Indra's Net: New book with poem by Grace Nettles

This new scroll has just been completed in an edition of nine. The tubular boxes were crafted with hand marbled silk and silver tyvek coverings. When the lid is lifted, you will ring a small silver bell. The poem is printed on a spider-web background. The back of the scroll has been marbled using the sumigashi technique.The poem, Indra's Net, was written by Grace Nettles and appears in the book Corners, which can be ordered from this website. Only a few copies of Corners remain. Contact us by email for ordering details for this new signed and numbered book, priced at $350.Indra's NetShe told me that she never dreamed of him.Walking straight-backed and proudKeeping her promisesShe never met him in that strange domain.But dreams are meanAnd can outwit the strongest will.One night she found herself she saidCaught in an Indra's net of shining strandsAnd at each crossing-place a memory was fastenedEtched on a little silver bell.So delicate and strong this netEven her breathing would disturb the nearest bellAnd it would ring them allThrilling the impulse out along the shimmering cord.And since that night she saidShe knew the reason whyRoused by the tinsel calling of the birdsHer waking thought would always be of him.©Grace Nettles, Corners, 1988.