We wove straps of overbeaten abaca and then cut the weavings into 2” x 3” pieces for the 2019 Swatch Swap book.

We have made several of these bamboo and abaca structures and we’re still learning.

Putting a patch of low shrinkage cotton fiber onto a high shrinkage ground like abaca produces a wonderful puffing effect.

The next step for our coil evolution - making them heftier and more resilient to studio and composing wear and tear.

Up to now, the coils have stayed on one plane, fabricated and dried on a flat table top; however, when we used them in compositions, we liked that when they were under load they lost their flatness and twisted into 3 dimensions.

Carving grooves in pink insulation foam board to cast coil designs seems clever, but impractical.

We use a lot of hidden wire, velcro, tape and nails to attach our paper objects to each other, but we don't like hiding things; we prefer making connectors part of the work.