I'm off to 'Wrapt in Rocky' tomorrow!!

Phew...I have a lot of stuff to take to my workshop with Keith Lo Bue tomorrow.......I just couldn't leave stuff behind, I've been adding to a growing pile of 'found objects' for the past month or so...I hope it all fits into my car! and I also hope that others have as much as I do!

For all those collaborators who are attending 'Wrapt in Rocky' it will be lovely to catch up and in some cases get to know each other, I really like Tracey's suggestion to have a collaborators lunch on one of our days next week......perhaps we could invite others who are interested in the concept of a collaboration using postcards or altered books......

Above is Tracey's postcard that I did for her, the theme is 'Home', I enjoyed putting this postcard together as home is a passion of mine....it is a place of great pride, (Bruce& I built it ourselves, we made and laid every mud brick, and handled every piece of timber, hardware, steel and recycled item that makes it up), it is also a place where we can create and relax as well as spend happy hours with our grown children, their partners and our grandies!

Happy creating!!!

Peta

Barriers to Postcard Creativity!

Hi Everyone! I have received a couple of postcards back - one from Jenelle and one from Peta - they're great! I have the biggest mess spread everywhere as I try to get a heap of paperwork in hand before the end of the financial year...THAT's the barrier to Postcard Creativity...I have a couple finished - Peta and Kym's are done...Lindesay's is almost there, and the rest are all in various stages of working on. Like Peta, I'm off to the Wrapt in Rocky forum on Sunday...running out of time to get it all together! With a few of us heading that way maybe we could plan a postcard collaborators lunch one day or something?
It's great to see what everyone is doing...I've never 'blogged' before, but this is a terrific way to see what's happening.
Have a great weekend - and I look forward to meeting some of you next week....
Tracey.

The front view of Rochelle's "the faces we show,(or don't show), the world...", before I found the perfect stamp!

I've just realised that the 'after' postcard would have been better to be below the original! Oh well hopefully I'll get it right next time!

Above is one side of the completed postcard for Rochelle.

"The Faces we Show, (or don't show), the World....

Rochelle's original postcard as sent to me, it already looked wonderful! However I took a deep breath and 'altered' it!

I've Posted Them!!

This beautiful vibrant artwork is by Janelle, I love it! Can you see the bear?

I hope by now all artists in my group have found their postcard in their letterbox sent by me! I had a wonderful half an hour in my local post office (thank you Allenstown post office!!) on Monday choosing the 'right' stamp to place on each postcard...it was so much fun to find an image that suited my artwork and the theme or if not this then a colour that worked with the artwork on the postcard.

How are you all travelling along? Has anyone else returned all of their round one postcards?

I wanted to be organised with the postcards as next week I'll be enjoying some assemblage art with Keith Lo Bue at the long awaited "Wrapt in Rocky" Textile Forum. I'm looking forward to catching up with a few other "postcard collaborators" there, I think at least 6 of us will be in attendance...... I seem to have a lot of stuff to take to Keith's workshop, but there is still plenty in the studio...

I'm looking forward to receiving some more completed postcards back soon, as well as round two's postcards!

Keep on creating!!

Peta

Olley & Jane

Jane returned this to me & I added the star after sewing down the edges of the arrows - green is my favourite colour & Jane has added green highlights in her water colour. Very cool, soothing colours. Thanks Jane.

'Hands' was sent to me by Jane Gray to alter. Again another pretty card.

'Hands - Can You See Them?' Wow this was fiddly & it took me 2 nights to complete. (The front)

The back - my sons thought it was fun to photocopy their hands & my daughter photocopied her face! Before any 'stern' words came out of my mouth I decided I could use them in my art work.

Oh My God!!! This postcard thing & the blog site sure does keep you from going to bed at night. As you can see I have posted this after midnight, after I finished Janes card, after I had dinner with Kym to celebrate her 40th birthday (Happy Birthday Kym for the 30th) , after I worked all day putting a sale together in my shop. And to tell the truth I could go back out to my room, put Sade, Dido or Norah Jones on & get started on the next one. Hope you're all enthused like me 'cause round 2 starts in 10 days time!!!! Happy Creating, Olley.

Hello From Peta

Hello to each and everyone of you!

Well, it's almost the end of June, which is also the completion of Round One in this collaboration! How are you all going? I've been watching the blog with much interest, it's always very exciting to check in on the blog after work each day, and even more exciting to read about what others are doing...I love the photos of the postcards, both completed and not! that others are putting up...keep up the great work!!

I have almost completed all my set of cards for this round, I have a couple of finishing touches to add, then I intend to personally take them to the post office to choose stamps and to have them hand cancelled. I have found working in this small format both challenging and satisfying. I am finding that I am taking more notice of small details and using layering as part of my approach, adding depth and meaning at the same time. I have chosen to work on both sides of the postcards, altering and adding and at times completely covering the original states. I think I have made the address and name of the person I am sending to quite clear. I have also added my name and return address in small but clear writing on the postcard, just in case! We have experienced a couple of postcards from Shelly not making it to their address, Could any artist in Donna's group who has not received a postcard from Shelly let me know and I will post one out to you. Shelly's postcard is a photograph of a cute little dog wearing a jumper, its on a pink background - you can't miss it!

I am feeling very excited at the prospect of receiving my original postcards back and await with baited breath to be able to explore each and every one of them.

Please email your group co coordinator or myself if you are experiencing any problems with any part of the collaboration so far, we will do our best to assist you. Also as a courtesy if you are expecting to run overtime with sending back postcards or sending out postcards for Round Two, could you please inform the appropriate artists in your group? This way everyone will not be left guessing or worrying about lost postcards!

I think that's about all from me for now...looking forward to seeing more activity on the blog as you all complete your postcards.

Keep on creating,

Peta

Bird House Shrine - inside

Bird House Shrine - detail