Ephemera
Musty, dusty bits of paper, photos, magazines and other exciting finds
Finders Keepers
I’ve just finished working on a poster & postcard design for The Finders Keepers’ Melbourne Art & Design Market being held in April. As sometimes happens, the direction I initially took was shelved, in this case it was in favour of a collage-based design… Read the full story…
From the Archives: Mirror Writing
I thought you might like to see this fabulous example of mirror writing on a postcard I have from 1908. People used to find ingenious ways to make their correspondence difficult for the postman to take a peek at, including writing backwards… Read the full story…
My Vintage Postcard Collection #1
I have a big collection of Victorian & Edwardian postcards, mainly collected in the ’80s when they were cheap & plentiful. They’re so pretty! I keep them in vintage postcard albums & nice boxes & take them out of the cupboard every so often… Read the full story…
I Haven’t Been Swindling Your Paper – Honest!
Can you believe it? It was in July that I started the Paper Chase! Some of you may have been wondering if I was ever going to make & send the promised collages, or that maybe I’d skipped town with all that paper. Well, fear not, I’m still here… Read the full story…
Quick! Where are My Scissors & Glue?!
Trips to the post office are not normally this thrilling… The response to the Paper Chase has been huge – 19 parcels of paper so far, & more to come. Hooray! Here’s what I picked up this morning…it was like Christmas Day… Read the full story…
Still Chasing Paper…
I am absolutely floored by the response I’ve had to The Paper Chase. I’ve already received 6 packages – 5 of them arriving super-fast from the US. This project means so much to me, not just because I love paper… Read the full story…
Who Knew Paper Could Be This Exciting?
Well, actually, I knew…& I’m not the only one out there with a serious paper fetish. I’ve kind of lost count, but we’re up to over 50 participants in The Paper Chase now (from 7 different countries), with over 10 people already… Read the full story…
Paper Chase Continued…
Wow!!! The Paper Chase Project has exceeded my wildest expectations – not that I actually had any expectations really, it was kind of a spur of the moment thing. So far, I have 44 people (from 5 different countries)… Read the full story…
