This past Thursday, after my longest dry spell since becoming a papermaker, I plunged both hands eagerly into a vat of pulp. For the first time in nearly two months, I demonstrated the sheet-forming method to a brand-new student in my Paper Studio class at Abington Art Center in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. It surely felt wonderful! Why, might you ask, such a long hiatus from my beloved paper-making? A misadventure in another of my passions sidelined me. While I was running agilely with one of my dogs, my foot became entangled with the "field turf monster" while the rest of me stayed in motion. Down I went, full force on my left hand. My left wrist now stirs the pulp with the aid of a plate and nine long pins! I am fortunate that it wasn't worse and that I have wonderful friends who helped me continue to function as I healed.
展开▼
