When I read Myra’s blog the day she announced her postcard swap, I knew I needed to get in on the mail art action. I have a fierce little collection of discarded catalogue cards from the library I work at, and I’ve been waiting for the opportunity to incorporate them into a project. This swap ended up being the opportunity I was waiting for and it was out of a pile of music catalogue cards that this series was born. I call it high-culture :: material culture and the process involved choosing 10 catalogue cards for classical pieces (including operas and other artifacts of “high culture”) and adding them to a collage of images, colours, textures, and artifacts of material culture. I was delighted to find a couple of catalogue cards for John Gay’s The Beggar’s opera in my collection, which is a wonderfully ironic take on “high culture”, so they definitely made it into the series! All cards went out last Thursday, here are the scanned versions:
I love how you used those library cards–what fun! Darn…I knew as soon as I saw all these great cards come in that I’d regret not jumping into this swap!
those looks so great, amanda!
and go you for getting them out on thursday — i was working till the wee hours friday night, with glue, glitter,
and cardboard all over my bed
can’t wait till all 10 arrive — i’ve gotten one so far and i can’t stop looking at it!
Wow! I love those!
These look great!
Creative use of LC cards is always good! Those postcards are swell. May the lucky recipient(s) appreciate their library-ness.
PS. Wow this was worthy of a link on librarian.net! Go Amanda.
Those are fantastic!
ooo. very cool cards. i hope i was on your list (though i imagine it’s unlikely…)
I love the cards (catalog and post!). Nicholson Baker has an interesting essay on the fate of the card catalogue in his collection of essays The Size of Thoughts; have you read it?
they are all great I love distilled history, culture and a new verse best.
Lovely creations–I just love how you used the card catalog–perfecto!
lovely! on the postcard theme have you seem Tom Phillips’ A Postcard century’ (Thames and Hudson) and ‘Postcard From provence’ (http:shiftinglight.com). I am biased but I think you might enjoy them! thanks for the link now returned! rx
It’s such a great idea to use these catalog cards! They are all wonderful but I like “mine” best (the one I got in the mail!) – THANK YOU AGAIN!
Thank you so much Amanda for your card. I’m so glad I was on you list because the card is absolutely amazing. what a great idea to use these cataloque cards and your color use for the combining materials is awsome!