One of my favorite moments when I am creating is the point at which I prepare to lower the piece into the water.
The clamps are all tightened. Dripping wet, the green seeping down into the white, the color in the pot waiting to infuse the next section.
I look it over carefully. The edge of the wood against the cloth, pressed tightly, a barrier against the dye that is soon to seeopup and around its shape.
At the same time, there is danger, too. Heat, steam, slippery ground.
The piece is extremely heavy. All is weight. The effort needed to hold it up, to assess the angle to place it into the water, all take complete and intense concentration.
