Sunday, 12 September 2010

enfoldments, the travellers' notebooks







































































at Glenbarr, just north of Strathalbyn, South Australia
we spent a week dyeing paper, writing, stitching,
wandering and windfall gathering
we read our words aloud [this required courage]
we made folded books
boiled bark into ink
and sewed our interpretations of furoshiki [wrapping cloths]
to keep our precious treasures safe

ps i'm enjoying reading your contributions to the post below
entries close at midnight [South Australian time] on September 13
when i stop chuckling
i'll try and select a few recipients for parcels...
finger-painting on the wall by at
swingtags , , , , ,

18 comments:

  1. Unknown12 September 2010 at 21:19

    The colors and markings on the papers splayed out in the first photo are fascinating. I am always curious about windfall materials gathered from all parts of the planet. What windfall materials created these deep colors?

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  2. Sea Angels12 September 2010 at 21:24

    Just look at those bundles...I just love them...visual delights to drool over (not literary of course ha ah)
    Lynn xx

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  3. ronnie12 September 2010 at 21:44

    phworrrr! booooooks! love it! (and what's this about boiled bark ink?)

    del-ish-ous

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  4. kaiteM12 September 2010 at 22:04

    wonderful, what a week you must have had. bark ink? is it just concentrated boiled bark juice or did you add some hairofthedog?

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  5. india flint12 September 2010 at 22:18

    no dog hairs in sight
    bark ink made from Eucalyptus sideroxylon
    other colours from E. leucoxylon, E. cinerea and
    Pisolithus tinctorius

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  6. Unknown12 September 2010 at 22:49

    Thanks India: I looked up the various eucalyptus and had a good laugh at the other names for the fungus, aka horse dung fungus and in Europe, Bohemian truffle.

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  7. Anne Marie - Toronto12 September 2010 at 22:52

    I wondered about using the natural dyes for paper. Are you kozo, or watercolour?

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  8. Anne Marie - Toronto12 September 2010 at 22:53

    Sorry! Forgot to say that the notebooks look amazing!!

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  9. india flint12 September 2010 at 22:56

    we used a range of papers from architectural detail paper to watercolour

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  10. Deb's Artful Journey12 September 2010 at 23:26

    oh my god these are so incredibly beautiful! I absolutely LOVE bookmaking and these are delicious!!! Happy sigh....

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  11. Christine13 September 2010 at 00:18

    Lustworthy. I want to dye paper.

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  12. Caterina Giglio13 September 2010 at 00:34

    well I wanted to leave my writing piece but it is a bit long, could you pop by my site to read it and see it? http://caterinagiglio.blogspot.com ?

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  13. velma Bolyard13 September 2010 at 01:42

    WOW WOW WOW!!!!!

    and WOW!!!

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  14. jude13 September 2010 at 02:49

    traveling companions, notebooks are.

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  15. Sweetpea13 September 2010 at 03:36

    You know, India, sometimes when I view all the amazing creative work going on out there, and the use of materials in ways I have never fathomed before, I find myself wishing for a few consecutive lifetimes so that I can immerse myself in all of them...

    GORGEOUS notebooks!

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  16. notmassproduced13 September 2010 at 03:39

    absolutely gorgeous

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  17. Sonia / COZY MEMORIES13 September 2010 at 05:30

    this is beyond inspirational. It's liberating. I'm sure it has been exhilarating to create them.
    thank you very much for sharing this experience.

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  18. Unknown13 September 2010 at 07:22

    Lovely to see these parcels of gorgeousness.

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