Crafting With Style: Postcard Art

Tuesday

Postcard Art

ATC's are feeling a bit small, and I can't carry around 3' masonite boards so I'm making postcard sized pieces that I can send out.

The first postcard I'm sending out:

2013-1. Gesso'd found postcard with acrylic paint, soft pastels, tissue paper and varnish. 7" x 5"

It's going to be part of a collaborative Zine project, The Missive Survival Zine. From her blog: "At least a portion of absolutely EVERYTHING sent to the address below between Jan 15, 2013 and April 15, 2013 will be compiled into a zine titled Missive Survival. All who have contributed anything (a letter, a poem, a drawing, a postcard, anything) will receive a copy of the collaboration in the mail by May 2013." Check her blog for the address.

The second card in this series was done using the same basic process. I built up several coats of different colors of acrylic paint, then shaded in with chalk pastel, then created a grid with gel (so it's raised a bit from the layers below.) I covered a piece of tissue with gel and laid it on top to keep the pastel from smearing. Finally I drew on top with pen & ink.

2013-2: Gesso'd found postcard with acrylic paint, soft pastels, tissue paper and varnish. 7" x 5"

The third card in the series uses the same basic techniques as above but I cut holes in the tissue before laying it down to reveal diffferent colors from beneath. There's a total of 3 layers of tissue, which reads as one layer in the end.

2013-3: Gesso'd found postcard with acrylic paint, soft pastels, tissue paper and varnish. 7" x 5"

These two cards were done for the Swap-Bot Profile Based Postcard Swap - Canada/USA. My swapping partner indicated a delight in vintage photos and glittery things. I used photos I found somewhere and a book page from CG Jung's "Man and His Symbols". It happens to be a page talking about the use and influence of collage specifically that of Kurt Schwitters. Seemed appropriate....