"Try something different from your usual practice"

TERM 1 : HASTINGS ART SCHOOL

In 2020s, we have social media and email, we don't send postcards any more. I've kept all the postcards I've been sent in the past. They came to me at a time in the last century when all holiday-makers would ritually send cards to loved ones. 

They have a peculiar quality. I was fascinated by the unreal technicolour hue of the sky in the various images, and warmed by the messages on the back from old friends and family (most of whom I’m no longer in touch with). It was interesting to see the ageing and staining on the reverse of the images, along with addresses of the various places I’ve lived in the past.

I selected twelve favourites and scanned both fronts and backs; I then digitally cut out the strange turquoise skies from the glossy fronts and pasted the cut-out skies onto the backs, to make one single image for each postcard. 

These were then printed onto matt paper, mounted on card and a layer of sealant applied; a gloss varnish was then handpainted onto the sky areas.