pansies and paper

as I watered the flowers this morning

these old, much used pieces of my mother’s came to mind

she loved pansies

and embroidery, crochet and knitting

I acquired my love of textiles early in life

the tea dyeing on paper was relatively quick with interesting results

each paper is a little different as the tea weakened and I added different dye stuff

I’ve decided on six signatures for the book

while the shifu pages are being woven I’ll cut and add paper pages

weaving on a linen warp with some indigo accents

the paper was used for calligraphy practice – using sumi ink – before being cut in 3mm widths

each page will be different as I’m using up small amounts of kami-ito from the stash

the colour and weight of the yarn changes with different paper being used

to precious to waste!