Hello from Peta

Hello fellow collaborators......is there anyone out there????

Just thought I would post up this 'hello' to you all, I have noticed that there has been no movement on the blog since my last post ....so, how are you all??? for those of you that have school age children are you enjoying the holidays? are you surviving? is anyone away? has anyone been away and have now returned? I have had a few extra visitors, (two dogs, two children and one adult...) so have not got a lot done in my studio....however I will have a couple of days to 'play' at the end of this week....hooray!!!.....currently I'm working on a couple of Artist's Books about the Fitzroy River and it's plant and bird life, also a little about it's history....the book is mostly visual image (gelatine printing, collage and some machine sewing), there is also some text. I haven't started on the round three postcards that I have in my possession...... yet.

What has everyone been up to??? Has anyone had any time to do art work?

Have you noticed that Australia Post has put postage up to 55 cents for an ordinary letter or postcard, we'll all need to make sure we put this amount onto our postcards.........I do hope they are putting out some new stamps.......

I would love to hear from you all.......someone.......anyone there????........

Take Care, stay happy and keep creating!!!

Peta

Just thought I would say hi.....

I recently created this little 'matchbox' book to send to Adele Outteridge and her studio partner, Wim, in celebration of the 10th Birthday of their studio.....I used 3 matchboxes as well as pieces of my own prints, other papers and text....

The three little windows represent "The Studio Westend" (this is used on Adele and Wim's business cards). The two smaller matchboxes have small cutouts of clothing on top of vintage ledger papers.

I chose text from an old book to fit with the theme of 'celebration' and glued these onto each matchstick to create a story.

This was a lot of fun to create. From time to time I use a matchbox from my collection as a card or within a card, I just love their size and the interactivity they can provide to a viewer.

I have received some round three postcards! So am looking forward to getting stuck into creating again! I'd also love to see some more collaborators putting images of their completed cards up on the blog. Till next time I blog.....

Peta

Oops...

I really don't know what happened with that last post - it's all over the shop and not anything like it looked when I wrote it up - sorry about the odd looking nature of it.....I am quite ready to admit that it's probably user error...but I don't know what!!!!

Looking forward to the next installment from my fellow 'posties'!

I'm finally caught up!

"Control...or lack of it?" - Rochelle's card, began with a little picture of a very 'controlled' looking woman...with a definition of self control printed across her front, she has this "I'm smiling, but my teeth are gritted" look about her...made me think how much we simmer when we have to 'control' our tempers etc...when inside we rage...the photo of the burning hay shed seemed to fit perfectly! a bit of 'unravelled' scrim to represent the unravelling I often feel when things are slipping 'out of control'...and a little charm thingie that says 'Help Me!'

Here is Kristen's "Music" which was lots of fun, with a copy of a ticket and picture I took at a concert earlier in the year. The free machine stitched treble clefts are my favourite part!

My apologies for the back posting sideways...This is my third attempt and I've run out of patience!!! It's right way up and saved in the file...can't figure it out!! Hope everyone is having fun with their altering...Look forward to seeing what you've all been up to!

Tracey.