Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Lots of Collaborators have been busy

This is the front of Lindesay's postcard round two "Surprise"


Checking out the blog over the past week has been very exciting....it's great to see photos of what artists have been producing. So I thought to keep everything moving I'd put up a couple more pics myself. Above is Lindesay's round two postcard, his theme "surprise", the red double decker bus idea came to me before it occured at the closing ceremony of the olympics, this image is actually from a chocolate wrapper that Shelly sent to me, (by the way the chocolate was yummy!!) And the dogs are from a very old book that I have, it all seemed to work with the theme!
Looking forward to seeing some more images from other artists, so don't be shy, give it a go and upload some of your photos!
Peta


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  1. Tracey HewittAugust 28, 2008 at 11:34 AM

    Peta, That's so cool...did you photocopy the image for the back? (that's probably a truly dumb question...) I love it!

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  2. PetaAugust 28, 2008 at 7:41 PM

    Thanks Tracey! The back is a photocopy transfer, as are the two girls on the front. You can transfer toner copies onto the clear packaging tape that the postoffice sells, once you have photocopied your image, just cut as much white away from your image that you can, place the copy side down onto the sticky side of the tape, burnish and place in water, just room temp is okay, make sure the paper is covered in water, let soak for a few minutes, remove and with your fingers rub the wet paper from the tape, remove all the paper, the black toner remains in the sticky part of the tape!you may find that once the tape is dry that a paper 'bloom' remains, just rub over again with a damp clean cloth. Once tape is dry, apply a little PVA glue and collage onto your surface. If you don't like the shiny look you can lightly sand the tape once it is in place.
    Hope these directions make some sense!
    Peta

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  3. PetaAugust 28, 2008 at 9:17 PM

    Hi again Tracey, I just remembered that I have used a tape transfer on your postcard, it's the bit on the address side that shows the roof of my house!
    Peta

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  4. Tracey HewittAugust 29, 2008 at 5:54 PM

    Aaahh....Peta, that makes sense - I actually have seen that done, but didn't think of it in this case. Clever little chicken you are!

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Changes to "The Postcard Collaborations" :)

Hello to all collaborators,
Firstly apologies for this email However, better a little late than never!
I have heard from just about all of you over the past few weeks/months, Thankyou for your emails and phone calls and in some cases face to face conversations! Your feedback about the postcard collab has been thoughtful and in a positive vein.... I now have a fair idea about which group you each want to be involved in....below is what I understand you are each wanting, please check the lists, if you are listed as doing what you want, that's great..no need to contact me, however if you are not where you want to be please let me know, asap.
List A - Artists who want to continue with the postcards
  1. Olley Bath - who will continue to coordinate
  2. Gwen Evetts - who is a friend of Olleys and a new member
  3. Jude Roberts - originally from Olleys group
  4. Rochelle Jekot - originally from My group
  5. Jenelle Wood - Originally from my group
  6. Kym Simms - Originally from my group
Group B - Altered Book
  1. Peta Lloyd - to be coordinator of this group
  2. Donna Malone - originally coordinator of a postcard group
  3. Shelly Neave - originally from Donna's group
  4. Tamara Allen - " " " "
  5. JacQ Ware - " " " "
  6. Nanette Balchin - Originally from Olleys group
  7. Kristin Mountjoy - Originally from my group
  8. Lindesay Dresdon - " " " "
  9. Tracey Hewitt - " " " "
Group C - Those who were undecided - Please let me know which group you would like to be in!
  1. Susan Joyce - originally Donna's group
  2. Terri Shackley - " " "
Group D - Those who have decided to take a break from collaborating at the moment
  1. Pam Shipman - originally Donna's group
  2. Natalie Johnson - " Olley's Group
  3. Mel Gower - " " "
  4. Amanda Lowjen - " " "
Phew!!! I think that's it!!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your participation, creative idea's and wonderful art works. For those of you who are having a break, or continuing with the postcards, please stay in touch, I have certainly enjoyed you all being a part of this collaboration. I hope at some point that we may all be able to come together to share our books and postcards with each other!
For those continuing with the postcards, I believe that Olley has already communicated with you about how you will be continuing with this great project.
For everyone, please if you can, complete the postcards you have in your possession, if this is not possible then simply return to the originating artist as is.
For those who have chosen to change to the Altered Book Collaboration I will send out a group email within the next week to outline the details.
Kym, I would like to thankyou for your wonderful efforts of setting up the blog and continuing to maintain it, it has been a valuable opportunity to share thoughts and art with others and to be able to connect with other collaborators across the country and the oceans - THANKS!!!
To Donna and Olley, a big thankyou to you both for so capably and gently encouraging your respective group members participation - THANKS!!!
Once again......THANKS!!! to all of YOU for your enthusiasm, participation and collaboration!!!
Cheers,
Peta