Post office with cat (Muscat, Oman)
acrylic etc on stretched canvas
Summer 2019
daveo + ryoko
Post office with cat (Muscat, Oman) / acrylic etc.
Category Archives: Post’d (cards + letters)
postcards, letters, aerogrammes… making, writing, assembling, stamping, mailing and everything related
2 Postboxes with cat (The Vatican) / acrylic etc.
2 Postboxes with cat (The Vatican)
acrylic etc on stretched canvas
Summer 2019
daveo + ryoko
Café and Postbox with cat (Olympia, Greece) / acrylic etc.
Café and Postbox with cat (Olympia, Greece)
acrylic etc on stretched canvas
Summer 2019
daveo + ryoko
3 Postboxes with cat (Kathmandu) / acrylic etc.
3 Postboxes with cat (Kathmandu, Nepal)
acrylic etc on stretched canvas
Summer 2019
daveo + ryoko
Thank-you Cards (“making of” and delivery evidence) / Kekkon-shiki
Following our wedding festivities, we dutifully and cheerfully made up several batches of thank you cards to sent to folks who made the trip or sent gifts or letters/cards.
While each batch of cards was different – and some cards required boxes and packets – the general design aesthetic captured in exquisite little photo essay created by nature photographer Cheryl A. (you should check out her cards for sale) which captures the details of the envelope treatment:
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Post’d: Round-up of letters and post making, vol. 2 (undated, variety)
Sure, i mail a lot of cards and letters and dossiers of ephemeral treats, poems and painting. Especially to folks who have inspired me or otherwise lent a hand, and to folks (know and unknown) who seem to need a little spark to help them along their journey.
As part of my semi-obsessive documentation for my memory and amusement, ,i assemble photos (likely) enthusiastic correspondents send of their received items, along with “still life” photos of postal-related items or post-in-process, and often just scenes of post offices/workers/boxes.
Often times these items are organized chronologically-ish somehow, or maybe to a theme, but some cases (including this instance), neither applies and what follows is simply a batch of odds and ends hanging out for another cycle into the world.
Generally an absence of annotations as the meanings either aren’t meaningful or rather self-evident (that said, maybe some annotations will appear). Carry on, bring your own stamp.
Continue reading Post’d: Round-up of letters and post making, vol. 2 (undated, variety)
Invitations arrived, vol. 2 / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki
What follows is a gallery (vol. 2) of received invites “in situ” wherever they end up in the world / generally unannotated to protect erstwhile privacy unless publicly shared by recipient.
Overall, 300+ packets mailed. Some will get lost in the mail (speaking from experience) but anyone who doesn’t receive a dossier in the post can create their own as desired, plus checkout the pieces not in your packet.
The 6 (at least) tranches of mailouts had varied contents and packaging as the batches were sent from different countries, using different printers (pro and home) and different iterations of items, specifically a variety/sub-set of:
* Announcement storybook (4 panel, 2 iterations)
* Invite to ceremony (2 panel)
* Invite to party (2 panel)
* RSVP card (pre-stamped for folks in Japan)
* Transportation info card (for folks in Japan)
* Letter to friends (on Grand Oriental Hotel letterhead)
* Gig Poster by Joanna Pag (mini-size via various printers and substrates)
These items are easily found within this archive should you desire further inspection.
Continue reading Invitations arrived, vol. 2 / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki
Post’d: Round-up of mailed items, etc, vol. 1 (generally 2018~2019)
As i mail a lot of items, well also just write cards and letters to hand-deliver as well i suppose, i try to document bits and pieces for my amusement and archive including photos enthusiastic correspondents send of their received dossiers, “still life with postal” related items, and post offices/boxes.
Often times these items are organized chronologically-ish somehow, or maybe to a theme, but in this case, neither applies and this is simply a batch of odds and ends hanging out – possibly waiting for another cycle into the world. So zoom zoom go around again (for my own amusement you see).
Continue reading Post’d: Round-up of mailed items, etc, vol. 1 (generally 2018~2019)
Invitations arrived, vol. 1 / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki
What follows is a gallery of received invites “in situ” wherever they end up in the world / generally unannotated to protect erstwhile privacy unless publicly shared by recipient.
Overall, 300+ packets mailed. Some will get lost in the mail (speaking from experience) but anyone who doesn’t receive a dossier in the post can create their own as desired, plus checkout the pieces not in your packet.
The 6 (at least) tranches of mailouts had varied contents and packaging as the batches were sent from different countries, using different printers (pro and home) and different iterations of items, specifically a variety/sub-set of:
* Announcement storybook (4 panel, 2 iterations)
* Invite to ceremony (2 panel)
* Invite to party (2 panel)
* RSVP card (pre-stamped for folks in Japan)
* Transportation info card (for folks in Japan)
* Letter to friends (on Grand Oriental Hotel letterhead)
* Gig Poster by Joanna Pag (mini-size via various printers and substrates)
Continue reading Invitations arrived, vol. 1 / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki
Invitations in process and post / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki
I kinda enjoy letting projects get outta hand (some call this “scope creep”) and what started as sending out a few dozen handmade announcement card packets has turned into at least 6 tranches of mailouts. The contents and packaging varied significantly as the batches were sent from different countries, using different printers (pro and home) and different iterations of items.
The (possibly) last batch was mailed from Japan – of course not in time for folks to book at trip but we are at the maximum size anyhow (93+ confirmed!) but importantly, i wanted to share the news and artifacts with as many people as possible in thanks for support and kindness.
Overall, 300+ packets mailed. Some will get lost in the mail (speaking from experience) but anyone who doesn’t receive a dossier in the post can create their own as desired, plus check out the pieces not in your packet. Of course, also assembling galleries of received invites “in situ” to wherever they end up in the world.
What follows is a compendium of evidence of various mailouts, post offices, envelopes, crafting sessions and related whatnots.
Continue reading Invitations in process and post / Dave + Ryoko 4-20 Kekkon-shiki