I went to a fascinating “show and tell” at the local archive office last week, where the archivist talked about bookbinding and conservation and showed us the tools of her trade.
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Tag: crafts
it’s complicated
I’ve posted this poem before, but this time I have a photo to go with it.
Lacemaker
You sit, bent over the pillow;
beaded memories
click back and forth.Deftly, you weave silk threads:
over, under, twist and hitch;
under, over, pin and twist.Beneath your fingers
a brass forest grows
shrouded in gossamer.
(In the photo, the forest is silver rather than brass, but I think it still illustrates the point.)
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bonnets and bobbles, Tam o’ Shanters and tassels
In Ávila
the church towers all wear
Tam o’ Shanter storks nests
Actually, it’s not just the churches; any tall roof may sport a heap of sticks at a rakish angle like a French beret or a Scottish tam.
Except, of course, when the whole building roof or dome appears to be the bonnet and the nest is just the toorie – the bobble on the top.
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