Postcard mapping project

So I am doing a little postcard project. I started making cut and paste little postcards because I have a lot of art exhibition leaflets and whatnot and I don't want to have to cart a lot of paper back to the UK so I decided to make these and then keep track of where I am sending them on a map.
The map is, of course, a work in progress as the project progresses... so if you want a unique little piece of artwork, for the low low price of sending me a message, then message away!




Please send me a message ( add comment below and I will email you)  if you want one of want one sent to someone else. I am really interested to see where on the world map they end up.
 They are all pretty abstract and all different, all requests will get a random design ... here are the first few, most of these have already gone out

Postcard design brief

Postcard and bookmark designs for a fictional poetry festival.
I decided to create two identities based on lines from the poem, "Of Mutability" by Jo Shapcott.

Most of the work was done by initially creating a load of collage and mixed media pieces in response to the poem then working out ways of creating a postcard and bookmark with them using all or part of the original artwork. I did a bit of both and came up with a few different design ideas and concepts, here are a few of the ones I have picked for the final presentation.

The Flying Fish:

I scanned an abstract painting done on a book page then blew it up and pixelated it for the background.

 And the Spring Chill:

this was another abstract book page painting I scanned then blew up and pixelated for the background

 I did these little paintings and then scanned and blew them up and used pixelated portions for some of the
postcards.

 there are some more here on my Coroflot page

Collages

This has been a tricky one really, having only the use of one arm since a shoulder operation all art is proving difficult and it is quite frustrating.. these are workshop pieces for a postcard design assignment, the red ones I am not happy with at all ( which is why I am only posting three) I did about 6 of these and they just show the frustration, pain and whatnot and are perhaps a little too harsh.. I don't know, I am just not happy with them anyway.

might redo this one alltogether

the black and white ones I made up at home. I also feel that not having the time constraints of class make it easier to work in a more relaxed way.. of course, and this is true for everyone I would think.
Anyway, here are a few collages, not my finest hour but, then again I am the one armed bandit and here they are.

I should probably be off to bed right now but...

I promised some people some pictures of artwork, so here they are, well just a couple of them...
details to follow tomorrow as I really am off to bed now, this time.this one is called American Blues
and so is this above, the next one is titled "WTF? for obvious reasons.


so, the next post ( hopefully tomorrow) will be some other art, less political but we shall see what I find.