i enjoyed the brevity of writing just 3 lines *
i enjoyed the staccato rhythm
like the sound of hail wind driven on to the windows 

watercolours are amazing
a few leaves picked up on a few walks
the process is alluring & there's a certain amount of serendipity in the outcome

i wonder will i ever be able to pull 'this' off
will i ever be able to bring 'this' together 
to be honest, i don't even know what 'this' is

'the ideas, the visions, the dreams of what's possible would not be in you if they were not for you. they are in you for a reason & they are yours to shape & mould & build & play with & tweak & adapt & iterate on' Tiffany Han**

in the end does it really matter
i'm gonna say no, not to the outside world
but to the voice inside
​it's vital

​xx Sal

These fabrics & muka pieces are from the Tawa* leaf dye-bath we made in March 2021.
​We used the same cotton fabrics as the other dyebaths of this seasons explorations.
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​Beautiful, soft, gentle shades of honey-yellow which shifted to greens after being in the paru.

. . . . and then of course there was a piece of silk that went in, ha - couldn't resist !

& now that it's May & i {think} know it's time to stop.

I thought i would stop a couple of weeks ago but then we gathered more Hīnau leaves & paru to do one final thing . . .  and then i couldn't bear the thought of wasting the dyebath nor the paru & now its May 9th, it's cold, it's raining & my heart (& hands) are asking why ?! Why did you keep going ?!

I'll tell you about the 'final thing' in another post - right now I need a cuppa 

mā te wā
​xxx