Friday, February 4, 2011

Flourish Friday - Mail Art Across the World 2011

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I have finished and mailed my envelopes for the 2011 edition of Mail Art Across the World (MAAW).
I encourage everyone to participate!! Although I did an envelope for each of the four addresses, you don't have to do it that way.  You can make and send just one or as many as you choose.  The above envelope was done with a 3.8mm Pilot Parallel Pen filled with Higgins Eternal for the broad pen work and a Zebra G comic nib with Moon Palace Sumi for the pointed pen.  Bill Lilly showed me the beauty of going back in broad letters with a pointed pen.  I used a Brause 515 and Dr. Martin's Bleedproof White to do that on the capitals. I love the look of it and want to do the alphabet from A to Z.  Fiona's A Letter A Week group is inspiring me!

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I used both manufactured and handmade envelopes. Above is a page I did at Victoria Pittman's Tortured Metals workshop. (More about that workshop here.)
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This page is from a previous Flourish Friday post. (See it here.)
I like using an envelope template.  I bought these inexpensive templates years ago from www.greensneakers.com.  (I think the company has since gone out-of-business, but they may be available elsewhere.) Of course, you can easily make your own template by deconstructing and flattening an existing envelope. I like a template with a window, because it helps me identify areas that would be good for addressing.
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This is an old practice page. I washed over it with water to move the existing lettering to the background. I didn't want the background to overpower the address.
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For this envelope, I did the address on a sheet of translucent paper using Moon Palace Sumi and a Hiro 700 nib. I had to add a second, plain piece of the translucent paper underneath, because the background lettering was competing with the address. This stitching technique was inspired by a card Barbara Calzolari sent to me. 
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I used a ruling pen and FW Acrylic Artist's ink for this envelope. I went back in with gel pens and a hot foil pen on the capitals. I like using postage stamps from my old collection. 
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For this envelope, I used a combination of Neuland and Gwen Weaver's Romancing the Roman.
I used the same FW acrylic and a Speedball C-0 for the Neuland and a Hunt 22 for the pointed lettering.
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The Mail Art Across the World deadline is April 1st.
Join the fun! For details click the link below:
If you decide to participate, I'd love to hear from and see your submission!

Thank you everyone for your thoughtful words and prayers, both here and privately, this past week.
Tom,  his family, and I took great comfort knowing you were lifting us up.
(((Big Hugs!)))
Wishing you a flourishy weekend - even if that means ice skating in your front yard!

10 comments:

  1. oh my gosh are these ever so cool!
    i especially like the bottom right one
    i tell you, it seems the possibilities of creating with calligraphy are endless.

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  2. Love these Jane! Your calligraphy is beautiful! Will have to check out your links!

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  3. Oh what a FUN project!! Thank you for the inspiration. I hope you're surviving the ice and snow up there.

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  4. Lots of great info & inspiration here, Jane. Thanks. I love my "greensneakers" templates too; Paper Source has a nice set available now, and also templates for envelope liners.

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  5. I love all the envelopes especially the bottom right one.

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  6. Jane, they are all beautiful and inspiring! I love the background on the Ukraine envelope. Actually I like them all the best for different reasons. Lovely, just lovely!

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  7. Wonderful! I particularly love the one going to Hungary - so wild and free. :-) I haven't started my envelopes yet but am definitely going to participate.

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  8. "Beautiful" work. Each piece of your work, has a story to tell.... Just love it.

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  9. I discovered you in a very unusual way... I was hunting for a blackletter exemplar and your musical note paper one came up~ imagine that! So I noticed it was on Flickr, saw your name on the Flickr pieces and traved you through Etsy. And to see how much we have in common made me laugh! Faith, love of color and letterforms... So I had to email and say I have enjoyed your blog and am going to check out MAAW. Blessings, Sharyn

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  10. Wow ! Well Jane, I see many people you know are interested by our project : we will received more mail-art with calligraphy from USA this year, I'm sure !
    Thank you again for your mail-art. I've published it on the website gallery of www.calligraphy-mail-art.com and the facebook event ! Many people appreciate your skills !

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