Yesterday's Textiles and Tea featured a cheerful worker in woven sculpture. She works in -- paper! Strips of paper she's hand painted with acrylic, to make a supply for weaving.
I only caught part of the episode because of an unexpected visit from Handsome Son. He got his share of Valentine chocolate cookies and a pot of tea, and was enthusiastic about the cookies.
After he left, it was time to make pancakes, for Pancake Tuesday, half and half chickpea and whole wheat flours, and they came out lovely and light.
Happy Valentine's Day
Happy day, in any years!
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I’ve never tried agave syrup. It’s always maple here.
ReplyDeleteIt's new to me too. Usually I'd use lemon juice and sugar. Or honey.
Deletesaw recently a tv thing about someone making birch syrup in Scotland - another new thing to try.
DeleteFor the past few years, pancake day has snuck up on us, and has been gone before we knew that it was here.
ReplyDeleteStill ok to have pancakes later, they say.
DeleteThose poems are funny! I seems yesterday was all around a good day, a visit and pancakes!
ReplyDeleteBilston is great. In other contexts he's very moving, too, writing about refugees. Yes, it was a good day.
DeleteLove the idea of that basketry not being containers for carrying physical objects, but vessels for carrying ideas! Glad you had a nice Valentines celebration with your son.
ReplyDeleteThank you. That was my conclusion from seeing her work.
Deleteamazing work and to think it is all paper!
ReplyDeleteHappy valentine's day
Cathy
I was very surprised, too. Happy vee day!
DeleteI love those vessels for carrying ideas.
ReplyDeleteYour pancakes look fabulous! Happy Valentine's Day, Lis. And thank you for the clever poems.
That was my translation of her work. I'm glad it resonated. Happy vee day!
DeleteReally creative shapes in the 'basketry' - they must encase some very fluid ideas.
ReplyDeleteAren't they cool? The blue one with fronds waving is about isolation and reaching for connections during the pandemic.
DeletePaper? Wow! Mm, pancakes.
ReplyDeleteIt really makes me want to revisit paper weaving.
DeleteI bet those cookies were more than welcome! I never do pancakes on pancake day. They're just Sunday breakfast when we have the kids!
ReplyDeleteI make a point of them on pancake day and often forget about them at other times. I do like them though.
DeleteHappy Valentines Day! My furry friend says meow. Glad you had a nice surprise visit !
ReplyDeleteMeow back atcha, Mercy! Happy vee day.
DeleteWow weaving with paper. You’ll need a steady hand and nerves of steel!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely of your son to surprise you with a visit. And cookies are always very welcome
I've done paper weaving. The paper is quite tough if it's painted with acrylic, which is liquid plastic. It was good to see him.
DeleteThe verse by ee cummings is funny.
ReplyDeleteWell, Bilston parodying him. He's spot on!
DeleteThe paper baskets are wonderful and the valentine verse by great poets even more so.
ReplyDeleteI thought you'd definitely get the weaving!
Delete"A vessel for ideas" - what a nice summation of beautiful, creative work with an unlikely medium. Love the Bilston poems and that HS was able to stop by.
ReplyDeleteChris from Boise
Thank you. It was just my conclusion from hearing her and seeing her work. It's definitely a surprise to find that's paper!
DeleteCan't imagine weaving such intricate vessels using paper. Wonder if she stiffens it somehow.
ReplyDeleteNice that Handsome Son paid you a surprise Valentine's visit.
I mentioned that she paints it with acrylic. It's plastic, very good for weaving.
DeleteIt wasn't exactly a v day visit, but it fitted together anyway!