It may be winter outside but there’s hope for spring inside! Snow on top of our window a/c this morning Charlotte’s not the only thing growing like crazy around here! These are the basil seeds and hyacinth bulbs we planted last week, already poking out over the top of the soil. And these are a …
There are so many people and experiences in our lives that make us who we are and I would hazard a guess that very few of them have to do with the specific work we find ourselves doing each day yet, here we are working away and we know they had something to do with …
This is a fascinating video showing the step by step process of making Japanese washi papers from kozo. The bulk of the decorative chiyogami papers I use are kozo papers and this justifies their incredible expense even further. In fact, after watching this, $16-$20 for a sheet of this paper - especially once intricately silkscreened …
New Japanese papers arrived yesterday and I woke up today excited to use them! I’ve seen so many chiyogami papers by now and I never cease to be amazed by their richness, color, and texture. Their elegance and playfulness is definitely what compels me to use them in so much of my work. This new …
The sun was actually out for a bit this morning and February - for possibly the first time ever - seems to be flying by! Work table, stacked with prepped journals, albums, and paper…they’ll turn in to butterflies later today and tomorrow Spring will be here before we know it and I’ve been working hard …
