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  • Tuesday at JCCFS

    Last night I bound a book with the paper that included Squirt and Mama Kitty’s fur and the artichoke paper. Today I found a piece of mica that highlighted Squirt’s eyes – perfect! I’m working on three books at once right now. The wooden covers for the main book of the workshop have been drilled,…

  • First book of the week

    First book of the week – Greek binding, mostly finished. Second book made tonight from my handmade paper, but I’m too tired to fight this Mac any more. But I’m happy! I’m trying to upload photos each day but I probably won’t blog unless my hands need a break.

  • Jan checks out the cattails

    Jan checks out… the cattails on the Rivercane walk at John C. Campbell Folk School.

  • Weaving hats

    I guess it’s time for me to write about the woven hats, huh? There’s not a whole lot to say. I loved making them. It was easy and relaxing. A bit stinky, but I’ve never been one to care about that much. After a few days of soaking, the cattails and bulrush smelled sort of…

  • Purty felted flowers

    The felters gave Mother Nature some serious competition.

  • Purty flowers

    There sure were a lot of purty flowers up at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Dogwood Bluebells White Trilliums Saucer Magnolia

  • JCCFS – a comparison with Penland

    I got one good painting out of this, but I think that is pretty good considering it is the first time I have painted in thirty years. John C. Campbell Folk School is a good place to take a vacation. It is not nearly as intense as Penland School of Crafts. The food at both…

  • JCCFS – no public painting for me, please

    Yes, I definitely won’t be doing any painting in public, thank you very much. I knew that when I picked the garden pool next to the dining hall that I’d probably have to deal with a lot more onlookers. But it was exactly the type of scene I want to paint and I knew it…

  • JCCFS – rhodedendron gardens

    We took a field trip to the rhodedendron gardens in Hiawassee, Georgia and painted there. I picked a little flower bed with hostas and lots of texture. There was a very pretty light-colored varigated ivy tumbling over rocks. The trouble with this was that everybody wanted to stop in front of me and admire it…

  • JCCFS – the secret mission and the blue chair

    Today, Barbara demo’ed a landscape outside, which was very nice but I got restless. It is very distracting for me to be around rocks. I kept sneaking large pebbles into my fanny pack and pockets. Don’t know why I feel so secretive about this compulsion. But I went back after lunch and gathered quite a…