Spring 2018 Postcard Swap

Time for iHanna's Spring Swap.  Here are my 10 cards:

Mt. Hood, Oregon - Linocut and acrylic paint

Here are some lovely cards that I received. Lots of cool techniques:

Collage with Glassine over top.

Post card #10

This one came from Taiwan. It took about 3 weeks from the postmark to arrive in Portland.

"The rabbit is a rubbing from an old cake press"

 

Pretty stamps and a clear postmark.

More postcards received

Cute one from Ohio. I like the boxes.

One of a series from San Francisco

This is an affecting message from Athens, Georgia. It references a group called "Free the Girls" focusing on liberating girls forced into sexual slavery.

 

I really enjoy these swaps. Love seeing the different styles and points of view.

Postcards received in the Fall Swap

Here are two great collaged postcards. The top is from Minnesota and the other is from the UK.

Very cool paint and stencil on cardboard from Camas, Washington.

Lovely hand-colored original drawing from LA, CA.

Very interesting abstract design - paint and collage from Scotland.

A fabric postcard from Orlando, FL!  She had the post office hand cancel the card then she put it in a clear plastic sleeve for mailing.

These are all so cool and different. You can see why I love doing this swap!

Follow Hanna at http://www.ihanna.nu/postcard-swap/  She usually does two a year, so the next one may be in the winter or spring.

Postcards for the Fall Swap

Finished batch of postcards

I used acrylic paint and dark pencil for this swap. I cut some with pinking shears.

First couple of layers on 300 lb water color paper

Tests and inspiration for the postcards

Fall Postcard Swap

It's time for iHanna's Postcard Swap.  Follow this link to sign up! You have until October 22, 2017
http://www.ihanna.nu/postcard-swap/

Not a postcard:

My dog Klea for Inktober.

Another post card from Fall 2016

Pretty card from Maryland.

And this makes 10!

I found them!

I found a couple of post cards from the swap last May.

Very clever - black out poetry card from Alaska.

Collage and paint from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

 And here's a card made from a painting by a 5th grader I know:

"Barrel of Duckweiser"

Post card from Sweden

From Sweden: "pictures are symbols from 1000+ year old rock carvings found in Sweden." I like the gold leaf.

Fun stamp!

Post card from Columbus, Ohio

I received this post card yesterday: made from a recycled flyer from Columbus Art Museum. It looks like a monoprint, plus paint, plus collage on top of a photo. Not sure what the photo is, but it definitely looks like a Dale Chihuly blown glass sculpture.

Received in the Fall Postcard swap 2016

Nevada City, California. A detail from the back.

This is from England, but it doesn't say exactly where. It looks like all of the collage pieces survived the trip.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Peterson, Minnesota.  Hand drawn poem.

Stow, Ohio 

Little River, South Carolina

Arlington, Virginia

Fall Post Card Swap 2016 - my cards

For this swap I decided to try the Etegami as described by Diana Trout on her blog:http://dianatrout.com/  It's the entry from 10/15/2016.

I wrote fewer words and mostly used letter stamps for the words. I ordered a custom chop, but it didn't arrive in time.  Most of the cards are using the paper rated "full blur." You can see how the paint spreads in the Nasturtium card below. The stamps are from Spain in the 1980's.  I found a stack of letters written by friends I met there in college.  I need to read through the letters again, but I'll save that for a nostalgia day. In the meantime I grabbed some of the stamps for the art project.

I'm obviously inspired by my surroundings: my dog, my cat, a mini pumpkin my husband has on his desk, an owl from the Audubon Society of Portland, indoor flowers we had from the market, nasturtiums and asters from our yard.

Speaking of the Audubon society, I just could not decide on a design for the 6x6 project this year. I gave up, but we did go to the show this weekend. We picked up a couple of steel ravens for the yard and notecards.

I've received about 5 post cards so far. I'll post those next time.

Spring 2016 Post Cards part 2

I realized that I had not posted the other postcards I received.  These are 3D:

 Thick paint and a metallic shimmer.

Individually crocheted flowers.

I repeat: EACH one crocheted!  This is from Urska in Slovenija.

 

The Fall 2016 postcard swap can be signed up for here: iHanna Postcard Swap

Deadline is November 7, 2016

Post cards received in the Spring 2016 swap

Here are the first 5 post cards I received:

Arizona and Florida

Michigan and Hawaii

England

 

Every card is made with care, using cool techniques!

My post cards for iHanna's Spring 2016 swap

For iHanna's Spring 2016 Post card swap:

I had intended to make some reduction linocut cards, but that didn't work out.  Maybe I should start NOW for the next swap.  So, I played around with water color and words.  The mantras helped with how I've been feeling lately.

In progress

 

Finished - and put into clear bags to mail. I tested one to myself and it made it through in good condition. Hopefully the international ones made it!

All manner of thing(s) shall be well