https://tsondu.com/nests daily 0.75 2017-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1379776303392-W4058K6JGZXECA3H3V3E/nest+2.JPG the sculptural work of nests - nest parchment, vellum, indigo-dyed handmade paper (lokta), linen, willow, milkweed and thistledown. Created 2010-2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1379776572231-B7HGJU8XI9XI3P45UDM1/nest+wonder.JPG the sculptural work of nests - the sculptural work of nests My sculptural work aspires to create an intimate space (either large or small) in which one contemplates, quietly, his/her relationship to the larger world. I refer to these spaces as nests, relating both to avian architecture as well as to the idea of spatial relationship (one thing nesting within another); an exploration of the interconnected world in terms of microcosm/ macrocosm. "The two kinds of space, intimate space and exterior space, keep encouraging each other, as it were, in their growth.......when we examine a nest, we place ourselves at the origin of confidence in the world, we receive a beginning of confidence, an urge toward cosmic confidence. Would a bird build its nest if it did not have its instinct for confidence in the world?" ~Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space: The Classic Look at How We Experience Intimate Places Image: Blue Bower, during installation. May 2010. Photo Credit: Tatiana Ginsberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1379776814142-0ZCVHLR92FD8I0S05Q9Q/nest+3.JPG the sculptural work of nests - nest parchment, vellum, indigo-dyed handmade paper (lokta), linen, willow, milkweed and thistledown. Created 2010-2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1379776291926-VMUWSGGR2XFW0IU61K7U/nest+1.jpg the sculptural work of nests - nest parchment, vellum, indigo-dyed handmade paper (lokta), linen, willow, milkweed and thistledown. Created 2010-2013. https://tsondu.com/book daily 0.75 2021-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834731645-83ZJA2BSXKJ1ECSB7NI3/kabMB.jpg artist books before 2009 - The Book of Millie-Ba Modern Coptic binding symbolizing ancient Egyptian/Coptic concept of Ba (soul-bird) and use of indigo dye during death rituals. Created 2003. Light blue goatskin, tooled and stitched around cutwork backed with indigo painted leather. Text of indigo dyed papyrus and abaca paper. Handmade deer bone peg clasps. 3-3/8 x 4-1/8 x 1-5/8". Exhibited with Guild of Bookworkers In-Flight Triennial Exhibit, 2003-2005. Currently housed at the Lilly Library, University of Indiana-Bloomington.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834731645-83ZJA2BSXKJ1ECSB7NI3/kabMB.jpg artist books before 2009 - The Book of Millie-Ba Modern Coptic binding symbolizing ancient Egyptian/Coptic concept of Ba (soul-bird) and use of indigo dye during death rituals. Created 2003. Light blue goatskin, tooled and stitched around cutwork backed with indigo painted leather. Text of indigo dyed papyrus and abaca paper. Handmade deer bone peg clasps. 3-3/8 x 4-1/8 x 1-5/8". Exhibited with Guild of Bookworkers In-Flight Triennial Exhibit, 2003-2005. Currently housed at the Lilly Library, University of Indiana-Bloomington.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627169921824-PUCWR7TS47WT2G5GDUZ9/life+hand+reliquary+i.jpg artist books before 2009 - Life-hand reliquary This artist book is modeled after a well known historical binding, The Stonyhurst Gospel. The dimensions and construction (sans endband and materials) replicate that of the Stonyhurst. Created for the Lineage of a Master Exhibition (tribute to Bill Anthony) in 2005. Having studied under Larry Yerkes, an apprentice of Bill Anthony, I am descendent within the lineage. Indigo pigmented calf skin. Red goat skin interweaving on front cover. Relief of Myrabalan plant on front cover, and incut of hand milagro on back. Text block comprised of indigo dyed lokta paper. Endband is the artist’s adaptation of a historical endband, and implemented in hand dyed cotton indigo thread. 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627169544055-SW7AQIDORAJC21WH1H46/life+hand+reliquary+ii.jpg artist books before 2009 - Life-hand reliquary, front detail. This artist book is modeled after a well known historical binding, The Stonyhurst Gospel. The dimensions and construction (sans endband and materials) replicate that of the Stonyhurst. Created for the Lineage of a Master Exhibition (tribute to Bill Anthony) in 2005. Having studied under Larry Yerkes, an apprentice of Bill Anthony, I am descendent within the lineage. Indigo pigmented calf skin. Red goat skin interweaving on front cover. Relief of Myrabalan plant on front cover, and incut of hand milagro on back. Text block comprised of indigo dyed lokta paper. Endband is the artist’s adaptation of a historical endband, and implemented in hand dyed cotton indigo thread. 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627169554443-W28SARCWB2K6DZQWOY1H/life+hand+reliquary+iii.jpg artist books before 2009 - Life-hand reliquary, end band detail i. This artist book is modeled after a well known historical binding, The Stonyhurst Gospel. The dimensions and construction (sans endband and materials) replicate that of the Stonyhurst. Created for the Lineage of a Master Exhibition (tribute to Bill Anthony) in 2005. Having studied under Larry Yerkes, an apprentice of Bill Anthony, I am descendent within the lineage. Indigo pigmented calf skin. Red goat skin interweaving on front cover. Relief of Myrabalan plant on front cover, and incut of hand milagro on back. Text block comprised of indigo dyed lokta paper. Endband is the artist’s adaptation of a historical endband, and implemented in hand dyed cotton indigo thread. 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627169557739-W58DSZXHZ4RE0IZ5OJE8/life+hand+reliquary+iv.jpg artist books before 2009 - Life-hand reliquary, end band detail ii. This artist book is modeled after a well known historical binding, The Stonyhurst Gospel. The dimensions and construction (sans endband and materials) replicate that of the Stonyhurst. Created for the Lineage of a Master Exhibition (tribute to Bill Anthony) in 2005. Having studied under Larry Yerkes, an apprentice of Bill Anthony, I am descendent within the lineage. Indigo pigmented calf skin. Red goat skin interweaving on front cover. Relief of Myrabalan plant on front cover, and incut of hand milagro on back. Text block comprised of indigo dyed lokta paper. Endband is the artist’s adaptation of a historical endband, and implemented in hand dyed cotton indigo thread. 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627169568917-HS78H2YCMYNERMFM64L6/leaving+none+unturned+i.jpg artist books before 2009 - Leaving None Unturned An artist book based on the historical medieval vade mecum structure, while using sewing and laminated papryus boards (reminiscent of coptic structures). This book was created for Wells College Matter & Spirit exhibition, 2004. The content presents an aspect of my spiritual path; engaging in self reflection (“leaving no stone unturned”) and transforming afflictive habits and mindsets into wisdom. Additional content images will posted within the 2021 year. Papyrus boards. Handmade paper, printed, indigo pigmented, embossed, and punched with small grommets. Mixed papers, ink and print technology. Indigo dyed vintage cotton for straps. Flax sewing thread. Tooled spiral burned in front cover with hot wire. 2004 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627169572311-XHQ0QGIUZB9H5LJTZBFF/leaving+none+unturned+ii.jpg artist books before 2009 - Leaving None Unturned An artist book based on the historical medieval vade mecum structure, while using sewing and laminated papryus boards (reminiscent of coptic structures). This book was created for Wells College Matter & Spirit exhibition, 2004. The content presents an aspect of my spiritual path; engaging in self reflection (“leaving no stone unturned”) and transforming afflictive habits and mindsets into wisdom. Additional content images will posted within the 2021 year. Papyrus boards. Handmade paper, printed, indigo pigmented, embossed, and punched with small grommets. Mixed papers, ink and print technology. Indigo dyed vintage cotton for straps. Flax sewing thread. Tooled spiral burned in front cover with hot wire. 2004 https://tsondu.com/rochig-drawing daily 0.75 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099113688-QT7NZASRGPERKJ3YX3X5/Rochig_1.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 1 Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2011-2013. 9" x 6"   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099113688-QT7NZASRGPERKJ3YX3X5/Rochig_1.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 1 Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2011-2013. 9" x 6"   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099365474-J0PC4TK76QYW11CT12PW/Rochig_5.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 5 Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso. On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2013. 14" x 11" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099261818-I5B1KTWC7YULRTBT2FCJ/Rochig_5+w-light.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 5, with light Rochig View 5 with light casting through from behind. Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso. On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2013. 14" x 11" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099101372-CGC11AA8F5ACRMX4XIKP/Rochig_2.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 2 Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso. On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2012-13. 12" x 9" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099372319-W36LEYPY8UAXDE4B9RRJ/Rochig_6.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 6 Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso. On Yupo Translucent Medium, 2011-13. 9" x 6" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099277398-PEOHJMM6NW9EU82YYHIG/Rochig_3.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 3 Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso. On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2013. 14" x 11"   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099193020-XVK4FNHSY44W9BN62V0N/Rochig_3+w-light.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 3, with light Rochig View 3 with light casting through from behind. Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso. On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2013. 14" x 11" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099470910-GNLCMOTPAN9VUKGGFBIK/Rochig_8.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 8 Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso. On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2012-13. 12" x 9" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377099550420-1R64PB7LB9EJMF1PTLSL/Rochig_9.JPG rochig drawings - Rochig 9 Drawing, Chalk Pastels, Ink, Graphite, Gesso. On Yupo Translucent Medium. 2012-13. 14" x 11" https://tsondu.com/blue-bower daily 0.75 2017-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831710702-SM05GMXJTIMZS4KFR0ZT/_MG_8698.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower, during installation Lashing willow, detail. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Stevens Point Sculpture Park.  May, 2010. Photo Credit: Tatiana Ginsberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831710702-SM05GMXJTIMZS4KFR0ZT/_MG_8698.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower, during installation Lashing willow, detail. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Stevens Point Sculpture Park.  May, 2010. Photo Credit: Tatiana Ginsberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1379776572231-B7HGJU8XI9XI3P45UDM1/nest+wonder.JPG blue bower - the sculptural work of nests My sculptural work aspires to create an intimate space (either large or small) in which one contemplates, quietly, his/her relationship to the larger world. I refer to these spaces as nests, relating both to avian architecture as well as to the idea of spatial relationship (one thing nesting within another); an exploration of the interconnected world in terms of microcosm/ macrocosm. "The two kinds of space, intimate space and exterior space, keep encouraging each other, as it were, in their growth.......when we examine a nest, we place ourselves at the origin of confidence in the world, we receive a beginning of confidence, an urge toward cosmic confidence. Would a bird build its nest if it did not have its instinct for confidence in the world?" ~Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space: The Classic Look at How We Experience Intimate Places Image: Blue Bower, during installation. May 2010. Photo Credit: Tatiana Ginsberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831673753-YJGL57WUM36Z19NZEX9Q/_MG_8697.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower, during installation Lashing Willow. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Stevens Point Sculpture Park.  May, 2010. Photo Credit: Tatiana Ginsberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831743723-51GD8RKSISTA153M3G6E/_MG_8756.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower, during installation Stevens Point, Wisconsin.  Stevens Point Sculpture Park. May, 2010.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831896785-O5R36CHP8GWGMP0WOPH3/spsp+opening0009.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower View of Bower from back.  June 2010.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831903182-78DA384K1KS6HT9M11CQ/spsp+opening0007.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower View of Bower interior from back.  June, 2010.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831856100-2RLZ2O1PULJTMZKAJNQI/_MG_8708.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower, during installation Hanging lines of omikuji with Tatiana. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Stevens Point Sculpture Park.  May, 2010. Photo Credit: Tatiana Ginsberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831992495-3IW92Y4190JTJQPND06L/spsp+opening0151.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower Sky view from inside Blue Bower.  June, 2010.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378832008395-H4UT0C0QDKD5GQ5HJ9EH/spsp+opening0154.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower View of Bower through peripheral lines of omikuji. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Stevens Point Sculpture Park.  May, 2010. Photo Credit: Tatiana Ginsberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378831950354-QDO3EQICKUZAY1C068D2/spsp+opening0001.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower Approaching Blue Bower from the first of two paths.  Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Stevens Point Sculpture Park.  June, 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378832004164-92WP14IRRNHG0I9NRL43/spsp+opening0152.JPG blue bower - Blue Bower Entrance to Blue Bower.  https://tsondu.com/nest-of-patience daily 0.75 2021-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378833995244-KIOWFZJOE2ACEMRA5J3S/nOp+final0016.JPG nest of patience - Nest of Patience Cover, detail. Collaborative Artist book with Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. Exhibited with Guild of Bookworkers Marking Time Triennial Exhibit, 2009-2011. Currently housed at the University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378833995244-KIOWFZJOE2ACEMRA5J3S/nOp+final0016.JPG nest of patience - Nest of Patience Cover, detail. Collaborative Artist book with Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. Exhibited with Guild of Bookworkers Marking Time Triennial Exhibit, 2009-2011. Currently housed at the University of Iowa Libraries' Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378833989941-TD5815SBZVYTNOASAJC1/nop+final0013_r1.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience Cover of girdle binding. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378833994551-Z8BE6OXXC3OHFHI3CGWD/nop_0003.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Interior, Title Page. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Drawing & stitchwork on translucent indigo-slunk, Kristin Alana Baum. Ilumination & Calligraphy, Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834031591-SB9CMTK2EDZQQ94VGV49/nop_0006.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Calendar of Days. Interior view, spread 6. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work of Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834028928-QC4FOH0C48L8ESWXYOIE/nop_0009.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Calendar of Days. Interior view, spread 9. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work of Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834060725-RM37N8MP36X05YW63SS1/nop_0034.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Interregnum. Interior view, spread 34. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work, Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834060494-FUMW9GENJTVC6E7QGVBL/nop_0037.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Totem animal, Crane. (verso view). Interior view, spread 37. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Drawing & stitchwork on translucent indigo-slunk, Kristin Alana Baum. Ilumination & Calligraphy, Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834093131-02KVA0YWCD0BSK2CCM5A/nop_0049.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Totem animal, Crane (verso view). Interior view, spread 49. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Drawing & stitchwork on translucent indigo-slunk, Kristin Alana Baum. Ilumination & Calligraphy, Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834090674-AGZD10UO4GYZQPTHCXUS/nop_0053.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Feather and Individualism fortune. Interior view, spread 53. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834114777-1EQFVO1F5EBE7DELG2QD/nop_0061.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Totem animal, Turtle (verso view). Interior view, spread 61. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Drawing & stitchwork on translucent indigo-slunk, Kristin Alana Baum. Ilumination & Calligraphy, Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834123806-OA4B9YQQIOVHMU7DTPL7/nop_0069.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Lao Tzu and Mantis. Interior view, spread 69. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work by Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834151437-IGX50CBAHGISJHSLPJI5/nop_0070.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Lao Tzu & Mantis with Happiness Fortune. Interior view, spread 70. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work of Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834148397-XE79167NS4EN400JJDLI/nop_0079.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Noctilucent. Interior view, spread 79. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work of Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834174782-QP27QYHGYADWYZSBPR6O/nop_0081.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Interior view, spread 81. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work of Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834182992-RQBETPDM1XC1MWF9LOOJ/nop_0094.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Luna & Albert Einstein. Interior View, spread 94. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work and illustration by Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834205949-ZDG4SITIXB9QWSE7X0DU/nop_0095.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail William Stafford poem. Interior view, spread 94. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work of Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834210502-V3UJ5J90ZM3LM7WEZ5V4/nop_0097.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Totem animal, Kingfisher (verso view). Interior view, spread 97. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Drawing & stitchwork on translucent indigo-slunk, Kristin Alana Baum. Ilumination & Calligraphy, Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834229797-EJ0JBTDM00O3K10Y0AUY/nop_0099.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Anagnorisis and Love Fortune. interior view, spread 99. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work of Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1378834234960-0G42EQOI056U6ZMRSG8I/nop_0103.jpg nest of patience - Nest of Patience, detail Resipiscent and Lotus. Interior view, spread 103. Collaborative content by Kristin & Cheryl. Calligraphic work of Cheryl Jacobsen. Created 2009.   https://tsondu.com/holding-space daily 0.75 2021-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627172062815-FKBYGRGER6GX37GW5134/hs+10.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No. 8 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627172062815-FKBYGRGER6GX37GW5134/hs+10.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No. 8 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438290488663-2BEMPQDF1U5WUBFOF3XY/HS+1.JPG holding space - Holding Space, No.1 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438290519523-N0B2BRC5QKXO8G4YXF0P/HS+3.JPG holding space - Holding Space No. 10 Prayers for Nepal. (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627172072649-482DS0NQXYE2XYNYU61O/hs+11.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No. 9 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438290577947-SKNRVK4EDXZ7BRVWZF3U/HS+6.JPG holding space - Holding Space No. 5 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627171879328-VEED83U5K5OV8QW2BP9K/hs+7.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No. 6 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627172085657-YVSCCAUT2UQ0MI4U3NGA/hs+15.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No. 13 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438290550500-5H3QT7ET7PNLN8U5MUX3/HS+4.JPG holding space - Holding Space No. 4 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438290546953-FNRL7AI6R5EILIMSCU46/HS+5.JPG holding space - Holding Space No.3 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627172072561-Y77LQIA5RHXP4JMJ2HCZ/hs+12.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No. 10 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627171915094-CPG17T9U23FUF2R5GRJK/hs+8.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No.7 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627172062498-GAUYZ9K2DI6RLC711TJ5/hs+9.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No.8 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627172080878-JL1OJ2DEW95P9CRFNDBV/hs+13.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No. 11 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627172081512-IZVM8FA2WTAYT85FBWZ5/hs+14.jpg holding space - Holding Space, No. 12 (in progress; in a series of 22). Pastel drawing on canvas. 2015. © kab. https://tsondu.com/photography daily 0.75 2021-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1572811733083-9GEA0SR5RW5H2CWQEH5K/luminosity+%7C+june+24+2019.jpeg watershed | photography - Luminosity Detail, water ecology at river’s edge. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. June 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1572811733083-9GEA0SR5RW5H2CWQEH5K/luminosity+%7C+june+24+2019.jpeg watershed | photography - Luminosity Detail, water ecology at river’s edge. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. June 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1562521740422-2UKI39DHE5CF0H4RZQ9M/image-asset.jpeg watershed | photography - Field Recording #7: A wake River contemplation on what we create with a gentle path forward; reflection on what one leaves behind. Filmed on the Upper Mississippi River, Stoddard, Wisconsin. June 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1572811895817-7EC5E1RS28ANUGRAJUON/tendrel+%7C+august+30+2019.jpg watershed | photography - Tendrel Light with dense sedge grass at river’s edge. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. August 30, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438281418502-Y5589IYEN1H4Z5F08KDP/DSC00741.jpg watershed | photography - Nestling Sedge grass on the Mississippi River current. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. July 21, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1383448172493-3Z0FMM0YOZP3UIYF6KZK/DSC03968.JPG watershed | photography - Autumn Lotus Upper Mississippi River. South of Goose Island, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. November 2, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377098465922-JAPQQIMKUG9LIM9J3O9T/May_2013_i.JPG watershed | photography - Equanimity Detail of fallen Birch Tree. Allamakee County, Iowa. June 28, 2013.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1572811505004-7PLNSE93JNEXJWWZ8S7Y/bardo+%7C+june+24+2019.jpeg watershed | photography - Bardo i Detail, weathered tree with river. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. June 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1481232530775-PWLC6JQQ9ILET88H1OWI/DSC01243.jpg watershed | photography Found remnants of hair from a deer carcass near the riverbank. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. December 10, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1385422570635-XQL2R2SEHLU3NM0QAU5G/DSC00062.jpg watershed | photography - Reflection on impermanence Detail, skull of young deer. Found bankside of the Mississippi River, South of LaCrosse. November 17, 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438281278471-X9GYKNY437H4186WK1QQ/DSC00092.jpg watershed | photography - Impermanence ii Deer carcass in a field. Upper Mississippi River. Near Genoa, Wisconsin. April 5, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438280111738-UE2WM6SEPT8M5G6TLC7J/home+beaver+tree.JPG watershed | photography - Ambit Twigs and tree marked by beaver teeth. Myrick-Hixon EcoPark, La Crosse, Wisconsin. May 18, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1383447923593-PNPZQ65CUK6FVZ27255K/DSC03694.jpg watershed | photography - Duckweed & Watermeal with Mississippi Current Species Duckweed (Spirodela Polyrhiza & Lemna Minor) and Watermeal (Wolffia Columbiana) on water surface of the Mississippi River, showing movement of the current. Ferryville, Wisconsin. October 7, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1481233471422-4Z37872UVMCVHRP6ZTRB/DSC04273.jpg watershed | photography Wind fallen nest, beneath colony of pines. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. December 7, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1402702669041-OJZHRIWJNK0LAP2U7KRF/dark+eyed+junco.jpg watershed | photography - home Nest of Dark-eyed Junco. Vernon County, Wisconsin. April 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1387423770341-9SCSIKKYI6O94EH9IA46/DSC00249.JPG watershed | photography - Winter Nest. December 10, 2013. East side of the Mississippi River, near Genoa, Wisconsin.   "...when we examine a nest, we place ourselves at the origin of confidence in the world, we receive a beginning of confidence, an urge toward cosmic confidence. Would a bird build its nest if it did not have its instinct for confidence in the world?" ~Gaston Bachelard, from The Poetics of Space: The Classic Look at How We Experience Intimate Places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1395941331789-0TOJU3XPYMQKVL0U6O3C/DSC00619.JPG watershed | photography - Same-not-same Old nest still new. Nest of Red-winged Blackbird (2nd in the series). Along the Mississippi River, near Stoddard, Wisconsin. March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1415156225926-BIQ6UVFYA3XU1KVI60XW/image-asset.jpeg watershed | photography - Repose, with light Great Blue Heron standing in still waters in the Mississippi River. Myrick-Hixon EcoPark, La Crosse, Wisconsin. July 8, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438280190090-24VF41AV4XB1DYMS7D0Q/home+gbheron.JPG watershed | photography - Self-reliance Great blue heron, standing amidst the lush green ecology of the Mississippi River. Goose Island Park. Stoddard, Wisconsin. August 20, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1572811816463-T8RM720PJX2S1ZDIEQEL/bardo+ii+%7C+august+30+2019.jpg watershed | photography - Bardo ii Detail, micro environment at river’s edge. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. August 30, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1481235499530-F86NQWDYVTV7SDQZQP16/DSC04278.jpg watershed | photography - Ambit Detail, basal scar on riverbank tree. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. December 8, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1504379352634-XGR1O6GCIFZHWSY4POA1/intention+7262017.jpg watershed | photography - Intention Lotus growing skyward. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. July 26, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1385270739525-L5D35M6SGZXY50TER6EB/DSC00079.JPG watershed | photography - Resilience & Grief. Highway 56, Vernon County, Wisconsin. November 17, 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1385270804823-OGNY3OIHP7J09A3A6OI5/DSC00082.JPG watershed | photography - Repose. Highway 56, Vernon County, Wisconsin. November 17, 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1527963974962-52G0X0M2DYBNKGYV3OJ0/Act+of+Love%2C+ii.jpg watershed | photography - Act of Love, ii Vegetation (including Duckweed & Watermeal), with light. Upper Mississippi River, Goose Island State Park. Stoddard, Wisconsin. October 6, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1385422742371-V94XFMZITRNNJB6HXG7M/DSC00169.JPG watershed | photography - Repose Two Tundra Swans, feeding. Mississippi River, Brownsville, Minnesota. November 23, 2013.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438282501059-12252FX61DRXRDOUO6FB/act+of+love.jpg watershed | photography - Act of Love Vegetation (including Duckweed & Watermeal), with light. Upper Mississippi River, Myrick-Hixon EcoPark. La Crosse, Wisconsin. April 5, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1504378625900-3H0UUBIJPEK68BZP1AQ6/progress+7262017.jpg watershed | photography - Progress Jumble of lotus and lily pads. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. July 26, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1481233166470-2LVZP7OXKC7KCA70L0WA/DSC04268.jpg watershed | photography Wind fallen wasps' nest, beneath a colony of pines. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. December 7, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1527963859391-S4N3QMTU14FF6HBBXGGI/Act+of+Love%2C+ii.jpg watershed | photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1395940255175-9B6AFPYFYR9TFYWXA1DO/DSC00566.JPG watershed | photography - Winter Spent Sunflower head on pavement. Myrick Hixon EcoPark, La Crosse, Wisconsin. March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438280212121-293EWDXXQWYDBKN61D2C/home+honey+moon.JPG watershed | photography - Love, pervasive “I’d like to think the moon is there even if I am not looking at it” ~Albert Einstein Full “Honey Moon.” Carter Mountain, Vernon County, Wisconsin. June 13, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1377098545316-FJM9X5DEX93I6D2RCQKT/april_2013_i.JPG watershed | photography - Mandala 2 Hay Mandala. April 15, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438280482752-I6X2LNBVMLSOM71VFX0K/home+turtle.jpg watershed | photography - Earth Turtle embarking at Mississippi River bank. Ferryville, Wisconsin. July 8, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438280418412-3IZR7316MOAZE1F75OE1/home+new+year.JPG watershed | photography - Home Sunset over the Mississippi River. Upper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. June, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1395942089625-YO2CUOLJZRV5F1NX0O1W/DSC00615.JPG watershed | photography - Emerging Light on the thawing Mississippi River. Near Stoddard, Wisconsin. March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438284231002-UVLCPCKEDVFGTI7TZBZZ/home+ice.jpg watershed | photography - Still Ice of the Mississippi River. Ferryville, Wisconsin. January, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438280271811-3KQB3XVVD9MP5S1MA3HB/home+ice+fish.jpg watershed | photography - Caught in the Current Fish in river ice. Upper Mississippi River. Ferryville, Wisconsin. January, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438280299864-5XPHAPHYJ5EAO38NJL1M/home+methane+bubble+1.jpg watershed | photography - Otherwise i “Things are not as they appear, nor are they otherwise.” ~Buddha In the first winter of my time with the Mississippi I was enchanted by bubble formations just beneath the ice surface. I took a series of photographs enjoying their fairy-like quality. Months later, through research, an article in National Geographic, and a story on NPR I learned that the bubbles are methane gas trapped in the ice. With knowledge and acceptance, what once seemed beautiful and mesmerizing is transformed into a larger query. January 26, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1438280367701-Z02A4I4J294XOMCNRFPE/home+methane+bubble+2.jpg watershed | photography - Otherwise ii “Things are not as they appear, nor are they otherwise.” ~Buddha In the first winter of my time with the Mississippi I was enchanted by bubble formations just beneath the ice surface. I took a series of photographs enjoying their fairy-like quality. Months later, through research, an article in National Geographic, and a story on NPR I learned that the bubbles are methane gas trapped in the ice. With knowledge and acceptance, what once seemed beautiful and mesmerizing is transformed into a larger query. January 26, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1504378384375-EVWKGMOVTA2I95K2Q4YE/intention+7262017.jpg watershed | photography - Intention Lotus growing skyward. pper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. July 26, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1504379293359-236RVD343KSEW5NPIN7Y/intention+7262017.jpg watershed | photography - Intention Lotus growing skyward. pper Mississippi River. Stoddard, Wisconsin. July 26, 2017 https://tsondu.com/mahamudra-quilt daily 1.0 2022-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626238807245-C4L597WRNWT00QN1WFKB/mahamudra%2Bi.jpg mahamudra quilt - Origin, Duration, Dissolution Indigo dyed vintage table linen cotton appliqué. Vintage linen, purchased by artist in northern France circa 1996. Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626238807245-C4L597WRNWT00QN1WFKB/mahamudra%2Bi.jpg mahamudra quilt - Origin, Duration, Dissolution Indigo dyed vintage table linen cotton appliqué. Vintage linen, purchased by artist in northern France circa 1996. Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626237880756-JPZM80SCUXU56HQ82WUD/mahamudra.jpg mahamudra quilt - Mahamudra I Vintage table linen. Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626237883263-NPOZNHE7X7F77EQEJHIP/mahamudraii.jpg mahamudra quilt - Mahamudra II Japanese textile, appliqué. Indigo dyed vintage table linen cotton. Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626237885456-CVZMIC9UJQY2JODYQO59/mahamudrav.jpg mahamudra quilt - Mahamudra III Walnut dyed wool felting and Japanese textile, appliqués. Indigo dyed vintage table linen cotton.Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626237883151-E7M2V9A7964Q2OB5CFTQ/mahamudraiii.jpg mahamudra quilt - Mahamudra IV Walnut dyed wool felting and linen appliqué. Vintage linen, purchased by artist in northern France circa 1996. Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626237885680-NIS5GW5Y33JVT34C9WUE/mahamudraiv.jpg mahamudra quilt - Mahamudra V Indigo dyed vintage table linen cotton appliqué. Vintage linen, purchased by artist in northern France circa 1996. Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626237888089-6GJOXGYGMRSJEAG1M737/mahamudravi.jpg mahamudra quilt - Mahamudra VI Walnut dyed wool felting, appliqué. Indigo dyed vintage table linen cotton. Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626237888363-05M4SITI0SHYVQYPIEGI/mahamudravii.jpg mahamudra quilt - Mahamudra VII Indigo dyed vintage table linen cotton. Mixed threads. 2018-19. https://tsondu.com/early-works-pre2010 daily 0.75 2021-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626999363501-VM9C1HL6UDO06OE6T7I5/timed+charcoal+sketches+2008.JPG early works | pre-2010 - Timed figures, 2009. In the summer of 2009 I sat in on figure drawing class at the University of Iowa. Each class session introduced different exercises and practice structure. On this particular day, the model changed pose at short and regular intervals. This charcoal sketch was accomplished in under 20 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626999363501-VM9C1HL6UDO06OE6T7I5/timed+charcoal+sketches+2008.JPG early works | pre-2010 - Timed figures, 2009. In the summer of 2009 I sat in on figure drawing class at the University of Iowa. Each class session introduced different exercises and practice structure. On this particular day, the model changed pose at short and regular intervals. This charcoal sketch was accomplished in under 20 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626999367016-HSV4E7N01FHA5IHC3KOQ/bodhisattva+aspiration+i.JPG early works | pre-2010 - Bodhisattva Aspiration I In the summer of 2009 I sat in on figure drawing class at the University of Iowa. This pastel is an adaptation of a traditional figure drawing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626999393358-9TJD3W20WMLML9JUQCD2/bodhisattva+aspiration+ii.JPG early works | pre-2010 - Bodhisattva Aspiration II In the summer of 2009 I sat in on figure drawing class at the University of Iowa. This pastel is an adaptation of a traditional figure drawing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626999399635-QBHXUE3066LZV2QVFNFB/bodhisattva+aspiration+iii.JPG early works | pre-2010 - Bodhisattva Aspiration III In the summer of 2009 I sat in on figure drawing class at the University of Iowa. This pastel is an adaptation of a traditional figure drawing. https://tsondu.com/field-experiments daily 0.75 2021-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626234813243-JA3TA8VU0N4IS5CTVVFV/Current.jpg field experiments - River bank, River current An abstract exploration of river current and bank elevation. Mixed thread, Indigo dyed cotton on organic cotton jersey. Water, rivers, lakes….are often used in teaching metaphors within my meditation tradition. So, there is a teaching embedded here in the threadwork: “Look back at your mind….If you can see the river, you’re out of the river. If you see the river, it doesn’t matter what kind of river it is: dirty river, clear river, turbulent or calm river. But if you fall in the river, you should have a calm river, nice temperature, clear river. You don’t want to fall into a dirty river.” ~ Mingyur Rinpoche Circa 2015-2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626234813243-JA3TA8VU0N4IS5CTVVFV/Current.jpg field experiments - River bank, River current An abstract exploration of river current and bank elevation. Mixed thread, Indigo dyed cotton on organic cotton jersey. Water, rivers, lakes….are often used in teaching metaphors within my meditation tradition. So, there is a teaching embedded here in the threadwork: “Look back at your mind….If you can see the river, you’re out of the river. If you see the river, it doesn’t matter what kind of river it is: dirty river, clear river, turbulent or calm river. But if you fall in the river, you should have a calm river, nice temperature, clear river. You don’t want to fall into a dirty river.” ~ Mingyur Rinpoche Circa 2015-2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626234808423-2QT7MPPS2EQHQ5623Z8O/duckweed.jpg field experiments - Duckweed on current An abstract exploration of duckweed and commonmeal on the Mississippi River current, adapted from my photographs. Mixed thread on hand dyed organic cotton jersey. Circa 2015-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626233744904-FAJHH3EO4PNMSAGSIOJQ/proper+motivation+iii.jpg field experiments - Proper Motivation Detail. Indigo dyed organic cotton jersey appliqué, and machine sewing thread on upcycled jean denim. An exploration based on my Rochig drawing series. Here I began actively exploring what I refer to as a “suture stitch,” an irregular crossing of two or more stitches. This stitch is not a proper medical suture stitch, but its’ informal cross hatch reminded me of medical stitches, and became emblematic of moving through a healing process. Circa 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626234530835-UEMZIHVE6KT2OW0FOBTY/proper%2Bmotivation%2Bii.jpg field experiments - Proper Motivation Indigo dyed organic cotton jersey appliqué, and machine sewing thread on upcycled jean denim. An exploration based on my Rochig drawing series. Here I began actively exploring what I refer to as a “suture stitch,” an irregular crossing of two or more stitches. This stitch is not a proper medical suture stitch, but its’ informal cross hatch reminded me of medical stitches, and became emblematic of moving through a healing process. Circa 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626233019448-HPLH0WUXV44MFN2TDFKV/counting.jpg field experiments - Counting field experiment ii. kantha style sewing on indigo shibori indigo dyed vintage table linen. 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1626232696783-WODRBI5N82FW1LJK1OGM/neighboring%2Bprairie.jpg field experiments - Neighboring Prairie field experiment iv. variegated sewing thread on upcycled denim. There is a prairie next to my parcel that has been fully restored over the past 20 years. It is an inspiration to me. In the autumn of 2015, I would walk the road along the ridge and the autumn light—which is so perfect, distinctive—glinted over the neighbor’s prairie with an angelic grace. The denim is likely off cut from jeans I wore on one of those walks. https://tsondu.com/buddha-house-garden daily 0.75 2021-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627063339610-CW981ZDQKK1EZB7DC6ET/bhg+aerial.jpeg buddha house garden - Aerial View, Buddha House Garden Design Tracing paper overlays, colored and graphite pencil, ink. March 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627063339610-CW981ZDQKK1EZB7DC6ET/bhg+aerial.jpeg buddha house garden - Aerial View, Buddha House Garden Design Tracing paper overlays, colored and graphite pencil, ink. March 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627062765545-LJJ64IFBTDBKQ5XQ08F3/bhg+aerial.jpeg buddha house garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627062924379-BLWPN8VSNFR1QBMI1XDJ/bhg+from+path.jpeg buddha house garden - Buddha House Garden, view from front path. Tracing paper overlays, colored and graphite pencil, ink. March 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52140215e4b0857a569fa77f/1627062926637-J297QDU0YF8NKI6H0OR6/bhg+front+with+fence+overlay.jpeg buddha house garden - Buddha House Garden, view from front. The lashed willow fencing was not implemented. At present, a stupa for my first teacher sits directly in front of The Buddha House. Tracing paper overlays, colored and graphite pencil, ink. 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