"conversation" Rotation Book #5 by Shelley Davies 2016

"conversation"

Rotation Book #5

by

Shelley Davies
2016

Book Rotation Instructions

...hello, Shelley here...

I'd like to begin a visual conversation where each of you responds in turn to a theme, a line, a tone, a texture, etc. of the previous contributor and continues the dialogue.

Just pick up a thread of the narrative that captures your imagination and carry on until the last artist has taken time to understand the person before, responded and communicated their piece.

There are two page sides each...

Travel Journals by Janet Fredericks

I was up at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital visiting a friend in the oncology unit. During a lunch break I came across an exhibit of this wonderful Travel Journals by Janet Fredericks. They were absolution enchanting . . . so personal . . . so unique . . . so transpiring . . .

Janet is teaching a class in Middlebury, VT this May 2015. It is an evening class for 4 Wednesdays in May (6-27, 2015) at the Middlebury Studio School (http://middleburystudioschool.org/instructors/):
“Keeping a Travel Journal” for a fun documentation of your adventures . . . learn to draw, collage and paint to capture your travels. No experience necessary. We will construct a small book in which to collect our creations. Bring photos from a previous trip, images from magazines of a place you’d like to go…your dream vacation…all other materials will be provided"

Contact Janet for classes or instruction:

www.janetfredericksstudio.com

janetfrederisstudio@gmail.com

802-453-7757

The Echizen Papermaking Song!

My friend Allison who is a Japanese translator sent me this link!

How sweet is this!

Thanks Allison!

suku 【漉く· 抄く】

• godan く verb → conjugation:
  1. to make something (i.e. paper) from wet, pulpy material by spreading it thin and drying it

The Echizen Papermaking Song
You can listen to it on YouTube: http://youtu.be/EA7slxjlRpc

五箇に生まれて紙漉き習うて　横座弁慶で人廻す

Born in Goka, learn papermaking , now managing a paper studio.

(Goka is another name when people call this paper village. Go means five. The village is composed of the five towns. )

神の授けをそのまま継いで　親も子も漉く 孫も漉く

Taking after what God gave, parents and children make paper, grandchildren make paper.

(God here means Paper goddess worshipped by people since 719 )

七つ八つから紙漉き習うて ネリの合加減 まだ知らぬ

Having learned papermaking since age seven or eight, still don't know how to mix neri very well.

(Neri is how we called `the mediation aid` to mix materials well in water.)

Architectural Digest Home Design Show 2015 - NYC

Architectural Digest Home Design Show 

2015 - NYC

I was in New York for 6 days with Natalie Blake Studios. 
My new job is the Business / Marketing Manager for NBS. 

Natalie and I went down, stayed in an AirBnB 3 blocks from Pier 94 convention center and worked the show for four days, with a day of set-up at the beginning and a day of site visits on Monday. It was a stimulating adventure.

Natalie at the Natalie Blake Studios booth! @natalieblakeart

Lots to see on the floor of the design show! Amy Genser makes painting from rolled paper. They were selling off the wall . . . sort of seascapes and landscapes. Check out her website: http://www.amygenser.com

Near the floral arrangements were these wonderful paper cutouts. These were beautiful and especially next to the real live flowers!

Lots of great graphics on paper and fabric and cow hide. I love the whole cow!

Check out this "living wall"! Wouldn't this be a great way to grow food ~ and just go up and cut your own salad for dinner! Or herbs for your drink! The possibilities are endless!

Also in this area were lampshades for the cafeteria - chicken wire covered in paper pulp. I like the idea although the end result was a little provincial. I could image this with a more sophisticated finished piece. Maybe this summer at Still Water Bindery!

Met new friends across from the NBS booth - Mother is the painter and her husband came up from Washington and her daughter in from London UK to help her with her show! Lovely family.

Anyway, it was good to be in the city and get some culture and sushi!

We ended up at "The Bitter End" in Greenwich Village ~ Joni Mitchell sang there! 

I was happy to have walked on the same ground that she had! 
Even saw Martha Stewart at the ADHDShow!