This week we had some new wood block and rubber stamps to try out, but with the slicker Japanese postcards and the wood pulp North American ones you never really know what you get until you try. Here are a couple of the fronts of the cards, some tending toward the Goth, the one in the lower left was sort of a mixture of isolation and melancholy.
Cheerful card eh, but after much debating that is what seemed right, sometimes I can’t tell if what I am sending reflects them or me.The black is turning out well as is the new rubber block of the raven (always in black!), which combined in this card with some animals to make a nice clear image.
Since I had so many cards, after a while my imagination ran away with me and I ended up using the wood blocks and the rubber stamps to create stories if I could (after which we would add the stickers). So here we have a simple story, which is sort of about grave robbing and how that might be a bad profession as it could lead to a sticky end, if you know what I mean, since selling bodies you end up meeting all sorts of not so nice people.
Did I mention we had a lot of Goth this week. Here are some more of the cards, as you can see, we have skeleton Joggers, does that count as Goth or not?
Well then we got sort of crazy with the Goth Theme or I did with some assistance from Cheryl. On this card there is this whole sort of story which kind of goes, that you should probably not dig up a lot of bodies in case some be zombies and wander off (the trail of bloody footprints fade...) and some be even worse than that (the UNDEAD, the Vampire!).
I am very proud of the way I got the bandage to look like old dried blood – that took a bit of colour mixing!Here are four cards that are special.
The red fairy was sent in by a reader, for use and so I sent it on, which I think is what they wanted, so thank you for that. The one of the two girls talking on the bench was a theme of friendship. While the smiling person out in a sea of flowers was sort of about vision and maybe about projects like this an others when disability seperates you, or artistic vision.Then there was the Cat themed card back, I like the cat chasing the mouse (sorry if you like mice – but on the good news he never seems to catch him).
As for the cat getting into a glass, that just seems like sticking your head between two steel bars kind of stupid.And we finished off with this sort of ode or odd (depending on yoru view) to science and art, a collection of both, but still not too bad for such a small card.
Anyway, those were a few of the 32 we sent out this week. Right now I am sorting out the ones for processing and stamping and the whole thing starts again. I tend to post on Saturday or Monday so after a day of rest (Tuesday) it is good to get the whole thing up and running again. I know this is sort of an odd sort of blog (and hobby) but I wanted readers to know that creativity does go into the selection of each card as well as the creation of the back of each one. And if you want to get a postcard, you just have to send an email to mpshiel at hotmail.com with the title postcard and your name and address (sexual orientation and a few interests help too but that isn’t essential).Anyway, back to work for me!
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2 comments:
It's amazing what artistry is revealed in how you use those stamps and stickers, and how you choose the cards.
When I was picking postcards to send you, I told the store clerks about you. Everyone was fascinated with your project. I could kick myself for not giving them your email address so they could ask you for a card.
I love that science mixed with art card. It's kind of like me -- I do science all day long, then I go home and try to be creative by writing fiction. I tell people I'm trying to keep both halves of my brain balanced.
Have you tried the embossing powders with the stamps? It may be something you need to have Cheryl or Linda help you with, but you can get some pretty effects. Although you do rather nicely with mixing inks.
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