Papermakers Western Gathering 2005

Friday

L to R: Kathy & JulieView of "the slab" from the studio windowJulie pulling paper in front of the tentL to R: Beth, Kristy, Paul

Kathy, Julie, Kristy and Beth "on the slab" doing a variety of activities.
L to R: Julie, Lisa mordanting fiber for the dye vatBen, Julie's husbandL to R: Ben, Julie, LisaIndigo in different stages of oxidationIndigo in different stages of oxidationLisa separating fiber while Kathy observesL to R: Cris & Lisa separating fiber. Jan & Kristy in the backgroundJan watching while Kristy separates fiber

Lisa ran the dying project with the abaca and cotton linters. She would dip the fiber into a dye pot momentarily then place it in a container and separate the wads as much as possible. Exposure to the air darkened the pulp. Show here throughout the day she received help from Julie, Ben, Kristy, and Cris while Jan and Kathy observed.

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Kathy, Lisa, Kristy, Liz, Cris and Jan visiting around the dyed pulp.
L to R: Ronetta & Liz pulling fiber. Beth & Paul in the background processing fiber.Julie (middle) transferring her paper to drying boards while Kathy (in gray) observes

Some paper was also pulled by Julie, Ronetta, Beth, Kristy and Lisa
L to R: Julie, Lisa, Ben, KristyLisa & BenL to R: Ronetta, Jan, Julie, Kathy pulling paper with Lisa & Ben in background

Lisa brought her new home made hydraulic paper press. Here she has Ben help her figure out how to use it while Kristy and Julie observe.

Panorama of half the studio. L to R: Jan, Kathy, LizRonetta drying out couching felt. "Torro! Torro!"KathyRonetta carvingRonetta carvingL to R: Cris, Beth, JanLisaShannon & SharonShannon & Sharon

After a long, cold day processing pulps, it was a welcome relief to trundle upstairs into the warmth of the studio. Paul took over the wood stove and got a wonderful fire roaring to keep us all toasty. Jan leisurely browsed through all the books, Kathy and Liz visited and browsed, Ronetta started carving her plaster mold while Lisa, Shannon and Sharon exchanged ideas.

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A pan of the studio with Kathy, Liz, Ronetta, Jan, Cris and Beth.
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Ronetta carving.
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Shannon & Sharon examining a piece of artwork by Lisa while Lisa explains how it came to be.

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