Altered postcards I made in Claudia Roulier's Mail Art class. I had three hours to do something I seldom do at home -- just play and experiment. Through trial and error that night I learned that the type of transparency I use for gel medium transfers really made a difference. It seems ink jet transparencies (I used Highland Brand 707 and no, I don't remember where I bought them!) with a textured surface are a lot more forgiving. Each of the Black Heritage stamps on the post cards are gel medium/ink jet transparency transfers. I used a regular slick-sided transparency to transfer the feather onto the Zora Neal Hurston post card. It slipped and slided and ended up looking like a blur instead of the feature I was intending it to be. The "Expressions of African Americans: A Cultural Diary" headings are from the note pad that comes with the diary. The Langston Hughes quotation stamp is from Invoke Arts.
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Beautiful and historical work! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Treet | Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 06:53 PM