While visiting Seth Apter's Studioscapes post last Sunday, I discovered a MAIL ART contest whose main theme was a tribute to the artist Nick Bantock. I should mention that Studioscapes was a project that Seth promoted in which he asked over 150 artists to let the viewers get a better idea of the creative spaces we use as artists and the way we use that space.
One of the participants named Michele Jackson, whose studio space was featured last Sunday had posted an image of a piece of mail art that she had created for a Nick Bantock tribute. I followed up the link that she had included in the post, read the rules for the contest and discovered I had very little time to create a piece of mail art with a Nick Bantock look to it (the deadline was the 1st of December).
I'd created a piece of mail art for Nick almost two years ago, and it was actually meant as a mail introduction prior to my visit to his studio on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia in early 2009. I've included that image today, along with the piece I created for the tribute.
Be sure to check out Beth Niquette at The Best Hearts Are Crunchy for more delectable goodies in the mail art tradition for Postcard Friendship Friday.
I almost forgot to mention that one of the rules for the contest stated that a large number had to be included on the piece. I placed that element under the removable address label, so you'll have to check back with the contest site to find out just how large the number really is!
wonderful, wonderful, wonderful! must have been fun to visit Bantock in his studio. I try to read each and every one of Seth's blog posts. i'm off to visit Michelle's blog .... Happy PFF!
ReplyDeleteGreat collage-mash-up! Makes me want to peal the layers. Beautiful work, Dave!
ReplyDeleteBoth pieces are perfect! Happy PFF.
ReplyDeleteGreat tributes. I love the contrast between the two pieces of mail art, the emptiness of Montana and the arrow, the second perhaps the treasure to be found.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting artwork! :) Great potential for encoding, for symbols and layered messages to us...:)
ReplyDeleteI love your tribute piece.
ReplyDeleteActually you are still doing some of the best envelope artwork I have seen. I am still getting back into the groove. I told you about a piece I did on my television series and it is on one of my blogs.
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I hope to be able to send you something one of these days by mail and am curious to see if the PO people treat the letters nowadays as carefully as they did in the early 1970s when I did a lot of them.
I love your art. The racing ostriches are a new favorite! Carol
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the tribute piece. I could spend ages looking at the different parts of it.
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! Wonderful art, so much detail.
ReplyDeleteI never gave nose-art a thought when I did the flying dragons. I could see it used for that or for tanks. It was meant to show the contrasts in lettering or writing. Something old, perhaps like Roman Square Capitals, or something new like my invention I named Happy Writing. I have kept journals for forty years and some of my writing appears on some of my posts yesterday.
ReplyDeleteTremendous mail art tribute here. They really have the NB feel.
ReplyDeleteDave - I haven't been here a while, so apologies firstly for that. It was nice to catch up on what has been happening in your world though, and now that I'm fully updated I would like to congratulate you on all your beautiful new artwork. The Bantock submissions is sure to wow everyone, including Nick, I hope!
ReplyDeleteAlso, another nice bit of synchronicity in blogland once again invloves Seth. His latest posting about online art supplier links got me to add European Papers as one of my favourites. As I was looking them up once again and ordering a few bits and pieces, this struck me as something you would very much be interested in, as they also stock mail art supplies. If you haven't heard of them, then pop on by here: http://europeanpapers.com/Merchant5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=EP&Product_Code=V-AT&Category_Code=PMA
Long code I know, but this will take you directly to there antique telegrams. I bet you won't be able to resist them!!
Super artwork as always Dave! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteHaving only recently become aware of Nick Bantock's work (within the past few years), I have to say that you've captured the spirit perfectly.
ReplyDeleteLove it!
Fantastic mail art piece! A great tribute to Nick Bantock.
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