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Bestiary

Gilding in and of itself isn’t precious to me. When I was a faux finisher I, on more than one occasion, gilded an entire bathroom. It’s actually kind of gruelling work to gild a ceiling, and the cruel joke of … Continue reading

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Cheap Reprints

Precious paper I did not have, so I opted for a photograph.  Not an old photograph, not a photograph I don’t have the negative for, not even a photograph housing beloved faces. The photograph I chose is precious because it … Continue reading

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Surface

When I started thinking about what surfaces are precious my first thoughts were: notes or objects from family and friends.  I ruled out family because I was not going to write on my grandfather’s family tree or letters either of … Continue reading

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Precious (adj., adv.) Of great moral, spiritual, or other non-material value; beloved, held in high esteem.

“Inscription is a form of intervention…” ~ Gitelman I borrowed the tea (in my case coffee) ring idea from the poet Susan Tichy, whose tea poems (visual poems with tea rings) chronicled her morning tea drinking. The ephemera of it. … Continue reading

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