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OK, so here I am in the studio working on this little basket pendant while thinking about my friend Charlotte Richardson. She and I were good friends when I lived and worked in my studio in Downtown Dallas. She had a way of saying just the right things in just the right way when it came to just about everything. She brought with her one day this amazing handmade book with a closure made from a mysterious object. It was one of those things they used to put onto power boxes on houses to lock them (in a way). It was made of a lead looking metal. Somehow, she attached it to the front of the book where you could wrap a cord around it to close. This book was of her own handmade paper and board which was colored with watercolor. Just gorgeous. Inside, you would see perfectly crafted accordion fold white pages. I always thought her IQ was up over the edge.
I miss her dearly. She passed away a few years ago from ovarian cancer.
So anyway, I have been thinking of a way to attach knitted cord onto the basket necklace to form an interesting closure and what pops into my mind? Acorn holder? So this is what is on my table, today.

Papers & Books

 

 

 

 

 

 

I must tell you, again, how much I love to hold and read real books

wherein I find worlds upon worlds.  Once upon a time, I listened to an audio book while driving through Yosemite Park. I visually remember the book by the road I took.

The Art of Memory really works for me. I attach places to words and words to places.

I remember a song I like because of this visual idea. . .

I ride a pony upon my boat. And Roy Rodgers and an old Dale. . .

Lyle Lovette wrote this sometime ago and when it comes up on the radio in the car

I remember the place I was in when the precursor of the Loma Prieta Earthquake happened about a week later. I was sitting at my desk working on my computer with my daughter sitting next to me.

So, visual images are linking points to sound and places, for me.

 

 

 

 

I laughed when I pulled up this photo I took this morning to see one tiny yellow fiber in the upper right hand corner of the below photograph. I am challenging myself to do something interesting (to me) every single day. IreadIwriteIworkwithfiberIdrawIpaintIgardenIcookItravel. . .

 

 

 

 

 

I try to inspire YOU, at least I am trying.

 

xoxoxo  Bobbing Bird