2004 -> Ongoing
To: Margaret Huber
In 2004 a holiday project at the University of Brighton titled 'Location Vocation Vacation' called for mail art. One post card per week was to be sent as a document of experiences to Margaret Huber, the then second year Illustration tutor.
Around a hundred and fifty A6 sized cards have since been sent (and received) from all over the world. Hair, fish, a sachet of white powder, a piece of broken record, mossy bark... all dutifully delivered by postal workers. Only five cards have never reached their destination, (a few of those due to very poor crocheting)
Margaret still receives mail at irregular intervals.
A selection of the cards has been published in the book POSTCARD by Laurence King Publishing in 2008.
Found fishing line and hooks
Pens from Brooklyn rooftops
kindly wrapped by the US post
...returned to sender as unfit
Found in photomato in Madrid
Piece of boat, Washington State
nearly in shape of Washington State
Margaretville, Upstate NY
Office clearance, Kouvola
Home Depot watercolours, Savannah
Door mat, Pohjois-Karjala
Madrid, obama election night
A bit crippled but it made it
Finnish Pattern cutting
from Birmingham
Mosquitos from the studio in Nagoya
They don't sting, they bite you!
A sheet of 1 yen stamps
folded onto itself
Fish and glue go well together
Voimariini is Oivariini nowadays
Nearly visible 1000 yen note
That no one stole
A notebook after washing machine
Pin crazy on a tatami floor
Copper pipe with scratched address
All in one buttons from an old sofa
The postman cheated
He wrote the address on the back
Natsuko's grandma broke my fan...
Address is in the little pocket
The other one was 'im out'
Driftwood from Katsurahama 2
Driftwood from Katsurahama
