Make, Scribble and Daub

Yes, that's a drawing every single day!

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I have been making tsa tsa today. The image is of Padmasambhava. Clay

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Nearing the end of this linen warp.

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Monofilament warp dyed blue. Various weft yarns.

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Linen warp yarn painted in part with oak gall ink. Tricky to weave on a rigid heddle loom.

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A scrap of linen woven on a rigid heddle loom.

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Onwards! Astonishingly neat selvedges for a fine warp on a rigid heddle loom.

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On the Cricket rigid heddle loom. A recycled tencel warp with wefts of linen, recycled silk sari, gimp and a vegan yarn.

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The Buddha of Healing holds a myrobalan fruit in his right hand and a lapis lazuli bowl containing amrta in his left.

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Buddha of Healing

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Within.

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Relief - breathe

The inner landscape

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Frenzy of desperately seeking food to fill the void.

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Sketching an idea for a Medicine Buddha image. Surely the world needs so much healing right now!

A long way to go yet. Worked very freely in brush and inks and with some oil pastel creeping in.

OM Bhaishajya Bhaishajya Mahabhaishajya

Bhaishajyaraja samudgate svaha!

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Container/crucible

Mixed media A3

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Container

Inks

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Density. Compressed charcoal and ink.

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Crepe weave on linen warp 32epi spaced in the reed. Weft yarn as warp.