09uuXPRnq8JtGjr8NoMljO14oQAGOUH-XYUcGqLTsjUyUKWketKVF0nyO71EdH74M1A-gnLIShjjeHiTBBN7btaXSnJcm9LbgXch01_YoSQng5n0MDbicb0JQm4ly1VhtZXR61IYpcb9wdo9S9Er98n-DZadPk6CPKyNrrrg/w300-h400/nyc2023%20-%205.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UCOMPrGqHb4sEpIPF4q6eecuDLR5Y_ohUsmrQ6resixn9jOYzG6BnOYj_Z-tE1b0aEYu_hbnpmj4uW1_pJdmpFzqp8vPkcx8kejBhfEEp0vtl44EvjnHvAXYoGL0eY11EZladWBeGPVL6LgW6JmkV6mob5Nz6kDeW3_RO36HHhO0WSVIXcmQKg/s1280/nyc2023%20-%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqAWrSVLmCnT1ewI9W5vFIFleitfXD3R8VsljxdOMdo5RUelwYQpWSRVA8SU9tlO0AOyl_ja1H9gytx8Wy07wyDM3sfdIKOOBQJG-SYMMdrEPt7KzA63r66oEnMwjI-tblSB0yfC7dkEd_-3lF3OB0FNqmQHgRAWSgXmV84cmW7G5S1VnsqAfAA/w300-h400/nyc2023%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This is for a vinegar commercial that played during the Super Bowl in 1989!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tDSvy9a-jgowuaytpOXAFg4uCy027a4tPO9Bfw1HRhlDLzWPjOBEPjkn0-fyeVSW2AkbRLcaw99SoCHy7boEd7lQdwrjS6RKeomwu0PFo6VAffgaro8JYhcMg61AbQ8BZ04n9bpIGL1f55IA80G2YoNoMBMwI_AYPGKWBbYnVFzitxSfMaIj4g/s1280/nyc2023%20-%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tDSvy9a-jgowuaytpOXAFg4uCy027a4tPO9Bfw1HRhlDLzWPjOBEPjkn0-fyeVSW2AkbRLcaw99SoCHy7boEd7lQdwrjS6RKeomwu0PFo6VAffgaro8JYhcMg61AbQ8BZ04n9bpIGL1f55IA80G2YoNoMBMwI_AYPGKWBbYnVFzitxSfMaIj4g/w300-h400/nyc2023%20-%2010.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>And this was a note she made on a script to correct a mistake about when zippers were actually incorporated into clothing. The videos have interviews with her as well as stage productions, and she said in one that she wants people to know that she was the first to use Lycra in costumes, which was a big deal. And another was her in advanced age talking about when she was young, being disparaged by more senior folks. She never forgot the hurt and also never lost the drive to prove herself. While I don't agree that great art only comes from great suffering, I was so glad to spend time with the work of an incredibly talented and prolific Korean American artist.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusJcCt8UBG7x8S7N3QzkCMtZhrIvRpIfQZLWPN-2jW_FwpfI9XwQrZfVlpfwrh77sUyhYY5xH_QOb5cEqkSPCGClioEHHblgBYU0_ygsyvHfK3gNYGJ8HjdZcLjLibD7rHkfWhIsnWM9L58BPL59v-OAYWlTVExO_2GD7XUEjxIkiWAEr_3zF_Q/s1280/nyc2023%20-%2011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusJcCt8UBG7x8S7N3QzkCMtZhrIvRpIfQZLWPN-2jW_FwpfI9XwQrZfVlpfwrh77sUyhYY5xH_QOb5cEqkSPCGClioEHHblgBYU0_ygsyvHfK3gNYGJ8HjdZcLjLibD7rHkfWhIsnWM9L58BPL59v-OAYWlTVExO_2GD7XUEjxIkiWAEr_3zF_Q/w400-h300/nyc2023%20-%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Then I ran across the way to the folk art museum and was SO delighted by the quilt show. I had been underwhelmed by their offerings since they moved but this one is great.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3J2z2UxtCpUiK-tE05hAP95Y0FpeUOOTos2Bfz95VFMcMc9Q2WdesFQmAA65HDLi9gvMqjkvCau61ZrKoub016O_cQ-eEV-pk3o6W5xQVnQggAJ3pUR-Ed8cdnJ3xPJNFUAE4-K-evXz8kdrrh9fSza17Fnl5TCyD0K2sVAuJ4Mrj8l-LJfr5A/s1280/nyc2023%20-%2012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3J2z2UxtCpUiK-tE05hAP95Y0FpeUOOTos2Bfz95VFMcMc9Q2WdesFQmAA65HDLi9gvMqjkvCau61ZrKoub016O_cQ-eEV-pk3o6W5xQVnQggAJ3pUR-Ed8cdnJ3xPJNFUAE4-K-evXz8kdrrh9fSza17Fnl5TCyD0K2sVAuJ4Mrj8l-LJfr5A/w400-h300/nyc2023%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHOw1YQFDqhCwsuO_5yD2dAMeVjRvbZA0Cnr_baTEtfv4ki2ISijPC_ZABqJsLN7Oaay9zAxU3jijt-nQ2jMU3rncovPxd2okPFl9ghoxrLZclK93V-Rxg8vv9f0nA5rYOw8dTJOFDaY1IIMNFmernb7ViHpowl3HSScvhgceDmilqmAdqO4lbSw/s1280/nyc2023%20-%2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Which is why you should go see the show, so you can see a quilt that looks like a Puerto Rican flag, made of condoms tied together!<p></p><p><a href="http://www.vagnerwhitehead.com/about-avenue" target="_blank">Vagner Mendonça Whitehead</a></p><p><a href="https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/wondrous-willa-kim-costume-designs-actors-and-dancers" target="_blank">Willa Kim exhibit (thru Aug 19)<br /></a></p><p><a href="https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/whatthatquiltknowsaboutme/" target="_blank">Folk art museum quilt exhibit (thru Oct 29)</a><br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-84505456276438991872023-06-22T21:21:00.003-04:002023-06-22T21:21:27.915-04:00Hanji hanbok now and then<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTB6QcnwwaokkbopASVsmbIGOupbVcjgcPKVSLBcRliYuY2sIS1BK4rpsvEgsKAsTthhHGnE_DYHUjA_625tYz6wKu42Gp9Yq3G4ZCicRDK4DaLDzakfBBHrB_8EOnt0hwkJ5-PHbt-ckkDx0e3pttM4HmWLk4XtzX5RnBTsDI0yhmfkgqL6mTTg/s1280/hanbok%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTB6QcnwwaokkbopASVsmbIGOupbVcjgcPKVSLBcRliYuY2sIS1BK4rpsvEgsKAsTthhHGnE_DYHUjA_625tYz6wKu42Gp9Yq3G4ZCicRDK4DaLDzakfBBHrB_8EOnt0hwkJ5-PHbt-ckkDx0e3pttM4HmWLk4XtzX5RnBTsDI0yhmfkgqL6mTTg/w400-h300/hanbok%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Since getting home this week, I've been in the studio every day sorting out how to hang my new art because it's the only place they will all fit. But the ceilings are high (13 ft or so) and the ladder is tall and heavy and I still have a bum hip, so each day I do a little, like these three, and then pack it in. But to do that requires a lot more than you'd imagine.<p></p><p>When I first made hanbok out of hanji (was it 8 years ago? Maybe less? I can't remember), it was also not easy to store. But they've exhibited a lot, which is great. I avoided making bigger ones until now because it's always a storage issue. Small dresses are an easy sale but the big ones are not. One of the earlier hanbok the same size as the black and white ones here, is in an exhibit at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts (right now they are in the middle of an opening).</p><p><a href="https://www.startribune.com/what-is-paper-with-paper-is-people-minnesota-center-for-book-arts-rethinks-the-white-sheet/600283696/?refresh=true" target="_blank">There was a nice write up about the show and my work is featured</a>. Grateful!</p><p>A private collector loaned another dress, <i>Indigenous</i>, to the show. And in relation to the original keepers of this land, <a href="https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast/episode/78d85105/supreme-court-affirms-icwa" target="_blank">thank goodness ICWA was not overturned</a>.<br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-67738893156278576412023-06-16T10:31:00.000-04:002023-06-16T10:31:49.347-04:00Bark bark bark dress<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMR6QB5D0UWiKL-klYfELTn1lAnKamk58giDio3u3b9nVBk0pIS0GdbyoOUD4sWjceEr_82g8YAXZ2DLkaKzQH5A-ZnVb_3c6essBo4Q-SAOfwm2JZ8lU2I-Zw0grm2SV2KgwiRWO3UpvDYK3RZPoXrEPpZ1pU-7dU91461oQUwCKxDQhm28/s1280/michelle%20bark%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMR6QB5D0UWiKL-klYfELTn1lAnKamk58giDio3u3b9nVBk0pIS0GdbyoOUD4sWjceEr_82g8YAXZ2DLkaKzQH5A-ZnVb_3c6essBo4Q-SAOfwm2JZ8lU2I-Zw0grm2SV2KgwiRWO3UpvDYK3RZPoXrEPpZ1pU-7dU91461oQUwCKxDQhm28/w300-h400/michelle%20bark%20-%201.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This project took almost a year even though the vision came very quickly
and I knew exactly how I wanted it to look last May. Now it's June of
the following year and while I get frustrated by how long things take
(not at all because of the actual making, simply from life demands and poor prioritizing of my time), I'm grateful to finally
be done. Last year in July, Michelle helped me lace bark onto my table since I needed two of us working simultaneously to make sure nothing dried too quickly. Essentially, I had to lace out and hammer together bark to make panels big enough for the body of the garment (then not get around to it until the following spring).<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDqLdSgUQ-OPal9M1Lavq8IHtoyo-puWQywJ3dfS2iu2qjqnsSJwgIazqbTUzi1A2b5uqLqvdG9nZVvHFMPvxY8zPcdsIcu1pJN9JQhPBTIl3TRAw_goaWV-ZX3RDcgrZwnyXjlmPvy5WYsXK5BV_dx5MGScMloOXnTCYMjlczrkQOk1knCE/s1280/barkdress%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDqLdSgUQ-OPal9M1Lavq8IHtoyo-puWQywJ3dfS2iu2qjqnsSJwgIazqbTUzi1A2b5uqLqvdG9nZVvHFMPvxY8zPcdsIcu1pJN9JQhPBTIl3TRAw_goaWV-ZX3RDcgrZwnyXjlmPvy5WYsXK5BV_dx5MGScMloOXnTCYMjlczrkQOk1knCE/w400-h300/barkdress%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>You saw this in the post about printing these pattern pieces. The easiest part is cutting the pieces. Seaming them sucks because there's not enough material to run it through a sewing machine. But the joy of making paper and bark garments (for art! Not wearing) is the option of glue.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05GWHQykd7cB7UbydF6jJHI4mVNOZdw0ijm5UbErJMBZTHmaQcp309bXWkEIfBNR9gaBbrmUp8UT3-TfoI6PCTLE9QefNa-kf_-GWTUaFqpEtXr_CKkQcaC-_GhCICWgD0ZYJVTOWS6vbNZXmKVpTyYbCTLMJOElwDb89QzR1N-juw84_Ra0/s1280/barkdress%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05GWHQykd7cB7UbydF6jJHI4mVNOZdw0ijm5UbErJMBZTHmaQcp309bXWkEIfBNR9gaBbrmUp8UT3-TfoI6PCTLE9QefNa-kf_-GWTUaFqpEtXr_CKkQcaC-_GhCICWgD0ZYJVTOWS6vbNZXmKVpTyYbCTLMJOElwDb89QzR1N-juw84_Ra0/w400-h300/barkdress%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I used PVA for this process and had to score all of the seam allowances and fold over each bit to the right direction, and then glue each bit to the other side, and hope there was a place for it to land. Easy to press in the early stages and not as the garment grows. I chose laced bark for the collar to contrast with the gridded bark of the jacket (jeogori in Korean).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHt-5Htym2l-oibYXVRE5l5pTs2wtzt36rpWoCpbQKETsildmN9Ep4SRg1vZ2Uv5VmzJRNvMXbEUgTB9wR1_W5otI4gyvwE4FXrE7sySDSW-WO3Cccm9VrnyJ48IJVw2JD_0VHAArTA-Oziqca6w6gw8BBzGiYS90jZPs5wk0VhnScL6igJA/s1280/barkdress%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHt-5Htym2l-oibYXVRE5l5pTs2wtzt36rpWoCpbQKETsildmN9Ep4SRg1vZ2Uv5VmzJRNvMXbEUgTB9wR1_W5otI4gyvwE4FXrE7sySDSW-WO3Cccm9VrnyJ48IJVw2JD_0VHAArTA-Oziqca6w6gw8BBzGiYS90jZPs5wk0VhnScL6igJA/w400-h300/barkdress%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>One arm on, with more laced bark for the cuff. Of course, turning pieces inside out is NOT an option.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj_LNHEjUZjWoKvGfoiacsQEJKC0S4LqE1s3gK9A_a1ILL_iY7RUzv3xJIzlGOuEnEiFX3IP-eypkzllwvmlKGmnHYZxAK8Ezo9CW8PFntqGmaLj56kyP8eQ0rZwzw7Cv3vUue7fK-smFF4dXKsuokAzeXv_WOmj5SlFtkBBmsijYmJxZnDM/s1280/barkdress%20-%205.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOj_LNHEjUZjWoKvGfoiacsQEJKC0S4LqE1s3gK9A_a1ILL_iY7RUzv3xJIzlGOuEnEiFX3IP-eypkzllwvmlKGmnHYZxAK8Ezo9CW8PFntqGmaLj56kyP8eQ0rZwzw7Cv3vUue7fK-smFF4dXKsuokAzeXv_WOmj5SlFtkBBmsijYmJxZnDM/w400-h300/barkdress%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Second arm on. Then, major problem solving because I didn't have enough of the initial gridded bark panel for all pieces of the jacket. So I used a different panel that I made at a different time with a different batch of paper mulberry bark (all Thai kozo). There is a reason you should work with uniform batches whenever possible. It looked thinner and browner, so I took offcuts of the original grid to glue over the second arm to visually match the other arm. But it wasn't enough to go everywhere, only the most obvious sections, like an optical illusion.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GGuRu7-OL_GwR86y6zKHnonIby3-CNRbSY3FgH8g93FquxNNn8Iku7zF7U1uEfkBmIPZftTuZpR3i3-YW5hGZinUayd_Qb1yomBeHlowh0JynloOakjLw19NndW7dFXEsCsopsHFSOG3o8oXi8vqlvbmYEndfCzPps4mXj3OzSX01w84j3g/s1280/barkdress%20-%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GGuRu7-OL_GwR86y6zKHnonIby3-CNRbSY3FgH8g93FquxNNn8Iku7zF7U1uEfkBmIPZftTuZpR3i3-YW5hGZinUayd_Qb1yomBeHlowh0JynloOakjLw19NndW7dFXEsCsopsHFSOG3o8oXi8vqlvbmYEndfCzPps4mXj3OzSX01w84j3g/w400-h300/barkdress%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Last bit of the jeogori is the goreum: the ties. Right now they are not attached. Since they are doubled-over laced bark, they are sturdy and I saw no safe way to attach this to the lighter-weight grid. I did make the knot after gluing so that they would dry almost sculpted into place. Then I put it aside to deal with at the end.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM_XhLOpEqbwjPRy-c3vWV6hlt-3TGx_Uy5HPPfLD7uPFuX75wxm9v0vxGbqd8G-tvRY3J3nyFf8qZTsVzBZeHOB2ZvRa0lzdTbTDuqAGkioPyjX7eBXdCGRbRZ9hffZVjm9c644PB9YWbO1uC8MxcMkAqj6v5HRPCic991NfNy30Fzr1OkI/s1280/barkdress%20-%207.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTM_XhLOpEqbwjPRy-c3vWV6hlt-3TGx_Uy5HPPfLD7uPFuX75wxm9v0vxGbqd8G-tvRY3J3nyFf8qZTsVzBZeHOB2ZvRa0lzdTbTDuqAGkioPyjX7eBXdCGRbRZ9hffZVjm9c644PB9YWbO1uC8MxcMkAqj6v5HRPCic991NfNy30Fzr1OkI/w400-h300/barkdress%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Once the top was done, I took a break because I did not want to face the difficulty of the skirt, and dove into finishing more pieces. The very top is the pressure printed version of the bark, the one below that is the ghost print from the pressure printed plates. The third is a mashup of many, many pieces of hanji that were printed from direct inked bark lace. Of course I finished ALL of those skirts before I could even think about the bark skirt, which is always how I get things done.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQXOyz-ZxdfkP_FFSFaS7GUEP5omKAnHEKH3hBIc-vibDzUUYKCLw03ZuyHThMwttbbcUTCGXQBnTV_AG8iqYAFem9_YfA_Xq1oJP53E50rkU2IsozXmlr4Qn5A5Ft14_I7aj8Hqx4fr_tL3RRTglLtxDe_KWnmPF8uY32HkzBhiGKyUfyMo/s1280/barkdress%20-%208.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQXOyz-ZxdfkP_FFSFaS7GUEP5omKAnHEKH3hBIc-vibDzUUYKCLw03ZuyHThMwttbbcUTCGXQBnTV_AG8iqYAFem9_YfA_Xq1oJP53E50rkU2IsozXmlr4Qn5A5Ft14_I7aj8Hqx4fr_tL3RRTglLtxDe_KWnmPF8uY32HkzBhiGKyUfyMo/w300-h400/barkdress%20-%208.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Then I finally had to deal wrangle the <i>chima</i> (skirt). I decided early not use the grid (to the left) and only use straight bark lace.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvc19f3ORSSE_ZwYLTC92MSERU1mfqzVOUu6UM35qdljUR8ZZUJa8U3HpJNAnYzqVaEctcYDyhV9shW6VLPZ0r_LGIoerNPaMdl6SKHBCN_drHPiIHMlcWSKx6iDz9KJS-Fh2WXAZdIKQ6xNx5EqK_vj0LmcQS0wCcXy4dB-LgFzIYvMGi10/s1280/barkdress%20-%209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvc19f3ORSSE_ZwYLTC92MSERU1mfqzVOUu6UM35qdljUR8ZZUJa8U3HpJNAnYzqVaEctcYDyhV9shW6VLPZ0r_LGIoerNPaMdl6SKHBCN_drHPiIHMlcWSKx6iDz9KJS-Fh2WXAZdIKQ6xNx5EqK_vj0LmcQS0wCcXy4dB-LgFzIYvMGi10/w300-h400/barkdress%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>How to navigate turning rectangular bark panels into a believable skirt that matches the top?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfjXEIjiQmunqzbz34olUx9pByDiN2rNzv8n2SoBkxaSdgkfjwGKmPvQPoZTGFYxAc-dTqG6fmWBlhADuvRBsx_I7aG1lVfv6eElY5-EVFjxYfWpYwvKrpAeqlTdSh3JuDA8zY_h5beNNcycec7zk9kJgEMuGh7klPk2ZLRsEgHo0FFiD_7Y/s1280/barkdress%20-%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfjXEIjiQmunqzbz34olUx9pByDiN2rNzv8n2SoBkxaSdgkfjwGKmPvQPoZTGFYxAc-dTqG6fmWBlhADuvRBsx_I7aG1lVfv6eElY5-EVFjxYfWpYwvKrpAeqlTdSh3JuDA8zY_h5beNNcycec7zk9kJgEMuGh7klPk2ZLRsEgHo0FFiD_7Y/w300-h400/barkdress%20-%2010.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I made deep darts at the very sides (in retrospect they would have looked better as true darts closer to the center, but dealing with these large panels that have their own material qualities made me take the safer route. If I ever do it again—please don't make me do it again—I can test other methods) in both the back and front panels. This for sure would not work as the traditional pleated wrap-around skirt, and would have required at two to three times as much width. One panel can take five hours of lacing out, depending on how well cooked the fiber is, the look you want, and how the tree decides to have its way with you.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplhVJ_a4ZMTei0CW4B76_qvx1ruisXisM8nqKFR04YwX76UgnmFaytSNQTO2cAcTtidIJrkRPTzgGExWv7wT2i7piJuqESzCeFq7QhfdAU5X-QhtXSWxSFikHlvs-6C9VkCcpXf8QmJh5BiueP-pnGfkPVTlm68DdXRaWMqmYQKcEfW4PNZk/s1280/barkdress%20-%2011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplhVJ_a4ZMTei0CW4B76_qvx1ruisXisM8nqKFR04YwX76UgnmFaytSNQTO2cAcTtidIJrkRPTzgGExWv7wT2i7piJuqESzCeFq7QhfdAU5X-QhtXSWxSFikHlvs-6C9VkCcpXf8QmJh5BiueP-pnGfkPVTlm68DdXRaWMqmYQKcEfW4PNZk/w300-h400/barkdress%20-%2011.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Since I wasn't sewing these, more glue and more weights. Working on the floor was not great for my hip issues but I'm so used to constructing my garments at home and not the studio.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuW7xAwbhf0T8W9FryUeyGrjbP5ILXUA-Cc_HvfMVa2cmChksQ4rmtI0lM0-A7va5_EiNjzJcG-CLTtQAoBDYm8MhJfVrXS0X4FGsZjxCWi68F6T2pCCIKdkYTDWl8JY1oK6WKAMf2-l9oWIEUE_7RnCb41ifCSDiCxUPS7qfleOwzSF5cCs/s1280/barkdress%20-%2012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuW7xAwbhf0T8W9FryUeyGrjbP5ILXUA-Cc_HvfMVa2cmChksQ4rmtI0lM0-A7va5_EiNjzJcG-CLTtQAoBDYm8MhJfVrXS0X4FGsZjxCWi68F6T2pCCIKdkYTDWl8JY1oK6WKAMf2-l9oWIEUE_7RnCb41ifCSDiCxUPS7qfleOwzSF5cCs/w300-h400/barkdress%20-%2012.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>To the right is the waistband piece that will connect the front and back panels.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcusdEXPzQVUAfl889TSsIpSNsSHPXKQV4ksKrrsW6GRdP3EGDeS0IWA2O74DP7NsrGQ4MvrZMd6uCZ4y35RnrfNq3cSf71jWEnzbeNH-ECBp-9oYYr6W9Q7WNf-zhpbtnHcaquQQTWSGm3St0yzPigoQTfcmi9rviZUU3w4QEwQZd2NhJ_cQ/s1280/barkdress%20-%2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcusdEXPzQVUAfl889TSsIpSNsSHPXKQV4ksKrrsW6GRdP3EGDeS0IWA2O74DP7NsrGQ4MvrZMd6uCZ4y35RnrfNq3cSf71jWEnzbeNH-ECBp-9oYYr6W9Q7WNf-zhpbtnHcaquQQTWSGm3St0yzPigoQTfcmi9rviZUU3w4QEwQZd2NhJ_cQ/w300-h400/barkdress%20-%2013.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>After I glued the front and back together (what a job! I am so averse to washing glue brushes, and there were so many open gaps, that I squeezed and smeared PVA on waste paper with my fingers and transferred to lace. My hands were covered in glue the whole time), I layered two more side panels to make it look a little less rigid and increase the angling out of the skirt.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMuRDXME8EWHqx4ZV5bEChy7lpH9dxV8xc7STd6fWylTK_XuNNG4PuY9sgsEwLFuXypqhNhPBky9qhzOASPO8x2YwMizu3rXlzkfShayfojUzS_3J9Z_eFd8_HZ3pQtXJqNil7XIkgTJFLfqdYxRs4VQXoBh7_gvkhXC7qbMvplm-xN1wJdo/s1280/barkdress%20-%2014.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMuRDXME8EWHqx4ZV5bEChy7lpH9dxV8xc7STd6fWylTK_XuNNG4PuY9sgsEwLFuXypqhNhPBky9qhzOASPO8x2YwMizu3rXlzkfShayfojUzS_3J9Z_eFd8_HZ3pQtXJqNil7XIkgTJFLfqdYxRs4VQXoBh7_gvkhXC7qbMvplm-xN1wJdo/w400-h300/barkdress%20-%2014.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The non-photographed process include the straps for the skirt, which required hand basting and then serious wrangling with the sewing machine to sew the first end of each strap. Also, I had to hand sew tiny hook and eye closures for the ties. That was as unfun as I expected but the nice discovery at the end was that I could forgo an eye for the last hook because I could simply hook it onto the open grid! Which I reinforced in that location with a bit more PVA and extra bark.<br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKy3FngSGipAli0usAu8k3obzTisHDW8Qb1yEAOYpvnqRARMV29IgjUEIZDPkJh_r7ZhwF3Hbm1DDLYiMn2NvnRp1nfxMO5PSISDEjW8kNLJ87twdWoIEtCHGWwFGSDBaPcSLPxB6rGNa3wT1qz86QWDnO4yYlVCL_qgZJKEqh4C-b8u-rD8/s800/stefan%20bark%20shoot%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKy3FngSGipAli0usAu8k3obzTisHDW8Qb1yEAOYpvnqRARMV29IgjUEIZDPkJh_r7ZhwF3Hbm1DDLYiMn2NvnRp1nfxMO5PSISDEjW8kNLJ87twdWoIEtCHGWwFGSDBaPcSLPxB6rGNa3wT1qz86QWDnO4yYlVCL_qgZJKEqh4C-b8u-rD8/w400-h400/stefan%20bark%20shoot%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Also not photographed: the process of getting all of this art from my house to my car to New York and then the very sweaty process of shooting it. I do not want to think about what my life would be like without such a skilled and reliable photographer, and one who is kind enough help at the vehicle with unloading (and later loading), while working without A/C because it would blow all the art around.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ibREmKObbYHkSSfxnJHWp3dwanOh5jhFB9gooEYeNY17FlO67q5BtcwpOXaxSWCMGC349dyrqnxnr94mBFgtC2Ev_s9nAQhAJU_vodTOLHOPWsnra062qsMoLuIo4MbB804kabMMEtbLMOrzoXx4oS7hIqs1g5cde49yrBYqH__jyUcQPpI/s1067/stefan%20bark%20shoot%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1067" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ibREmKObbYHkSSfxnJHWp3dwanOh5jhFB9gooEYeNY17FlO67q5BtcwpOXaxSWCMGC349dyrqnxnr94mBFgtC2Ev_s9nAQhAJU_vodTOLHOPWsnra062qsMoLuIo4MbB804kabMMEtbLMOrzoXx4oS7hIqs1g5cde49yrBYqH__jyUcQPpI/w400-h300/stefan%20bark%20shoot%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>In this detail you can see a bit of the straps showing through the jacket. Not excited to figure out the best way to hang this for studio visits/storage but very happy that I managed to finish twelve new pieces and get them shot. Always grateful for successful road trips and the flexibility to be able to squeeze them in.<br /><p><a href="http://moonaimee.blogspot.com/2023/05/pressure-printing-bark-pattern-pieces.html" target="_blank">Pressure printing bark lace and grid pattern pieces </a><br /></p><p>The best photographer an artist could ask for: <a href="https://www.stefanhagenphotography.com/" target="_blank">Stefan Hagen</a></p><p><a href="https://aimeelee.net/hanji-dresses/" target="_blank">New dress images at the top of the page! </a><br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-70005146582940478702023-05-25T14:56:00.001-04:002023-06-15T22:41:24.981-04:00The great beater adventure: long version<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72BV35b2McsA98Jo0dYwVUO2Rm_0Ckfd6bSE9s2Ju-xuK3FyhvSqo5jkgv3rgoahdQn-_8j7FP466fVbrvYpm-JekfK2iTkVPgdv_eUC6X66NlliDy6IAjvE-a9coPhmX2jt7DGd06cbAbyVCHWWnLhJQQw8QIcA1iXSHNrG2_K0yeRlWBok/s1280/beater%20-%201.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72BV35b2McsA98Jo0dYwVUO2Rm_0Ckfd6bSE9s2Ju-xuK3FyhvSqo5jkgv3rgoahdQn-_8j7FP466fVbrvYpm-JekfK2iTkVPgdv_eUC6X66NlliDy6IAjvE-a9coPhmX2jt7DGd06cbAbyVCHWWnLhJQQw8QIcA1iXSHNrG2_K0yeRlWBok/s400/beater%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a> I had waited until my beater was up and running before posting the whole story but halfway through writing, I lost it, and now this interface is fighting with me! I've been thinking about superstition lately and this confirms there is some kind of hex on me with this beater. <a href="http://moonaimee.blogspot.com/2023/03/its-all-hard-right-now.html" target="_blank">The beginning of the story starts here</a> so I may repeat myself. Basically, I tried to make my beater deal with rag and didn't stop when it stalled out the first time, I simply unclogged and started again, only to make it jam so badly that it refused to budge. After hours, then days, of trying to unclog while the beater was intact, we finally opened it.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWV6kxHVsTy_uGSmBgY6hnpqa3svJxGIt61jSRXAQZleVaGFr_hqSx1Fs53wrKBel9f9KGJR7rtpSL205z8U4T2S0gPyB7tLEVsoRkWpm0flT-n8Fe-GcrazHIWPMnSJ_plVaW8tV6HLoc3IoHEGhnQiUVMSdxEbYZ2YgtGvUO_LDEfVGjSU/s1280/beater%20-%202.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWV6kxHVsTy_uGSmBgY6hnpqa3svJxGIt61jSRXAQZleVaGFr_hqSx1Fs53wrKBel9f9KGJR7rtpSL205z8U4T2S0gPyB7tLEVsoRkWpm0flT-n8Fe-GcrazHIWPMnSJ_plVaW8tV6HLoc3IoHEGhnQiUVMSdxEbYZ2YgtGvUO_LDEfVGjSU/s400/beater%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /> </a> The only reason I considered this overhaul was because my friend Bill, who is extremely mechanically inclined and owns all the tools you'd need to do so, agreed to help me. Here, he has started to remove the bolts for the outer bearing cover. Remember throughout that I do not know all the official names for everything, nor am I mechanically inclined, so it's going to a be a very thingamajiggy story.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmUa96mdZcx2B1wSrtX2xHVZQGXuFV_fIxdfxWJ8sRTfcoHtXJ0AX8BDx3iFtRvl56OpEqpYEL3XD_E-dqsbfv2FpldVOxAdvu0GLEsjNpRRIzsidDN4kCPVVfl-BKOEysGHDxwO0EyUEQEBou3fFCJsFB7wN6QEW2xwCyxqfKjgtTtej5eE/s1280/beater%20-%203.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmUa96mdZcx2B1wSrtX2xHVZQGXuFV_fIxdfxWJ8sRTfcoHtXJ0AX8BDx3iFtRvl56OpEqpYEL3XD_E-dqsbfv2FpldVOxAdvu0GLEsjNpRRIzsidDN4kCPVVfl-BKOEysGHDxwO0EyUEQEBou3fFCJsFB7wN6QEW2xwCyxqfKjgtTtej5eE/s400/beater%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /> </a> The bearing is visible. The history of me and this machine: I bought it from the west coast where it had been sitting outdoors, unused, for years. It has been taken apart at least once before (you can see on the right side of the arm that it was brazed together. Under the feet are locating pins that were sheared away). Jinxed from the start: the sellers misquoted the weight by almost half, it fell over in the truck on the way over, it took four people to help get it upright and into a gutted building with steps, no electricity, and open broken pipes sticking up from the floor. I replaced the diaphragm and tried to refinish it, terrible idea to do that in the summer when it's dusty and dark and humid. That's why the epoxy was drippy and uneven, I couldn't see and abandoned it for a while. But I refused to take it apart and sandblast.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2Vi6DxYZW0B2zoH_44l1LQSe5xtq2zYILLShJuwXKUg9vgiwa274D7Q5Lmd_yTxz4XlS1YNsJqPf0HYpTuxHud2ank7aAm95QGMY6E4StFstGJAN1lKFJMG97XDZ7V56xNCIkEwGB8EwIg2QdvwqM9M6ePrEkqd5iB7PVAwPBANtb9z5-V8/s1280/beater%20-%204.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2Vi6DxYZW0B2zoH_44l1LQSe5xtq2zYILLShJuwXKUg9vgiwa274D7Q5Lmd_yTxz4XlS1YNsJqPf0HYpTuxHud2ank7aAm95QGMY6E4StFstGJAN1lKFJMG97XDZ7V56xNCIkEwGB8EwIg2QdvwqM9M6ePrEkqd5iB7PVAwPBANtb9z5-V8/s400/beater%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Now the top semicircular cover over the bearing is off and its back cover is also backed off. My main papermaking is Korean style, which doesn't use a Hollander. But the first beater I ever learned on was a Valley, and next to it a Reina. I have since used different versions of both, along with other types of beaters (I really enjoy Howie Clark's old beaters). But the Valley was always my workhorse favorite.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywnRCyjgAr_oCwbHJdsHNfXjT4m-TVAU8xvy0X9d6xlzZ5SUhQS0aaPNeEP5ItN9J_T4bBUUDQ6bu3tKZT-nhM74RDninq0cficYZh9PdBrlRQpVNalhfgGXcpiFbapPlEgmMdekOU-CFWkbHJ3lHaSoZSEatvgaRa7s7lU1by2PCqgwyk8M/s1280/beater%20-%205.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywnRCyjgAr_oCwbHJdsHNfXjT4m-TVAU8xvy0X9d6xlzZ5SUhQS0aaPNeEP5ItN9J_T4bBUUDQ6bu3tKZT-nhM74RDninq0cficYZh9PdBrlRQpVNalhfgGXcpiFbapPlEgmMdekOU-CFWkbHJ3lHaSoZSEatvgaRa7s7lU1by2PCqgwyk8M/s400/beater%20-%205.jpeg" /> </a>This is the location of the leaking that dripped onto the motor housing, which made me nervous. I've seen others put a concrete mixing tray underneath the machine to catch water. I was curious to see what was there: disintegrated cork material and old dried pulp.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QN9kLUPclJvkNxlBRVLbG9QeXTjcfrZh_EO5addMkI4V6VmgXf8ZcOSA1ZYROMd2iDGo1b0qbbz2rkqIlNrWx1meqfZfmivqDGmJwduAkwllMyc-ppYyIXYKUTMePlBsPJvSsTLCpTTgV_eI1gNWxNEhmby5rLdJt9oEA_N0GHsRr_E-ILo/s1280/beater%20-%206.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6QN9kLUPclJvkNxlBRVLbG9QeXTjcfrZh_EO5addMkI4V6VmgXf8ZcOSA1ZYROMd2iDGo1b0qbbz2rkqIlNrWx1meqfZfmivqDGmJwduAkwllMyc-ppYyIXYKUTMePlBsPJvSsTLCpTTgV_eI1gNWxNEhmby5rLdJt9oEA_N0GHsRr_E-ILo/s400/beater%20-%206.jpeg" /> </a>Then Bill took the support arm away (we later propped it with a 2x4 scrap), and that's when we discovered that the locating pins had been cut away. One should be sticking up near the two bolt holes.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD31krIgRpRcG_Thq0MVTPabDy1mAm5IHBeEig8IDeNyv3AABThwc-s8vC6rcFl-RYKm9KUwzvS7fuce8FxO_QXyaUFMULyJZ4n4Q3cw3Takqp8F7yGBF78jb8zCmJFJ8jd82tikruw_GZVsA0sHC8p1GpbcQjVCxJS28vDWQNYWnxqsWf-ds/s1280/beater%20-%207.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD31krIgRpRcG_Thq0MVTPabDy1mAm5IHBeEig8IDeNyv3AABThwc-s8vC6rcFl-RYKm9KUwzvS7fuce8FxO_QXyaUFMULyJZ4n4Q3cw3Takqp8F7yGBF78jb8zCmJFJ8jd82tikruw_GZVsA0sHC8p1GpbcQjVCxJS28vDWQNYWnxqsWf-ds/w400-h300/beater%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Once the side shields started to come off we could see a bit more of what was going on. More rust, dried pulp, and messy trough walls immediately next to the roll. The shield near the midfeather hasn't been removed yet and you can see where the baffle/doctor for the top lid falls, it's metal soldered to the lid that shapes around the roll and then pops up again to clear the backfall, that hill on the right.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiLra0_aTE0EdtQkDjHlRmNPUvXjiYIywgeYCx9opjoAEXOZwC24vzTOyL11ADioBpOJqOq8d7RL1rAjC0IqEAKFGcrcrhubIy2e947g1K5LriWs33VWjTspWEiX9HpxsarcJwgOQ9ksyi9pIrpWbEjgJZJxpjwbAVKAu2Ur20lT3FGjjtH0/s1280/beater%20-%208.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiLra0_aTE0EdtQkDjHlRmNPUvXjiYIywgeYCx9opjoAEXOZwC24vzTOyL11ADioBpOJqOq8d7RL1rAjC0IqEAKFGcrcrhubIy2e947g1K5LriWs33VWjTspWEiX9HpxsarcJwgOQ9ksyi9pIrpWbEjgJZJxpjwbAVKAu2Ur20lT3FGjjtH0/s400/beater%20-%208.jpeg" /> </a> Then Bill unbolted the motor so we could tip it over and remove the belts.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdkF1FKEUh_I5KKB8hQJBJ0hERgBy4B-HogBOXTd2pEUEi3r-9aO3uHOr6MMJlAjKLzO5kYjct4iqjdGhXvSxnVG_ZKMY5ebCD48cxsXxBAoIMDDl3t4ShpWTanW0TbfKV60xLVT4ygTnxMVF8eU6XJceZXVho-5-MxoZ3K5eMbcrfhDZKHI/s1280/beater%20-%209.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdkF1FKEUh_I5KKB8hQJBJ0hERgBy4B-HogBOXTd2pEUEi3r-9aO3uHOr6MMJlAjKLzO5kYjct4iqjdGhXvSxnVG_ZKMY5ebCD48cxsXxBAoIMDDl3t4ShpWTanW0TbfKV60xLVT4ygTnxMVF8eU6XJceZXVho-5-MxoZ3K5eMbcrfhDZKHI/s400/beater%20-%209.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>At this point he could finally get the rag jam out, as big as a rat! You can see the bits of cork seal in pieces near the wrenches. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQaRFFtI2KqrmUMVg7TYecbvqi9umRSDoRvtAuIxOhwwnUeNy99upqaDNF8beYSlqYs22G1wdjDfEPt1l1o88KhpGgnhvphXekkczjXZ_iMOALyJxgG9b56RQLeMNc-FeK2BPonmtpCJPH1Xet00gIqTYHLnUHT_02kZbuBAhDbvZdIWY4_Q/s1280/beater%20-%2010.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQaRFFtI2KqrmUMVg7TYecbvqi9umRSDoRvtAuIxOhwwnUeNy99upqaDNF8beYSlqYs22G1wdjDfEPt1l1o88KhpGgnhvphXekkczjXZ_iMOALyJxgG9b56RQLeMNc-FeK2BPonmtpCJPH1Xet00gIqTYHLnUHT_02kZbuBAhDbvZdIWY4_Q/s400/beater%20-%2010.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>The support arm in the midfeather was so stuck with years of pulp, dust, who knows what, that even after unbolting, it wouldn't come loose. Bill had to screw into the locating pins to remove enough of their shafts to get the assembly to budge. We had to get the entire assembly, arm and all, out at once because in the midfeather section, it's impossible to unscrew the cover of the bearing that would free up the shaft; not enough clearance. It's all horribly heavy.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjob5rtB7Pz-yQhKrEl5Q_uEF0PxqXE4pNMEQya3P08bf3fzipGed1QbDBFodyHqC4FoCqdN_yj76xZgxC7Yog5Y030IRiLTADNC3XB7SRvoDFVbTFT9za1CoEoo4isgCslexkcjTx_OkKugHVTcmxapBQZMs0NdJvXkkMaWBqKU3G5AOAyf34/s1280/beater%20-%2011.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjob5rtB7Pz-yQhKrEl5Q_uEF0PxqXE4pNMEQya3P08bf3fzipGed1QbDBFodyHqC4FoCqdN_yj76xZgxC7Yog5Y030IRiLTADNC3XB7SRvoDFVbTFT9za1CoEoo4isgCslexkcjTx_OkKugHVTcmxapBQZMs0NdJvXkkMaWBqKU3G5AOAyf34/s400/beater%20-%2011.jpeg" /> </a>Here's the shaft assembly after Bill got it out of the other arm, and after we dropped it. The latter was an accident but fortunately the assembly, floor, and our feet survived. Weirdly, the outer bearing refused to move and that's why it is still on (to the very right). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazCPgs2CEf2Id6T_Q7vMT5oVxPHIipiliJoYG9KycH5tmfFjxQ_-fiOd7VQlj-VkeAeIhdVilc3eKnwJcaMY9mm_ANDK4MF7spL8qEiGGXCNdpWUdQ2rwUaSAXekn666RVHUMlFnVk7Ww3bUiFdD1Ohc89tb3xoWfWozc2hiJxxJiZqpIZtI/s1280/beater%20-%2012.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazCPgs2CEf2Id6T_Q7vMT5oVxPHIipiliJoYG9KycH5tmfFjxQ_-fiOd7VQlj-VkeAeIhdVilc3eKnwJcaMY9mm_ANDK4MF7spL8qEiGGXCNdpWUdQ2rwUaSAXekn666RVHUMlFnVk7Ww3bUiFdD1Ohc89tb3xoWfWozc2hiJxxJiZqpIZtI/s400/beater%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /> </a> Once Bill got to the bearing on the other side, it slid right off with no problem!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Oydm_T_zzDXC4K6eFX_6Wp-2tf7WZx1pX3P3wamMyJN70CENBS0JahlPMDWY2QW0IkSdunpEOoMk19ksDRdYmO5jV424gxXs0oENbcAf_d0_0LdSOnNy46WfwIiQykA75M5RJ1o8b4BLPN5AdkziHSpV91KliaCkNEyYG0tyFu0Hd4iq-rM/s1280/beater%20-%2013.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Oydm_T_zzDXC4K6eFX_6Wp-2tf7WZx1pX3P3wamMyJN70CENBS0JahlPMDWY2QW0IkSdunpEOoMk19ksDRdYmO5jV424gxXs0oENbcAf_d0_0LdSOnNy46WfwIiQykA75M5RJ1o8b4BLPN5AdkziHSpV91KliaCkNEyYG0tyFu0Hd4iq-rM/s400/beater%20-%2013.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Left side: bearing won't move. Right side: bearing free so that we can remove covers and clean them, plus get a new intact seal on.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2mo_m28MtaAYAkd9BNCDv4AcT51Ygvye8YU2_9-TjIu1mHqitHQQfBXf4X3ptIHNP1N0SM1WoR6JW_1BsKIvzBUnVhEuZp9xCQqXHyS4y6pge1tW3U_k7S0ECcCXxziAE6I5tb2IgCiK6YByLFAB-JV5tdUBqBLE-ohhqneYWZvHX6a7oew/s1280/beater%20-%2014.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2mo_m28MtaAYAkd9BNCDv4AcT51Ygvye8YU2_9-TjIu1mHqitHQQfBXf4X3ptIHNP1N0SM1WoR6JW_1BsKIvzBUnVhEuZp9xCQqXHyS4y6pge1tW3U_k7S0ECcCXxziAE6I5tb2IgCiK6YByLFAB-JV5tdUBqBLE-ohhqneYWZvHX6a7oew/s400/beater%20-%2014.jpeg" /> </a> Both sides of the roll had heavy scoring on the shaft where it sits over the trough.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd6QTY9-dWGqljFB5U1LKxV_QiBCxMl3pmL4vDNAi353TvwBroi4769jgBEfBJB-aVQTznmyaMrojdHK6T6_dFeasijE-aIQwm583qLMjyR2R1f8UVY_9HOGs1u3UGAtBaZsubFkbT8Rdr03WqB0avVxehyswI0H9t2L7x5T-VFCBFqXoQjc/s1280/beater%20-%2015.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWd6QTY9-dWGqljFB5U1LKxV_QiBCxMl3pmL4vDNAi353TvwBroi4769jgBEfBJB-aVQTznmyaMrojdHK6T6_dFeasijE-aIQwm583qLMjyR2R1f8UVY_9HOGs1u3UGAtBaZsubFkbT8Rdr03WqB0avVxehyswI0H9t2L7x5T-VFCBFqXoQjc/s400/beater%20-%2015.jpeg" /> </a>And on the other side of the shaft a lot of wear that looked like someone was grabbing and wrangling it for dear life.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuA5A6KNPBViFjCFnQ1W00cwlq_omAttPxSoe2e9gTXhbFoC_AjxFBAuDBPqtS0DVojOuZL5B5zZZcagTtiYPrkz4uIy9j1jcK8qLss0RpH1mSx1k6vYfJQBHBG0EMGQMfUcypcDY7QK5W6tQgKEn756bq9iZAcsdit9QA5DaHCN9LID4t5x4/s1280/beater%20-%2016.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuA5A6KNPBViFjCFnQ1W00cwlq_omAttPxSoe2e9gTXhbFoC_AjxFBAuDBPqtS0DVojOuZL5B5zZZcagTtiYPrkz4uIy9j1jcK8qLss0RpH1mSx1k6vYfJQBHBG0EMGQMfUcypcDY7QK5W6tQgKEn756bq9iZAcsdit9QA5DaHCN9LID4t5x4/s400/beater%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>At this point, we agreed that Bill would take the assembly to his home shop to wire wheel and clean up, while I scraped and refinished this part of the trough that I could never access when I did my first run. That's where a LOT of the rust and paint were coming from. I didn't get before pics, as this is after I've gotten some of the worst chunks off. I removed the bedplate, diaphragm, and frames from underneath and wrapped everything underneath (the extension arm and the motor) to keep dust and epoxy drips out.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_jtoyWz9mqnF_hjAc5iiVhS_tbs6Tye5xupLTu68z6wCi40tb8Iewa9CXEAa5z3gwwKyuyYv0jDsNs20808ynVpgDYKKxSkZYzCH0nd5SVwcr8p4G-lmSvmypP-4tWReKWiJLeAZW0juLiF7pmv6gSVmZGRWm0XJFeQXy_Y_Ja8r0veLGM4/s1280/beater%20-%2017.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_jtoyWz9mqnF_hjAc5iiVhS_tbs6Tye5xupLTu68z6wCi40tb8Iewa9CXEAa5z3gwwKyuyYv0jDsNs20808ynVpgDYKKxSkZYzCH0nd5SVwcr8p4G-lmSvmypP-4tWReKWiJLeAZW0juLiF7pmv6gSVmZGRWm0XJFeQXy_Y_Ja8r0veLGM4/s400/beater%20-%2017.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Years before, and every step of the way during the process, I was in constant email communication with four very generous men. All of them own a Valley beater or have worked with them extensively. Two are incredibly gifted woodworkers and makers all around (both built their own houses), and the other two have given me lots of advice over the years. I went in a kind of circle, to see who I could harass on what schedule. As someone who gets a lot of unsolicited questions, I didn't want to overburden anyone, but had a lot of late-night panics about various steps. While Drew Matott highly recommended POR-15, I don't have good ventilation and didn't want to roll this thing outdoors. Plus, the finish is usually black and I like to see what is going on underneath. So I started with a less scary rust remover and wrapped the trough as best I could overnight (well, something came up and it was there a couple of nights).<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XUpspmucVZIWq0oh_zWJDbsuY3Q8lB-uw036KVMJR7vmuAol5ws_PyD2yekdZXjxR4ay2TFluRxHOMws2plT3wYRByUCfoOdzdq-78KAYrlbo25laKMAUsU-LvqoTHZotWw5P7iKevDi0OkOCK3sWqvmUD5LU97P4ILiW_Tzgxfirc4jABw/s1280/beater%20-%2018.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XUpspmucVZIWq0oh_zWJDbsuY3Q8lB-uw036KVMJR7vmuAol5ws_PyD2yekdZXjxR4ay2TFluRxHOMws2plT3wYRByUCfoOdzdq-78KAYrlbo25laKMAUsU-LvqoTHZotWw5P7iKevDi0OkOCK3sWqvmUD5LU97P4ILiW_Tzgxfirc4jABw/s400/beater%20-%2018.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>While I didn't have to, I cut and punched a new diaphragm. A lot of the rusty looking gunk on the previous one to the right comes from my desperate spraying of PB penetrating oil onto the roll in hopes that I could scrape away the worst of the rust with a giant screwdriver. That ended up not being the best option and the whole beater room and my body smelled like that stuff for days.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAyB9fJyvH7t2o33bbr42kmeAd14rP705z7nd1QIpiNmTC0yML7zy5-FSZEx0rRGLKf28SfC09VFhvysYscgZ-mKn3lmK9kmW_829BoOuyW5ZfZmu0GohL5Xy7rGoiE9s4Ofr4wrB91rXc_1Ku5050WxIqtE5YkSGdGCUn0v6JeMgMH4mFac/s1280/beater%20-%2019.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAyB9fJyvH7t2o33bbr42kmeAd14rP705z7nd1QIpiNmTC0yML7zy5-FSZEx0rRGLKf28SfC09VFhvysYscgZ-mKn3lmK9kmW_829BoOuyW5ZfZmu0GohL5Xy7rGoiE9s4Ofr4wrB91rXc_1Ku5050WxIqtE5YkSGdGCUn0v6JeMgMH4mFac/s400/beater%20-%2019.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>I forgot that the first diaphragm didn't seat well with smaller punched holes, so I had to re-punch the inner set of holes with the same size punch as the outer set (those bolts are bigger than the inner frame). At least I realized before I installed it! Which...when I did, I don't know how I did it the last time (which I actually did three times because I kept messing up the order) on my own in the dark. Bill helped hold the arm where I needed it and made suggestions for how to do it. Because of motor placement under the machine, you can't lay down and look up like a car, it's all very awkward.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UySZ9f9QM7fIY8TdXk8zOl5sNxGlJOBleisuXWsOj993ZbpwBh_8maQNYI95UKq6JHHngx5E97bF_1WB9b5rz9GE9qlf8bd7kdWYXqukwkMVZnHWiyuZkXOJbBklEXjz7VoqjEvt7hNoGQaOEC9mRH921DZAOuVuXcbWnC8E9qhU_OdT-v8/s1280/beater%20-%2020.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UySZ9f9QM7fIY8TdXk8zOl5sNxGlJOBleisuXWsOj993ZbpwBh_8maQNYI95UKq6JHHngx5E97bF_1WB9b5rz9GE9qlf8bd7kdWYXqukwkMVZnHWiyuZkXOJbBklEXjz7VoqjEvt7hNoGQaOEC9mRH921DZAOuVuXcbWnC8E9qhU_OdT-v8/s400/beater%20-%2020.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>It looks awful, but part of the reason that the existing epoxy is so cloudy is that I didn't realize when I first coated it that there was still water in the bedplate area, which contaminated the epoxy—West System marine epoxy. By then it was too late to fix. I was also not very finicky about dust and drips and later got under the machine to dremel away the biggest drips so that the diaphragm would fit tightly. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNNP9zWFYdaOw0gpZ5Kr8scLcf95zyrNQ5AF_hw5kgALflPeRfpkZTWO9ELkhtNykvrVVfGe0VNt2zsY8ZhkoZws6dji1ONCMfDHXgjKQGEo5itwtr1TznAXAsjJlcfzRloz6k75z14Tetvo-RWJafqS8abObAl6wwOalBOzY_kdlreadVnU/s1280/beater%20-%2021.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNNP9zWFYdaOw0gpZ5Kr8scLcf95zyrNQ5AF_hw5kgALflPeRfpkZTWO9ELkhtNykvrVVfGe0VNt2zsY8ZhkoZws6dji1ONCMfDHXgjKQGEo5itwtr1TznAXAsjJlcfzRloz6k75z14Tetvo-RWJafqS8abObAl6wwOalBOzY_kdlreadVnU/s400/beater%20-%2021.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Meanwhile, at Bill's shop, he had gotten a new press to try and get the roll off (this was my biggest middle-of-the-night panic, "Don't do it!!") only because that stuck bearing wouldn't come loose on the other side (the idea being, if the roll came off, you could replace the cork seal on the other side of the roll without removing the pulley wheel and bearing). The roll did not budge and neither did the pulley wheel. At some point the wheel shattered; fortunately, it's not hard to replace. You can see the outer rings of the roll and roll all cleaned after fastidious wire wheeling. He also cleaned ALL of the nuts, bolts, hardware, etc.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvWaK1uDFE_H-h02pS0VJSgjFNr4KApZUYLqIZoNsTtQ1eF4FhnWY-Z59Px8zB8kJtSadW3XIECgdZfwZ_V0TJJKJ_Bp1m02cfBJsLz34ZlVhTPFIA6kT_k61b4ePkRTxHl5e9Jna1xbS5ZncAAtDS9cf0JnQpvwZsobx7BP94MjQ1ziiRe0/s1280/beater%20-%2022.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvWaK1uDFE_H-h02pS0VJSgjFNr4KApZUYLqIZoNsTtQ1eF4FhnWY-Z59Px8zB8kJtSadW3XIECgdZfwZ_V0TJJKJ_Bp1m02cfBJsLz34ZlVhTPFIA6kT_k61b4ePkRTxHl5e9Jna1xbS5ZncAAtDS9cf0JnQpvwZsobx7BP94MjQ1ziiRe0/s400/beater%20-%2022.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>New pulley wheel!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZwlxAU4Hnnur6dkLpC02pHcH-PxPmnYgZHHy0lSWKlvs6bi-7qfcU0GuxW_PuaU_cVnmxC-vlDif-3f9W27WUn76HI-iSAAqfHPAvR-kOEhpm6O5YxMd7CWlhp42lT4aPFsqKjgIpYMEEILEy22LNIX1iizbGLJlNButpzaGhv2TK5yI8sY/s1280/beater%20-%2023.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZwlxAU4Hnnur6dkLpC02pHcH-PxPmnYgZHHy0lSWKlvs6bi-7qfcU0GuxW_PuaU_cVnmxC-vlDif-3f9W27WUn76HI-iSAAqfHPAvR-kOEhpm6O5YxMd7CWlhp42lT4aPFsqKjgIpYMEEILEy22LNIX1iizbGLJlNButpzaGhv2TK5yI8sY/s400/beater%20-%2023.jpeg" /> </a>And he got a new key for the pulley wheel where it had seized up before. I asked him to sharpen the flybars that had gotten a bit dull in the cleaning process, though later one of the very nice men said that they don't need to be super sharp.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8eY7akSJJaVnqTlWTUuL2go3e6lwwpoOzR6IqP7vx6SRUEnaugMfz5veCVCv3LXZD3X8ra7BGRNW1deiKtt0nrSJ6YNz94aRW22AxWH2I_MaVklyZ_0v_f4L8He0gNhV-956l7GEXU0yrjpoBfx70VCYMrpZx_gQuusrMOSCPKV6NEucVXk/s1280/beater%20-%2024.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8eY7akSJJaVnqTlWTUuL2go3e6lwwpoOzR6IqP7vx6SRUEnaugMfz5veCVCv3LXZD3X8ra7BGRNW1deiKtt0nrSJ6YNz94aRW22AxWH2I_MaVklyZ_0v_f4L8He0gNhV-956l7GEXU0yrjpoBfx70VCYMrpZx_gQuusrMOSCPKV6NEucVXk/s400/beater%20-%2024.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>He even got the bedplate de-rusted! The woods between the bars were disintegrating and bits were falling out so I taped the sides and squirted more epoxy in the gaps to try and hold what was left.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HiFm0dwVL6mcmAO8jo7CW1V9Lontz-lTbFK87kCox0JFnVUEDkFhM30MnazAJQ3YaOiaSKev7qvvX4DMZg0YyJA923ElxOdCOpVqiwFBe-kkv6QZ6EpzQYsXE-aAObexQXfBrXIF9IIrQ0erFplZwV5P8HepnokINBHMxZy5ZxX-qWI4_7E/s1280/beater%20-%2025.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HiFm0dwVL6mcmAO8jo7CW1V9Lontz-lTbFK87kCox0JFnVUEDkFhM30MnazAJQ3YaOiaSKev7qvvX4DMZg0YyJA923ElxOdCOpVqiwFBe-kkv6QZ6EpzQYsXE-aAObexQXfBrXIF9IIrQ0erFplZwV5P8HepnokINBHMxZy5ZxX-qWI4_7E/s400/beater%20-%2025.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Since we were cursed from the start by the bearing gods, the new bearing on the midfeather end refused to seat! It was off by about a quarter inch and Bill wanted to see if we could get away with that. It was another nightmare to seat the entire assembly and we hacked scraped a bit of the new epoxy and dropped it on both of our fingers at certain points (at least I did, and that hurt). It was not going to clear (you can see it's closer to the outer wall) so we had to do what he did with the first stuck bearing: saw it off! After he had sawed off the old outer bearing, the new one seated just fine, but this inner bearing that was so easy to remove suddenly wouldn't seat fully and then wouldn't come off.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiU7-kaaWNCuiMcigaSxF_XqAKSrM5bKulyLgUx2Gpye3V8IZGuM8hOaA__B9u36wiRv7y4pAL-OeMpA-zRPeaswGdPiJsvmyx6JkorQSQClIg7xZCQj1uE-XTB09KJdW_bQwDA9d2f334rkIFuE_wk_q6OEzSraHg6oLxiABtT261MLTj8Kc/s1280/beater%20-%2026.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiU7-kaaWNCuiMcigaSxF_XqAKSrM5bKulyLgUx2Gpye3V8IZGuM8hOaA__B9u36wiRv7y4pAL-OeMpA-zRPeaswGdPiJsvmyx6JkorQSQClIg7xZCQj1uE-XTB09KJdW_bQwDA9d2f334rkIFuE_wk_q6OEzSraHg6oLxiABtT261MLTj8Kc/s400/beater%20-%2026.jpeg" /> </a>Bill had enough of this ridiculous heavy-weight maneuvering (if I was taller and stronger, it might have been easier. But I've seen plenty of pictures and witnessed in real life that people hoist the roll, so I was well aware of the weight), and built a hoist at home so that we wouldn't have to risk our fingers again.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Zyb_j-G0t05wJ37mmXtPu1QFpLVqM6vCO2rsxccx-hw5oUkz5Kd35C9mJIuvIlJPuFdloGLl4SumfcixVC17p9wA9HBHUAN0v0ElAKyZzm7gGC-EXJRkoF8SDVu2w1AwgdTswnJjQV8V3IncDdjHo7Yqm-l2RGq9UihjLuFKMkv4_kPtKVc/s1280/beater%20-%2027.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Zyb_j-G0t05wJ37mmXtPu1QFpLVqM6vCO2rsxccx-hw5oUkz5Kd35C9mJIuvIlJPuFdloGLl4SumfcixVC17p9wA9HBHUAN0v0ElAKyZzm7gGC-EXJRkoF8SDVu2w1AwgdTswnJjQV8V3IncDdjHo7Yqm-l2RGq9UihjLuFKMkv4_kPtKVc/s400/beater%20-%2027.jpeg" /> </a>The plan was to lift the assembly out and then tent the area so that he could cut off the brand-new midfeather bearing. Just to be safe, he bought two new bearings for the job.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SQzPdNDDOzwL9gNX2QWtp_4fJZML_85vQdmdWbBqFdMG2Ts2SWfJHIr3fROvyVd8kk2zd44NDm8AOxzl6ia39FM-uOLX5reOuDIPHKCnO9IXRdr8rbFqCbblNf9jQe8n9sQDd6Od0cPBfWUUlz7Xlncd4skkEf0Swl_gOJkrmDXxbAiHjTc/s1280/beater%20-%2028.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SQzPdNDDOzwL9gNX2QWtp_4fJZML_85vQdmdWbBqFdMG2Ts2SWfJHIr3fROvyVd8kk2zd44NDm8AOxzl6ia39FM-uOLX5reOuDIPHKCnO9IXRdr8rbFqCbblNf9jQe8n9sQDd6Od0cPBfWUUlz7Xlncd4skkEf0Swl_gOJkrmDXxbAiHjTc/s400/beater%20-%2028.jpeg" /> </a>I always appreciate how good he is about safety: respirator + eye and ear protection. I was worried about him being under plastic like that but he survived.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE4tBPoB6n8-KLESig29oCuUQhU_NrUYrnnt087qrWLhDxM_J5EtHjtgnqEzTjubDuwyWnf3Lf_JkRNkFzGhbwelRvCgh3xUUW4w5OXSHA-edNW1JauXi-DATfe2m_f8gMQ1Dg8HXCPrBcypTQRSwQ7phQj0efABETZ4IHeC1iZAl3FhhVUI/s1280/beater%20-%2029.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGE4tBPoB6n8-KLESig29oCuUQhU_NrUYrnnt087qrWLhDxM_J5EtHjtgnqEzTjubDuwyWnf3Lf_JkRNkFzGhbwelRvCgh3xUUW4w5OXSHA-edNW1JauXi-DATfe2m_f8gMQ1Dg8HXCPrBcypTQRSwQ7phQj0efABETZ4IHeC1iZAl3FhhVUI/s400/beater%20-%2029.jpeg" /> </a>The photos are not adequate but you can see a few sparks above his left shoulder. Not only did he have to cut off the bearing, but he had to then polish the end of the shaft to ensure that the new bearing would seat. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5kbnMcxRTv-98sh-vVctfpwI5XeolH_C_pzGs1GBDTOf7vbwMJAlGAVQZeJLqaw5ecWxXt5Yu7xAsMUGazUVCvzekFZhpElysysRqQ4L1jxYdhfNNzaq3TUfUbZrX6wj5OKgKcCF9xaeSnHM9UqF_DyiQurhRP76VyQbqO9IQ3LlC9unhM0/s1280/beater%20-%2030.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5kbnMcxRTv-98sh-vVctfpwI5XeolH_C_pzGs1GBDTOf7vbwMJAlGAVQZeJLqaw5ecWxXt5Yu7xAsMUGazUVCvzekFZhpElysysRqQ4L1jxYdhfNNzaq3TUfUbZrX6wj5OKgKcCF9xaeSnHM9UqF_DyiQurhRP76VyQbqO9IQ3LlC9unhM0/s400/beater%20-%2030.jpeg" width="400" /> </a> By now, I was feeling desperate as I hadn't made paper for a while. The beater went down months ago and we were delayed by the machine itself, my trip abroad, and his getting Covid after I returned. Plus, life! So for a while I went every day for a week and beat on a batch of mutt fiber: milkweed, Thai mulberry, Florida mulberry, scrapings, kudzu, salago, and who knows what else. Bits and pieces of things I had saved over the years, nothing big enough for its own batch. It made great hanji and I'm still convinced that milkweed forms and parts better than paper mulberry.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxn2zXwCZycV-S6_672haOucmCwCrsJ-vvgozQC0IQY2U5--U0faVOLFGgsyL4gU1h48lI4Jk6G4c432u0aIAGntuQqnZ4CzjRQwBDvyustwSWPI_oWmGvXXsMQ7y5aUjof82Y7e5YspBYzFzHpPWTEaAxeSjfF3TDKEgQydBrfRMaC8CDNEI/s1280/beater%20-%2031.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxn2zXwCZycV-S6_672haOucmCwCrsJ-vvgozQC0IQY2U5--U0faVOLFGgsyL4gU1h48lI4Jk6G4c432u0aIAGntuQqnZ4CzjRQwBDvyustwSWPI_oWmGvXXsMQ7y5aUjof82Y7e5YspBYzFzHpPWTEaAxeSjfF3TDKEgQydBrfRMaC8CDNEI/s400/beater%20-%2031.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Once Bill worked his magic, the bearing seated properly! It was still NOT easy to get the assembly back in because of how imbalanced it was as we lowered it—the straps could only fit on certain parts of the shaft so we didn't have even weight distribution. The inner support arm kept leaning and getting stuck diagonally in the midfeather section but he finally got it onto what was left of the locating pins and bolt it in. Shields went back up on the sides but are not screwed in in this picture; see how nicely he cleaned everything? He even repainted everything that was black! <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlcQXCjVR_aOe2eBO2P45c87IJmBC3RskJY7cTMD9pt03BIRvFkQu5mmkhFURN-G27m9ctLyfLFNNIEtSPAJJKC9tNbaNxAW2g4NJXmKn_pLxrtgYgjFQKLrj3IX0ROYl27CdYvRvJpXjU8WEffBpygLfWecSM1yH_QFFZDABhFkrB05oY4Y/s1280/beater%20-%2032.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJlcQXCjVR_aOe2eBO2P45c87IJmBC3RskJY7cTMD9pt03BIRvFkQu5mmkhFURN-G27m9ctLyfLFNNIEtSPAJJKC9tNbaNxAW2g4NJXmKn_pLxrtgYgjFQKLrj3IX0ROYl27CdYvRvJpXjU8WEffBpygLfWecSM1yH_QFFZDABhFkrB05oY4Y/s400/beater%20-%2032.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Bill got new hardware for everything that was rusted out. The new belts and the motor went back into place and I secured the switch cover, don't worry.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCryJbvTv3uCXrguLIiH4JYdw2x5V1OMiIRfxFciLTHnn7L0Nd0t6Lwy0cDqyKXhEUcSv8HR3uAdzjEb2wq0C9-uX0NUMBDRryQaggbftqZi_REtI5xrwTFk-u0Hj63pN8LiTCffzrnHnwD23CRJQ9-6Yc6pglidjQm1BSeHTQd-o-LQSIt98/s1280/beater%20-%2033.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCryJbvTv3uCXrguLIiH4JYdw2x5V1OMiIRfxFciLTHnn7L0Nd0t6Lwy0cDqyKXhEUcSv8HR3uAdzjEb2wq0C9-uX0NUMBDRryQaggbftqZi_REtI5xrwTFk-u0Hj63pN8LiTCffzrnHnwD23CRJQ9-6Yc6pglidjQm1BSeHTQd-o-LQSIt98/s400/beater%20-%2033.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>I still can't get over how shiny the bolts are. This is the best it will look because soon I will destroy it all again. And we will never see the roll so clean (with luck, we'll never have to open the lid again).<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ynFvSG4G1PIXWJzlACoNy3C9oDxgKmn67Z15pno5jKbce31xDFCzT_R9rj4jGUvgquMkWbP-Rn7Kb9rnESBZkeYF0znokJjK36VVnBMQ__b7fQQV292VH8s0B4Dks88gb0F2D4LZsMn7FUa7UtQO43hESXnKiS6MMJfCrZwx9Q88P-NhNgY/s1280/beater%20-%2034.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ynFvSG4G1PIXWJzlACoNy3C9oDxgKmn67Z15pno5jKbce31xDFCzT_R9rj4jGUvgquMkWbP-Rn7Kb9rnESBZkeYF0znokJjK36VVnBMQ__b7fQQV292VH8s0B4Dks88gb0F2D4LZsMn7FUa7UtQO43hESXnKiS6MMJfCrZwx9Q88P-NhNgY/s400/beater%20-%2034.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>Based on this custom Valley lid that is much more easily removed than the original, owned by one of the very nice men, I thought, is that baffle soldered to the underside of the main lid really that important? Part of this came from how hard it was to remove the jam with that piece intact. I asked Bill to remove it only because it looked so messy. The workmanship on it, I assumed, was not from the factory.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYgIe8oPT02Xia7s2WkXQg3YFRRg2zjsnm6IkBJcieYWoacgSXH2ZlJrWkGyseR00HQf0nPT8YOy9ejQOSqfUicvVbyLJklSUxkVI7UjQRCRHJfVYNXrznYKaCDuhEtXFslmFI0hIG3poJuJjzRunXdRt6avjySQey6UIqyTXMIxhjzxLF8E/s1280/beater%20-%2035.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYgIe8oPT02Xia7s2WkXQg3YFRRg2zjsnm6IkBJcieYWoacgSXH2ZlJrWkGyseR00HQf0nPT8YOy9ejQOSqfUicvVbyLJklSUxkVI7UjQRCRHJfVYNXrznYKaCDuhEtXFslmFI0hIG3poJuJjzRunXdRt6avjySQey6UIqyTXMIxhjzxLF8E/s400/beater%20-%2035.jpeg" /> </a>I was wrong! I did notice it on some original drawings of the beater that were shared on the Hollander Beaters group online but by then we had pulled it off. I posted to share what I did that and learned that it is there to help with circulation and pushing stuff up past the backfall. But I figured, if my colleague gets nice rag paper from his lid, why not? [forgetting that he can remove the lid each time and clean out whatever mess is in there each time.] My beater is the only Valley I've worked with whose circulation is so rapid that the slurry pours out the back u-turn end, making a mess and losing fiber. Bill already helped me last year make a cover for that area. We got the lid back on, which required more hardware shopping (the beater arrived with less than a full complement of screws and the stainless hex-head ones I used later were too long so I had to get nuts as well). The blue tape is covering the holes for the original name plate, which was long gone before I met this guy.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4jrv48Ug1w6UrRs0VOXGzC7vYRVcWCgCcgDf6XXLCM_CePK2RHMRFEbSltWVNy8Rh7f94LxT6SlI755-dUihWNnEVJQq6Atd3PiT-cey5WNNyTbnPJWWgAfPgupj08PE83Jj2z44pb5kUXlCwT8oLkL81qeXfFxBoY44srhlRIatFEqbG94/s1280/beater%20-%2036.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4jrv48Ug1w6UrRs0VOXGzC7vYRVcWCgCcgDf6XXLCM_CePK2RHMRFEbSltWVNy8Rh7f94LxT6SlI755-dUihWNnEVJQq6Atd3PiT-cey5WNNyTbnPJWWgAfPgupj08PE83Jj2z44pb5kUXlCwT8oLkL81qeXfFxBoY44srhlRIatFEqbG94/s400/beater%20-%2036.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>There's the extra cover to the left. The circulation, as the group members confirmed (after my misjudgement) is slower than usual but it doesn't spit out the end like it used to. This was also a very easy batch of well-soaked BFK scraps (only one of the original weights arrived with the machine, so I got circular weights from the used sporting goods store and put them on carabiners to clip onto the arm that pushes the bedplate closer to the roll). It leaked like mad because there was no more old stuck pulp to swell and close the gaps. I went overboard with blue mechanic's goo before realizing I needed to fetch my clear silicone and caulk gun to do a less messy job, which made me sad because Bill had worked so hard refinishing the parts! To staunch leaking in other spots I'll try abaca.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ1G1SMsK6olmsHEsDIu-eNnkS8VHwdkPsoWy6N9YvGiiUj2VQs2g1eJ4h2BBgKVbXA9RFwaShVmQkGM1lUOrVpkF9NEimEcGYBhgqphlAWoYjVP8d8K7vSscUFRz_CQdxOnfEP4CZdvalb-vBOsQJ-IhguMZePKJuWj70e7UYU5vQK-VKjM/s1280/beater%20-%2037.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJ1G1SMsK6olmsHEsDIu-eNnkS8VHwdkPsoWy6N9YvGiiUj2VQs2g1eJ4h2BBgKVbXA9RFwaShVmQkGM1lUOrVpkF9NEimEcGYBhgqphlAWoYjVP8d8K7vSscUFRz_CQdxOnfEP4CZdvalb-vBOsQJ-IhguMZePKJuWj70e7UYU5vQK-VKjM/s400/beater%20-%2037.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>After very hasty pigmenting, I pulled the load, which contains metal bits from cutting off the bearing and polishing it, plus metal filings from the roll. It did fine and is not as loud as it used to be. Soaking now: the terrible rags that started the disaster. The group has shared more info on how to beat it safely, and only then did I remember that I used to chunk rag more with fixed bedplate beaters (rather than this, which has a fixed roll and moving bedplate). I worried that I should not share my experience with the group because I am a woman and I am not mechanical, but I did and felt shamed and stupid afterwards. After years of interviewing tool and equipment making folks (who of course are different from papermakers themselves), I know they are quite kind and incessantly curious. I haven't finished my manuscript yet because I'm overwhelmed by work that I feel better suited for, but one reason I tried was to highlight how it feels as a woman making paper who is bad with machines. I have to know my tools to do the best work (and boy do I understand this beater much better than before we ripped it apart and put it back together). But I have to ask for so much help because I'm built for other things.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdwklttkmGE5tFzsyGeswLTx5Anh6_039sk8bQC2HNQkICaClMVdkUzKZu8yDEUMAGb0TUdPSQrEoE9DP4tPr5ZN68eLXzDbeF79_uEFtsIIbj15skaNP9QY9MFDjYL72MMIv_KH4OS8nPo0kKuPt_WH3ZaI2-cvI6tDaF6z05RCg4QFXJsQ/s1280/beater%20-%2038.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdwklttkmGE5tFzsyGeswLTx5Anh6_039sk8bQC2HNQkICaClMVdkUzKZu8yDEUMAGb0TUdPSQrEoE9DP4tPr5ZN68eLXzDbeF79_uEFtsIIbj15skaNP9QY9MFDjYL72MMIv_KH4OS8nPo0kKuPt_WH3ZaI2-cvI6tDaF6z05RCg4QFXJsQ/s400/beater%20-%2038.jpeg" width="400" /> </a>So how do I ask for help in a way that doesn't diminish how I feel about myself? Let's pray that Bill stays friends with me after this months-long saga, and that the men I consulted return emails in the future. First, I know I am fortunate to even know who to turn to in the first place. Second, I'm proud that I have taught students who then go onto really learn how to fix and take care of machines—they didn't learn it from me but maybe did learn that it's important to do this if you can.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Much of my toolmakers research stemmed from a fear that people thought all I knew was hanji, a desire for people not to assume that because I look Korean, all I do are Korean things...as if it wasn't enough to be so vastly well-versed in the hanji world. Plus, I wanted to better understand how how people become toolmakers, because I'll never do it yet can't do my own work without it. For now, my beater is up and running. I didn't grind it in because I hate cleaning carborundum grit out of the beater and having several batches of sandpaper afterwards. I'll see how it runs first and lap in only if it's underperforming severely. Good thing I am a papermaking artist and not a production papermaker! Above is the first drawing I made on the new batch of the old machine.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://paperconnection.com/artist-of-the-month-bill-lorton/" target="_blank">Bill Lorton</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.drewmatott.com/DIY_hollander_beater.html" target="_blank">Drew Matott<br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://groups.io/g/Hollander-Beaters" target="_blank">Hollander Beaters IO group</a>: where you will hear a lot from Kevin Martin of <a href="https://papertrail.ca/blog/" target="_blank">Papertrail</a>, one of the very nice men, along with Drew and two others I will leave nameless because I don't want anyone to bother them with questions about beaters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Update: the rag that clogged the machine so badly that I had to open it went thru fine in the new refurbishment, and now without the baffle under the lid, the slurry no longer sloshes out the back end. Nothing getting stuck ahead of the backfall, either.<br /></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-42056244252791814722023-05-09T08:30:00.005-04:002023-05-16T18:16:07.663-04:00Pressure printing bark pattern pieces<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmP4MS5YMVHWzO1G3uf2rKSP79iBw3gm6fGuktgthp7iXtLWCS8fzCydOLFwFVbAIwogP7Pn-LzSZKn2OFYF18RAyUFVMQV28euKfOzLRXv1OfjpgLfXqg7RMyIaPVDLdUDuY8ycSOq0zl3YhrkxWlOi26gz3VNlGISPiZ6sN-f99NtYc3l4/s1280/bark%20prints%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmP4MS5YMVHWzO1G3uf2rKSP79iBw3gm6fGuktgthp7iXtLWCS8fzCydOLFwFVbAIwogP7Pn-LzSZKn2OFYF18RAyUFVMQV28euKfOzLRXv1OfjpgLfXqg7RMyIaPVDLdUDuY8ycSOq0zl3YhrkxWlOi26gz3VNlGISPiZ6sN-f99NtYc3l4/w400-h300/bark%20prints%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This has been a very long process, as I first imagined this a year ago. This is actually the latest picture in the series because it's the process of piecing this bark hanbok <i>after</i> using them to print. I still haven't gotten to the hardest part, which is putting this garment together without being able to turn things inside out, but everything is ready for the final attachments.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYBlBGAD-fEj3NhXoQg8QDlk0gRfvtnI8K_YkgZ9S6KBYbugh-ZlglT4TkmFNWfWG2Vv8uXSiJ9xQ2bmSastHsiuN5qRcWJg9xvGk1EG5prtmf5oqWYvo9WStISpHnDqTD_cdA4MvmAI_wUu8vyganIzvXHpgkz7GyiFXBlUNH27iVEXpDIc/s1280/bark%20prints%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYBlBGAD-fEj3NhXoQg8QDlk0gRfvtnI8K_YkgZ9S6KBYbugh-ZlglT4TkmFNWfWG2Vv8uXSiJ9xQ2bmSastHsiuN5qRcWJg9xvGk1EG5prtmf5oqWYvo9WStISpHnDqTD_cdA4MvmAI_wUu8vyganIzvXHpgkz7GyiFXBlUNH27iVEXpDIc/w400-h300/bark%20prints%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>To make this piece multitask, I wanted to harvest two prints before I constructed the piece. Last year, I made the bark grids. Then this year I cut out the pattern pieces and arranged them to get one pressure print, and one ghost. The pressure print is a positive print and the ghost will be a positive but will look like a photo negative. Here, what you don't see is the sandwich on top of the press bed: the bark grid, a piece of hanji, and then an inked plexi plate, face down on the hanji. Blankets go on top and then I crank the bed through the press.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWBez95tqA_ROh-wcakDaCKaIWIlphYSgXH4JczK5HdzfgK9x_jVX5gdyI2Ur5jJ_KgSUUmKPelsutBkhLgAawlgLFic_sWWsKLQjzFReDGXN739fQPThS4kQoWbh88J5OKKZbHlwBZuhkxDOt925Nw4LBAyQuJQ2XG9NzIU2OjL79uzL8f8/s1280/bark%20prints%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWBez95tqA_ROh-wcakDaCKaIWIlphYSgXH4JczK5HdzfgK9x_jVX5gdyI2Ur5jJ_KgSUUmKPelsutBkhLgAawlgLFic_sWWsKLQjzFReDGXN739fQPThS4kQoWbh88J5OKKZbHlwBZuhkxDOt925Nw4LBAyQuJQ2XG9NzIU2OjL79uzL8f8/w300-h400/bark%20prints%20-%203.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Here it is on the other side, so the hanji is stuck to the plate because the ink is sticky and the paper is light, but you see that the bark grid isn't affected by the ink at all (because I carefully selected hanji that is heavy enough so that the pressure of the ink doesn't squeeze through the pores of the paper and get onto the bark).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEelWKjD99ljqtUu2Lh9wjEQhAzhOeEzO9uPSO62QlXhOfDVdjjLuHILTmtjRam37gEln8DTss9FD73TjsUou36-efCUsp_jDNlKjkvRZe9w4gCg-XEOvk-FRosR8cwuCIZK5GYBC9V1AaPyVH9EmgsOlTH-OO4QfJlpQDV70EAYDzsAFmelk/s1280/bark%20prints%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEelWKjD99ljqtUu2Lh9wjEQhAzhOeEzO9uPSO62QlXhOfDVdjjLuHILTmtjRam37gEln8DTss9FD73TjsUou36-efCUsp_jDNlKjkvRZe9w4gCg-XEOvk-FRosR8cwuCIZK5GYBC9V1AaPyVH9EmgsOlTH-OO4QfJlpQDV70EAYDzsAFmelk/w300-h400/bark%20prints%20-%204.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This is the first print, in positive, of the right and left sides of the jacket.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76VdbMWQFnftpjR3YXOCCGn6cMfYdLzfKQiGXD6Ce46kjH4cHPTce2J7rBPORyfa4QERYs2lvkwftmVm7KPryUA1BB3ZRUUjSGrGsnRoeOcwrFjqj6s1koI0XeSbAFwnve-amcw-SgWgZhWyM72rNMNhNfgj2NqS1EjW58yyStGy7ayOZZ3Q/s1280/bark%20prints%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76VdbMWQFnftpjR3YXOCCGn6cMfYdLzfKQiGXD6Ce46kjH4cHPTce2J7rBPORyfa4QERYs2lvkwftmVm7KPryUA1BB3ZRUUjSGrGsnRoeOcwrFjqj6s1koI0XeSbAFwnve-amcw-SgWgZhWyM72rNMNhNfgj2NqS1EjW58yyStGy7ayOZZ3Q/w300-h400/bark%20prints%20-%205.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>You can see the plate now still retains the impression of the bark, and has plenty of ink left for a ghost.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CsIt33oC4f_xgw5HbItmV1J6-tTlCGfGHEUmmAjw4YzL9-uMiARUh26hsxGYPBR-vwTTQwRSlVt0LLJc7Aps-PHYL1PdZKGYOxivdxIO4S0n9yIIVouq0wsng27O3URu-KBh8tuFoOWYSDbvNsPUUfD8scfkDjKmr-DFCbeMO4y1Tqgp6c8/s1280/bark%20prints%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-CsIt33oC4f_xgw5HbItmV1J6-tTlCGfGHEUmmAjw4YzL9-uMiARUh26hsxGYPBR-vwTTQwRSlVt0LLJc7Aps-PHYL1PdZKGYOxivdxIO4S0n9yIIVouq0wsng27O3URu-KBh8tuFoOWYSDbvNsPUUfD8scfkDjKmr-DFCbeMO4y1Tqgp6c8/w300-h400/bark%20prints%20-%206.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This goes through in the traditional sandwich on top of the press bed: inked plate face up, hanji to print on top, a damp heavier sheet behind to hydrate the fine hanji, then newsprint to protect the blankets, then blankets and crank.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViNe4NnOThPy2dktSZ8c1sG-0B96iYPH6eUDctxGbJW-aphb3VZ_0hZeOhH4c53zI7Y_ujdVk5esPv87VVRqmK_nwc4pDqhaX8FsL13wC4Bk3KpHUbw78bEF21qp4hZ-Q_wOdaRgMwUR7JC74Q7VzVkzTtAvDQp_lGiwhW4lXb7bHhOl3CGM/s1280/bark%20prints%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViNe4NnOThPy2dktSZ8c1sG-0B96iYPH6eUDctxGbJW-aphb3VZ_0hZeOhH4c53zI7Y_ujdVk5esPv87VVRqmK_nwc4pDqhaX8FsL13wC4Bk3KpHUbw78bEF21qp4hZ-Q_wOdaRgMwUR7JC74Q7VzVkzTtAvDQp_lGiwhW4lXb7bHhOl3CGM/w300-h400/bark%20prints%20-%207.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Now we have the left and right sides of the jacket still in positive but the look is completely different.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jBH2TC6NoiBZvtHXvRg3cxUhd0uPAXl7CE6YJaWNju-r5ubxLdu6qPHe0TX3Qd8L_KLcnQk0rrAF9BDxwRecoWudHW4xpg9sACKGIjYDAHAyW0TqbLarSCzQyIRr7D1HUWhRLijca6CC82WrSl6LkLeEW8vwCP9XTBPOhMFfZu0B85wKZAo/s1280/bark%20prints%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jBH2TC6NoiBZvtHXvRg3cxUhd0uPAXl7CE6YJaWNju-r5ubxLdu6qPHe0TX3Qd8L_KLcnQk0rrAF9BDxwRecoWudHW4xpg9sACKGIjYDAHAyW0TqbLarSCzQyIRr7D1HUWhRLijca6CC82WrSl6LkLeEW8vwCP9XTBPOhMFfZu0B85wKZAo/w400-h300/bark%20prints%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Here are the prints side by side. This was such a good printing day, after a totally disastrous one several days prior. But the lesson was very apparent from the start: if you prep and do everything the way you were taught, not taking shortcuts, everything will go FINE. It's when you rush or try to cheat the process that it falls apart. And in the end, time suspends itself—I thought this would take many hours, but by the time I was done with cleanup, I was at least two hours ahead of schedule.<p></p><p>The goal: three garments from one bark pattern! <br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-39596378770922493162023-04-18T08:40:00.000-04:002023-04-18T08:40:27.145-04:00Heino, Leiden, Amsterdam<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9zu5zOM1xP6-bTABIMGpBy6dSsZ_Ls2OK5VfhWxpIyVR7br9fUTVHY5NUSv-swWQ3-DkBhhBpS6tZDWtbaetbg7BTw2S0Exb8EFqvrkkM3JikyDcVF6VRKFGeeTsU5ruz5-WkBhczxP5gjPVyCijvMqNQw5ymlTPBiwAsnAAnt9prmpQ5Tc/s1280/leiden2%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9zu5zOM1xP6-bTABIMGpBy6dSsZ_Ls2OK5VfhWxpIyVR7br9fUTVHY5NUSv-swWQ3-DkBhhBpS6tZDWtbaetbg7BTw2S0Exb8EFqvrkkM3JikyDcVF6VRKFGeeTsU5ruz5-WkBhczxP5gjPVyCijvMqNQw5ymlTPBiwAsnAAnt9prmpQ5Tc/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>My second day in the Netherlands I took the train an hour an a half to Zwolle, where Pien Rotterdam picked me up to drive to Heino to visit an old castle that was turned into a museum. This museum has two locations, here in the countryside and then in Zwolle, but we only visited this one so I could see some of the more rural areas. Her great-grandfather, Jan Voerman (his son also an artist of the same name) was a well-known Dutch painter and a ton of his work was on display, so that was a great way to connect then to now. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-aVi-H50vpkpYgAZnzuAvpBLBAseUlYrjNZ5-ddJbwXxa5kuP1DgUU7Jx3VdzmpMivAXP002t-npsP7kYcp6_O3vqocWXU12bf_Qed1dqdZNMS9CI1cxVj8iIXYxDTrQ60CJEtT90aDlph28kItWDAZNnuz8nHTLHBUQ9Z6eAaAKKwzKKp0/s1280/leiden2%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-aVi-H50vpkpYgAZnzuAvpBLBAseUlYrjNZ5-ddJbwXxa5kuP1DgUU7Jx3VdzmpMivAXP002t-npsP7kYcp6_O3vqocWXU12bf_Qed1dqdZNMS9CI1cxVj8iIXYxDTrQ60CJEtT90aDlph28kItWDAZNnuz8nHTLHBUQ9Z6eAaAKKwzKKp0/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The main reason really for meeting was just to meet! We had corresponded on and off for years and since Pien lives in the north, it was easier to meet in between. Plus, it's SO EASY to get around, the train travel is quite straightforward and easy. In fact, leaving the country made me sad because I knew I'd be returning to my home country where they would never make airport to train and bus connections so easy, where life without a car is too hard in most places. This is the old ice house on the estate, and we saw it on our little walk in between lunch and tea.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJ1GUbcE65yw9RxACdOZAi17c_S2uAqq_Bz1r7d5Ix41BpNrGjeeD22ns_neyXAAIpVB6uAYp5oQQCGcvx8Jrr9hpESM6XU2BEHDOu19NFyauLAujidIcWZ10EKRs6nNmKcplAWliI_7e-TpQ0-9PuJksfElhI-kBBQMZ34QHGKz8KIrClw0/s1280/leiden2%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHJ1GUbcE65yw9RxACdOZAi17c_S2uAqq_Bz1r7d5Ix41BpNrGjeeD22ns_neyXAAIpVB6uAYp5oQQCGcvx8Jrr9hpESM6XU2BEHDOu19NFyauLAujidIcWZ10EKRs6nNmKcplAWliI_7e-TpQ0-9PuJksfElhI-kBBQMZ34QHGKz8KIrClw0/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%203.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>To be more present and have manners, I didn't take many pictures at all. Pien and I exchanged paper and artwork and it was wonderful to see her pulp printing techniques, artists' books, and other bits. I was happy to hear about her journey to book arts and her dedicated expertise in language learning, specifically English as a second one. While historically the Dutch had a giant empire, she reminded me that now it is a tiny country and that becoming bilingual was her way to open her world to the vast possibilities afforded through reading books in English. This was the perfect way to spend Easter Sunday.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaJGV_dlNA-jwpJD3bI1TFK4O2d8OZb2n9bc-_qLESkXHnsBdeqP4MI9OvdjbahWzZ5wGomKJ3L1vGO-HmuvMP2aplVvvEp7pe_6PaKTcg76sgJeykNM4QGgs-pfYsxs5pvbpej1jf37Yq2U355bgWM27b7z2fTS_9IXvseVD4GgZNVAAS3Q/s1280/leiden2%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaJGV_dlNA-jwpJD3bI1TFK4O2d8OZb2n9bc-_qLESkXHnsBdeqP4MI9OvdjbahWzZ5wGomKJ3L1vGO-HmuvMP2aplVvvEp7pe_6PaKTcg76sgJeykNM4QGgs-pfYsxs5pvbpej1jf37Yq2U355bgWM27b7z2fTS_9IXvseVD4GgZNVAAS3Q/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%204.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Because of a train crash right before I arrived, the lines were messed up to other cities, so instead of visiting other places, I took one last jaunt through Leiden before meeting my family in the afternoon. Here is a bit of a Neruda poem.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmFIN560ugRtcFkKCJ0MWDGNx9Av62ZReCpdI-VLMN3M3-gJqWG8-9NTG5P6fiddRhkVHTUSKP4ipAzeAo_rcawEhpEPjOQlmWoUYokQrDK3ak3Hz3J3Ituvxk5KOGLmqfWtvTDnONz0BiWWQudb3jRNfliB77abkweZ8WppetxQzXySwC7o/s1280/leiden2%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmFIN560ugRtcFkKCJ0MWDGNx9Av62ZReCpdI-VLMN3M3-gJqWG8-9NTG5P6fiddRhkVHTUSKP4ipAzeAo_rcawEhpEPjOQlmWoUYokQrDK3ak3Hz3J3Ituvxk5KOGLmqfWtvTDnONz0BiWWQudb3jRNfliB77abkweZ8WppetxQzXySwC7o/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%205.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This poem is by Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, and is translated to "Travel Safely!" here but I've seen another option as "Happy Journeys!" and both seem apt.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfA9hb0OK1zJznz72GmjkhVVl9TpXiS8dRI8Vrtw4fUvgTARd_LMtgHah0QKLbbZ1Gb6LdKkjMVdgyfP653cXBB0FmG78oycbyxMe52CPxmfY0lRHJBdSUuPCCyuuWIEjvCujXPPHiZ7D7lRwrS1otXuB_oEeyMvD43GqhLEdI9-CJrgKjSw0/s1280/leiden2%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfA9hb0OK1zJznz72GmjkhVVl9TpXiS8dRI8Vrtw4fUvgTARd_LMtgHah0QKLbbZ1Gb6LdKkjMVdgyfP653cXBB0FmG78oycbyxMe52CPxmfY0lRHJBdSUuPCCyuuWIEjvCujXPPHiZ7D7lRwrS1otXuB_oEeyMvD43GqhLEdI9-CJrgKjSw0/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Since it would be open before other places, I walked to De Burcht to see this old fort on a manmade hill.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoIETctrtIQ7yKyZGgJbt1-ZucYdG1RryuWe-LsfVmv4QsCR7Sox3Zgzbl8NtTIceL_XtpkjUvYBiIqeUyCYRnybO8r3srCXDbYc0CE_kTT1KBrDmb4MlQNVhL6NmHKZmlLQpkwbmEYuENAsQbwlJ3D7XD-a9VmeQYI6qcKM_Vtf2VhcRG5s/s1280/leiden2%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoIETctrtIQ7yKyZGgJbt1-ZucYdG1RryuWe-LsfVmv4QsCR7Sox3Zgzbl8NtTIceL_XtpkjUvYBiIqeUyCYRnybO8r3srCXDbYc0CE_kTT1KBrDmb4MlQNVhL6NmHKZmlLQpkwbmEYuENAsQbwlJ3D7XD-a9VmeQYI6qcKM_Vtf2VhcRG5s/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%207.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>It's pretty basic, with nice views from the upper level, and a random toothpaste bench made mostly of wood inside the middle. I couldn't find any info on it (there is even a squirt of toothpaste sitting further away from it).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gLq-irHksqOUmUcl3V_zwUrdJAb0W6nhqTIdlfF4Lk6AwOW2_TOksjRfNJrYJlDgUpGAvLMS3ySItyQlV7R5Fmla3hp-kQ0KXpYuU4hf-lIoBmuenufhFV71Q6o6Lp8WSV-WcZyt_fkdJS26Ruea6vXttp8nBTGs0Iu3B_rx1TKza26uhMk/s1280/leiden2%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gLq-irHksqOUmUcl3V_zwUrdJAb0W6nhqTIdlfF4Lk6AwOW2_TOksjRfNJrYJlDgUpGAvLMS3ySItyQlV7R5Fmla3hp-kQ0KXpYuU4hf-lIoBmuenufhFV71Q6o6Lp8WSV-WcZyt_fkdJS26Ruea6vXttp8nBTGs0Iu3B_rx1TKza26uhMk/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>There are plenty of museums in Leiden and I picked the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, a science one, which starts with a little video in a theatre set up to be like the ones where they dissected bodies.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7k1pZgyFKibDZIy6FqfhCQ147KSfdWjztbjS7AOgmEDT676h-SdoBEpFIWw3jx8y-AuU-4soWcfHxt1CUrT6tzqBJ5v2C-KddEXjV_Tgavv-i6axtPDpWC1wDljZuAm4brpFspSxd9zAzd_26HwBzQMtRkxLgGYhzbRLBAhmjM9ijq9Xv5s/s1280/leiden2%20-%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7k1pZgyFKibDZIy6FqfhCQ147KSfdWjztbjS7AOgmEDT676h-SdoBEpFIWw3jx8y-AuU-4soWcfHxt1CUrT6tzqBJ5v2C-KddEXjV_Tgavv-i6axtPDpWC1wDljZuAm4brpFspSxd9zAzd_26HwBzQMtRkxLgGYhzbRLBAhmjM9ijq9Xv5s/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%209.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The exhibits begin with humans trying to figure out the world outside of them, especially the challenge of moving from Earth-centric to helio-centric worldviews. Paper engineering in its early uses!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisers5_ZeGUqwKMyWtqchkts1gBcqnXZW8eQSICV_I6_belRS3GN-AM39j3Vl5w8t2939Zvza8Gj4EPYI9NdUO88tZLI0eCCz4UmkGkcT9YFH_8NdeshZ1DkIiOw49mPydcxJby_PlJxHbK2PHKVuRO3HDlPcK9AUg-Un293isFP0o703qnws/s1280/leiden2%20-%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisers5_ZeGUqwKMyWtqchkts1gBcqnXZW8eQSICV_I6_belRS3GN-AM39j3Vl5w8t2939Zvza8Gj4EPYI9NdUO88tZLI0eCCz4UmkGkcT9YFH_8NdeshZ1DkIiOw49mPydcxJby_PlJxHbK2PHKVuRO3HDlPcK9AUg-Un293isFP0o703qnws/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%2011.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Invariably, then the focus shifts inwards, to figure out what the heck is going on with human bodies. All of this history made me very glad to live in a time of sterile surgical fields, antibiotics, and barbers just cutting hair rather than bloodletting or doing surgery.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEEZEf_fpf8IR_dPvELoIqa4poKRouRjLLwsNDHzw9NN-bzIf2hkHlp16fqNcK-MoznHjIyBjwXgSTGSK3gxxffZ7VmTTa4dWUM5Ztr0DpO_pH25Hd04pgPDIbxIUvDE-LXElTxTODPkgE5Z7GS4DGMlEsWka-AyokXhlZ2J8wXjjllvvd-Y/s1280/leiden2%20-%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEEZEf_fpf8IR_dPvELoIqa4poKRouRjLLwsNDHzw9NN-bzIf2hkHlp16fqNcK-MoznHjIyBjwXgSTGSK3gxxffZ7VmTTa4dWUM5Ztr0DpO_pH25Hd04pgPDIbxIUvDE-LXElTxTODPkgE5Z7GS4DGMlEsWka-AyokXhlZ2J8wXjjllvvd-Y/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This female anatomical model was used in medical training and carved of ivory (to show that the owner was rich AND smart), likely from the late 17c to early 18c.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIS4iluBnmhg2Ifw1ZcmsCiZgcxFlEKOioZ3zASzJPFyIgValPALt7zs6q3bUGanvwAskZaz-XOc-Ub19zhbJi_pQJvDklvDiQoUm2tEWU6jNMKNHV0dA-RFA4rSMVIM3UZvyRfV87g6XGvht-5zyASu4zsEpuzyWRGOCHcOHgXCvIqYGKg58/s1280/leiden2%20-%2013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIS4iluBnmhg2Ifw1ZcmsCiZgcxFlEKOioZ3zASzJPFyIgValPALt7zs6q3bUGanvwAskZaz-XOc-Ub19zhbJi_pQJvDklvDiQoUm2tEWU6jNMKNHV0dA-RFA4rSMVIM3UZvyRfV87g6XGvht-5zyASu4zsEpuzyWRGOCHcOHgXCvIqYGKg58/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%2013.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>A friend back in Chicago talked about how hard it was as an art director for a TV show to find an iron lung and that in her research, she found a woman who actually needed one but as it broke down or needed parts, she would have to source from museums.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyyRtwq7L-BlWrbKk5Y_US6PTtOuHhiDEkVoKZlXHPeNwIHB4ntu09-3ZnWdSqjiHjUBYphQzm_fy18gDKSuOmDqx_KYuaTBXGhohkTYYVHQA6b2ftzXt9r0HFKXcHuH6Fcf5b_0V1DJO0I4Mfi1Nf_W4VWklQgDASCYX_wurD6JkMLuXaPY/s1280/leiden2%20-%2014.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyyRtwq7L-BlWrbKk5Y_US6PTtOuHhiDEkVoKZlXHPeNwIHB4ntu09-3ZnWdSqjiHjUBYphQzm_fy18gDKSuOmDqx_KYuaTBXGhohkTYYVHQA6b2ftzXt9r0HFKXcHuH6Fcf5b_0V1DJO0I4Mfi1Nf_W4VWklQgDASCYX_wurD6JkMLuXaPY/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%2014.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Once I heard from my sister that the family had landed, I scurried back to the hotel to get my bags and jump on the train. I got off the bus to get to the hotel in the museum district right before the big rain started. As my family got settled, I ran around to get a lay of the land. This Vermeer show at the Rijksmuseum was the whole reason we were visiting, but we were a bit derailed by the little one getting a 24-hour vomiting bug.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3DF3dNRJdpo-KpNs-dSJM3QJWbv2_P8AEMj73FaxizECZNg5ElSO84MOCSNIfV9-GgtqNJB0Fbw7NcRit5pubTUNveLvRquq4AgH_9PhEYjoRGL1BuijPv0HAwLPH2J45o59GRa7Vv9ilnJdWcPxPlCKTW4GQ91w506gzrQTiTbrhesLBX4/s1280/leiden2%20-%2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin3DF3dNRJdpo-KpNs-dSJM3QJWbv2_P8AEMj73FaxizECZNg5ElSO84MOCSNIfV9-GgtqNJB0Fbw7NcRit5pubTUNveLvRquq4AgH_9PhEYjoRGL1BuijPv0HAwLPH2J45o59GRa7Vv9ilnJdWcPxPlCKTW4GQ91w506gzrQTiTbrhesLBX4/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%2015.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This is the view if you turn around from the previous picture, and I find it hilarious that they have to emphasize that hot dogs = American. HAHA.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtOhvg0Ia33IIimZudy3mNfXCPQEyXKsGm3qWp5ZMsJvL5JYIMUk46T7YlscSasy_QBCP1grnBH_cgrVOI5Ex3V_-RTLIQx1n84QgjKh0EKYz6Zv2G_z_tbfr9CnHR7s3KDmJN_0H-zWPR0E-F7k4Phy_FEREB8Gp81wQquKdoV-FXcJYp_s/s1280/leiden2%20-%2016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtOhvg0Ia33IIimZudy3mNfXCPQEyXKsGm3qWp5ZMsJvL5JYIMUk46T7YlscSasy_QBCP1grnBH_cgrVOI5Ex3V_-RTLIQx1n84QgjKh0EKYz6Zv2G_z_tbfr9CnHR7s3KDmJN_0H-zWPR0E-F7k4Phy_FEREB8Gp81wQquKdoV-FXcJYp_s/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%2016.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>After going up the stairs to the exhibit, I didn't take photos and wish that everyone else would have done the same. It is so not fun to go to an art show that is packed, elbowing your way to see tiny paintings, only to have to wait for people getting shots with their phones. The reproductions are better in the books, folks!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5yKGJBqazOXs-inUaRO99Ax7unY9uegCIMJhPo7Ac2lcjKCRIHA6G3jQHMBkEkW0rIQSxqh-ct9fsROnXr6L7kmXS88WPEJo3YkTwwZ7WTaFMXK2r_nYP4sVsYZ5jdynxv72NK5mQMWmjXWoqx40EsRfG9M8fucEWlbcSEz3-WAylEpgwuHc/s1280/leiden2%20-%2017.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5yKGJBqazOXs-inUaRO99Ax7unY9uegCIMJhPo7Ac2lcjKCRIHA6G3jQHMBkEkW0rIQSxqh-ct9fsROnXr6L7kmXS88WPEJo3YkTwwZ7WTaFMXK2r_nYP4sVsYZ5jdynxv72NK5mQMWmjXWoqx40EsRfG9M8fucEWlbcSEz3-WAylEpgwuHc/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%2017.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The rest of the trip was a lot of family juggling and figuring out where we could seat 7 and please older and younger tastes (impossible), but I did manage to drag my parents on a very windy day to Zaanse Schans to see the historical village with windmills. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_JTrUAJKk02b0T1-NxKKGD_Q9pQELu0UNXcm83Q0FhoyIFGkJ9FZXfwUIRn0ISZ0IEoihxkzKA2GyC7320Az-eXmhErPmYXm5HuMkddgju2kv8i2UvPGF4GE30QfZrxa_vPeClDnevf3V8hE7xrILwblVnZUdUpMLIHAZ_RbJTyqATSqL9U/s1280/leiden2%20-%2018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_JTrUAJKk02b0T1-NxKKGD_Q9pQELu0UNXcm83Q0FhoyIFGkJ9FZXfwUIRn0ISZ0IEoihxkzKA2GyC7320Az-eXmhErPmYXm5HuMkddgju2kv8i2UvPGF4GE30QfZrxa_vPeClDnevf3V8hE7xrILwblVnZUdUpMLIHAZ_RbJTyqATSqL9U/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This was the one mill I wanted to visit, the paintmill, De Kat! I got a few pigments to test once my beater is fixed. The wind had the mill going full speed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNj0Jx9ht-qIZz4vsEu7dQ5juHS6RB3WcSWA73F0BIctFNFishL0-gYmyuvTZWFn7xvidSBNK9zg02hWQjaQ_Piq8ksbAzoUBVycCMPug-I8ATYx-qDI1jPbET8Pi4UuzUvDaWqyRK8HdtXQuDVxeGAWI7rtZ-oFHKxbzBDxuALEmKPr75a3I/s1280/leiden2%20-%2019.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNj0Jx9ht-qIZz4vsEu7dQ5juHS6RB3WcSWA73F0BIctFNFishL0-gYmyuvTZWFn7xvidSBNK9zg02hWQjaQ_Piq8ksbAzoUBVycCMPug-I8ATYx-qDI1jPbET8Pi4UuzUvDaWqyRK8HdtXQuDVxeGAWI7rtZ-oFHKxbzBDxuALEmKPr75a3I/w400-h300/leiden2%20-%2019.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>View from the upper level of the mill, where I almost fell through the floorboards.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8HZcsEn6ECIZcbyjAn78qa72tyFPckntVT8FJZwl7oMWj5uoWS3CAzxccp9Zqn5Wsq30wXDC9buRViVhjj_nPHJlMZ9V4LoS0tTl7PAYYekDxrnEQ8CR88wqwp6WGw9SVOtL8nFk9Ds98f4FIaJfwvVeg3ohe480EW_ETM7jfYfm9rivqjY/s1280/leiden2%20-%2020.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8HZcsEn6ECIZcbyjAn78qa72tyFPckntVT8FJZwl7oMWj5uoWS3CAzxccp9Zqn5Wsq30wXDC9buRViVhjj_nPHJlMZ9V4LoS0tTl7PAYYekDxrnEQ8CR88wqwp6WGw9SVOtL8nFk9Ds98f4FIaJfwvVeg3ohe480EW_ETM7jfYfm9rivqjY/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%2020.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Samples of pigments. I only got the natural ones, not synthetic, but was very glad the gift shop sold hot chocolate!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaukU0Su_3kcL6nBP54r6-Wxnw-G2tlwdELKmqRP_OcbjkRFiXixl8YQa49sB7tiBZwNjtSP8Ja-vMtxY-VHRMSQ4Gswrpuui4L7WJ00UiwmvPonW_a3OirL_nHZilQAZSVVCqL8KyP2bFzkHgLGvhAdRSoUGkZu456cHDfFGzIlmAX0Hj5F8/s1280/leiden2%20-%2021.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaukU0Su_3kcL6nBP54r6-Wxnw-G2tlwdELKmqRP_OcbjkRFiXixl8YQa49sB7tiBZwNjtSP8Ja-vMtxY-VHRMSQ4Gswrpuui4L7WJ00UiwmvPonW_a3OirL_nHZilQAZSVVCqL8KyP2bFzkHgLGvhAdRSoUGkZu456cHDfFGzIlmAX0Hj5F8/w300-h400/leiden2%20-%2021.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>My mom wanted a break from walking in Amsterdam with another hot cocoa, so we stopped at the Cafe American and they served us the fanciest kind: a big glass of steamed milk with a wooden stick inside with a chunk of chocolate at the end. Stir, stir, stir, to melt it away. While I couldn't do what I would have liked to on my own (like visit the PAPERMILL, or see Asian art at the Rijksmuseum directly next to the Vermeer exhibit...hard to be so close and have to skip it for immediate family needs) it was overall a good time, and our first jaunt like this with the whole family, ever. I came home to way-too-warm temps at home and was very cranky about that. Now it's snowing and my car is in the shop with repairs that will be way more expensive than my flight to Amsterdam. Real life is relentless! If you have time, join me online for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/167309219467889/?active_tab=about" target="_blank">an artist panel Thursday at 7pm</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.waterleafpaperandwords.com/" target="_blank">Pien Rotterdam</a> <br /></p><p><a href="https://www.museumdefundatie.nl/nl/beeldentuin-4/#menu" target="_blank">Kasteel Het Nijenhuis<br /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.museumdefundatie.nl/en/the-changing-landscape/" target="_blank">Voerman show @ Museum De Fundatie <br /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.visitleiden.nl/en/locations/2380897422/de-burcht" target="_blank">De Burcht</a> <br /></p><p><a href="https://rijksmuseumboerhaave.nl/english/" target="_blank">Rijksmuseum Boerhaave</a><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.zaanschemolen.nl/en/" target="_blank">De Zaansche Molen</a><br /></p><p></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-45530837096272970622023-04-18T07:36:00.002-04:002023-04-18T07:36:35.477-04:00Leiden Day 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv67rWyICj2CeY7HOoNLGa2WUBi3SrsrnHuZbKUYdYq_6VJe1PFSffJCEO2lkWF9Ri6vC7RPF-kuZQKegcC6N09YXUioh3pPviZDsKYLe8eDJir-b98hg87QzplxuKFOPukoDkvpN8Z5UJX3NpFGj5uxBHxQPv1h4zOXfRpQO_MhLBYqcMyMw/s1280/leiden1%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv67rWyICj2CeY7HOoNLGa2WUBi3SrsrnHuZbKUYdYq_6VJe1PFSffJCEO2lkWF9Ri6vC7RPF-kuZQKegcC6N09YXUioh3pPviZDsKYLe8eDJir-b98hg87QzplxuKFOPukoDkvpN8Z5UJX3NpFGj5uxBHxQPv1h4zOXfRpQO_MhLBYqcMyMw/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Because I was traveling from a different city than my family, I decided to take a couple extra days before the family trip to Amsterdam and chose Leiden as a very manageable, low-key place to stay. I arrived early in the morning to Schipol, took the train 20 minutes to Leiden Centraal, stowed my bags at the hotel, and walked into the morning. It was Saturday so I knew I'd be able to see the market.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6FPckpnTkkZT6vtGqjfqABB0mQcqmyOkcn-bGMcokeyegJmxUxPvM65zsADl2wV-2bI_vjdd6YJAtVEtL8Kx8kM-rWFHAi4D8urAUGBicAGjqIvZlpq2vhjBudXFKoM6B4CB_peN0Q8GD8Wl-HcOTVqGvCFVgr2mknghC5ff2Ozs4sunq1U/s1280/leiden1%20-%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6FPckpnTkkZT6vtGqjfqABB0mQcqmyOkcn-bGMcokeyegJmxUxPvM65zsADl2wV-2bI_vjdd6YJAtVEtL8Kx8kM-rWFHAi4D8urAUGBicAGjqIvZlpq2vhjBudXFKoM6B4CB_peN0Q8GD8Wl-HcOTVqGvCFVgr2mknghC5ff2Ozs4sunq1U/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I wasn't ready for interaction yet so I didn't buy anything (it would have been a great idea to get food for the rest of the day but I didn't want to carry it) but saw the requisite baked goods, asparagus being peeled quickly in a glass box machine, and flowers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChBspdAT_8UfdtkMOoTBfLIei0-3gvYof9rpY2gvohQ_KUVGiJlQ9Ja3WOogwrmEMw_mHT5O8vwF4wZbHwZ9sxsYKoMQvUjrRKB5RnFK_nv79J6YM3Wg0gdEVCkgOVotQFC_-rPrP8yOZjkki62ZFiXKNrFU9Aosq_kH51Zc1yU80s6qQ-tg/s1280/leiden1%20-%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChBspdAT_8UfdtkMOoTBfLIei0-3gvYof9rpY2gvohQ_KUVGiJlQ9Ja3WOogwrmEMw_mHT5O8vwF4wZbHwZ9sxsYKoMQvUjrRKB5RnFK_nv79J6YM3Wg0gdEVCkgOVotQFC_-rPrP8yOZjkki62ZFiXKNrFU9Aosq_kH51Zc1yU80s6qQ-tg/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The main place I wanted to visit was the botanical garden but had to wait a bit here for it to open, where I discovered that my compression socks from the plane had drifted like giant blossoms at my ankles, so I gladly took them off.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFA1BBJRjAmv3dO1TVKwI59Y2BPwi2rqFyjg2RWnPlB5N_3MthPoMtSofsu0Swm9DzfyLU7l7G2UX8cVojhayr4U2QIdfzi1DsqZ0MpGmDgvxXea3f2ZAToyT2r06AF_yIKPKAZTxdF9Gl0iUGlWgJec29Do3-JSciXjBxO-8zjHa3mXBWXaQ/s1280/leiden1%20-%204.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFA1BBJRjAmv3dO1TVKwI59Y2BPwi2rqFyjg2RWnPlB5N_3MthPoMtSofsu0Swm9DzfyLU7l7G2UX8cVojhayr4U2QIdfzi1DsqZ0MpGmDgvxXea3f2ZAToyT2r06AF_yIKPKAZTxdF9Gl0iUGlWgJec29Do3-JSciXjBxO-8zjHa3mXBWXaQ/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%204.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>The area also has a museum of Japanese things that Philipp Franz von Siebold had brought back from his long stay and fascination with Japanese flora, fauna, and culture. I didn't go to that museum but his presence is in the gardens, for sure. This Basho poem is one of many poems painted onto the sides of buildings in this university town, and a translation that a friend found for me is: Above the rough seas / stretching herself out over Sado Island— / The Milky Way.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEbmfp85GfH8VmyL5lXYffUPYbj4OG8RR8-PLnaDQC-2bsZ0ADk0FcqFjaH3LYx86h7DTpFWme-lsFvPbGG0GB-bH4o81r_YRrlgBP_25rapefIpmMPa2gza8d6jYSk0HQtW6qCRII6AFiiDwbTeOINoEgUyMRiOzVuKovTrIGz_57fbJkzA/s1280/leiden1%20-%206.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEbmfp85GfH8VmyL5lXYffUPYbj4OG8RR8-PLnaDQC-2bsZ0ADk0FcqFjaH3LYx86h7DTpFWme-lsFvPbGG0GB-bH4o81r_YRrlgBP_25rapefIpmMPa2gza8d6jYSk0HQtW6qCRII6AFiiDwbTeOINoEgUyMRiOzVuKovTrIGz_57fbJkzA/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>A bust of Siebold is behind this little structure in the Hortus Botanicus, the oldest botanical garden in the country, in the Japanese section.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxXxn283zSj_Z4_9q_3Vw-GOHKG6sNn9wPViLhH-AfsfI4OPd-37NJ73ZAJnHz9NEJzQuu6PbRxEoQqJDJ7ITTOPC9ucOBNrWUKpc9nYMycGOeJoZnHkCgRAF6JMREwSu9tfNr2LD58Z7qEsdmgOPP0cZak1fAPNQhRXGbpj3DJGah-8wu5M/s1280/leiden1%20-%207.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxXxn283zSj_Z4_9q_3Vw-GOHKG6sNn9wPViLhH-AfsfI4OPd-37NJ73ZAJnHz9NEJzQuu6PbRxEoQqJDJ7ITTOPC9ucOBNrWUKpc9nYMycGOeJoZnHkCgRAF6JMREwSu9tfNr2LD58Z7qEsdmgOPP0cZak1fAPNQhRXGbpj3DJGah-8wu5M/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>These are jars in the Chinese herb section. I don't know enough about the vast Dutch history of colonization in east Asia to speak to all of this in an informed way, but absolutely this currently tiny country did a lot of questionable to terrible things to have all of these riches now (not just plants, but EVERYTHING).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrivUIzZtPOvFva7ncGhfYge28XQtASOEqy_2QQpOio4xUqToKzU7M2-d9mwHIMd6b6Zn_Rfjr1JGzqZIx9ZIO2y3XKqNE7a0quWa4dgApJS5upn1tEPQx3cbA_D7FhL_DDW00843p3U51EPMkHmpfIQV2aTF7GO9zYBk2PvfYfLx08Mkl0dg/s1280/leiden1%20-%208.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrivUIzZtPOvFva7ncGhfYge28XQtASOEqy_2QQpOio4xUqToKzU7M2-d9mwHIMd6b6Zn_Rfjr1JGzqZIx9ZIO2y3XKqNE7a0quWa4dgApJS5upn1tEPQx3cbA_D7FhL_DDW00843p3U51EPMkHmpfIQV2aTF7GO9zYBk2PvfYfLx08Mkl0dg/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%208.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Because it was a bit cool and damp before the gardens opened, I had a light breakfast in their café attached to the entry glasshouse, where they have the carnivorous plants upstairs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIRVeGygjv6nAR4GgTBzM0h4NEU0yO-cGTjps8fva-j8n3Su8PN8D8A4NeHROy7nROKs4N3MJzNB0VeF3dbw4PWdYffNekSJ716MtikN8MrehNyoTBLH7H5CPOycPPLVPQIpZ1GLXdQp1K9ZThLmznjVnJ_3dqOxr3OmrPCewaDv7cDBESCQ/s1280/leiden1%20-%209.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIRVeGygjv6nAR4GgTBzM0h4NEU0yO-cGTjps8fva-j8n3Su8PN8D8A4NeHROy7nROKs4N3MJzNB0VeF3dbw4PWdYffNekSJ716MtikN8MrehNyoTBLH7H5CPOycPPLVPQIpZ1GLXdQp1K9ZThLmznjVnJ_3dqOxr3OmrPCewaDv7cDBESCQ/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%209.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>There were rows and rows on a catwalk high above that made me think, maybe I do have a bit of a fear of heights that is getting worse with age, and held things like this with sticky droplets to capture prey.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgvG9IsB14bDvw3HQSROWcyOBoLoIiV2RT_nLArmGbiwt6ZiiIY0V4uf2cColvQtzEKks-zTZpjHLHuuBWZ62XG1E2wfzBpNizLoNQ5EZX-bhmS_mCKYs7SFcnWfpTJQ2SVTHJLKQ2BrX_yTvaxZeRzLuqhO-52ARSgeXY0ccMeJy7z16Wx8/s1280/leiden1%20-%2010.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgvG9IsB14bDvw3HQSROWcyOBoLoIiV2RT_nLArmGbiwt6ZiiIY0V4uf2cColvQtzEKks-zTZpjHLHuuBWZ62XG1E2wfzBpNizLoNQ5EZX-bhmS_mCKYs7SFcnWfpTJQ2SVTHJLKQ2BrX_yTvaxZeRzLuqhO-52ARSgeXY0ccMeJy7z16Wx8/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2010.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I walked outside and then into the tropical greenhouses, which were full of all kinds of plants, a bit overwhelming, but on the way downstairs from another catwalk and flowering canopy, I saw this sign. Isn't this in the family of the plant whose tubers give us konjac?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uLJypAbs-l02jFS1_Ib7OESgXKYivGxZhXe9KCKknKf7QE85UCVul2F72zTYNJzbh6a6mLumc_yBJc3wZY3nn5WjOjZvLKTwZipisy0qiRUUZgh5DNtirEh-2vqhmEjKEMcGQKD_W10MPJtCc5d9IORlhTq2Zfvq3fxaW-w8hAAwcXJpuVY/s1280/leiden1%20-%2011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uLJypAbs-l02jFS1_Ib7OESgXKYivGxZhXe9KCKknKf7QE85UCVul2F72zTYNJzbh6a6mLumc_yBJc3wZY3nn5WjOjZvLKTwZipisy0qiRUUZgh5DNtirEh-2vqhmEjKEMcGQKD_W10MPJtCc5d9IORlhTq2Zfvq3fxaW-w8hAAwcXJpuVY/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2011.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>There were several different species of <i>Amorphophallus</i> and the most distinctive part was their spotted trunks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOfTD5cqQQ4mh_HrypvxA2guWgdQ6vtD4Tcbe87HeNRkafgdIcDfRgWCvdkNJt8jv1TXGMOrPlVJCwnO2tkdDIHUxI4oIYuG0A_y8K1e6WsR8VaG5gKftLcFilqGV3cDZZpC_dtRi0r4TC4b5jibyLgHDboy3pPp5ycheKTaUPMfHWPpL3sQ/s1280/leiden1%20-%2012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOfTD5cqQQ4mh_HrypvxA2guWgdQ6vtD4Tcbe87HeNRkafgdIcDfRgWCvdkNJt8jv1TXGMOrPlVJCwnO2tkdDIHUxI4oIYuG0A_y8K1e6WsR8VaG5gKftLcFilqGV3cDZZpC_dtRi0r4TC4b5jibyLgHDboy3pPp5ycheKTaUPMfHWPpL3sQ/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Outside I enjoyed the fencing/terracing that made clever use of felled trees. They cut them up and stake them and there is your border!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5paSzTyEBOAzBPY5NyDBsIMtGuVE0JDqWNIGM_tEtaT1fxvm6gwV-8H3UyWqGQCFK_JeBQruiN_bnjDUWQK7vkS-lUBLHqQV9qenWc9DZjytXYFIbrLBySarCqGjUrgVWkCiLrejasD8ceXQTbj84ZNvcF_I_0HW2BLzp2xAK1uSVWFhUgOE/s1280/leiden1%20-%2013.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5paSzTyEBOAzBPY5NyDBsIMtGuVE0JDqWNIGM_tEtaT1fxvm6gwV-8H3UyWqGQCFK_JeBQruiN_bnjDUWQK7vkS-lUBLHqQV9qenWc9DZjytXYFIbrLBySarCqGjUrgVWkCiLrejasD8ceXQTbj84ZNvcF_I_0HW2BLzp2xAK1uSVWFhUgOE/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>After that, I just improvised what I'd see. First I walked down the nearby canal to visit Rembrandt's birthplace.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFwNVOy8prR-ng8CxqpG8F0JXsGAQ3Co4hbzEsUvZH1zyD5Is7zJ7vzohTSSBJ5Ot1mJ4c2IYAajTNJjrMKCC_nTTkFm11dEKbJf5XUf_pbv5WLU9sqoxYg96K1Za17hHDZbC6r7__7TnzlXMTew-zA2ulOyh_YglGXYVzMiEVTC930HFfYQ/s1280/leiden1%20-%2014.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFwNVOy8prR-ng8CxqpG8F0JXsGAQ3Co4hbzEsUvZH1zyD5Is7zJ7vzohTSSBJ5Ot1mJ4c2IYAajTNJjrMKCC_nTTkFm11dEKbJf5XUf_pbv5WLU9sqoxYg96K1Za17hHDZbC6r7__7TnzlXMTew-zA2ulOyh_YglGXYVzMiEVTC930HFfYQ/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2014.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Which had a view of this windmill.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTyJ04XO0soAVtfBdIdbq-OKdrUchD1lMogdYSMKR_4gSLDxJttKgyoNYbTti_Iy47w1vW-sHCFWOYibl--_20D44zDmzKxvc1adLZtXcAtTicRPp6X3IZstSQgCOQG-UdKs5KcMJ4WJGGP82IHsPUMu0lf5f8WGZfXqhj1bNB2TJLVtpQXQ/s1280/leiden1%20-%2015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTyJ04XO0soAVtfBdIdbq-OKdrUchD1lMogdYSMKR_4gSLDxJttKgyoNYbTti_Iy47w1vW-sHCFWOYibl--_20D44zDmzKxvc1adLZtXcAtTicRPp6X3IZstSQgCOQG-UdKs5KcMJ4WJGGP82IHsPUMu0lf5f8WGZfXqhj1bNB2TJLVtpQXQ/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2015.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>The original house was torn down so they had an artist make this public art of a child looking at a painting, and a crude portrait of Rembrandt hangs on the nearest building.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtVw5nr8RJejSV29-oK8whvPwZmEfZqHqXwBirJl8WcpYWWIYeWDKlR6Jmyb8Z9UksqLu0LufOeynCjzFLtq_brP70oPY2wRCwtxRQm7oy79Y2JMU7-vc1ujLOQnI3zc2QNJpVDbTYSnTXTpKmel6Q-92ZIZIlcAqUHIc_LbEzqaykY5fMDw/s1280/leiden1%20-%2016.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtVw5nr8RJejSV29-oK8whvPwZmEfZqHqXwBirJl8WcpYWWIYeWDKlR6Jmyb8Z9UksqLu0LufOeynCjzFLtq_brP70oPY2wRCwtxRQm7oy79Y2JMU7-vc1ujLOQnI3zc2QNJpVDbTYSnTXTpKmel6Q-92ZIZIlcAqUHIc_LbEzqaykY5fMDw/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I was extremely tired by this point because of the jet lag and lack of sleep, but I figured out the next best place would be the Museum De Lakenhal. First, I lunched in the café where they had the most beautiful, fresh, and giant salad that I had to ask to wrap up, it was even too much for me (they don't have takeout containers so they improvised with foil and plastic wrap). I also loved that fresh ginger tea is a thing here, wonderful to get chunks of ginger in hot water. Anyhow, this museum gives great context for Leiden as a major textile center. These are stamps that would make the lead seals attached to bolts of fabric that were inspected before they could be sold.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct9kxTLvuz91Bz5RfKrWt6d8fOZkklsAMVMOBpEz-hjw0rwi-ZPWCz4T5MdgU8yABq8-3ii_YE4rjpWar-uUkaTd8973XYabttmQGbbQd2ZzOOwDoO6NBwPzNu6TeWmmD-_zajZHEe9qCL4CS3Pj90zG0W9P_ZYDIzFrQnFQwG_6VTpDCQcU/s1280/leiden1%20-%2017.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct9kxTLvuz91Bz5RfKrWt6d8fOZkklsAMVMOBpEz-hjw0rwi-ZPWCz4T5MdgU8yABq8-3ii_YE4rjpWar-uUkaTd8973XYabttmQGbbQd2ZzOOwDoO6NBwPzNu6TeWmmD-_zajZHEe9qCL4CS3Pj90zG0W9P_ZYDIzFrQnFQwG_6VTpDCQcU/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2017.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>The old building was built in 1640 as the cloth hall for the famous cloth produced in this city. The museum shows all aspects of this industry, aside from old master paintings, and downstairs had a contemporary project that explained all of the steps of making woolen fabrics from shearing to finishing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcu684ccT8GbhdlwCE0IW0PppFXm2Q0P2M543TMfHuukpKOnf-DrBlNWGxzBZS6-2NllLEUY_HJk9lqbD9Gr7H2dk3nfwnbVjLlJlL_RXco0luxQRFeqoPuLP66wncRkkmaXxtoCvASYNgyR17PREOnbOz01Su4cTUdfQjyuv5wrt2LTdd_Vo/s1280/leiden1%20-%2018.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcu684ccT8GbhdlwCE0IW0PppFXm2Q0P2M543TMfHuukpKOnf-DrBlNWGxzBZS6-2NllLEUY_HJk9lqbD9Gr7H2dk3nfwnbVjLlJlL_RXco0luxQRFeqoPuLP66wncRkkmaXxtoCvASYNgyR17PREOnbOz01Su4cTUdfQjyuv5wrt2LTdd_Vo/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2018.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>An old loom, of course! Right past it was a giant contemporary metal art piece of a figure pulling warp from a loom, SO much wire and metal, must have been a bear to construct.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-dobQnZMDSl1o1QA_n3X5hhhCWt_Tm4K609Fm5GH3FfSzbDgquGUO4I8O_cWS7hKMHcZGpQHdkhQe62w6pasp46tsuYQXoLGJZ-C60ipWjnPt-MoMlwWq1AtVWBzRrUBNOOSfk2S-NIUPfeq20Dqek8JszJdxgvFhUwFJnjhFvH0Daw2naw/s1280/leiden1%20-%2019.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-dobQnZMDSl1o1QA_n3X5hhhCWt_Tm4K609Fm5GH3FfSzbDgquGUO4I8O_cWS7hKMHcZGpQHdkhQe62w6pasp46tsuYQXoLGJZ-C60ipWjnPt-MoMlwWq1AtVWBzRrUBNOOSfk2S-NIUPfeq20Dqek8JszJdxgvFhUwFJnjhFvH0Daw2naw/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2019.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I'll let the tag below explain this lovely cloth:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdcL8SleBtNwQgfdXvV7YAHsOh5mfAdl3DYYGaKJE_syHsJPbqve2pD3Yr1-7XXy17aDywyOqrok0VonbAQbZIMJv9YYLZhJzHesfOheAe7ZeSaej2j1vkVohHQpHWTeyhdfzqiOxYGcnkMb7T0KWHDQQLsaQDIY9ElcaQIX2V193rjmQ2x0/s1280/leiden1%20-%2020.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdcL8SleBtNwQgfdXvV7YAHsOh5mfAdl3DYYGaKJE_syHsJPbqve2pD3Yr1-7XXy17aDywyOqrok0VonbAQbZIMJv9YYLZhJzHesfOheAe7ZeSaej2j1vkVohHQpHWTeyhdfzqiOxYGcnkMb7T0KWHDQQLsaQDIY9ElcaQIX2V193rjmQ2x0/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2020.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhvqlf3agYCbSoSM_VpjWVD8VqtMZF0teMAxPg_6WiCgnhC5rJNM0FKB1EPkvojjskH5h478XHsXb9eW-e20-Y7RNwZX7iPsuV_Z3rbTRT6V7w6nOOOozP_gMgPSZR0drWoYeKGAq1e3b7e573uOc73jGMNBcgUO1-F78nCnVRmO3CU7LUfY/s1280/leiden1%20-%2021.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhvqlf3agYCbSoSM_VpjWVD8VqtMZF0teMAxPg_6WiCgnhC5rJNM0FKB1EPkvojjskH5h478XHsXb9eW-e20-Y7RNwZX7iPsuV_Z3rbTRT6V7w6nOOOozP_gMgPSZR0drWoYeKGAq1e3b7e573uOc73jGMNBcgUO1-F78nCnVRmO3CU7LUfY/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2021.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>There are little rooms off of rooms after rooms, and this one was wallpapered with this wrought leather, a huge amount of work, and made to give the effect of gilding.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctmSWjyE2KFZct8_lHtXgwKY_oEWVESE3xHC-36vwjTV0njnLUh1jYSnPu7y6xqOj9skDQXDmrAJB2OnQGCJq2lTGU_DMz1zmtkZjj58ghAUnx-vTi-aqaViNMiOcZN9a5lk-prbnrG1DKIKl1RFufdWm2fgtYX4ISXVYw0BbKvbwIOGIl58/s1280/leiden1%20-%2022.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctmSWjyE2KFZct8_lHtXgwKY_oEWVESE3xHC-36vwjTV0njnLUh1jYSnPu7y6xqOj9skDQXDmrAJB2OnQGCJq2lTGU_DMz1zmtkZjj58ghAUnx-vTi-aqaViNMiOcZN9a5lk-prbnrG1DKIKl1RFufdWm2fgtYX4ISXVYw0BbKvbwIOGIl58/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%2022.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I wouldn't have realized what it was if I hadn't read the tag and it reminded me of the Japanese paper versions that they made to mimic this (a sample hangs in my office right now, a better sight than my computer!).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7b7GOz0HDLP59chdxDoIHKv2B6ioJFHtHKwRrdIipfNIjaP4fA9iWcMWiKSGQIHBDANusVgPeaMYd2yvm1lDFv5GbYFKgzDqV1BLkwssL0qHXUR-0h62AmdceJgBUj4mm8RMKpN5BWZaCZH1hxoG0RIjtlXyKx3Zo-CIK-k-W1fNd71Y-IM/s1280/leiden1%20-%2023.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7b7GOz0HDLP59chdxDoIHKv2B6ioJFHtHKwRrdIipfNIjaP4fA9iWcMWiKSGQIHBDANusVgPeaMYd2yvm1lDFv5GbYFKgzDqV1BLkwssL0qHXUR-0h62AmdceJgBUj4mm8RMKpN5BWZaCZH1hxoG0RIjtlXyKx3Zo-CIK-k-W1fNd71Y-IM/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%2023.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>These old sample books of fabrics are encased in this room as well. While it would be nice to be able to page through them, they already look like contemporary book art.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7F0IVgEcmRRh3Uum9HuvS1sc9hhQgKDvZmo0xOkD9P5GJgM56S9aq1DAUfPZ2n5AC5Uov6IIg79FfOp3QzFJdSbKBN5emd9JiCfIB3c_FwbpEtuKAh6L3nxDupsDWuUG9QIosXDVdn8NJWItf1nWxQH7WNNeXfkhLpOrMLikmOKVnI_5kuE/s1280/leiden1%20-%2024.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7F0IVgEcmRRh3Uum9HuvS1sc9hhQgKDvZmo0xOkD9P5GJgM56S9aq1DAUfPZ2n5AC5Uov6IIg79FfOp3QzFJdSbKBN5emd9JiCfIB3c_FwbpEtuKAh6L3nxDupsDWuUG9QIosXDVdn8NJWItf1nWxQH7WNNeXfkhLpOrMLikmOKVnI_5kuE/w400-h300/leiden1%20-%2024.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Another room had the giant table where they used to measure and cut fabric. What I haven't shown are all the old paintings of the dudes who were in charge of this industry and got rich from it. They are EVERYWHERE.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6o1-ITCoYhAzMDGhAQvlCcgsKY_tjPxEJw8hy65JBMoCtSF8lXaA4HABn3DyBBmqPkD0Bq73arni2P3i2KNtFCkkGtFXzkRb3C5lA9lpjzm-tWhp4z0pS_-JL3Ns2dRA4_lhrwK-y9ibvSve7uo3KT9VRWEkNE6zSkBb38tY2lrZqC5HYhM/s1280/leiden1%20-%2025.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6o1-ITCoYhAzMDGhAQvlCcgsKY_tjPxEJw8hy65JBMoCtSF8lXaA4HABn3DyBBmqPkD0Bq73arni2P3i2KNtFCkkGtFXzkRb3C5lA9lpjzm-tWhp4z0pS_-JL3Ns2dRA4_lhrwK-y9ibvSve7uo3KT9VRWEkNE6zSkBb38tY2lrZqC5HYhM/w300-h400/leiden1%20-%2025.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Each length (supposedly the length of a man's arm) was marked on the table. After this visit, I had no more energy to do anything but get back to the hotel and wait for check-in. Requisite shower, nap, and then walking through a construction area to get some pizza, fully intending to have leftovers for breakfast!<p><a href="https://hortusleiden.nl/en/" target="_blank">Hortus Botanicus</a></p><p><a href="https://www.lakenhal.nl/en" target="_blank">Museum De Lakenhal</a><br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-76032638348104990842023-04-17T10:19:00.000-04:002023-04-17T10:19:20.309-04:00Return, loss, seeding anew<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6qixt2WcQlNc2omlCVnrAf7Ei-5a_vH7fHKvrA6DAZMpc-eWtyx4cwsL34yHijW6fO_DHTMYzh81DZ4heiLq2fTZi28FAqRxUmTg_LvZ9ZDyG85v8ZXm0OXtzIF6k7dAQTckXL7sobHk4yg-rT2Bag0yhtWPIkfCqa29p8P8cM_5frqimSY/s1280/willow%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj6qixt2WcQlNc2omlCVnrAf7Ei-5a_vH7fHKvrA6DAZMpc-eWtyx4cwsL34yHijW6fO_DHTMYzh81DZ4heiLq2fTZi28FAqRxUmTg_LvZ9ZDyG85v8ZXm0OXtzIF6k7dAQTckXL7sobHk4yg-rT2Bag0yhtWPIkfCqa29p8P8cM_5frqimSY/w400-h300/willow%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This was one of the first pictures I took after landing in the
Netherlands, riding to Leiden, finding my hotel and dumping luggage, and
walking into quiet morning mist when every touristy thing was
closed. I could finally breathe, smile, and appreciate ducks in a canal. I've pulled back from blogging, e-blasts, the like, to divert energy to mundane things that include studio work, housework, family time, and caregiving. I am also feeling life shifts, like where do I actually want to put my energy as opposed to what I "should" do for my "career." And body shifts, because I simply can't do as much I could (aka, no more overload!).<br /><p></p><p></p><p>I'll post separately about my vacation, the first time in maybe forever that I was separated for a week from my computer (my main means of admin as I hate using a phone for that type of work). It felt great! But then I came home to be shocked by the terrible news that pneumonia recently killed Chandler O'Leary. I don't think I've ever been so unprepared for loss; I first thought it was a cruel joke when I saw the listserv post that combined her name and "passing." I can't remember exactly when we met, maybe 10 years ago? While we were not close, she had a way of making everyone feel completely included and wonderful and present. She was the first to tell me about RISD's Nature Lab, and always generous with her time and advice in emails that ranged from "what kind of DSLR do you have" to "how do you deal with admin without help??" Her holiday cards were a buoy in the madness of the season—brilliant, beautiful, and festive in a genuine way. I followed her blog and have been a huge fan of her collaboration with Jessica for years, which I own in different iterations and use consistently in the classroom. Her public art was thoughtful, effective, and different from the usual, and the pace with which she made unique trade books astonishing. It is devastating to have to accept that she is now herself a Dead Feminist.</p><p>I "should" activate more with this reminder of how short life is, but instead I felt like I was slapped in the face and consequently mad. All I can do for now is give what little I can to the fundraiser to support her husband and 4-yo son (this is the heartbreaking part). Later, I will check in with Jessica to see how else I can help after the immediate shock has subsided.</p><p>While I was away, I got another request from Dohee Lee, someone I really admire and have also seen flower in an incredible way over many, many years, to support a Korean American farmer, Kristyn Leach. The video showing her persistent labor makes it clear why I would support farming and seed cultivation in this way, and especially in having her own her own land to continue.</p><p>I hope you can support these two incredible women and their legacies. Even if not in dollars, spread the word.</p><p><a href="https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article274017115.html" target="_blank">Chandler O'Leary tribute</a> (<a href="https://chandleroleary.com/faq/" target="_blank">her FAQs are so...her</a>)</p><p><a href="https://naturelab.risd.edu/" target="_blank">The Nature Lab</a></p><p><a href="https://springtidepress.com/proprietor" target="_blank">Jessica Spring</a></p><p><a href="https://www.deadfeminists.com/" target="_blank">Dead Feminists</a></p><p><a href="https://gofund.me/5ac5f7a3" target="_blank">Support Chandler's family</a></p><p><a href="https://www.doheelee.com/" target="_blank">Dohee Lee</a></p><p><a href="https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/GohyangSeedCampus" target="_blank">Support Kristyn Leach</a>/Gohyang Seed Campus<br /></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-16857584753672578162023-03-13T01:26:00.001-04:002023-05-25T10:47:38.473-04:00It's all hard right now<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hQ3oP7alRBTX31Gd7WEQVw2W2ZbzNhepNY4AC9TfpPomXM6gyYIjfLvjS5TmjlvBEYhpHfT8DAfH0il-qMkNcGKx63slxPFNaKfKD_np-hszOTZEN2CpemwEYXnaWKi_Iz9SbxMhrg8srknAKZEJvw-k-rtNXyT6P1aSehNQJ_rb2PnxmHE/s1280/Mar%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7hQ3oP7alRBTX31Gd7WEQVw2W2ZbzNhepNY4AC9TfpPomXM6gyYIjfLvjS5TmjlvBEYhpHfT8DAfH0il-qMkNcGKx63slxPFNaKfKD_np-hszOTZEN2CpemwEYXnaWKi_Iz9SbxMhrg8srknAKZEJvw-k-rtNXyT6P1aSehNQJ_rb2PnxmHE/w400-h300/Mar%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>What has transpired over the last week has turned everything upside down but I wanted to show how everything was already such a mess. All of my work lately is BIG and takes a long time. Nothing can get crossed off the to do list quickly. This is Michelle spending hours helping me on my beater, first to wrangle the screws to get the lid off (we had to saw into several to turn hex heads into flat heads). Here she is trying to undo the massive clog of rags that initiated the overhaul. I probably should have done it years back when I first got it, as it's a used machine that had sat outdoors for years, but I was going through so much then that I could only do so much in the moment.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiee4Asw5eegtAHQfU8TU7OUhtD2O7Gia-_XmVgA7JzBr__9SG0Fu6yd-fQILgJ6ZBqBnMOVDsSiBR6RyOIyjI3XawUY-rV2y-rI9J2T1TJh0L4ko-Tz4Uhcoi1nqqUofUqxaZNey_4jcByaUw4-4rzDmrGBDdqj_UJVp3uhnCVITxc-Ms3JBo/s1280/Mar%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiee4Asw5eegtAHQfU8TU7OUhtD2O7Gia-_XmVgA7JzBr__9SG0Fu6yd-fQILgJ6ZBqBnMOVDsSiBR6RyOIyjI3XawUY-rV2y-rI9J2T1TJh0L4ko-Tz4Uhcoi1nqqUofUqxaZNey_4jcByaUw4-4rzDmrGBDdqj_UJVp3uhnCVITxc-Ms3JBo/w300-h400/Mar%20-%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>After many panicked thoughts about how I would have to spend too much on a new one, Bill reassured me that this is a machine, which can be taken apart and put back together, and he offered very generously to help. Thank goodness, because I don't have the mechanical understanding, tools, or gumption for what lay ahead. He's trying here to get one massive cast iron support arm off of its locating pins that have rusted on top and won't budge. After seeing the ones on the other side had been broken off and ground down (with the arm brazed and installed backwards later), we figured we'll survive by locating the position with the bolts. It took two days and we accidentally dropped it on the floor, but finally the shaft assembly came free.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8QHgFZgg0-GMdLveVIbTrTEjsZB-ej4q9Fwc-uZwMFjxccTxZ_uyR-_QLZKEewtK6xJS-wkKgF9z7wPSYsfVrdj76iZDYF2YWdKyQYY9x0W3HT6wWHdTppZLUrXYu9ezV4MoFrs7ndw4xwC_blqZkgcMcLja6tH1fwv4s71erTTorZ3ssj0/s1280/Mar%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8QHgFZgg0-GMdLveVIbTrTEjsZB-ej4q9Fwc-uZwMFjxccTxZ_uyR-_QLZKEewtK6xJS-wkKgF9z7wPSYsfVrdj76iZDYF2YWdKyQYY9x0W3HT6wWHdTppZLUrXYu9ezV4MoFrs7ndw4xwC_blqZkgcMcLja6tH1fwv4s71erTTorZ3ssj0/w400-h300/Mar%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This is after Bill got one bearing off. The other won't budge, which will make it impossible to properly place a new seal against the roll on that side. The entire studio has smelled like penetrating oil for weeks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzam55LWIJZSOL3d2j6NSZ8fUUSVWIZAGkVNdXUUkNSz6c0pWmJx6ZbI0Nc5UV-X71SwpeCgO1T6HMaVZs3-xUzOaBzjRavaksZOKSL6GTQgXX7VkZuQF6ZGdu3LLfKQqP7L7yydRId9RUWEPuJs_zRWxVWpCRbbF1E8q4y8jMedwXVWjBkk/s1280/Mar%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzam55LWIJZSOL3d2j6NSZ8fUUSVWIZAGkVNdXUUkNSz6c0pWmJx6ZbI0Nc5UV-X71SwpeCgO1T6HMaVZs3-xUzOaBzjRavaksZOKSL6GTQgXX7VkZuQF6ZGdu3LLfKQqP7L7yydRId9RUWEPuJs_zRWxVWpCRbbF1E8q4y8jMedwXVWjBkk/w300-h400/Mar%20-%204.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Once the roll was out, I could finally see what was causing all of the rust chunks in my pulp, which was failing finish and rust. After one morning of sanding and scraping, I called it a day for a while because the next step requires ventilation, which unfortunately the beater room does not have. Temps also dropped so I can't yet roll it into the front gallery, which has a door to the outside, since the heat is broken and the treatment I need to do won't set properly if it's freezing (plus I don't want to work when it's freezing). While the only useful thing I can do on this job is sand and epoxy things, I did have to remove the bedplate and diaphragm and probably need to cut a new one while I'm at it because I would love to not have to do any of this for a good long time again. Bill has the shaft assembly now to wire wheel the rust on the roll and then I have to find replacement bolts for the ones that are rusted out, pulley belts, seals, and who knows what else.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YO-AJplmNTPoBSMG_nuTD0NvbkfCCbQQzHCiguYFFwmKl3Kg79dvKqCK34Od9rwPB3DhdXBRak6h5lZDZY2jghOqhse_WkqSVolqxbIIiSynZti4HcZKbRFy3Ack2vuA84F_fDnWYpUP1CaVykNIOv5XpTqKvVV6z6v-xwy3pNLoTn8j_0k/s1280/Mar%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YO-AJplmNTPoBSMG_nuTD0NvbkfCCbQQzHCiguYFFwmKl3Kg79dvKqCK34Od9rwPB3DhdXBRak6h5lZDZY2jghOqhse_WkqSVolqxbIIiSynZti4HcZKbRFy3Ack2vuA84F_fDnWYpUP1CaVykNIOv5XpTqKvVV6z6v-xwy3pNLoTn8j_0k/w400-h300/Mar%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Next big project #2: trying to get a handle on my book inventory. I have so many books that have been waiting for years to get made, and I have felt this pressure (maybe that I put onto myself) to make some. But truly the pressure is financial, because I've turned down teaching gigs to make room to make art in the hopes that if I make more, I can sell more, and replace lost potential income. I'm happy with how this one turned out.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iZTNC8IhQgy_n4f2NmGal2O1BvHZfMltdR-4oExQwSA5a_zzBoY2JzJGKjlWXYaxDP5jOoeNBTnbqp9pr37GuwSFI_h9TZMygqQp46wwXAch44ZWBUSd5tf6s7JBbk-ivJkVa02Hek_z5FOOX0LAXxAU3B_JY9apSUHbwwNQAV9WXVxK_C4/s1280/Mar%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iZTNC8IhQgy_n4f2NmGal2O1BvHZfMltdR-4oExQwSA5a_zzBoY2JzJGKjlWXYaxDP5jOoeNBTnbqp9pr37GuwSFI_h9TZMygqQp46wwXAch44ZWBUSd5tf6s7JBbk-ivJkVa02Hek_z5FOOX0LAXxAU3B_JY9apSUHbwwNQAV9WXVxK_C4/w400-h300/Mar%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This took a while to figure out content but once I did, I knew I didn't want to glue in text because the abaca paper would cockle horribly with any moist adhesives. I laced in the text and was also happy with that solution.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydqLezYoJlregtG7_NhyjgUZv7gjGOuRTCK-CPRV7M6JlCYx1T1r1vDYwbr5TaGncR4z6lOisrjWri2iiZZEe80fi0b5dsv53Vm3xnqYSHPodQ9qZPQhDArB5Su-zcUu7NaeKfkvs3TyD53QyCSr3ZWrRMzMFxRcOpq6M4PdC6JBDYTL0vuw/s1280/Mar%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydqLezYoJlregtG7_NhyjgUZv7gjGOuRTCK-CPRV7M6JlCYx1T1r1vDYwbr5TaGncR4z6lOisrjWri2iiZZEe80fi0b5dsv53Vm3xnqYSHPodQ9qZPQhDArB5Su-zcUu7NaeKfkvs3TyD53QyCSr3ZWrRMzMFxRcOpq6M4PdC6JBDYTL0vuw/w400-h300/Mar%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This one came all at once in a morning, but then took over a week to actually finish (there are two versions, very close but a bit different). I have also had a bunch of false starts, a book I had to re-do completely, and one last night that I destroyed so I am giving up for now and remembering that it's sometimes better to stop and go to bed instead of stay up and mis-fold paper that I only have one sheet of.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDEvqsDM1vlxARCFczPvjuQLn8hTyfACf8OtJdHHeFMj_kRLjFBlJnmHb5pjDiHnFW51VCZRLU1crVZvaFRQGTafg3b7XP3O-95JF44_x3m2LxgXmyVv0Rz9_vkh1ZhVX29DMpuKYfn0rmsSaTGbTcphVj_JEGLSv6Xg-IJpuNIhyoSYJ1SU/s1280/Mar%20-%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDEvqsDM1vlxARCFczPvjuQLn8hTyfACf8OtJdHHeFMj_kRLjFBlJnmHb5pjDiHnFW51VCZRLU1crVZvaFRQGTafg3b7XP3O-95JF44_x3m2LxgXmyVv0Rz9_vkh1ZhVX29DMpuKYfn0rmsSaTGbTcphVj_JEGLSv6Xg-IJpuNIhyoSYJ1SU/w300-h400/Mar%20-%209.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Big project #3: I've wanted to get back to the printshop to print my bark lace onto paper so I can use it for a bunch of different projects. That includes more books, more garments, a print portfolio collaboration, and a performance collaboration. It's so simple and yet brings me full circle: the bark that makes the paper can also be the image that imprints onto the paper. To get shop access, I had to do a one-on-one monoprint session with Lisa so that I could rent monthly access. She's a super pro at this and I had a great time getting to know her and her process better.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4LTw0AmxnSUYPzUPmyMiFnNYOmmrkhfpN4kIdemREDYgLTbcAJrV6N0i3_cmbrO1FBz0m64WVzXqc6JCuJCN1YTdCSe38rc4sna5-utso9coHhbXlimYoqOFIggkyVjzoKMLpfP4SUZU4Iozo8_hevDfGmJllRZQPr8NMQ0kWncIr5FfuB8/s1280/Mar%20-%2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4LTw0AmxnSUYPzUPmyMiFnNYOmmrkhfpN4kIdemREDYgLTbcAJrV6N0i3_cmbrO1FBz0m64WVzXqc6JCuJCN1YTdCSe38rc4sna5-utso9coHhbXlimYoqOFIggkyVjzoKMLpfP4SUZU4Iozo8_hevDfGmJllRZQPr8NMQ0kWncIr5FfuB8/w400-h300/Mar%20-%2010.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Here are some samples of my test bark lace and some bark thread that is also supposed to somehow turn into an installation.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJKFiPXnMAqLKqlzleQ02RZQjNQM1gok5vPsOXxPuNNbHhspaA8Da4o8JOplRPXNSy8dirkzGlIgUkwPCa0yng8sJjfcDQvbm6I42cJg_6CS8pOmuNJcwcAPx_hdmkwCRhMvy-b0LRLuUXKErJEakstwDZYs8EN9omqumsw5bzm-avecBj5o/s1280/Mar%20-%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJKFiPXnMAqLKqlzleQ02RZQjNQM1gok5vPsOXxPuNNbHhspaA8Da4o8JOplRPXNSy8dirkzGlIgUkwPCa0yng8sJjfcDQvbm6I42cJg_6CS8pOmuNJcwcAPx_hdmkwCRhMvy-b0LRLuUXKErJEakstwDZYs8EN9omqumsw5bzm-avecBj5o/w400-h300/Mar%20-%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We were really methodical that day and I confirmed that my teacher in Korea really deserves his national treasure status. His hanji is a DREAM to print onto. I was so excited to finally put my giant stash of paper to work.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-daasziCKeAEtNopCSI7uWBftWPqQORFDIU0WYyFPeSdSgvGP75d-AGwAJGDFFUKh1lmwQ-Uo2_uotQgeWYTwDH-wgW6uDFfNdF-LHqHbb2MPDXCbF44BgEvj2Mt5Z2PZQoP1gRS1CkFRxbf6SnLJUlW3g6sOKMnhbH63LtPJAD1mLM01Q7g/s1280/Mar%20-%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-daasziCKeAEtNopCSI7uWBftWPqQORFDIU0WYyFPeSdSgvGP75d-AGwAJGDFFUKh1lmwQ-Uo2_uotQgeWYTwDH-wgW6uDFfNdF-LHqHbb2MPDXCbF44BgEvj2Mt5Z2PZQoP1gRS1CkFRxbf6SnLJUlW3g6sOKMnhbH63LtPJAD1mLM01Q7g/w400-h300/Mar%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I love how much detail can get picked up and for now am not worrying about ink colors, just trying to understand how natural fiber holds and prints etching ink. And how it holds up to being smashed in a press over and over.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqmD3Xdf6Fm4_G3HBay1fyKY53nMjhMCMrpqlzoXy5ebYriIBGL6J3DgqynWkJu_6FCdg-SsmtQLy0cJJPDRMfn1vRpy3z2T6MHTY1y2Xm6FFcbb_Qxg0haX_w63rQYopzGuPc9a5b7Tb0zJJawFMv-IACPKUDAd769z_o79ohAMWJaVElZI/s1280/Mar%20-%2013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqmD3Xdf6Fm4_G3HBay1fyKY53nMjhMCMrpqlzoXy5ebYriIBGL6J3DgqynWkJu_6FCdg-SsmtQLy0cJJPDRMfn1vRpy3z2T6MHTY1y2Xm6FFcbb_Qxg0haX_w63rQYopzGuPc9a5b7Tb0zJJawFMv-IACPKUDAd769z_o79ohAMWJaVElZI/w400-h300/Mar%20-%2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I got carried away in an early attempt to layer when I finally got into the shop by myself to play. This is the day that everything was wonderful and then all came crashing down later.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVKZACLNJqYcRfJHwZRNqsdUdfAW7n1r8lRSfJNxw1AvmMci0Q7X-Ma9EiO4l3BGEKwZ6a4EJAtOUSoKIb_G0YbyjcI3A0gQE9QEex5oLkPSpGqa-eU1atatRoEtPtI4iIGy25I0OOiZ5nlllIkaMnf1msdsJOdZzXIkD1A8z4UPbERq6PIo/s1280/Mar%20-%2014.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVKZACLNJqYcRfJHwZRNqsdUdfAW7n1r8lRSfJNxw1AvmMci0Q7X-Ma9EiO4l3BGEKwZ6a4EJAtOUSoKIb_G0YbyjcI3A0gQE9QEex5oLkPSpGqa-eU1atatRoEtPtI4iIGy25I0OOiZ5nlllIkaMnf1msdsJOdZzXIkD1A8z4UPbERq6PIo/w400-h300/Mar%20-%2014.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>By my second solo studio day, I tested a bigger piece of bark lace and have been elated by how much I can do with it. This print is on hanji that I brushed persimmon juice onto over and over.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DpDxbEF9GJn8ys5V6XT0uBtchOeUYnade_V4nr0SKqmUpD9UdN51fcNp5Bzc7BxyoQh03LMxW3oI2VD5Cx4Gg1naB2UBpCxzq33oV8aYJLXrzhIFbkmDRYCtZEia5qIhb2qGY-2607TbQ6UqInl1_0NFIdWeE8K7GpSTh5PsfTCo7MON0ws/s1280/Mar%20-%2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DpDxbEF9GJn8ys5V6XT0uBtchOeUYnade_V4nr0SKqmUpD9UdN51fcNp5Bzc7BxyoQh03LMxW3oI2VD5Cx4Gg1naB2UBpCxzq33oV8aYJLXrzhIFbkmDRYCtZEia5qIhb2qGY-2607TbQ6UqInl1_0NFIdWeE8K7GpSTh5PsfTCo7MON0ws/w400-h300/Mar%20-%2015.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The fiber holds so much ink that I can ghost many times, easily up to four, even if I don't chose to go that far.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJ9JEgXnikVSgyF3jpXR45ojAbZrjGdnL1FPkIRd9XtiABsixp5C0W5MDqpGHvYR0QnOLAndyKMwOWes9z8uF8HRzyskuwj7ZQe1knBqgzph2JVA-eBOKh-0D-K3D9enbZtL4p2WnDev4jI-FF06SrLsRGeWWTaX01suF30-U4dUXcInJdBY/s1280/Mar%20-%2016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJ9JEgXnikVSgyF3jpXR45ojAbZrjGdnL1FPkIRd9XtiABsixp5C0W5MDqpGHvYR0QnOLAndyKMwOWes9z8uF8HRzyskuwj7ZQe1knBqgzph2JVA-eBOKh-0D-K3D9enbZtL4p2WnDev4jI-FF06SrLsRGeWWTaX01suF30-U4dUXcInJdBY/w400-h300/Mar%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This reinforces my general sense of wanting only to work with materials that I make from scratch with the least harm possible or by recycling. Guess what these little sheets used to be? Bricks! And I have lots more so I am excited to take those apart. Today I had a third day in the shop and it really wore me out. Thank goodness that Bill helped at the studio also with a city code issue that required a lot of panicked running around and sign ordering and phone calls and emails and learning that being in a commercial building is a big pain in the ass.<div><br /></div><div>The major big project that has thrown all of my hard-earned plans for a solid month of studio time out the window is caregiving. My guy has managed to break a pretty important joint and goes into surgery this week. The accident was a week ago and has destroyed my ability do to any admin (there goes major project #4: website overhaul with an incredibly competent web person, who works even faster than me. Plus shows in April, taxes, an international trip, etc.). My studio time is shattered and all the extra driving has messed with my body enough to make walking, standing, doing stairs, laying down, and sitting very painful. I drive to the pool for stress relief and find I've forgotten my swimsuit. Or yell at home alone and in the car. Recovery will take months and of course the artist with "free time" can drop everything, anytime. I have to overcome being angry that I've allowed years of my time be seen as less valuable or free to be interrupted and learn to carve out what I need to survive right now. Time to go yell some more.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://paperconnection.com/artist-of-the-month-bill-lorton/" target="_blank">Bill Lorton</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.lisamschonberg.com/about" target="_blank">Lisa Schonberg</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://massillonmuseum.org/FindingIdentity" target="_blank">Massillon Museum show opens April 1</a> (see you there)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.mnbookarts.org/paper-is-people-decolonizing-global-paper-cultures/" target="_blank">Minnesota Center for Book Arts show</a>, tell me how it goes!<br /> <p></p></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-20805603908392016032023-02-10T13:45:00.001-05:002023-02-10T13:45:19.427-05:00Injury and recognition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZaQc5MAKGydPPiy_IUA4_voMBf8NcvWicEkL8i1Y-NvwLyORx-mKU1f-iYYFiak_2S00KjLFGVaQSSKL4JIl3HjL3Cx45_DIfGXWq7u1M0Gwy5UWBwtSzuAN0kEqUw1eV65Ke3dTBczi7_dggGYYtzwLUmZAzCdUvJvBGTIlcpx5jsDQI-k/s1067/4006%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZaQc5MAKGydPPiy_IUA4_voMBf8NcvWicEkL8i1Y-NvwLyORx-mKU1f-iYYFiak_2S00KjLFGVaQSSKL4JIl3HjL3Cx45_DIfGXWq7u1M0Gwy5UWBwtSzuAN0kEqUw1eV65Ke3dTBczi7_dggGYYtzwLUmZAzCdUvJvBGTIlcpx5jsDQI-k/w300-h400/4006%20-%201.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I was been trying hard to only share positive things but this week has been a dud. This was my weekend sewing, a recycling of an older piece. The recycling in this case went well and I didn't stab myself THAT many times with the needle (plus I had a thimble).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhDaIh-osg7zUTnrRIJa3P2KE64P6kZFj4u0yK7FMV2hozTDRQ-cbMr-Q_9JOj7EO3oij95plPruWwU4TcryehL-g6YzcwNIseuduVHL8bxK1LzcvCSndxT7z-sJig-y5BJBIyGE7VFFcXuvGYQw6rr6XGSqWC3LAGamrC2_kKaPe0XYvGv0/s800/4006%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhDaIh-osg7zUTnrRIJa3P2KE64P6kZFj4u0yK7FMV2hozTDRQ-cbMr-Q_9JOj7EO3oij95plPruWwU4TcryehL-g6YzcwNIseuduVHL8bxK1LzcvCSndxT7z-sJig-y5BJBIyGE7VFFcXuvGYQw6rr6XGSqWC3LAGamrC2_kKaPe0XYvGv0/w400-h268/4006%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Last week was great because I got to make hanji, and then I finally was able to finish making a makeshift deckle box for the dregs. It took a couple days but in the end I am so satisfied.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLv7ayEyAtduSHn67FG06Z1_jJdLeRG5m0mEt2nileqySVX1X3Wl1lHou1Pq_R1W3LlbUO0_pV8IcMG0DiXlbXrSwGlVpG45E-4WbOQpuzUXQJUaH0pLoAfVqTYdWuzCKTfeWtXtsFVG17LBVZ1aGrrl8hKabtXgdUoHuNgbjrAbrtw5YdrvI/s800/4006%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLv7ayEyAtduSHn67FG06Z1_jJdLeRG5m0mEt2nileqySVX1X3Wl1lHou1Pq_R1W3LlbUO0_pV8IcMG0DiXlbXrSwGlVpG45E-4WbOQpuzUXQJUaH0pLoAfVqTYdWuzCKTfeWtXtsFVG17LBVZ1aGrrl8hKabtXgdUoHuNgbjrAbrtw5YdrvI/w400-h300/4006%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>A sheet of paper, instead of a tiny pulp wad to put in the fridge to stink up until the next batch! But this week I tried to run my beater and it was utter and abject
failure. Not only does there seem to be a short messing with the motor,
it is leaking enough to warrant taking apart to replace seals, the roll
needs to be refinished because it's flaking bad stuff, and I have to open the lid because I clogged it completely
with rag. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSv1ODOXt_0x1LjjIHfqWLWuwpFVykV1Ve7olBHtzUTAFERN11UzWO9EL4zwbqV7GyftntvmbQQI9biYalxYKSkqfLxdBdrYefoJfUCWHh3livlbd_qUR8bbyQqC3B9Jz4NRfwwvY7ZkrFmgsIxKU3_fwYvezDF9_1Q_fnVx17cU_tKUDzro/s1067/4006%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLSv1ODOXt_0x1LjjIHfqWLWuwpFVykV1Ve7olBHtzUTAFERN11UzWO9EL4zwbqV7GyftntvmbQQI9biYalxYKSkqfLxdBdrYefoJfUCWHh3livlbd_qUR8bbyQqC3B9Jz4NRfwwvY7ZkrFmgsIxKU3_fwYvezDF9_1Q_fnVx17cU_tKUDzro/w300-h400/4006%20-%204.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Michelle helped me for hours and I was distraught by the series of everything going wrong, so I tried to work in the evening. I started to take apart an old piece of art that I thought was bad and then sliced my finger open with a seam ripper and bled all over it. It was like the Red Sea in the kitchen sink once I managed to get there without dripping blood on the way.<p>However, I promise to close with better news: <a href="http://lisahaque.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Haque</a> wrote about me for the <a href="https://www.northamericanhandpapermakers.org/hall-of-champions/aimeelee" target="_blank">Hall of Papermaking Champions</a>. I'm the youngest thus far and with <a href="https://www.northamericanhandpapermakers.org/news-1/2022-hall-of-papermaking-champions-awards-announced-9a6kp" target="_blank">this new class</a>, the first of two papermakers of color acknowledged, alongside <a href="https://www.northamericanhandpapermakers.org/hall-of-champions/paulwong" target="_blank">Paul Wong</a>. Thanks to NAPH membership and the committee for the honor!<br /></p><p></p>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-66394538910445655842023-02-03T13:24:00.003-05:002023-02-03T13:24:46.191-05:00What a year already<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBEnhb2F-cO8kLbNFpeHl5BygBpFOFV5CZVmuJ73x-8WuXn3K8qdD6rooLkb2h6c1C1nzPF-hQss99vsf5iLfbS_VxVZoc1iVT1lPEIL46q1CRIodLdt726kbprfJeTsQHaDYyQG9lEVhsZiJIArawTv8etpMI9FRFOmqOfUtny6TxZ4y8Rw/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBEnhb2F-cO8kLbNFpeHl5BygBpFOFV5CZVmuJ73x-8WuXn3K8qdD6rooLkb2h6c1C1nzPF-hQss99vsf5iLfbS_VxVZoc1iVT1lPEIL46q1CRIodLdt726kbprfJeTsQHaDYyQG9lEVhsZiJIArawTv8etpMI9FRFOmqOfUtny6TxZ4y8Rw/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We had another fabulous papermaking and book art class at Oberlin College for their annual Winter Term. I love WT because it posits that this is a month where you get to focus on ONE project only. While January in Ohio is not amazing weather, it's a quieter campus because many students choose to do their projects at home or abroad or anywhere but school. When it snows, it's even more quiet. But for me, I get slammed into the most busy time immediately after the holidays. It's a great way to completely bypass any doldrums after that ridiculous season. Here are my students cleaning paper mulberry fiber that they had already scraped and cooked and rinsed previously.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMukft3ZwITLh7DQagimWBSmJxU50ajH3diPF2leRM69meJ5u1jP6FGAbxlhfvbjcILu_oGKeeadbTfIFvMMxZQQjZyFf6oaJx3FeA-BK-yAaK8PWC5VB7VN_no7omF9gx9sMK4q5ZNc4EuBGerLLbb7aQNyztgEE5dCTTtEX3MjZ2spCtmI/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMukft3ZwITLh7DQagimWBSmJxU50ajH3diPF2leRM69meJ5u1jP6FGAbxlhfvbjcILu_oGKeeadbTfIFvMMxZQQjZyFf6oaJx3FeA-BK-yAaK8PWC5VB7VN_no7omF9gx9sMK4q5ZNc4EuBGerLLbb7aQNyztgEE5dCTTtEX3MjZ2spCtmI/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>You never really know how each group will gel and if the students you selected were the best match for this class so I was relieved to have such a great mix. They were so fully engaged, excited, and kind. I change the class every year to make it work better and this year they cleaned fiber and beat for longer, because I knew it would produce better paper.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_hdA6R9Sz591xi4hrIBwT4tNXl_EE_OKi8RaCQmq8MUTezoRDzDVdspqnyuYaHDj3TiYcge6yqrxJzkE91pxMlNrdwsj6CZpS9vXxTD2KwYasxljDFFkr09gQd9j3LWKH0ul2xJGdDcQb7i4vZSgVYYfPefDc4A28wXymY-xyeG1Ur4Iw7U/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_hdA6R9Sz591xi4hrIBwT4tNXl_EE_OKi8RaCQmq8MUTezoRDzDVdspqnyuYaHDj3TiYcge6yqrxJzkE91pxMlNrdwsj6CZpS9vXxTD2KwYasxljDFFkr09gQd9j3LWKH0ul2xJGdDcQb7i4vZSgVYYfPefDc4A28wXymY-xyeG1Ur4Iw7U/w300-h400/OberlinWT23%20-%203.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Week one is always a focus on Asian style papermaking and fibers, and one student spent a ton of time really picking the milkweed fiber after cooking to get us a fantastic batch.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwxqHaBBpDtFXQFhyY-mFdtyxjSxpjJqqlxHtgcYAkYHNHkBAIUrtoR5xoHtxMoVgbkyLbd5QEcykF9zWDqW1pA4iAzMyTtIjxoQJub1kL5QDzLMFPkrusRG1dp_RHXwws5Yy3x_rQK_zywzZYcrqdd9iA9hAJ8q1fuzQLzJVwuWsKFe9cPA/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwxqHaBBpDtFXQFhyY-mFdtyxjSxpjJqqlxHtgcYAkYHNHkBAIUrtoR5xoHtxMoVgbkyLbd5QEcykF9zWDqW1pA4iAzMyTtIjxoQJub1kL5QDzLMFPkrusRG1dp_RHXwws5Yy3x_rQK_zywzZYcrqdd9iA9hAJ8q1fuzQLzJVwuWsKFe9cPA/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The paper was lovely and the chiri (waste) paper at the left was also nicer because this time I asked them to try and pick out more of the black bark. This is some of the nicest milkweed paper students have made, again, because we picked out a lot of the excess non-cellulosic material. And then two types of paper mulberry, one from Florida and one from Thailand.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKx1G1qF-WNeh7KKoUjE1AfLjC2CM2Vttjx9z43psCUjAmxiYvRRNolKGaEo2-iIPdTNeeQ6HrXGEGSVOVkB8DOJQ6RbOymnDNF25QbsorttC8bWvwRXO2JhvYIHqREOiX73Oy-P22oVFQdKAYSODFtQl-382aHqoLYawMkGpKJbKpzQvYpc/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKx1G1qF-WNeh7KKoUjE1AfLjC2CM2Vttjx9z43psCUjAmxiYvRRNolKGaEo2-iIPdTNeeQ6HrXGEGSVOVkB8DOJQ6RbOymnDNF25QbsorttC8bWvwRXO2JhvYIHqREOiX73Oy-P22oVFQdKAYSODFtQl-382aHqoLYawMkGpKJbKpzQvYpc/w300-h400/OberlinWT23%20-%205.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>As always, students unleash all kinds of creativity once I show them how to do transfers, embedding, and other techniques to personalize their paper.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKU8UJ4BNIdpO0krULRq6EpsUXf77h3AZhGoMFqlid-JA3g5fByFB8PUC3N26mmsbrEG10RNGye9N563DvlttMFgas0uWme26Pawj4HOfeDnUDTqQfYOOUii9r6z-L7c1nh-6dq1FL-xG1yrlZKmQatRgkV5MDvkVM2oO1KIIoG5Qf4xC-Uw/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKU8UJ4BNIdpO0krULRq6EpsUXf77h3AZhGoMFqlid-JA3g5fByFB8PUC3N26mmsbrEG10RNGye9N563DvlttMFgas0uWme26Pawj4HOfeDnUDTqQfYOOUii9r6z-L7c1nh-6dq1FL-xG1yrlZKmQatRgkV5MDvkVM2oO1KIIoG5Qf4xC-Uw/w300-h400/OberlinWT23%20-%206.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>This kind of work always takes forever but the results were fabulous!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPXKO5YnarZF0hJpRXWYRN-0S0Rp2SCi0PagE0aoW3YOs-PD28S8O2PkmHR7kLdoHpDHlST_ZFoxC2ckcZb0NJFfta8lH_spoVG1eb-SJM5lYCzPnw2prvw6VFpQyHDX-IPJZ6McMBGzSoVidxxM809BNavULU1dEZAHvIrVqlzbEO34YXV8/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwPXKO5YnarZF0hJpRXWYRN-0S0Rp2SCi0PagE0aoW3YOs-PD28S8O2PkmHR7kLdoHpDHlST_ZFoxC2ckcZb0NJFfta8lH_spoVG1eb-SJM5lYCzPnw2prvw6VFpQyHDX-IPJZ6McMBGzSoVidxxM809BNavULU1dEZAHvIrVqlzbEO34YXV8/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We also had our regular visits to the Morgan and Zygote so that students can see professional communal art centers that support related techniques. Ed drove the van as always, and his library intern joined us along with Emerson, the new librarian at the Oberlin Conservatory library. This was an especially wonderful month for me because I could hang out with Emerson on campus for the first time since we started at Oberlin as students in 1995!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCQgkZ8Lh4rUfH4XazVCEiqBMR2DpXV5nwRv9WepLLBbilNQAb1DnM8kz1CipZZMzA4OaCFyAusKezChpEAdoGyrTC999uih4iMgomtFDBPT1JlhhMvp6g8MLXydo5L95TIGaNy823Gxit4AoD48L-wEn6MZbcUOntTr2BnfzYaBfRw4Tw68/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCQgkZ8Lh4rUfH4XazVCEiqBMR2DpXV5nwRv9WepLLBbilNQAb1DnM8kz1CipZZMzA4OaCFyAusKezChpEAdoGyrTC999uih4iMgomtFDBPT1JlhhMvp6g8MLXydo5L95TIGaNy823Gxit4AoD48L-wEn6MZbcUOntTr2BnfzYaBfRw4Tw68/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Biology professor Taylor Allen always lets us use the Critter beater in his research lab to pulp rag that students had cut, from Ed's old cotton shirt and work pants and jeans.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMAqKIgTWEUmQ6IdghMKZGmua5ZAHnStuhH4XwpXweR80UPU1DkAsslR85KtwwwRu-VciM3OoKj_Hho4B4U9aPkE2pHjrKFtQc47Z3aLZ9xldGezee_WVaHSHiok1Qwb1z4AgVEt_MEDc-Y-Cjl6-MlSS06PWI1a9xEGanccIMonNUQxySXk/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMAqKIgTWEUmQ6IdghMKZGmua5ZAHnStuhH4XwpXweR80UPU1DkAsslR85KtwwwRu-VciM3OoKj_Hho4B4U9aPkE2pHjrKFtQc47Z3aLZ9xldGezee_WVaHSHiok1Qwb1z4AgVEt_MEDc-Y-Cjl6-MlSS06PWI1a9xEGanccIMonNUQxySXk/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%209.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>And then we were off to the races with European-style papermaking and pulp painting.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXoPe7fTeLcpgtxw2l10uNakIWZrzxxzhCu5fpDjzOuJX0fq_g9_B6AV0mZJIp4YHYycNsbxsIe-4gQxpIpdvjTBlyxiVKhMPsIO8sKnrlAJ8A_IGQPXdapwAqRNg4UOUUAAxAW9DguGi2dRWWfI-aeNGlk8sTM7YKJEMLuwi66NOpyQx_7U/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyXoPe7fTeLcpgtxw2l10uNakIWZrzxxzhCu5fpDjzOuJX0fq_g9_B6AV0mZJIp4YHYycNsbxsIe-4gQxpIpdvjTBlyxiVKhMPsIO8sKnrlAJ8A_IGQPXdapwAqRNg4UOUUAAxAW9DguGi2dRWWfI-aeNGlk8sTM7YKJEMLuwi66NOpyQx_7U/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2010.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Ed also always generously does the paper marbling demo on the day we decorate papers, while I set up for paste papers and suminagashi.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4frfPlvrh1_i_XoNl0VELhNRzr8L6_HZAi9ak55ln-iu9F0hcVvDHR7r8e5oDEAgxZ1RwUizEu74ODrAp-z9LDk1LhdralpWUWgwi-JAOoXJWMcwNR-O5_zwujgmRkDslVfSAxFaMg3BysL0x9Xxn8RVmHsH_5nwomv85ii5Yv6VhDuol8s/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1280" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4frfPlvrh1_i_XoNl0VELhNRzr8L6_HZAi9ak55ln-iu9F0hcVvDHR7r8e5oDEAgxZ1RwUizEu74ODrAp-z9LDk1LhdralpWUWgwi-JAOoXJWMcwNR-O5_zwujgmRkDslVfSAxFaMg3BysL0x9Xxn8RVmHsH_5nwomv85ii5Yv6VhDuol8s/w400-h309/OberlinWT23%20-%2012.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>After recovering from a scary corneal infection during the long holiday weekend (from the usual stress, insomnia, and winter dryness + overwork), I also squeezed in a visit to Nick Fairplay's stonecarving studio. This will eventually become a relief of important Greek people throughout history, to be installed at the Greek Cultural Garden in Cleveland.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIDkwFb6rfaBQBqF8ACSnV2P6pFIWFttHNFYcKiKucqSj2ianERXEeZik6ovNZ6ZcEbXolzb8voyVZjsXDqyVk0c_BhXfa7p-Rrcjzd4SBZFxoTU6P5WSANEg8Q6JGLRInq1Gm9Sqmmn5tD-aJqCpI-zO3Wi-v1J7aUiHyTCrg_DmToaUSdE/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2013.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIDkwFb6rfaBQBqF8ACSnV2P6pFIWFttHNFYcKiKucqSj2ianERXEeZik6ovNZ6ZcEbXolzb8voyVZjsXDqyVk0c_BhXfa7p-Rrcjzd4SBZFxoTU6P5WSANEg8Q6JGLRInq1Gm9Sqmmn5tD-aJqCpI-zO3Wi-v1J7aUiHyTCrg_DmToaUSdE/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2013.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I learned so much about this ancient practice, like how important it is to make models (the lion at left).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcodtS5baShFJFb7Oxp35iXYJ9gOp8V-r72MExZWZxC4JuOLDpEooQA21brD7Nj7zTNFdYQUbGXb2vRanakK9HYZ36x1bIP_BbnDJJ-6AVxK_LQADoQz-AOFT4UbqasipUDTEymgL4y9XHr423VHUi_FIL-PwbXzYCkgSQmMbiu0dlgL0WWBI/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2014.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcodtS5baShFJFb7Oxp35iXYJ9gOp8V-r72MExZWZxC4JuOLDpEooQA21brD7Nj7zTNFdYQUbGXb2vRanakK9HYZ36x1bIP_BbnDJJ-6AVxK_LQADoQz-AOFT4UbqasipUDTEymgL4y9XHr423VHUi_FIL-PwbXzYCkgSQmMbiu0dlgL0WWBI/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2014.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>And, of course, the importance of tools and how hard it is to find good ones because they really aren't made the same way anymore. Nick told us about when he was an apprentice in the UK and the man who made and fixed all of their tools had gone to fight in WWI. When he arrived at the front and they found out he was a blacksmith, they sent him back to England to make bayonets. Two weeks later, his entire battalion was killed in combat. Kids, it is STILL a great idea to learn a trade!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRN2xR-Oy2NJ32vU5hJeUcr7-sczoBykLDfcqwt-cQM2idH81XesfJE1c3NWKlIxCklqY0kBIJN6IpRuXMwhJ50p6xA9PCHqkYwa8gosqouIsbfK131hdXnLZCO1TGm2AJvKAErjrOL_vWGvsaPijMdgPRA5vnls4L7xslVbyl9_lSvruwAg/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRN2xR-Oy2NJ32vU5hJeUcr7-sczoBykLDfcqwt-cQM2idH81XesfJE1c3NWKlIxCklqY0kBIJN6IpRuXMwhJ50p6xA9PCHqkYwa8gosqouIsbfK131hdXnLZCO1TGm2AJvKAErjrOL_vWGvsaPijMdgPRA5vnls4L7xslVbyl9_lSvruwAg/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2015.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The last section of class uses the paper we've made to make books.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zmSi5eVDzer0uskpF2RVzFw3ynV6MRwtNX0R0gVNgRgd085-RpGtNEYJEohO4zwYZLtSO2TeNMqqF517dDZPMiFE4dnbM5UybPEBG3pZ7zGMAAAwiTmXo1Z81PDjT2MwtZn-LFepB8k7ZlqqR08I7g35TctpJGQf1IYO9MFGA5wQnvoL3P8/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zmSi5eVDzer0uskpF2RVzFw3ynV6MRwtNX0R0gVNgRgd085-RpGtNEYJEohO4zwYZLtSO2TeNMqqF517dDZPMiFE4dnbM5UybPEBG3pZ7zGMAAAwiTmXo1Z81PDjT2MwtZn-LFepB8k7ZlqqR08I7g35TctpJGQf1IYO9MFGA5wQnvoL3P8/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The feedback this year was that maybe it would make more sense to visit the special collections to see books before they made certain types of paper and books. It's hard for me to take them away from the paper studio at first because I really want to throw them into labor but it's not a bad idea. This is the art library, where I pull a bunch of artists' books for them to view.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA17jjl0PvOoDVryC9GcgrqVem43wyoNrRRmDLgCz2Gv3WdZ775zsBARSZCH3A16ZsU83uTlEsxHLlMQTA1XapZqRW_XoJih3Ul6rN8yCTGHzzInZmPPK8MV0WylLlEvDaefn245HZvm15QHfTzMiH5xIJwgo5KPfuH9aM2TfY7bCYHn_OmrI/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2017.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA17jjl0PvOoDVryC9GcgrqVem43wyoNrRRmDLgCz2Gv3WdZ775zsBARSZCH3A16ZsU83uTlEsxHLlMQTA1XapZqRW_XoJih3Ul6rN8yCTGHzzInZmPPK8MV0WylLlEvDaefn245HZvm15QHfTzMiH5xIJwgo5KPfuH9aM2TfY7bCYHn_OmrI/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2017.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclkyS8K8SBcLQ9i0121-cdyrVCa1DiMSLb8ljKouhXLdrBkhncEyx9MVSWRcNFuzKhmj95jyPg66R3hpEypO7Wi5ExfUPMSQ11KwailA3MFjd2m89h3ctj7h4uBcPs3RwGBU4Hc7UZxiiTSopSi781ib8wBHBnvhevBliWyBIZdEZcnROG2o/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclkyS8K8SBcLQ9i0121-cdyrVCa1DiMSLb8ljKouhXLdrBkhncEyx9MVSWRcNFuzKhmj95jyPg66R3hpEypO7Wi5ExfUPMSQ11KwailA3MFjd2m89h3ctj7h4uBcPs3RwGBU4Hc7UZxiiTSopSi781ib8wBHBnvhevBliWyBIZdEZcnROG2o/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We also see books and samples from special collections in the main library, but I like to make sure they go to both since the art building is kind of severed from the rest of campus. I want them to know about more of the amazing resources available to them.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4NKZvr6X7hwwoBGe4-1scpw7Vf6j9xB0rKIgtu_xXk0Nou3m1byec-PW7CTKGlmRvtJKeEKCsQQq-VIwgvrMJ7AV84ossULIpmekokEHeh4jiEOriOTKEttwQHIPQRTdNqaaEZBxjrj5yPcPiIXkhEjA3G5bKdZ5kPrQeXyhDheG0RtlarA/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2020.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4NKZvr6X7hwwoBGe4-1scpw7Vf6j9xB0rKIgtu_xXk0Nou3m1byec-PW7CTKGlmRvtJKeEKCsQQq-VIwgvrMJ7AV84ossULIpmekokEHeh4jiEOriOTKEttwQHIPQRTdNqaaEZBxjrj5yPcPiIXkhEjA3G5bKdZ5kPrQeXyhDheG0RtlarA/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2020.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Gena (at left) is a dream to work with, especially because I give her so many last-minute requests for books or supplies and she is really nice about all the things I forget until the students start working. Here, she and Haoyuan are picking dried fiber off of the Japanese sugeta in the main library special collections.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCOpsWdRXnUzcBOILLIFYYkYlj1h-EuahHy_EF_CJRKtVhAwieL9GiQDdB9UWJyuZD6h_dysTl4w_iOHFeF_b8ZJg6T7pSFRnUazFERl8l1kUlXy27Xpj1JSffMmSpd5xhwsDWgKdTBCY8jYVRvK-88k7Bq-rmhhNpmE-fWsE1pxhAeJWpis/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2021.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCOpsWdRXnUzcBOILLIFYYkYlj1h-EuahHy_EF_CJRKtVhAwieL9GiQDdB9UWJyuZD6h_dysTl4w_iOHFeF_b8ZJg6T7pSFRnUazFERl8l1kUlXy27Xpj1JSffMmSpd5xhwsDWgKdTBCY8jYVRvK-88k7Bq-rmhhNpmE-fWsE1pxhAeJWpis/w300-h400/OberlinWT23%20-%2021.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Haoyuan is from Beijing and we met last WT because I noticed my housemate at Shansi House putting up new year's banners. He had done the calligraphy, and I invited him to visit my class to see what else you can do with calligraphy ink. He visited a few more times and then I convinced him to declare a book studies minor (even though he was already a biology/neuroscience double major) and then he took the WT class this year. And made me a new set of spring couplets! Which I hung in my studio.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhx6blMTTHgR4CuU98XEQD1H8iL_ajNU2rg1Wo2dmZ1URYGVGS_QbGwfYYR9cMfoLZTO_EJLbpv2V57Y5pS-39d2Dvy932nuC75m9u__1E313U6KtIaL7zoibS0Rz28YH9Xc8h0PzakSgyJ19vx0rK3qbXBRWBy4C-zghbBX8gLQ7hJ5MpkM/s1280/OberlinWT23%20-%2022.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhx6blMTTHgR4CuU98XEQD1H8iL_ajNU2rg1Wo2dmZ1URYGVGS_QbGwfYYR9cMfoLZTO_EJLbpv2V57Y5pS-39d2Dvy932nuC75m9u__1E313U6KtIaL7zoibS0Rz28YH9Xc8h0PzakSgyJ19vx0rK3qbXBRWBy4C-zghbBX8gLQ7hJ5MpkM/w400-h300/OberlinWT23%20-%2022.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Last year, I had asked him to do ink tests on different papers, and this year he did it again, but now that he was actually taking the class he had access to all the different papers we made and decorated throughout. He very generously gave me the samples and then I made a little book to house them. Aside from my eye, it was a good month. I now have so many friends and allies in town that my social calendar overflows (not great for rest but it really warms the winter). More importantly, I was able to ask for help when I really needed it.<div><br /></div><div>Now, back home, recovered, and beginning my teaching sabbatical! Of course I've already been tested by new invites to teach...agh. But I've made hanji in the studio this week will make more tomorrow.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://flickr.com/photos/moonaimee/albums/72177720305739561" target="_blank">More pictures of class</a><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://fairplaystonecarver.com/about-nicholas-fairplay/" target="_blank">Nicholas Fairplay</a></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-6785385450837632742022-12-30T20:19:00.002-05:002022-12-31T18:03:42.288-05:00Last bits of the year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq1PKZ-veCTtOXeGKsX78sLiU31oAjIvcHZvxGndoP3WbPh40KC0oPB3kenBCYaAuOIiQTVcOb9zIiSRFdGlsB67SzYzssSKgmOVnptzVJACsAwldvSRy-_1i-Tm39PNBueLKknJIRi0bUegmt51THsg0NnL-0E_VEkCPIYP4X4vKd2tuTWc/s700/lace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="700" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgq1PKZ-veCTtOXeGKsX78sLiU31oAjIvcHZvxGndoP3WbPh40KC0oPB3kenBCYaAuOIiQTVcOb9zIiSRFdGlsB67SzYzssSKgmOVnptzVJACsAwldvSRy-_1i-Tm39PNBueLKknJIRi0bUegmt51THsg0NnL-0E_VEkCPIYP4X4vKd2tuTWc/w400-h300/lace.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>[This is from a lace show that <a href="http://tatianaginsberg.org" target="_blank">Tatiana</a> recommended, which I got to visit with <a href="https://justine-chang.com/about.html" target="_blank">Justine</a> and Christie right before xmas on those days that were so bad weather-wise for most and in NY was warm and rainy turning into snow and then coldcoldcold plus howling wind.]<div><br /></div><div>I'm in hellish re-entry from family time in NY where the time is not sufficient for the tasks and the tasks seem to multiply. The deadline is hard as I move to Oberlin on Monday and start teaching class the next day for the next month. One institution asked for a teaching proposal waaaaay back earlier this year and I have not done it, and only in recent days did I think, Could I ever create a proposal for teaching that I would actually be excited to fulfill? I never thought of doing such a thing, something that would serve me as much as everyone else. But of course that goes immediately on the back burner as I deal with basic stuff like a new hot water tank and packing and feeding myself and making sure nothing is on fire.</div><div><br /></div><div>Until I get some composure, a few bits to share. Here we go headfirst into the next year! </div><div><p></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019r79" target="_blank">28ish Days Later</a></p><p>I really enjoyed this podcast about periods, which everyone should listen to (short episodes, very useful information for all people, not only ones who did/do/will menstruate—with the last one, in fact, saying that there is no good reason NOT to teach non-menstruating bodies about it).</p><p><a href="https://www.montellofoundation.org/pages/montello_apply.htm" target="_blank">Montello Foundation</a></p><p>Jan 22 is the deadline to apply for a residency at Montello, a quiet place in the desert off the grid away from wifi and phones and all about learning to live with yourself and the world around you. I could never handle a residency like this (not the being there, only the getting there) but have supported it since I could and think it would be great for lots of other more sturdy and adventurous artists of all stripes.</p><p><a href="https://herbchildress.com/the-craft-gallery/" target="_blank">Herb Childress</a></p><p>Herb is a lot of things—writer, scholar, active community member (not in the amorphous sense but where he actually goes to meetings, creates protocol, takes care of the place where he lives through action and applied knowledge), thoughtful and gifted friend, and chaplain to those who don't have one. He also gives his work away for free. My favorite is <i>Slush</i> because I am more a non-fiction person, but you'd learn plenty from his novels and stories if you love fiction.</p></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-13808944223258172542022-12-14T11:24:00.007-05:002022-12-14T11:26:44.976-05:00The last month always gets demolished<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIXgnA8CmKrCVcErhdEKNF4dOuWFQXlCA0_LFYCpoYpthst0cUUPjVD2LiTWC22ccY9VAUS6KhEo2AbptvHwBugPB2VFv0TZWmTpOcUcWXnL-pv_d3e3u5YxSnsf0nXF2_PYiofapJ1BfGGFqzrr5DS0q8tliobMbpqFKw9qtF3EjUgdKO60/s1280/dec%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdIXgnA8CmKrCVcErhdEKNF4dOuWFQXlCA0_LFYCpoYpthst0cUUPjVD2LiTWC22ccY9VAUS6KhEo2AbptvHwBugPB2VFv0TZWmTpOcUcWXnL-pv_d3e3u5YxSnsf0nXF2_PYiofapJ1BfGGFqzrr5DS0q8tliobMbpqFKw9qtF3EjUgdKO60/w400-h300/dec%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I didn't know until my friend Frank told me that there was a Rodin Thinker at the local art museum that had been bombed in protest of the Vietnam War and that the museum decided to just leave it in its destroyed state (rather than relegate it to lifelong storage, or try to repair to its original state, which wouldn't have been possible) in front of the former front of the museum (now kind of the back of the museum). So I took a look one evening at something I had NEVER noticed all these years.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TUtrmGAJP0uEmSWosRwbD8fyOXl8WEAzGGHDSZc9oWCaXUqbjK5o3XWYdOD8g9Q7NdE2sCRtBZmneAWxOEMByjBDGLsRDtmXXFIDZjWoDrHWewDssAG7cCRu9U8oEGagMGQ4x9uMmbMJBl7vqD1VmsMYqbcUKt9reaLypRh5pi5fJlEmGoo/s1280/dec%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TUtrmGAJP0uEmSWosRwbD8fyOXl8WEAzGGHDSZc9oWCaXUqbjK5o3XWYdOD8g9Q7NdE2sCRtBZmneAWxOEMByjBDGLsRDtmXXFIDZjWoDrHWewDssAG7cCRu9U8oEGagMGQ4x9uMmbMJBl7vqD1VmsMYqbcUKt9reaLypRh5pi5fJlEmGoo/w400-h300/dec%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I rarely am on this side of the museum, so that's one excuse. But I guess it never looked like a bombed sculpture, either. Getting close, it's actually kind of remarkable, and made me think of Steven Young Lee's work. It turns it into an old master's masterpiece kind of thing to embodied history. Given the culture of that time embraced the idea that thinking happens only in the head, this guy seems not perturbed at all that his feet are gone. We still foolishly think that it should be fine of major parts of our bodies, nation states, and planet are irreparably mutilated and destroyed that the rest of us should just carry on.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJeqrO-6ME7TK32672v93-zPtoZEBC0niImAf_doFHM_iOVRVmFy-9dl1uU_Fq9AMOs3Qe9IhIcal0l_oY5LJMa42rcbYUXBA4NZlGR9IgDKzllMsSMkaXmJC7McrwprSyCxCdx0Da0ApCf7eySrv55iwr3rQgVThBHGcSr4yrINFm2aOsx5k/s1280/dec%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJeqrO-6ME7TK32672v93-zPtoZEBC0niImAf_doFHM_iOVRVmFy-9dl1uU_Fq9AMOs3Qe9IhIcal0l_oY5LJMa42rcbYUXBA4NZlGR9IgDKzllMsSMkaXmJC7McrwprSyCxCdx0Da0ApCf7eySrv55iwr3rQgVThBHGcSr4yrINFm2aOsx5k/w400-h300/dec%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Right now, when I read this, my feelings don't match the words "tragically." If I was alive and knew this had happened to one of my pieces in protest of a very bad war, who knows how I'd feel. If I was dead for over 50 years and it happened, not sure either how tragic it would be. It feels like pretty straightforward human intervention. Almost a collaboration with bomb.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaBgHrrX_crY6m-_JNQqrjrdx_r5kblUFIt5O-CeofAh0pRrZk-8eZvGFaf8_FQ5ZDTnx4JzzTpzvP88eyjDTF4FwfDntlRrTv4rF0YzsBQYDaa3kKyMByvTTcyDqtn92iPUGtZeukFXTRL35Ih_1IJ1FPwTrYBRTUcJTz5TNL4q9Pbxw75g/s1280/dec%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaBgHrrX_crY6m-_JNQqrjrdx_r5kblUFIt5O-CeofAh0pRrZk-8eZvGFaf8_FQ5ZDTnx4JzzTpzvP88eyjDTF4FwfDntlRrTv4rF0YzsBQYDaa3kKyMByvTTcyDqtn92iPUGtZeukFXTRL35Ih_1IJ1FPwTrYBRTUcJTz5TNL4q9Pbxw75g/w400-h300/dec%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>That was what I was thinking months ago when I looked at it. How is it going in the studio? There's a ton of unfinished projects going on, just as bad as at home, where my book/dry work is. So nothing has changed, except the idea that maybe it's a good idea to clear the immediate vision of stuff that has been malingering for too long. As if there was appropriate storage for that stuff!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RNnwO_eLdWu7bR5SUoPrQAs1h8OPzBbkv3vCD8k1GYRk4J2Bb-DpCeety1wZfCuZg8xZhhH0KBPujj7z-LXwdG1f_Ll2ecZBNVl9oUtBb-v3tn8X5Z2-NO_gvgYSWpiNJRlwnEqdqpPFqNtAWlwAzQ2nIkqcg-fKnxokjMfaN1lZxUfBA34/s1280/dec%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RNnwO_eLdWu7bR5SUoPrQAs1h8OPzBbkv3vCD8k1GYRk4J2Bb-DpCeety1wZfCuZg8xZhhH0KBPujj7z-LXwdG1f_Ll2ecZBNVl9oUtBb-v3tn8X5Z2-NO_gvgYSWpiNJRlwnEqdqpPFqNtAWlwAzQ2nIkqcg-fKnxokjMfaN1lZxUfBA34/w300-h400/dec%20-%205.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Our contractor came by to look at the mold spots that alarmed me on a building only a year into a gut rehab. He was using the ladder I got from Bill, and I was in deep denial when I bought it. I've always managed to get around ladders but this one is 10 feet and heavy, and every time I pick it up I throw out my pelvis (which is extremely unstable to begin with). My PT recommended a different ladder but it's too hard to figure out which model to get to still have access to these 13-ft ceilings. But given how much I do go up and down, I will need a better solution since the exercise/PT route is so slow—I won't get strong enough soon enough!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTnJA4pERZalbHXRgyb-vA0zZuHS5odmm2StMGPXP4wxxCZOz4VeyUWOMF60F-lCkzNwnE6XiIv-jro3D3MrlmKTj_8uoICnVmppU0Knys_CwLHx09N_YbIqIXnz0kRzPpxT3vs6INvOE9ah1eLiTtmkAb1A4uB0pcTfwUoiLvp1vJyPhU6o/s1280/dec%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTnJA4pERZalbHXRgyb-vA0zZuHS5odmm2StMGPXP4wxxCZOz4VeyUWOMF60F-lCkzNwnE6XiIv-jro3D3MrlmKTj_8uoICnVmppU0Knys_CwLHx09N_YbIqIXnz0kRzPpxT3vs6INvOE9ah1eLiTtmkAb1A4uB0pcTfwUoiLvp1vJyPhU6o/w400-h300/dec%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Michelle came by a little after this stage to help cut down rag. We were going to run the beater this weekend to make paper for FUN and then the beater refused to turn on. I made an emergency call to a friend and after I emptied it of water and then removed the switch cover, it turned on again (very annoying because then I could have just left the water and beaten the pulp but I had lost all hope by then). So this will have to wait until next year, likely.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEi97bU0AbZ-akzKr4Rm51jlo9N4Pe4RUtcwZm9MI8_v7iiF54TZR57M9ClTeGhBRJj4Fsip_CTty7qDXHprODxlFTQcxZRR_rm7OjJ0dA-YDJd9KjAeO797y1yOhqIyoXWT7AHFoqnnoqRiGMY6HwxHj8qJ3dt5FzgD_bH5l0nWrp1I311g/s1280/dec%20-%207.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEi97bU0AbZ-akzKr4Rm51jlo9N4Pe4RUtcwZm9MI8_v7iiF54TZR57M9ClTeGhBRJj4Fsip_CTty7qDXHprODxlFTQcxZRR_rm7OjJ0dA-YDJd9KjAeO797y1yOhqIyoXWT7AHFoqnnoqRiGMY6HwxHj8qJ3dt5FzgD_bH5l0nWrp1I311g/w400-h300/dec%20-%207.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I leave in days to see my family and friends in NY. When I was sick over Thanksgiving week, I started going bonkers knitting (so the idea that I was resting was a pure lie). The first was too small, the second too big, the third not exactly just right, and the fourth not perfect yet. I'll keep two mismatched ones and give two mismatched ones away. If I can stop tinkering with them! Last night I took out the binding of one that felt too tight and even after redoing it...it feels too tight! It must be the super control freak in me raging up because I can't control the people who park in the studio parking lot now that the bar next door has opened and no one appreciates the handmade signs I made to say the lot is only for art studio folks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqpmgnfYOPbmqnPdjQmm3GVK5meynKgCysIe3wk-pVYfHfqKDDm-IZHVJ8xlK3NdbLBkSTo_UKlNvgfvOspaCynKcOVwAOqMGwUAfpwHsag2MMh1UELS_xV27NBmvLM7UHy7kzUhOsswHpSrulXd31iXhLAqtDIUvWRLA91aVhXXp82GnF0Y/s867/dec%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="867" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqpmgnfYOPbmqnPdjQmm3GVK5meynKgCysIe3wk-pVYfHfqKDDm-IZHVJ8xlK3NdbLBkSTo_UKlNvgfvOspaCynKcOVwAOqMGwUAfpwHsag2MMh1UELS_xV27NBmvLM7UHy7kzUhOsswHpSrulXd31iXhLAqtDIUvWRLA91aVhXXp82GnF0Y/w400-h315/dec%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>But hey. Hoping that sabbatical next year includes more comics, one of too many things I want to do all at once and then nothing happens except trying to fix my house + studio + body. But there's no fixing to be done, only a slow process of learning to live with imperfection. The quiet two or three weeks of studio time I had hoped for in Dec disappeared when I was asked to do a shoot and then it was cancelled (lots of prep and then lots of cleaning up). But this weekend I have a studio visit, my LAST official engagement of the year. I need to get over my denial about what I want December to be (blissful studio time) and accept it for what it is (getting ready for serious winter AKA squirrel behavior).<div><br /></div><div>On a less cranky note, <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/book-print-collective-member-grants" target="_blank">please help fund more grants for the Collective!</a><br /><div><p><a href="http://frank-brannon.squarespace.com" target="_blank">Frank Brannon</a></p><p>"<a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/research/library/how-to-research/rodins-the-thinker/vandalized" target="_blank">The Thinker Vandalized</a>"</p><p><a href="https://stevenyounglee.com" target="_blank">Steven Young Lee</a></p></div></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17935974.post-52467694551710590472022-11-25T13:41:00.000-05:002022-11-25T13:41:02.771-05:00Deliberate collaboration with Hyeyung<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRba_UCwRF-osf0g4xQVqduqKMs2CnNFehfWdJxv56cBGosyRTCWRjW_1tTxMcJLSduAv040buKu2PNPXjEsD8WWvzaW3102Wp8mSudouPzHhnmkmfor8uWEJ-INXwfn1mJ81wTwwRH6Bxt9tp9UQiYEmO7YZgkKYoAkjqpZ9KSA4dRqLPgw/s1280/second%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRba_UCwRF-osf0g4xQVqduqKMs2CnNFehfWdJxv56cBGosyRTCWRjW_1tTxMcJLSduAv040buKu2PNPXjEsD8WWvzaW3102Wp8mSudouPzHhnmkmfor8uWEJ-INXwfn1mJ81wTwwRH6Bxt9tp9UQiYEmO7YZgkKYoAkjqpZ9KSA4dRqLPgw/w400-h300/second%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Hyeyung and I met when we were teenagers as violinists at a very intense summer music experience. I was almost about to go to college and she was a year younger. She and another friend were the clearest examples to me of Korean diaspora kids who had a really different way from me of approaching themselves in the world. Hyeyung was proud to be Korean, which I had never seen that in someone my age. Up until then, I had felt ashamed and misunderstood, but meeting her right before Oberlin helped with a long, slow awakening (which is still in progress). Here she is stripping and scraping milkweed from Michigan.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wDn_Z-0Y7Hx_Xx0Jy1N0qTc-BLrmdfNcftgOyNSrDaO2SIYsxZ4xhSNqwcX2WhkXdLDNoaxTiCdexrfFhybTrYojCdTYk-MOx8BAFV6dNgfMoOX-3APxu5GJZKMG4LPAq9MUjouUoWzVQHd8h37gczMy0ksHC1VNgsaMR03F55IHWnMkHdc/s1280/second%20-%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wDn_Z-0Y7Hx_Xx0Jy1N0qTc-BLrmdfNcftgOyNSrDaO2SIYsxZ4xhSNqwcX2WhkXdLDNoaxTiCdexrfFhybTrYojCdTYk-MOx8BAFV6dNgfMoOX-3APxu5GJZKMG4LPAq9MUjouUoWzVQHd8h37gczMy0ksHC1VNgsaMR03F55IHWnMkHdc/w400-h300/second%20-%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Hyeyung went into a professional music career while I veered into art but our paths crossed in unexpected ways in Nebraska when I was on a residency and she and her husband/string quartet cellist were living in Lincoln. After her quartet dissolved, we talked for years about collaborating. I've always been hesitant because my view of my collaboration ability is that it sucks. Since she is such an important and beloved friend, I did not want to do anything that would blow that up. But we have sorted out a path towards collaboration that feels right for both of us. She earned a New Music USA grant to have a weeklong residency with me in the studio. While I'd never say I understand the process of composing music, I have a decent sense of being a musician. So we focused on various papermaking steps so she could feel my process in her body. Here's days and days of work for just a quarter pound of milkweed bast, cleaned of its outer protective and waterproof layer (remember I had already scraped a bunch in Michigan, and it's all combined here).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTiQD4TN4Cd641Szl0wSf20Eip9LU_tRSUSc_IByjT-HaPvDzSUb6IXvF0lZZTmpJgWYxewRRBCbGHfez1-lm__UqKrVoPacx3dCRIiaFYRDpRKxj-vEEDkBNjk_FbmgFIrQ1CgjUcCvFDBqet-MY1HuijIfBj2G8GKK9j0PH6fiZ9rJzv1E/s1280/second%20-%203.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTiQD4TN4Cd641Szl0wSf20Eip9LU_tRSUSc_IByjT-HaPvDzSUb6IXvF0lZZTmpJgWYxewRRBCbGHfez1-lm__UqKrVoPacx3dCRIiaFYRDpRKxj-vEEDkBNjk_FbmgFIrQ1CgjUcCvFDBqet-MY1HuijIfBj2G8GKK9j0PH6fiZ9rJzv1E/w400-h300/second%20-%203.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Hyeyung's idea emerged from a letter she read in <i>Epistolary Korea</i>, edited by the late JaHyun Kim Haboush. In 1795, a grieving mother wrote a letter to her dead 10-month-old daughter that would have been read aloud at the funeral and then buried with the baby. Hyeyung herself is a mother and found both the writing (it is written in classical Chinese, the language of scholars and men in charge, rather than Korean script more often used by women) and content extremely compelling. In the letter addressed to her child, the mother creates an incredible narrative of why it was better that her daughter died as an infant, so that the mother would never know the deep loss of losing an older child, while spinning her dreams of how this baby would have grown into a beautiful, well-mannered girl with smooth hair that she would carefully brush while wearing the proper clothes and so on. It's so very Korean mom. To give Hyeyung a sense of different fibers, I soaked Florida mulberry for her to scrape after we finished the milkweed.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4QeUEYq2T_C0JYkA33349V7M6kl4DqMWBwBDDU8CdNtsJup6BN-36dJ0r4RSl1PVH-F4JDfvnH7muVRVlIS040qvOQnuB6kK6l-q1zkyVvwZFoDgR5EkoXeMnUBTIxJhlBPkWjQmx8SZWmr0tweQiILug1GZexMqA6EKUXA5NGjCQOjPQMo/s1280/second%20-%204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4QeUEYq2T_C0JYkA33349V7M6kl4DqMWBwBDDU8CdNtsJup6BN-36dJ0r4RSl1PVH-F4JDfvnH7muVRVlIS040qvOQnuB6kK6l-q1zkyVvwZFoDgR5EkoXeMnUBTIxJhlBPkWjQmx8SZWmr0tweQiILug1GZexMqA6EKUXA5NGjCQOjPQMo/w400-h300/second%20-%204.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The letter went hand-in-hand with ideas Hyeyung has been exploring around Korean women and what it means to be part of that population, especially when your stories have not been told. The most obvious to us are our mothers and their generation. Our mothers do not speak often about their past. I know that my own avoids mention because it was bad. She was born at the end of the Korean War and experienced deep parental loss, abandonment, and poverty. She was too often cold and hungry and taunted by others for that. There is so much more that only comes out in dribs and drabs at the most random weird times. I only found out this summer that her name is not her given name and that her mom said, "Let's change your name because your given name is too sad." So it resonated with me when Hyeyung asked, can we ever give voice to Korean women in generations past, with respect and honor, without putting words in their mouth? I think music is a fantastic way to do that. Because I could see that she was so fastidious, I had Hyeyung do an extra step that I never make anyone do: after scraping the outer bark layers, we separated the black bark (flakes on the left) from the green/white bits (on the right).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQo_kTW0K7nVDekSfi0wP2RtMcx67-JjakvBSTDwoigTVGhTlNYd26zdC3IbIi_vzNoO1ZOadfaGEtf1Krie1dfaXQJrfBzUTpIeUt6Of58DT4rlA2e4b8W5huvoUnErdHwyzoCWTr7e8tktuHcA8lG6jZfo4bEKMkRG8Kls0pPFNW64D7dLA/s1280/second%20-%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQo_kTW0K7nVDekSfi0wP2RtMcx67-JjakvBSTDwoigTVGhTlNYd26zdC3IbIi_vzNoO1ZOadfaGEtf1Krie1dfaXQJrfBzUTpIeUt6Of58DT4rlA2e4b8W5huvoUnErdHwyzoCWTr7e8tktuHcA8lG6jZfo4bEKMkRG8Kls0pPFNW64D7dLA/w400-h300/second%20-%205.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Maybe Hyeyung is fastidious by nature, but what I observed was an example of a theory I've had for years: that discipline learned as a musician translated to other fields. I always say that my training in violin, where I had to be alone for many hours trying to solve problems, or with a teacher for many hours watching them and trying to replicate every last movement down to the finger knuckle, prepared me for this papermaking life. The intensity of focus that I brought to my music lessons I brought to my papermaking teachers. And I saw it in Hyeyung, how she saw details that most students never see or notice, how she was fully present as she tried to piece together the myriad of physical movements and observations to replicate my labor. She also approached it without the judgy baggage a lot of people have, because she has an entire lifetime of proof that if you pay attention and practice consistently, you learn and get better. It was so satisfying to see. She is in a whole other universe of musical ability than me, so it would make sense that she saw things in the paper studio and in my work that had been invisible to me for years. This is one day's batch of scraping, in between lots of other activities.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3EWf_vzwSn2ulje0IQfo5utbo5yCLJxdWgAwYQT8-UklTSiD_RIo3vjcMnTPM9Ju1vRfE_hg92cLFVS-iW9iUeXYDCGLnjgtzAi9Uwh8OzS93g2Nz5ZyMtLgl1j5d4BITfYbGjLKqc9RtTNWXsXivLYSIGYHERhOt1zxefy3lA9Wz5PepQI/s1280/second%20-%206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3EWf_vzwSn2ulje0IQfo5utbo5yCLJxdWgAwYQT8-UklTSiD_RIo3vjcMnTPM9Ju1vRfE_hg92cLFVS-iW9iUeXYDCGLnjgtzAi9Uwh8OzS93g2Nz5ZyMtLgl1j5d4BITfYbGjLKqc9RtTNWXsXivLYSIGYHERhOt1zxefy3lA9Wz5PepQI/w400-h300/second%20-%206.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Being together also meant sharing a home, cooking, meals, cleanup, pots and pots of tea, and even the furnace gas leak. Often people try to get back to the stage of living in dorms with college friends, when they were so accessible, because it is such a luxury to be able to be close and share lives together. This was the first time I've been so comfortable with a house guest, mostly because we've known each other for so long, and partly because she's a mom so I know she can handle certain things that I normally would never allow a guest to do. But also because we are a good match. I love the contours of her mind and how she thinks so deeply and earnestly about what she cares about, how she is always open to learning more and discovering things that change old patterns or ideas, and how purposeful she is in everything she does and the worlds she creates professionally, personally, and for her family. She spent at least three days I think beating this wad of milkweed bast. Most students would get upset that this was going on so long but she kept wanting to get back to the studio to beat. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbrSBSTBJvwxxwfDzMXDFeqaMexgwhvCbCYVWUcSs8eTunqrilRhOdf3akZmi3FXtWA9wQlJMv6wKefu5hU35AoQGkGD-DXXK-rVoOw4FYc20vhXEaCirmeJALguCl-vIaNFrOKFOBhjPta90uitp-2A3VqMme1GYtgca8PBBwKIuWJ_W_K0/s1280/second%20-%208.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbrSBSTBJvwxxwfDzMXDFeqaMexgwhvCbCYVWUcSs8eTunqrilRhOdf3akZmi3FXtWA9wQlJMv6wKefu5hU35AoQGkGD-DXXK-rVoOw4FYc20vhXEaCirmeJALguCl-vIaNFrOKFOBhjPta90uitp-2A3VqMme1GYtgca8PBBwKIuWJ_W_K0/w400-h300/second%20-%208.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This was one of four giant prints by He Sanqing (Chinese, born 1988), made in 2016, called <i>Neither Mountain nor Water</i>. We visited the art museum two days in a row and I absolutely loved this contemporary print show in the rotating section of the Chinese galleries. I walked Hyeyung through the sweep I like to take to get to the Korean gallery each time that I visit. Since it was the first residency I was hosting, I also wanted to make sure we had a good balance of non-studio time that would be generative or rejuvenating. Which is why I scheduled a massage for us early in the week! Korean women rarely got to do this kind of thing so I insisted we take that time for ourselves.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaj1fEIFApIbOIednKr1uo8yOCgJF43EJjkDnnIQvskVz1tu6CORjKQkCCtZ07f51eWS2wJdd-eUcLYswk3x-Rr0TK_ZqcpjrHkg71gBMtZi5ytJWQlPvYD2feEwdReDPNEAxegsOfh6yoiPcLxMTE88C75NkvYXBEe2gLk2GlXMfyjWj9z4/s1280/second%20-%209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaj1fEIFApIbOIednKr1uo8yOCgJF43EJjkDnnIQvskVz1tu6CORjKQkCCtZ07f51eWS2wJdd-eUcLYswk3x-Rr0TK_ZqcpjrHkg71gBMtZi5ytJWQlPvYD2feEwdReDPNEAxegsOfh6yoiPcLxMTE88C75NkvYXBEe2gLk2GlXMfyjWj9z4/w400-h300/second%20-%209.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>I usually don't visit the video room but we happened upon this Patty Chang video. I haven't seen her name/work in years and it made me think about how our art history educations revolve around when we were born, who taught us, and who was big at the time that we were learning about art (I know, this is the case for ALL education!). Patty Chang (b. 1972) was huge when I came up. The tag read, "American artist Patty Chang's 1998 <i>Melons (At a Loss)</i> shows the artist mutating and eating a melon as a surrogate breast while discussing the death of her aunt, a performance that both is absurd and subverts expectations of exoticized female bodies." When I met Hyeyung, I still wanted to be a performer even though I knew I was on a lower tier music-wise. I needed time to figure out that this wasn't going to be my thing, and also visions of what might be my thing, before I could give it up. I haven't performed since 2008, right before I left for my first research trip in Korea. Seeing Hyeyung at the airport with her violin case made me not at all miss flying with my violin! She shared insane stories about her husband being thrown off the plane with his cello even when he had bought a second seat for it. A great reminder of how well we both understand the travel that goes hand in hand with work. She's an very seasoned and skillful traveler.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwxiz9Y-CPmYMrdkXnVyUvhyV4Lwtun9GqDjaH1JxFfRHE4lhmNCVeBggXjXpLMyHtHZWXNLepbRPVNqSBBBfw8_5ZkK2zEvoZkNr2XUMhA6fyiE7nUbCsc23YHDI3XHe5x0lOhuhsncyFgeaQnZCTGDHkHt_8aJQRsfd3Lc4ctBfl7hczyg/s1280/second%20-%2011.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwxiz9Y-CPmYMrdkXnVyUvhyV4Lwtun9GqDjaH1JxFfRHE4lhmNCVeBggXjXpLMyHtHZWXNLepbRPVNqSBBBfw8_5ZkK2zEvoZkNr2XUMhA6fyiE7nUbCsc23YHDI3XHe5x0lOhuhsncyFgeaQnZCTGDHkHt_8aJQRsfd3Lc4ctBfl7hczyg/w400-h300/second%20-%2011.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Our second visit to the museum was with Sooa, the Korean art curator, and it was like having art history on demand. We could ask all the little questions we had and get brilliant answers on the spot. Sooa had also read the book that inspired Hyeyung and we discussed the various letters that struck us. It was so eye-opening to hear about the funeral tiles that were a prized object in the collection that she pushed to repatriate and return to the Korean family to which it belonged. The stories are so very human, how these things get lost. We talked about tomb excavations, and an upcoming exhibit that gave Hyeyung the kernel of the idea that we will use as a jumping off point.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Wm7WmblsgnJieyrIErRuvIKzW9iUsAc3zRktikCHU-NVYZ46fJLlynG4BFlJpHhPvPTEuNYAvld3oMXZsbTKQFdzBrBaUot1oSIneWy824RUi8-VvsHo15r4mFvgKyancmeehQ4D2VnoDf-ogr2YPTlVV4Yg3j_flLcrWPErU1VDLnpD11Q/s1280/second%20-%2012.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Wm7WmblsgnJieyrIErRuvIKzW9iUsAc3zRktikCHU-NVYZ46fJLlynG4BFlJpHhPvPTEuNYAvld3oMXZsbTKQFdzBrBaUot1oSIneWy824RUi8-VvsHo15r4mFvgKyancmeehQ4D2VnoDf-ogr2YPTlVV4Yg3j_flLcrWPErU1VDLnpD11Q/w300-h400/second%20-%2012.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>I really wanted to connect Michelle to Hyeyung because of how the former is working on degrees in both studio art and music composition. We had a couple of studio days together and Michelle helped me with dessert one night and hosted Hyeyung for a meal when I was doing something else. She remains the most wonderful student I've been able to interact with over the course of years.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLncWOscDS-pLJ49nqVBT9JWhPSESYQX2hYHAeIrWH646p79I7vmhwJyOz0sYW_W4xB4oCv8WWkByP76kjIqouvPE-GsiilP6o4Fd_X9q5X7X9HWhFxtahYvqS6frx98eiDFtBVzKulD0ofKB1r0xOK9-iyDfvUomEZHT4cHzljRvJLgKhJPA/s1280/second%20-%2014.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLncWOscDS-pLJ49nqVBT9JWhPSESYQX2hYHAeIrWH646p79I7vmhwJyOz0sYW_W4xB4oCv8WWkByP76kjIqouvPE-GsiilP6o4Fd_X9q5X7X9HWhFxtahYvqS6frx98eiDFtBVzKulD0ofKB1r0xOK9-iyDfvUomEZHT4cHzljRvJLgKhJPA/w400-h300/second%20-%2014.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>This is the first time I've ever gotten Michigan milkweed to paper form so quickly! Since it was such a small batch, we did small sheets rather than full-on hanji formation.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5XemRLEWW0FHHt3Idmpu_CpvwkTg697gU8terGqss_Ca1c9chizTCw8wmm7Yi-y3tW8Bj63Log-YOQ3O7J1xhbfn-oai__EUbxV3CFuRD0XUI3il5O187hA1SdgcyQdm2aOlGG9eWMPMtC0vmoiShcMTTVuKgtsWwCsn_XW-5WRSUa_4A5c/s1280/second%20-%2015.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5XemRLEWW0FHHt3Idmpu_CpvwkTg697gU8terGqss_Ca1c9chizTCw8wmm7Yi-y3tW8Bj63Log-YOQ3O7J1xhbfn-oai__EUbxV3CFuRD0XUI3il5O187hA1SdgcyQdm2aOlGG9eWMPMtC0vmoiShcMTTVuKgtsWwCsn_XW-5WRSUa_4A5c/w300-h400/second%20-%2015.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Early in the week, Hyeyung said that she wanted to not only learn about what I do in the studio but be helpful to me. That made it so much easier to let her do work that I would normally do. This is another key aspect in working with her: she has excellent boundaries and communication skills. And she really just rolled with all of the unexpected things that came up, which made it so much less stressful for me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcQlonsmXb9bbxufOuNae7AaNe8az98hTJp2Kv0_Q2Mg0jAOOQvvagFCASKD0gSV_3OS9KYfDcr-Tz5riSpwz9qL4uFsmgCwPK37v6AHwxdRuVbCWilsHRK6n7TKtZw6hfBrv7HMMG0Jno_z6NTCPoAaL3zaeU9uOgoxYnRJBdX3eP9rZ2rI/s1280/second%20-%2016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcQlonsmXb9bbxufOuNae7AaNe8az98hTJp2Kv0_Q2Mg0jAOOQvvagFCASKD0gSV_3OS9KYfDcr-Tz5riSpwz9qL4uFsmgCwPK37v6AHwxdRuVbCWilsHRK6n7TKtZw6hfBrv7HMMG0Jno_z6NTCPoAaL3zaeU9uOgoxYnRJBdX3eP9rZ2rI/w400-h300/second%20-%2016.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Because of the stupid gas leak and other scheduling issues, we were only able to board and then she had to fly away the next day so she didn't get to peel away the final sheets to take them home. But now that the hard part comes, collaborating while separated and back in our regular lives, it means that I can write longhand and enclose paper. I had hoped to do that sooner, but had to work in Columbus a few days after her departure, and then got sick. I've been home nursing myself and variously unhappy about being ill while happy to have a good excuse not to work. Still slowly processing this precious shared time and looking forward to how it will eventually manifest, while always grateful to Hyeyung for her friendship and vision.<p></p><p><a href="https://www.hyeyung.com" target="_blank">Hyeyung Yoon</a></p><p><a href="https://newmusicusa.org/newsroom/2022-creator-development-fund-awardees/" target="_blank">New Music USA 2022 Creator Development Fund grant recipients</a></p><p><i><a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/epistolary-korea/9780231148023" target="_blank">Epistolary Korea</a></i></p><p><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/modern-impressions—light-and-water-chinese-prints" target="_blank">Modern Impressions—Light and Water in Chinese Prints</a></p><p><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.278.3" target="_blank">He Sanqing</a></p><p><a href="http://www.pattychang.com/about/" target="_blank">Patty Chang</a></p><p><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/curators/sooa-im-mccormick" target="_blank">Sooa Im McCormick</a></p></div>aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748312825417927379noreply@blogger.com2