I can't believe that I've been making mailart for 10 years! Since fish have always figured prominently in my mailart I thought it would be fun to feature one fishy postcard from each of the past ten years. The one fan of my blog already knows this, but I went to school for Marine Biology and somehow ended up in an office instead of on the water. At least I can see the ocean from my office....
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| One of my very first postcards ever was this alluring gem from 2007 |
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| I loved sushi back in 2008 and I still love it now! |
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| By 2009 I was playing with more painted backgrounds. This one has some paper napkin too. |
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| In 2010, I did a little more dabbling with paint. I should probably try to paint some of these fish now that I've been painting longer and honed my skills. I remember being REALLY impressed with myself back when I made this. |
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| I chose "Fish by the numbers" to represent 2011. Boy do I have a lot of ephemera... |
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| Now I'm thinking that I really should use some more of my hoard of ephemera and make some more collaged cards like this beauty from 2012. |
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| I did a bunch of teaching in 2013 and this postcard came about during an image transfer class. |
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| In 2014, I was collecting wool sweaters in earnest and felting them. One of my many projects was this argyle flounder. he survived the mail just as you see him in the picture. |
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| A nice simple altered vintage postcard for 2015. That reminds me, I have a pile of unused vintage postcards hanging around here somewhere..... |
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| This postcard for 2016 is one of my favorites. I love taking lots of disparate pieces and melding them together. this one has an old plot plan, a cookbook bit, junk mail, scrapbook paper, and of course...fish! |
I hope you enjoyed my walk down memory lane... Here's to 10 more years of Mailart!!
