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I'm back from two weeks at the beautiful and wonderful Penland School of Crafts. The school teaches all kinds of crafts and arts from glass, metals, printmaking, textiles to bookarts. I took a book/lettering/painting class with Laura Wait. It was fabulous. We started with large pieces of paper and then started writing words with sticks, shingles, rocks and whatever primitive materials we could find. Next we graduated to brushes and calligraphy pens, creating layers of text which bagan to take on the look of abstract forms. The next step in the process was learning to sew exposed bindings such as the herringbone. Paint was added to pages before and after the sewing process. Here are some pictures from the workshop.

Writing tools

Sample text

exposed bindings

Sewing a book on linen cords

Laura Wait demonstrating writing and painting with sumi ink

Palette and books in progress

Exposed binding book

My books on display

Some of my books

Improvisational Quilts at Penland with Sherry Lynn Wood

Hi Ya'll. I can't upload any pictures yet, but go here if you want to see what my class has been up too.
www.daintytime.net

Today we went to an all town garage sale in a town nearby...I found a lot of old linens and antiques cotton baby dresses to incorporate into quilts. Oh, found a fez too. Where making flags for the Penland 4th of July parade. I love being in the South in the summer. I'm seeing fireflies and listening to cicadas every night. In our workshop we listen to John Cage and some folk music too.

More details when I get home!