Isn't It

John Berkey, 1990.

there are some adjustments I need to make for tension, but I'd like to make the next version into a header band for a warp-weighted loom so I can try weaving the whole pot, including telemachus and penelope.

what if we all explode

This very production of Orpheus & Eurydice is now available to stream, free, for the month of June.

As this post is going gangbusters, and it's Pride, I'd like to point out that there's four days left to watch another free Orpheus & Eurydice, this time an immersive production which begins with us all as guests at their queer wedding. (You'll need knowledge of French or German to get it all, but if you know the story you'll be good)

eastern greek fluorite carved owl. 4th - 3rd centry BC

I have been given Papyrus offcuts! Experimentation shall commence

Only have a sharpie but it doesn't bleed, and only smears in the first couple seconds before the ink dries

It doesn't like to tear if you pull in a straight line, but if you pull diagonally it will shred. Tears in a straight line if you crease it first

Crumples stiffly, shows white crease marks and doesn't want to flatten again

You can cut shapes in it!

Smoulders, but surprisingly resistant to burning

Soaks up water but doesn't fall apart, becomes very flexible

Back to the intended purpose. The paint sits on the surface so you have to wait until it's fully dry or it will smear. Unpleasant textural experience to write on it with pencil. Both paint and pencil wiped off if rubbed with a damp finger. (Historical inks may not have done that but I don't have any)

It can be sewn through, but the stitches rip out pretty easily so I think there's not much utility in it.

I had vague plans to make one felt ornament a month in order to have a set of them by next christmas and that hasn't really happened. But this morning Sweet Bean made a rainbow kitty unicorn and I made a little progress on the fins of my rainbow trout

I also made this snowflake during book club but I don't like any of the sequining choices or the end result. I thought it made more sense to just finish it and make another than to undo it all, but... :/

Actually maybe it's ok

I had vague plans to make one felt ornament a month in order to have a set of them by next christmas and that hasn't really happened. But this morning Sweet Bean made a rainbow kitty unicorn and I made a little progress on the fins of my rainbow trout

I also made this snowflake during book club but I don't like any of the sequining choices or the end result. I thought it made more sense to just finish it and make another than to undo it all, but... :/

Eva Striker Zeisel (1906-2011) was Hungarian - born American industrial designer known for her work with ceramics.

Illustrations from The Function of Colour in Factories, Schools and Hospitals, Jenson & Nicholson Ltd. (1930)