Survive: Palm and birch tree barks, leaves and dried petals; cancelled stamp, corrugated box paper, magazine paper.
Fossil: Collage of recycled mono type of Mazon Creek fossils in Illinois from the Phanerozoic Eon, Paleozoic Era and Pennsylvania Period; cuttings from magazine and envelope lining.
Two amazing postcards from C. Rizzuto of Sunnyvale, CA. I love the many-layered primeval nature of these postcards!
I had fun piecing together six postcards received from Bonnie Smith of San Jose, California. On the back of each one she wrote, "One piece of a puzzle of my first water color painting." They all arrived at once and at first I thought they were cool abstract paintings. But then I started putting them together and voila! A lovely watercolor. Thank you, Bonnie!
Here is a lovely subtle postcard from NCWCA artist, Mary Shisler, of Oakland, CA. She writes that the card is made from 300 gr. Wm Turner H2O injet paper. She adds that the print is a test for calibration and color from a Roland HiFi 500 printer. What a great use of test paper! I also love the faint orange post office mark running along the bottom.
Erica Yoder: Photocopies of old love letters, magazine, plastic recycle symbol
Kara Schlabach: Scrap paper, soda cans, plastic wrap
Cyndi Gusler: Test run for print
Cyndi Gusler: Test print
Kara Schlabach:Scrap of magazine page, handmade paper scraps, dried flower, bit of non-slip rubber mat, piece of raffia
Sarah Luprek: Old magazine page, old postcard
Rebecca Souder: scrap paper, photocopy of watercolor painting, found thread
Fourteenth collage card from artist Gretchen Blais of Richmond, CA. Pancakes, bacon, syrup...too yummy for words. Thank you, Gretchen!
A wonderful translucent package arrived in my mailbox. Inside was an amazing card made by artist Allicette Torres from New York. She writes, "Crater surface was found in trash, proclamation sheet is a used toilet seat cover, pen was found in street, paper with color marks (makes the saucer & beam of light) are scraps of test paper from the art store, the pushpins are held in place by old pencil erasers. Thank you, Allicette, for making this recycled card!
A wonderful card from Irene Z. Will of Grosse Ile, Michigan. The card is made of recycled paper and the woodcut print is made from recycled wood. She writes about the title, "Across the River" : Detroit River is an international border-crossing between the US and Canada.
A gorgeous fabric postcard from Bonnie Smith of San Jose, CA. It is made using scraps of hand-dyed fabrics and threads.
Another lovely card from Jennifer Bronwynn Copp. Made from recycled postcards, travel brochures and photo contact sheets.
Recycle card from Jennifer Bronwynn Copp of Winter Springs, Florida. She is a Central Florida WCA member. Her lovely card is made using recycled postcards, travel brochures and photo contact sheets.
A gorgeous card from Jo Grishman of Portland, OR. Card made with "Yogi Tea" tags and thread.
Thirteenth card from artist Gretchen Blais!! Thank you so much for supporting the Eco-card show!!
Card from artist Tanya Wilkinson of San Francisco, CA. Collage card of enlightening objects.
A lovely foil card from Gretchen Blais of Richmond, CA. It is made from Almond Roca wrappers.
Card from Thi of San Francisco, CA. It's her "stuff from my office recycling bin quilt."
Card from Theresa of Ontario, Canada. Card was made from an old Orville Redenbacher popcorn box, page from a food & drink magazine and her roommate's glue.
A watercolor on reused enveloped card from Marie H. Elcin. She is a member of the WCA Philadelphia chapter. She writes, "We require so much infrastructure to live in a city - How is it going to be transformed? Yet I chose to live in a city - I can walk, bike or ride public transport everywhere & my row home is easier to heat than a solitary, unprotected structure."
A gorgeous sewn card from Trudi Chamoff Hauptman of San Francisco. Card was created using fabric scraps, yarn, ribbon, tulle all layered, stitched and burned.
Another card from Helen Poole Newman. This is a paper collage card that incorporates word and image.
An intense face card from Helen Poole Newman of Berkeley, CA. Helen is the President of the WCA Northern California chapter. She is also the WCA Pacific Regional VP. Card is a paper collage with colored pencil.
Janet Heritage of Denver, Colorado sent this card. It is a recycled antique postcard with someone else's message written in pencil. I love the roses in this card - can you guess how many there are?
Beautiful mixed media card by Jackie Wright of Sacramento, CA. Made of recycled newspaper ad, catalog picture, old book page, gesso and acrylics.
Card from Hy of San Francisco. The back is a Macworld card with a "wish you were here" message. The front is a collage of torn ads and magazine headings.
Marjorie Lee Jin En DeQuincy of Fremont, CA sent this wonderful sewn postcard. It is composed of Colombo and Cinnabon bread wrappers, used tissue, parchment paper, brown paper bag, ink, colored pencils and thread.
