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Sunday, April 25, 2010

graceful contest - last reminder for this year


this is a practice page from jackie placed on a black sheet of paper. she did find some really good nesting material and put it behind the cut out section. somewhere i have a photocopy of her winning entry which i will find and post. it was really beautiful. the deadline to enter this year is april 30. google graceful envelope for details and to see lots of past winners.

5 comments:

  1. The finished winning envelope is posted on the 2002 graceful envelope page...Jacqueline Davis...?what was the nesting material?

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  2. Oh, I'm sorry I didn't see this comment sooner. The nesting material was something I found at a fabric store. Pretend nest, I guess, and definitely not archival. I pulled it apart and stuffed some of it into the envelope. I made the envelope by folding a piece of Rives lightweight paper, and used acrylic gel medium as glue. I think if I'd thought about the possibility of my work actually being accepted, I might have been more careful, but at the time I was free of those kinds of concerns. When I wrote to Jean, with the above rough draft enclosed, I believe I referred to my entry as the "Disgraceful Envelope." It was all in fun.

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  3. and all this time, i thought you were out climbing trees and borrowing from the birds...

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  4. You're welcome, Katy. I am merely an admirer and observer of nests - I wouldn't want to mess up the birds' artwork. Good heavens, I wonder how many people thought I was borrowing from birds when what I was really doing was trying to think like one?

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