My postc(art) project.

I have started a postc(art) project. Every two weeks I plan to send off three or four art postcards. They are quick and easy to do - I use recycled bits and pieces from my study(o). So far I have sent off four.

The next four are almost ready to be posted.
Let me know if you would like to participate by leaving me a comment with an email address where I can contact you. The idea is that after you receive yours, you send me a postc(art) back. You should really spend no more than 15 or 20 minutes making yours. The easiest is to  use recycled material in a creative way. Or you can use a ready-made post card and cleverly adapt it by adding (or subtracting) something from it.

I love the idea of all the bits of art flying all over the world and delighting (I hope) postal workers along the way ...

More Mail Art.

My entry for the 2014 ARTEVER mail art exhibition in Amadora, Portugal. The theme this year is Build the Future.

An Apple A Day (mixed media, mail art).

This was last year's entry, and here it is proudly hanging at the exhibition (scroll down to second photo. Mine is on the right).

For You.

Given to me by L'Usband. And now I am sharing it with you, today.

Two books about art.

Two great books to add to your reading list. On my recommendation.

A great book on the function of art. It has definitely influenced the way I look at art. (And has confirmed some views I have held ...). Written in de Botton's inimitable style.

A lovely book. Great story and great characters. Not (for me) as good as The Secret History and The Little Friend, but still, I could not put it down, which says a lot. And now of course everyone is flocking to see the real painting ....

Paper necklace and earrings

I constructed this necklace and earrings from thick watercolour paper by using the origami flower fold technique (which is usually used to make books, not jewellery ...) I stained the paper with black ink, then dribbled bleach on here and there, and used a bamboo pen, dipped in bleach, to write the words.

I should probably spray something on to seal and strengthen it, but I feel it is not quite finished yet. I have an urge to stitch through the 'pages' with black embroidery thread. What do you think? Any other ideas?

Earrings.

I made these a couple of weeks ago. Crocheted flowers, stiffened by dipping into a mixture of wood glue and water (squash out excess, spread out flat on a towel and leave to dry for 48 hours).

They are  l5 cm long - which is a great help for the posture as it forces me to lift my head, lengthen and straighten my neck, and drop the shoulders ...

New(s) Scribbles 6.

 Droning on and on (dry point etching)