When I found several vintage San Francisco postcards at a recent auction, I shared one with Pamela Gerard, both because she calls San Francisco home and because she clearly appreciates a good postcard! (If you check out her blog, you will see that she has an entire shopping cart of mail art in her home...an amazing sight to see in the middle of the hallway!)
But before I sent it off, I indulged in a little mail art postcard altering. I've always wanted to create a bit of a surrealist look by adding incongruous elements to a postcard image, but had never pulled it off. Here is what I came up with for Pamela's postcard:
Here's the back, awaiting its message:
If you are looking for some fun and interesting mail art inspiration, I wanted to recommend some web sites to start:
- Jennie Hinchcliff's blog
- Pamela Gerard's blog
- Letter Writers Alliance (LWA)
- The LWA Flickr site
- Good Mail Day Flickr site
- The Good Mail Day blog
Keep sending that mail art love!
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27 comments:
Oh, I love that surrealist postcard! So cool!
Fun to see our two postcards on here -- isn"t mail wonderful? Those stamps I used on your card are vintage but the post office does have a variety of stamps now too. Thanks for the blog shout-out!
I love your Golden Gate postcard!
Air mail envelopes great for making homemade washi tape! My daughter's senior project last year was gathering letters to send to the troops and we did that same thing to make the air mail border on a poster she made for the event.
Gorgeous art!! I was thinking the same thing about the "tape" it looks exactly like washi tape!! I've been wanting to purchase some local postcards (I live in Manhattan) to use in my art, I just have a small budget these days...but maybe I'll try it soon, I always walk by this little shop that has tons of them for sale out front...it is sooo tempting!!
Linda
Yay for mail! And thanks for the tip about the airmail envelope edges functioning as tape.. super clever!
You can go on-line and see all the stamps that the post office has. There is a dollar fee for sending it, but it depends on how easy it is for you to go the post office there and if they have everything. The URL is
https://www.usps.com/
The book from Lenore Tawney "Postcard collages" is filled with collaged postcards!
Love your postcard!!!
love that card you sent her so creative, thanks for tip of the strip for airmail...
Super fun, isn't it!!
Love "mail art"... enjoy, Andria.
These all look fantastic. :]
Found Airmail Washi tape and Cancelation Washi tape on Etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/98138705/washi-tape-15mm-postmark-black-on-white?ref=sr_gallery_40&ga_search_query=postage+&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=supplies
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I like your idea of cutting up an airmail envy. I went a step farther. I'll send you the results when I can!!
Found Airmail Washi tape and Cancelation Washi tape on Etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/98138705/washi-tape-15mm-postmark-black-on-white?ref=sr_gallery_40&ga_search_query=postage+&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=supplies
http://www.etsy.com/listing/97454374/air-mail-washi-tape-airmail?ref=sr_gallery_15&ga_ref=auto6&ga_search_query=airmail+twine&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=supplies
I like your idea of cutting up an airmail envy. I went a step farther. I'll send you the results when I can!!
Mail Art is one of latest obsessions. Both cards are lovely! Love how you altered the postcard. Very striking!
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