botanikos-4

I learned to make felt with my friend Annie, a botanist in Brittany who is also a poet and wonderful artist. When I visited her in 2023, we experimented printing on various mulberry papers. She does beautiful botanical prints on textile but we had no idea how it would work on paper. Back in California, I continued this journey. I print on hanji and kozo with local plants. I also color my handmade papers with natural dyes.

Revisiting a project I worked on many years ago, Softcovers, I now mix textile and paper to create objects that want to be touched and held close. They are soft and sensuous. They reflect the seasons in Northern California. These three were made in late Spring 2024, when the hills are golden, the days are long and everything bursts with colors.