The Language of Liquid #2

Day began with waking to the call of a curlew, winter on wings, piping in the day.

Day began with posting something off, a proposal, for something new, which may happen, but might not. Then walking the hounds.

Beautiful horses, home in the distance, a biting cold sneaking in, and impeccably well behaved dogs.

Back at home, packing up a few more things, signing a contract, thinking, then time to finish The Language of Water.

A gold addition to a name or two, ink not dry, so my hand prints are there too now, but somehow mistakes add to things these days. And I learn.

And, while I am adding gold to a Dratsie, I thought to work on some more stones. I want to paint a river otter again, and need a gift for the wild water, at Aberbach.

Meanwhile, Gloucestershire and The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop met and exceeded their target to raise money to buy books for Gloucestershire. As a result they are going to print and bind the Explorer’s Notes by Eva John to go with each book. And now Lisa Bremner has started a crowdfunder for the Borough of Bedford.

I want to lend support to her so thought that I would offer the small gold souls of words for sale, all money going to her crowdfunder. These are small and fragile, moongold leaf, the gold being 8cms sq.

Otor, above, is £40

Dwr-gi (Welsh) is £50

Lutra lutra ( Latin) is £50

And below, Madra Uisce, Dobhar Chu is £50

If any of these take your fancy then email me. Wait to hear from me before paying anything in to the crowdfunder. Happy to post anywhere.

Also, I have a strip of words, written today, a long typed fragment on paper torn from an edge. Edgewords I think these should be called. It’s longer, as in taller than The Lost Words, narrow. (And look how dirty my poor inky copy is getting. I am told you can wipe them clean with a baby wipe.)

This can either be £50 as it is, or I can add a small sketch of a bird at the bottom for £100. Again all money to the crowdfunder.

And The Language of Water is for sale too, but the money for that goes to me, because artists need to eat, buy ink and books, time to dream, and play. The original is £2 600.

And there will be prints at £450, same size as the original. (76 x 54cms)

Day began with a curlew call. It has been cold today. I’ve been wrapped in a knitted scarf, light as a spider’s web, lace-knitting, charcoal coloured. While I was cooking supper I felt something sticking in my neck. Unwinding my scarf I discovered the skull of a curled, pinned in my scarf like a bone clip. Fragile, beautiful, tiny serration on the beak snagging on the fine thread of my scarf.

Thinking of stitching all of these together from now on until I have a big stitched paper quilt of gold labyrinth remnants. I still have some left so if you wish to donate £32 to Lisa’s crowdfunder then I can send you one square, and in the meantime I need someone to show me how my sewing machine works.

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