Saturday, May 18, 2013

jackie's gems + jean's junk

top shot: the envelope from jackie that i had to disect to read. she has a message on the flip side of the paper, then it is all neatly folded into an envelope.


middle shot:
the post office kindly delivered it without cancelling any of the stamps.
i need to scan it and repost it so you can see it better. i did get back to scanning, so, in june, you won't have to put up with photos any more



my envelope, to the right, is a hot mess.
i was stealing the ribbons and dangles from alyce.
there are just too many things going on.
first i left the t out of stella, that P is too big, the dangles are too flat. so, ignore this and enjoy the artwork from jackie...

bear with me...
re-organization and move is progressing
and some new stuff is almost ready to launch....


6 comments:

  1. What a talent!!! "Gem" is a perfect description.

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  2. you can see more of her work on her blog
    driftless page
    there is a link in the right hand column, on my blog, below the [Labels] section.

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  3. I like the STELLA one. If I had made it, I'd think it was perfect!!! Jackie's stuff is gorgeous! Too many sewing obligations lately for me to "play" lately. Sooooonnnn.......

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  4. I'm just staring and admiring and examining them both! I'd love to see how Jackie made that one. It's SO cool!

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  5. how does she do it? i know this much...jackie has been an artist for a couple decades (maybe 3?) and she buys really good paper, good watercolor and gouache, good brushes, she practices a lot, she studied with some serious masters, and she doesn't get distracted with a lot of outside activities...and she came under the spell of jean-mail...which does not really deserve any credit...except, i think i did contribute to the *attitude* of generating vast quantities of work - and malcolm gladwell has that really cool chapter (in outliers, i think) about how people who spend a ridiculous amount of time doing something end up being good at it. so...when jackie and i were in the middle of sending a lot of mail, it was a tipping point (another malcolm gladwell book title) and i try to not get all preachy, but sometimes i can't help it...i really do enjoy the way envelopes are time-well-spent. plus, the people who receive the envelopes get a very nice ray of sunshine...so it is a win-win activity. i think she puts down some resist and then watercolors over the top.

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  6. Spectacular...it took me a minute to realize that the white dividing the blue color blocks also spelled out JEAN. Really cool...

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