Reverse Butterfly Book

Suminagashi Reverse Butterfly Book

Pull out the strip and remove the page

Back showing accordion structure

Lovely new book thanks to Miss Marie.  She discovered this interesting structure and brought a sample to the last TeaBAG meeting.  I used sumnigashi papers, kozo paper for the pages, watercolor paper for the covers and spine.  The tab strips pull out and the pages come out! Infinite possibilities! 

New book finish and Suminagashi

Two needle coptic and celtic weave

Latest book finish.  Attempted celtic weave from Keith Smith book, #?.   They recommended to start off with only celtic weave at the top and bottom to keep it manageable.  I still had 7 threads and 14 needles going as I worked from the front to the back.  It is nicely tensioned, but I didn't get the weave exactly correct.  The white and dark are supposed to alternate and they are adjacent in a couple of rows. 

Floating ink on water, magic!

This one is full of vintage prints and my block

Sample pages

prints!  Very special!

Two color

Suminagshi workshop

TeaBAG workshop this month was Suminagashi.   Japanese marbling with inks floating on water.  Love this technique and the variety of the results.  Forgot to take photos of all the finished pages.  Some of mine are here.  We had a variety of papers to work with and one of the coolest was brown paper from grocery bags. 

More Annapolis

Lovely store window

Quiet local inhabitant

Fountain reflection

More snippets from Annapolis.  Lovely views.   I enjoyed walking around taking photos and enjoying the texture underfoot. 

Annapolis

Historic Warehouse

Shiplap House 1715

35$ Crab Cakes at the Middleton Tavern

Gone this week to  Annapolis.   Highlights from the trip.