Tamami
Something I've been doing for a quick fun; one-inch square design scrap booking. Packaging, wrapping paper, catalogues and postcards are now examined for the designs rather than just being tossed into the recycling bin. These two pages are collections of about two months.
#MastoArt #Designs
Feb 27 at 1:29amWeb
Show threadMurray - PaperpostsFeb 27
@tamami i love this, what a wonderful object. is this your first book or do you have a whole shelf full?
Show threadTamamiFeb 27
@paperposts No, these are the only pages so far. I started this about two months ago.
Show threadMurray - PaperpostsFeb 27
@tamami looks wonderful hope you keep it going, the square windowed approach looks great, but i bet it’s time consuming.
Show threadTamamiFeb 27
@paperposts No, it's actually very quick; that's the whole point... When I find something interesting, I put it on my desk, and when I have a spare minute, I punch it out and glue it on the page. Done!
Show threadSam at BLAGFeb 27

@tamami @paperposts What tool do you use to cut them out so neatly?

PS. Sign painters (and probably others) refer to their collections of ephemera and inspiration as 'morgue files', and this is such a lovely twist on that.

Show threadMurray - PaperpostsFeb 27
@blag @tamami i got hooked on ephemera at college when my late tutor Ian Noble introduced me to Jake Tilson’s work. love it ever since, but terrible at organizing it. I have never heard ‘morgue files’ before - marvelous. i’m immediately fantasizing about morgue file archives
Show threadSam at BLAGFeb 27
@paperposts We did a couple of Riso printed selections from Mike Meyer's morgue files back in 2016/17 if I recall the dates correctly: https://shop.bl.ag/search?q=morgue&options%5Bprefix%5D=last
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Shop from BLAG (Better Letters Magazine) selling sign painting books.

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Show threadMurray - PaperpostsFeb 27
@blag they’re great - i have a few of Mark Pawson’s books, he was a king of ephemera for ephemeras sake - i wonder what happened to his archive, hope it’s being well cared for
Show threadTamamiFeb 27
@blag @paperposts You can buy a hole punch that is 1 square inch. Cheap, quick, fun!
Show threadWill 🇯🇵Feb 27
@tamami @blag @paperposts my daughter ordered one and has been filling up pages for several months. It makes for striking patterns.
Show threadAndrew Benedict-NelsonFeb 27
@tamami wonderful!
Show threadpeachfrontFeb 28

@tamami

that's a great idea!!!!!!!

Show threadMuro deGrizecoFeb 28

@tamami

Hey, that's really neat!

Show threadMarlene Breitenstein ArtMar 1
@tamami What a great idea, and he way to further educate the eye.
Show threadTamamiMar 2
@breitensteinart As an artist, I totally lack design skills, so I'm trying something new to learn... 😊
Show threadMarlene Breitenstein ArtMar 2
@tamami You already have good instincts as an artist. What are you hoping to improve? Compositional organization?
Show threadTamamiMar 2
@breitensteinart Thank you. It's more like simple design tasks that I don't seem to be able to perform, like designing a postcard or flyer, that sort of things.
Show threadCalligrafaeMar 3
@tamami that's really cool!
Show threadTamamiMar 3
@welshpixie Right? I'm on my third page.
Show threadMindiellMar 3
@tamami I love this ! 😍
Show threadTamamiMar 3
@Mindiell So do I! Lots of fun.
Show threadelbtalpomeranzeMar 3
@tamami Oh, #inchies 😍
Show threadTamamiMar 3
@elbtalpomeranze Oh! Is it called inchies? This will be called My Inchie Book then! Thank you!
Show threadelbtalpomeranzeMar 3
@tamami Yes, these little pieces of paper are called inchies. Love them. Thanks for the inspiration to start a little project with painted inchies 📝