Mail Art Project - Renaissance Pasta

Influenced by my current project, taking a classic symbol of Italy and making a small response book with collage, stamps, pen and ink. The idea is this small booklet is then posted to the Mail Art Project and any work posted will be stored in a catalog and exhibition. Just a small self promotion project that was a quick item to produce. Also a nice break from the architype. Inside features a range of pages with different elements, two pages are Renaissance recipes, one written in Latin. All pages include cut and paste from magazines.

 

Mixed Media - Methodology

I decided to do some work with water colours and incorporate some photography in with the work. So I thought about using my own stock photos mixed with an illustration of a Robin. It was pretty simple pasting it onto the post but I like how easily the Robin fits into place as if it weren't an illustration at all. I think I might try out different styles of drawing and paste it into similar photographs.

 

I like the contrast of the black post and green vegetation against the Orange breast of the Robin. I'll probably add some artists who use mixed media in this style to my sketch book.

 I found an artist called Nithin Rao Kumblekar which produced a whole series of illustrative images mixed with photographs which I love and would definetely try and do some influential images from.