Saturday catching up

#173

 Here's my random circle collages from the past 4 days. I'm doing two 365 projects concurrently. Why? Because I had a moment of foolishness and flattery. Oh yes, flattery still works. But, since I sometimes make more than one a day, why not.

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#176

#26

 Have I mentioned my process for random circles before? I might have. I used this method to teach fundamentals of basic design both at university and at the museum studio school. How I did that is a story for another post.

#25

#175

#174

Making these cards: I choose a background, in the case of these I tore up photos from a book of photos of flowers, close ups.  Then I dropped or tossed random circles on top of that. I allowed myself to move ONE CIRCLE in each case. Then carefully glued them in place.



















As you look at each card, try to guess which circle I positioned. I think you can do figure it out.

#24

More Mail Art, what else is new?

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#172

 I never know what will come to hand. I open up a tin, and there's a face, or a piece of paper with texture on it.

on reverse: "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." Søren Kierkegaard

#171

 I never know what conversations will happen between the background and the foreground.
On reverse: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." Robert Frost







And I never know when I'll feel the need for a circle to complete the composition or suddenly a dog will feel right. It's so random and so much fun.
On the reverse: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr.

My childhood neighborhood was a mix of single family homes and apartment buildings, and factories. This huge factory was the Rock-Ola Factory. As we'd drive by it, or ride passed on the bus, my mother, or father, would say "There's the Rock-Ola Factory" and I thought they were saying "the Rah Cola Factory." I thought they made Cola drinks there. Instead, they made juke boxes. Wanted to share this little memory with you.

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 On the reverse of this card: "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too heave a burden to  bear." Martin Luther King, Jr.
I used King quotes to commemorate the celebration of Dr. King's life.

And here is what my studio table looks like today. I can't decide what to do for today's Mail Art. I dropped some circles onto some white blanks. Not sure how these will end up. Stay tuned.

Mail Art catch up +

 The Daleks attempt to annihilate a landscape, but it's Mail Art, which is immune to destruction, for the most part.

 Here are some more of my landscape pieces.

 I was really pleased to use the magazine images of textiles as landscape images.

 I think these worked out quite well.

 I accidentally punched out an orange circle and part of one on a fold over and got this crescent. How could I let a good crescent go to waste?

 I am so happy about this little mini-rose blossom. I purchased the plant at a grocery market for a small amount of money because it wasn't in very good shape. Probably someone forgot to water the plants!

I "nursed" it back to life - okay, I gave it water on a regular basis and put it in a spot with lots of light, and voila, it started to grow. And then a bud appeared on a long stem, and voila, a tiny rose blossomed a few days ago. Isn't this amazing?

Here it is in a temporary spot where it got a bit of filtered sunlight this morning. I brought it away from the window it was near as the temperature outside is quite cold, and the window area is chilly.

Maybe in the spring, I'll plant it outside. Or not. What do you think?

Mom's birthday - 99 years old today.

Estelle Golub

 I'm so happy to have this photo of my family.  The photos is small, about 3" x 4.5"  in a paper frame folder.

Mom might be 22 years old in this photo, with my father, my paternal grandmother and my sister.

Mom doesn't live near me, so I won't be seeing her today. I'm happy though that she has received many birthday cards from my friends around the world. Thank you, everyone of you, for making Mom's day more festive.

Some Dr. Who fun.

 The Daleks confront Chopin, who is properly startled.

 Daleks relax while watching some nature photos.

 More nature photo viewing gives the Daleks some time off.

 A rainy day view from my studio window. Me, viewing nature from a distance, like the Daleks.

Oh no, the Dalek confronts a snow baby. In this image, you see the small Dalek before I added a piece to the body. I'd misplaced it then found it. It makes the Dalek taller.

Mail Art catch up continues

 These are the companion pieces to my 365.3 - they're the ones that I'm doing for my concurrent project - 365.2.

 These are numbered 164 through 168

 This was done before I realized that I really wanted to do landscapes.

 So other worldly.

This is #168 done this afternoon.
I'm using quotes about landscapes on the reverse of all of these cards.

Catching up on Mail Art

 This is a series of cards for my 365.3 project. #14 through #18.

 I was in a quandary about what to do, since I wanted a break from altering existing postcards.

 Tearing up old magazines came to the rescue. Photos of fabric gave me the idea to do a series of landscapes.

#18 done this afternoon.

 My results!