Process

Silk worm Cocoons

I have spent the day locked in process.

Masked and armoured I managed to get a huge chunk of work knocked off.

It was important to experiment today so the new industrial foam was pulled out and sprayed into a paper mache globe. Not successful and the weather was very moist so it took a long time to set. Not pleasing. The day was saved by the arrival of wild silk rovings, cocoons and new experimental mediums.

There is a way to make silk paper without the environmental challenge it now holds.

Cornstarch, spray starch and rice starch are all supposed to work. The gut will be even better.

I cut into cocoons and they each held a tiny metamorphic monster. The sericin, the sticky stuff that harden the cocoons, might be able to be reconstituted if they are washed and the fluid left to evapourate.

I am still sick and staying in the mask is awful. The brain fuzz of yesterday reminded me why I am such a fanatic about them. So did Arlee Barr.

Tomorrow I will try making pods and cocoons from it and finish another globe.