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templar59

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templar59
Date Joined: June 26, 2016
Last Online: July 8, 2016

Country: Australia

About Me

57 yo Mum to 2 & g/mum to 3 who stole my heart all over again :-),(early) retired Executive. It feels SO GOOD not to have to wear business suits and leave my Jimmy Choo's for just going out! :-) Life is best lived in flip flops (in Australia! :-)

I am lucky to live in a beautiful bespoke house (nil carbon footprint by 2017) located within the very remote, wild & beautiful Nadgee Coastal Wilderness Area (via Eden): Sapphire Coast, NSW - Australia's premier whale watching spot!

Postcards

I love and collect postcards that show:

  • Islands
  • Earth Sciences: VOLCANOES, Faultlines,
  • Minerals etc,
  • Medieval Europe: Castles (in particular),
  • Medieval Tombs & Effigies/Brasses,
  • Knights Templar: Sites throughout Europe,
  • Anything to do with the Antarctic & Arctic,
  • Archaeology,
  • Geology (geologic wonders like rock formations)
  • Lighthouses,
  • ALL MARINE LIFE,
  • Markets,
  • SCUBA & Snorkeling,

  • OTHER POSTCARD INTEREST AREAS:

  • Toshiro Mifune

  • Shintaro!
  • Phantom Agents
  • Procul Harum
  • Movie: Jaws
  • Clint Eastwood
  • Hippie 1960's Art
  • Area 51 (so kitsch! :-)
  • Steve McQueen
  • David Bowie
  • Beatles
  • Atomic Art
  • Agatha Christie
  • Art of Saul Bass
  • Sir David Attenborough
  • George Harrison
  • Old Books
  • Mail Boxes
  • Album Covers
  • Communist Propaganda Art
  • ALL STREET ART: ie: Banksy, Blek la Rat etc

** I do prefer my postcards mint and unwritten if possible! (with sincere thanks!)

MAIL ART

Mail art is a PASSION with me.

Now I am a regular participant with International Mail Art Calls and my pen pals are also on the receiving end of my mail art :-)

I prefer non cute, whacky and retro style of mail art which is best described as freeing my 'dADa' spirit :-) I love collaging and using found objects.

I have been a member of IUOMA (International Union of Mail Artists) for some years,

OTHER ART

I love doing:

  • ATC'S
  • Art Journals
  • Travel Journals ( I make one for each of my many journeys)
  • Collages
  • Altered Books
  • I LOVE hand carving my own rubber stamps.
  • I also enjoy making my own 'postage' stamps (postoids) as mail art 'extra's

SPARE TIME THINGS

  • Crochet
  • Paint my flower pots dazzling colours
  • Beach comb for shells and driftwood
  • Volunteer work at local museums
  • Passionate member of Sea Shepherd (all the time! :-)

PEN PALS

One can never have enough friends! I love pen paling and have been doing it since 1965 (Kindergarten!)

I use my old and trusty typewriter or I use my fountain pen. I only use a PC to write a letter when I am short on time or overseas.

I enjoy long and short letters and friendly, articulate conversation.

Of course all of my letters go out in mail art! :-)

FAVOURITE QUOTE

Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed (Banksy)

Ratings

Melissahenning rated for I've traveled... PC #2 on Jul 16, 2016
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Comment: Thank you!! I love the stamps!
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Comment: Thank you for the goodies! Cool mail art btw :)
SuMay rated for Love is... on Jul 11, 2016
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Comment: Ooh, Van Eyck! Thank you so much for your envelope "Love is..." Flemish art, stamps and a healthy dose of irreverent humour: it's right up my alley. Thank you, too, for the very Australian choice of Aussie stamps.
Chihiro rated for Postcard Destash Swap #21 on Jul 11, 2016
5
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Comment: Thank you!

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