my firstborn, written in a burst
these are photos of the busiest corner in my studio, my work table. i took them a while ago, but since i don't have my camera with me today (& have neglected to take pictures of everything i want to show you anway) i thought i'd post them today.
among many things are the few months of softies, borogove figure made by dan from the bookstore, tiny coffee book by kristen, collection of cool book covers for a never-realized sketchbook project, tapir box painting by a friend from college, owl perfume bottle, technical drawing supplies from my dad, small stash of yarn (it's bigger now), tiny hammer my mom gave me, coffee drawing framed by my boss michelle, drawing about drinking coffee jonathan drew for me, jabberwocky stencils & scraps now covering a drawing of santa riding a unicorn scott drew for me, tracing for tiny paper-pieced quilts, article on book repair, coffee bean clock from lee, various sketches for things, tiny santa i assembled from an xmas card by isaac, photo of teresa & me dressed up to go to a goth club in LA, string of beads from marie, more sketches & inspirations, pin that belonged to marianne, arrow-through-the-head made by dean booher's father, little rooster patch by lily'srooster...
little plastic drawer-box storage thing i should utilize more from landlord, tiny polaroid camera, tiny xyron sticker maker, stuff from my desk when i worked at the Rockefeller library, drawer thing from ikea that wasn't really worth building, giant heirloom knitting needles (the smaller pair) my mom had, knitting needles, rulers, etc, thread for bookbinding, post-it from long-gone roommate, cute hanky i meant to send to weewonderfuls, photo of gregory with flock-of-seagulls hair, photos of quilts i made for marie's little pixie twins, quote about anxiety from neighbor susan, tiny polaroids of my bike, cats & book press, postcards, snowflakes from anthropologie gifts, framed etching from a book labeled "better to be cain than abel", framed telegram from a valentines day, little bird bell neighbor susan gave me, photo of my cat i briefly had, pin from first night belfast, 50's ad with caption "Rodney Peters already had a wife", triangles, small portion of keys from my key collection... and there is always so much more scattered across my desk, mostly tools & fabric.
i'm tired. this weekend was awful, i think, i'm not entirely decided yet, but i think i had a migraine saturday. how can i not be sure? well, my migraines aren't like that, but the same thing happened to me early december. so i'm thinking it's a migraine, a horrible 10 hour puke-a-thon migraine. a couple glasses of wine over 6 hours while eating food do not a hangover make. any migraine sufferers want to weigh in? i'll be reading some more of Migraine by Oliver Sacks tonight. so not much to report on the crafty front, although i did get the glorious green & orange quilt all machine-quilted & am now sewing on the binding. i should show you that, i did a cool abstract pattern along the large orange area. oops, i have to go to my other work!
