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!!
Mandy, what a fascinating journey you have been in for the last ten years. This was so much fun to see! Much love!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marissa! Love you too!
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome (just like you)!
ReplyDeleteNo, you're awesome! :P
DeleteI love your ephemera hoard! I always feel like I am ephemera-deprived. (hint..hint..)
ReplyDeletei love your painted fish! And fish by the numbers too.
But they're all awesome. Just like Tina. ;-)
...Maybe Santa will bring you an ephemera hoard of your own...hint hint...be a good girl! :P
DeleteYou're awesome too, like Tina!
Gorgeous art Mandy! Congrats on 10 beautiful years of creativity! Here's to 10 more!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Angie!
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