APRIL WORKSHOP - Japanese Stab Binding Meets Water

Japanese stab binding sharpened wits. Everyone learned four-hole binding and some  people boldly incorporated the more challenging tortoise shell and hemp leaf designs in their books.  Water proved compelling. In its ebb and flow on a variety of papers, water generated ink-wash images and added sculptural surprise to books by warping and wrinkling the pages. Water even evoked poetry.

Each water book took us all to a unique world; an exploration of pattern and rhythm, memories of the ocean's edge, expressions of grief, a place of rocks and snakes, appreciations of a world shaped by water, to describe just a few. What exciting books! And what fun to enjoy a book making adventure in good company.

Cheers to you all,
Jo



Thursday workshop group water poem

life above and below the water
ripples
uncertainty
rocks
a worm, a long worm snake,
a snaky worm
raindrops on water
movement

Ania Aldrich

Deanna Touhey

Jo Ann Innello

Karen Holtslag

Pam Wright

Saturday Workshop group poem

ripples
a landscape
shirring
a road
rootlets
a lake
wrinkles
reflections
a sausage casing
and a ribbon
I see a path
flower bed
a marsh
a person

Susan Appollo

Glenda Schwarz

Diane Johnson

Annie Scibienski

Debbie Stone

Cait Johnson

Terry Sennett

Betty Vera

Josette Lee

Angela Balletto