Postcards Anyone?

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I have a box of postcards of this drawing left over from my M.A. final show 2 years ago. There are over a 100 postcards at the very least (I had 500 printed). And I think it’s time some of them were sent winging along.

If anyone out there would like a postcard please email me your postal address and I will send you one.

The Tea Party

The postcards are 212mm x 150mm (double the size of a normal postcard) and are a high quality digital print on semi-gloss paper.

 

Brazil

I received a very strange postcard today. It was in an envelope and completely blank except for a slip of paper saying

“Hope you like this Brazilian postcard – Patricia”

The postcard was fairly standard, not really anything special. Although why anyone would place a postcard in an envelope and not even write on it seems pretty weird to me.

But I thought this envelope was so goddamn beautiful I just had to put it up.

I think I should start making postcards that look like this.

Postcards and Varnish

I seem to be getting slightly obsessed with postcards.

Postcards and varnish.

Last night just before going to bed I had a great idea that combined both my obsessions in a beautiful symbiotic way.

Varnished postcard with writing

Heater Ash Remote Postcard

I’m not sure what to do with this one. Colour it I guess.

I really just want to varnish everything. Clear wood varnish is the most gorgeous thing.

Spray varnish claims to be clear but actually turns paper a mild yellow just on the first coat. Any subsequent coats builds up the yellow.

This is a nice effect and it also avoids brush marks.

However I’ve found that watercolor paper absorbs the varnish so much that building up a gloss takes many coats. Its better to do it on non absorbent cheaper paper if you want it to look shiny.

If you don’t have varnish water-based glue paste does well enough to give a gloss but tends to leave brush marks. However mixing poster paint and glue makes very interesting effects.

Clear wood varnish does exactly what the says on the tin. I prefer gloss to satin. I’m not sure why.

God I need to get a life.

Top Secret Postcard

Top Secret Postcard. The 'secret' is removable.

Secret Message. My handwriting needs improvement.

My new favorite I think.

Oi my back is killing me.

Remote

 

Remote with Varnish. This didn't turn out very well.

At home I used to walk around with the remote in my pocket, even if I wasn’t watching tv like when I went to the loo.

If I left the house I’d hide it under pillows, the couch, my bed or if I was feeling particularly creative, in the piano.

I probably need help.

British Indians

Manchester, innit? & God Save the Queen

Ken Inspired

Ken Loves Godzilla, apparently.

Original fuddy-duddy, Tourist Indian Postcard

Godzilla Colour

Photograms

Stamps

BEST ticket

Ruined Castle Sketch & Stamps

Poppy

Hibiscus

Photographic paper is light sensitive. So any object placed on it and then exposed will leave a mark.

Photo-grams are the earliest form of photography and a fun technique to use. I used paper that has pre-printed postcard details on the back. ‘Silverprint” in London is a great shop for stuff like this and also bargain paper.

Unfortunately digital is killing traditional photography. Nikon has stopped making manual cameras, minolta is out of business

It is tragic. I thought you might like to know.

Random Postcards

My Frustration In A Nutshell Postcard

The Ghost Of My Frustration Postcard

In the box postcard, front & back

The initial idea for all these postcards was that the students of a London Art school and the students of a New York art school would swap handmade cards. Hopefully some kind of a conversation would develop and an exhibition would grow out of it.

Unfortunately the guy whose name I picked out a hat (Brian you know who you are) was a bit of a slacker. However he was not the only one, (the other yanks were slackers too).

So, sadly, the project died. Silver lining: I got my postcards back