Studio Mailbox has been asked to design a window display in a local shop for Mother's Day. I am busy creating some mixed media work and would like to accessorize the exhibit with some mail art!
Please send a handmade postcard (landscape or portrait), any medium, any size, with the theme: MOTHER. This can be broadly interpreted: something for your literal mother, or about motherhood if you are (or want to be) a mother yourself, maybe something for step-moms, pet moms, soccer moms, or in memory of a mom. It is about honoring the role of a mother, which is not even necessarily female.
The postcards will be installed by punching holes through the top centimeter of the card and weaving a ribbon through them. Please keep this in mind when designing your card, (especially those of you who sew around the edges)! By submitting mail art to Studio Mailbox, you agree to your artwork being displayed publicly as well as the possibility of it being published on the blog.
Three contributors to this project will be randomly chosen and awarded thank you prizes for their participation.
Please send postcards here to arrive no later than Friday, 9th of April, 2010. The exhibit will run from mid-April until mid-May. Check back, there will surely be a post of the installation. (And if I really get it together, maybe even the first ever movie! But I'm not making any promises).
The "eXhibit" image is from page-X in my resolutionary alphabetica. The mom-love image may by used by you on your blog to promote this call for mail art, as long as it links back here. Thanks for helping me. Let's spread the love!
Is there a size limit? Can it be mixed media as long as you can punch the holes through the top? Sounds fun!
Posted by: Anne | February 24, 2010 at 02:12 PM
No size limit... thanks for the comment, I've updated the post with a little more detailed info!!
Posted by: TJ | February 25, 2010 at 09:15 PM
Oh, this sounds like fun...I would like to contribute, please.
I guess you have no way of knowing how long it takes mail to reach you from the US? Just wondering, no problem.
I need to scratch an itch to do mixed media, and this event will do nicely.
All those post cards arriving at your abode sounds yummy ~
Enjoy!
Posted by: DJ | February 26, 2010 at 03:14 AM
Can it be a digital photo of a previous mixed media art piece?
Posted by: Leslie Kallen | March 10, 2010 at 04:30 PM
hello TJ...... did you get my post card and if you did , did you like it and I am sorry I didnt put a coating on the front I hope it made it there...and it was OK....
MaryRedford
PS: Kiss that little one for granny......
Posted by: MaryRedford | March 10, 2010 at 10:39 PM
Do you care if i post this on my FB wall? I know lots of people who would love it!
Nicole
Posted by: Nicole | March 11, 2010 at 12:42 AM
Thanks everybody for sharing the project with your contacts... there are really no rules except the postcard needs to be handmade (not store bought) and needs to go through the mail. I think postcards from the US to Europe cost 95 cents now and take at least a week to reach me. Happy creations... xoxo tj
Posted by: TJ | March 11, 2010 at 02:27 PM
Hi TJ,
I sent you 6 post cards from Glen Ellyn, IL - USA
last Tuesday morning. A small group from my round robin did the postcards. I was wondering if you received them? Will you be posting pictures of your installation?
I got your info and project details from
Jv Roosmalen on the Altered books yahoo group.
Hope all is well.
Hope your project is a successful one.
-Leann
Posted by: Leann | April 10, 2010 at 02:51 PM