In the Post
latest updates: stamps
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2013May 170
tags: collage | flowers | ink | layers | patterns | Pen | post | stamps -
2013Jan 29
tags: abstract | black | collage | Gorey | ink | patterns | Pen | stamps
Gorey-scape
A few Edward Gorey stamps in my pocket molie surrounded by some patterns.
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2012Nov 27
tags: California pizza kitchen | Christmas | lydia velarde | marker in a moleskine sketchbook. Arty velarde | stamps | usps
My journal page for 11-24-12, Christmas activities and dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. marker, ephemera and watercolor in a watercolor moleskine.
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2011Aug 27
tags: August 2011 | collage | One man's trash is another man's... | post | postage | stamps | Theme Challenge
One Human’s Trash is Another Human’s…Collage Art Supplies
I absolutely love looking at the postage choices people make when they send personal mail and I especially love postage from other parts of the world. When I get something with interesting postage, I put it into this work-in-progress collage. I like to look at the way the different stamps set each other off and remind me of specific things (a birthday card, a letter from a friend, a wedding invitation, a little note from family, etc.). So, this is my contribution to this month’s theme challenge.
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2011Jul 7
tags: arty velarde | eraser carving | lydia velarde | stamps | watercolor moleskine
A few years ago I met 2 strangers on the internet. One of them was Stephen Sloan who is an artist, book binder, street performer and an eraser carver. He has inspired me in so many ways. I finally tried my own stamp carvings when making a gift for a friend. This is a “test page” testing 4 stamps of crows I made during the last week. It’s getting easier with the right tools and lots of practice. Oh, the other stranger I met was Rachel Kopel my art buddy, book maker and mail artist. Thanks guys!!
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2011Jun 2
tags: camel | cigarettes | collage | ink | patterns | Pen | postage | stamps | textures
Work In Progress
I’m not sure if this one is done or not; I go back and forth on it. It started as a collection of interesting stamps and labels. I had no idea there were so many variations of camel cigarettes…I’ve seen at least five distinct packages over the last few weeks and the variety intrigues me.
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2011Mar 2
tags: collage | ink | March 2011 | Micron | Pen | postage | power | stamps | Theme Challenge
Power of the Post
A collage from the postage that arrived on several pieces of mail within a few days of each other (somehow both of the cats are in the veterinarian’s automated reminder system multiple times).
As I was filling in the page around the stamps it got me thinking about how reliable the U.S. postage system is and how powerful that quick, easy communication is.
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2010Aug 23
tags: acrylic | canada | collage | England | finland | hong kong | London | montreal | ottawa | polska | say ahh | Shachihoko | stamps | suomi | UK | USA
The last pages of my moleskine, I had a bunch of used stamps and I wanted to make it as a bit of a collage as a keepsake.
Better than throwing it away or store it somewhere where you will forget about it! -
2009May 21
tags: blue tape | butterfly | Isaiah 43:1 | stamps.JPG&w=460)
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”
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2008Dec 27tags: dandelion | stamps
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