a certain delicacy of intent

Cut-paper collage postcard, 6" x 9", 15.2 cm x 22.9 cm. Background is 19th century ledger paper: if you look in the upper left (& tip your head to the right), you'll see where the bookkeeper has written "Ditto, Ditto..." Snake by Albertus Seba (who else?). Women are angels from a late 13th century altarpiece by Giovanni Cimabue.

One Night Stand-altered postcard

Trio of Postcards

Sorry I have been rather busy lately and not had much time for collaging. Here's a couple of old collaged postcards from the archive.

envelope for Denise

I realize this isn't much in the way of collage, but I spent all day writing the 1.7 oz. (48.2 gm.) letter that's inside of this. I'm going out of town, so I need to get it in the mail tomorrow. The rubber stamps are by the French artist Sardon, adapted from engravings by the great (and highly influential) Mexican artist, José Guadalupe Posada. The letter paper was decorated with still more Sardon-adapted Posada images.

Josephine´s Envelopes

 

And these are Josephine´s wonderful envelopes I found in my  post box. Thank you, Josephine!

Lynn´s Envelopes

And these are the fabulous envelopes I received from Lynn! So much fun to open the post box.

freedom is a priceless gift

Back in 2005 my postcard creation "freedom is a priceless gift" incorporating rubber stamped words, a Statue of Liberty created out of cancelled US postage stamps and the silhouette of a little girl (courtesy of author/artist Rachel Field, 1894-1942) was entered into a local 'artist-made postcard' competition (PACE) and I went on to win a cash prize and my art work is now in the collection of a U.S. State Senator.  I am going to make a piece for this week's theme but I thought I would share this with you all!  (Oh--you should know the red bow is swiped from a vintage Victorian Valentine postcard!)

ALSO...I recently received a postcard in the mail advising that this work will be included in Carte Postale--The Postcard Art of PACE "a vivid, comprehensive book featuring the winning artwork from the 1995 through 2011 exhibitions".