I have always been into postcards. I send them and enjoy receiving
them. Five years ago they started getting
cut up and played a role in many pieces for the 2011
Project. In 2012 I began using old postcards
in my mixed media work in
larger and larger pieces. Postcards also
lead me, accidentally, into the world of mail art (there is no going
back — happily). Last year, postcards
were even the theme of a book I wrote.
Before you know it, I had an out-of-control pile of hundreds
of postcards. I like to start the year
by organizing and sorting my art supplies.
With that in mind, I have gotten my remaining postcards all in order.
I had quite a few multiple copies of the same
postcards. Here is where the fun begins
— cut, slice, glue, repeat. During the
last few weeks I have been sending out a new series of mail art (see above). In
these picture postcards reality is seemingly reordered, a vortex appears in
Birmingham, wormholes open up in redwood trees and time seems to be opening
up.
This little series is also a preview of the direction my new
work is going in – it will all be for a show opening in October 2016. Stay tuned…..
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