“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(“Stubble, or stumble.” Here we think Jane was trying to get across the idea of stubble meaning texture, which the canvas of course possesses. This woven texture was another reason for my buying canvas, rather than smooth boards for instance, such as Masonite.

(“Connection with a fabric that somehow seems glued on. Something glued on something, perhaps paper.” This is excellent data, and very close indeed to the object. The object is trimmed from the linen canvas I bought at the Art Shop, and this piece of canvas was glued on to large sheets of Masonite so as to have a firm support—the experiment I had in mind which was referred to later.

(“A design on rectangle.” The object is rectangular; it bears no design, but being canvas is meant to ultimately. A larger interpretation would be that I applied the linen canvas to large rectangular pieces of Masonite, with the idea of painting on these. I made no square panels for instance, not caring for this proportion.

(“With holes in it, or torn.” Now Seth gets more specific, and again this is excellent data. See page 281 for a copy of the object. Note that the top edge is frayed, appearing to be torn; actually this results from an unraveling after cutting. The cutting took place before the preshrinking. Again, note the holes spaced along the top edge of the object. These are tack holes spaced rather close together around each piece of canvas, because the linen exerts a strong pull when wet; it had to be securely fastened to the Masonite panels, until dry.