In mid-August I took a week-long trip to Portland for the purpose of attending a workshop towards the end of the week. Since the workshop was to begin on a Wednesday, I decided that I would come out a few days earlier to see the city. I had always wanted to see downtown Portland and …
Collaging over a vintage envelope
Collaging directly on to a used cover or vintage postcard is what I consider to be envelope art. I like choosing a vintage envelope or postcard as a substrate because it gives me a couple of elements to begin with. Elements include the following: the color and size of the envelope or postcard handwriting or …
The Pantone postcard project
Earlier this year I received a box of around 50 postcards, all of different Pantone colors, from a good friend of mine. Without much thought I realized these cards lend themselves to having collages created on these colorful backgrounds. So without any planning I went to work using up scraps and little paper bits to …
Global Priority Mail journal
Recently I put together a postal-themed journal for a postal-friend of mine. She sent me some wonderful no-longer-in-use forms and papers from the USPS. I wanted to create a journal and fill it with collage art with postage stamps. I also had the idea of embellishing the pages with some of the old postal ephemera …
Postage stamp art
In the last few months I’ve been playing with postage stamps, using them in collages and art projects here and there. I love the idea of postage stamp art by creating beautiful pages in a notebook with stamps. Pamela Gerard, a very talented artist and a friend of mine who is very interested in working with …
