Post cards

I have recently joined a group who are sending post cards to one another -BY SNAIL MAIL!!!! I thought this might be a bit of fun - playing with small images and doing a bit of cutting and pasting. I have heaps of half started experimental bits of paper lying around and I like the fact that they will 'go to a good cause'.

Here are some of my experiments of the past week or so - using ink, water colour, gouache, teabags, joss paper, and the shiny bits are nail polish. They are all twice post card size - I will fold them in half and sew the edges together, maybe enclosing a little 'surprise' inside.

...inside 1

front & back

...inside 2

front & back

...inside 3

front & back

...inside 4

front & back

...inside 5

front & back

...inside 6

inside 7

front & back

I will write a few words on the insides.

I really like the idea of the PO staff smiling when they handle the cards. Let's hope some of the processes are still done by hand and not all fully automated. Maybe that's a good reason for me to put addresses, stamps etc in unconventional places - confuse the robots!!

Nail Polish Artist's Book

On January 3rd, I posted something about 'another book'. I was playing with my left over nail polishes. I never throw out 'stuff' that may be useful in my artwork. Here is the result.

A concertina book seemed logical as the pages were rather thick, and I decided to write words of wisdom throughout [not mine] as a few of us are going through 'flat' stages at the moment, waiting for the next surge of creativity and inspiration.

The nail polish was lovely and as shown here, I glued a strip of nail polish painting to the outside of the slip box.