Year of the Ox

I thought I already had posted my Year of the Ox-ox at the start of this year, but apparently I didn't. Meanwhile I sent a scan of the design to Azeeda, a company in the UK, who uses designs as prints on all kind of objects. And, luckily for me as a stamp hoarder: also designs are turned into (unmounted) rubber stamps! :-)
I earn a few cents per bought object, and so far I'm the only one who bought this rubber stamp (plus one for Eva, Eva: it will be on its way to you soon, for your LVQR project :-) ).

Happy New Year of the Pig!

My very first Etegami

I never had heard of the word 'etegami' until I got involved in an etegami swap recently.

Etegami, or 'picture letter' or 'painted letter', origins from Japan and consists of a simple hand-painted drawing accompanied by apt words, mostly done in postcard size for a quick and easy mailing.

Etegami can be about daily objects. So I chose to draw/paint one of my favourite obkects: my morning coffee (with milk, no sugar).
Here you can see a picture of this very first etegami, next to the original object.



On the back side this etegami artistamp appeared.

And the stamp which I added to the envelope, invited me to make a longer green road:

Verrassing van Botje

[to read the English text, please scroll down]

Een grote verrassing in mijn brievenbus. Dankjewel, Botje!
Ik heb dagen nodig gehad om te bedenken hoe ik deze kaart in dit digitale medium kon laten zien.
Want van welke kant je de voorzijde ook bekijkt, hij is steeds weer anders. En als je schudt, verandert 't wéér!
Daarom hieronder ook een vierluik, waarin je verschillende van die prachtige faux postage postzegels kunt zien. En dat in één kaart!



A big surprise in my mailbox, made and sent by Botje from Wageningen, the Netherlands.
It took many days for me to publish this postcard, as I had to think a lot about the way I would do so. Because from every side seen, the card is different. And when you shake the card, it changes again!
So above I made a triptych (plus one), so you can see various of the great artistamps. Which were gathered in one postcard!
Thank you very much, dankjewel, Botje!