Edinburgh calling

I'll be asking 'how are you feeling today?' at the Bookmarket, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh on Tuesday 29th March between 4 - 9pm. Come and tell me.

Book Day Love

58 Students from

10 Courses each made a book over

9 workshops in

1 day in the bindery helped by

2 printers and a book maker,

me.

what a lovely world book day it was.

animal research

A leopard allows an owl to look at angoras (an average day on the farm come spring).

Feeling a concave in a convex

an inward lens where natural light can't reach.

I suppose it's a comfort of sorts.

I should have stayed in that cavern until nightfall,

when I could have quietly crept back dodging reflections

and exposure to the harsh March day.

Instead though, I looked hard into the looking glass

and was saddened at what faced me.

It's been a while

I've not been drinking tea or gazing out of the studio window this past month but on the workshop treadmill from Glasgow to Bolton. It's time to stop and take stock, refill the glue jars, clean the brushes, count the needles and replenish the thread. I've shown 146 people the benefits of creating their own books in the last month which I think gives me legitimate reason to be quiet for a while.