Just lovely! Funny, I have worked in philately division of post, in my youth. My job was to send collections of new stamps to collectors. And yes, one had to be really careful when tearing the strips apart. :)
Etegami (e= "picture"; tegami= "letter/message") are simple drawings accompanied by a few apt words. They are usually done on postcards so that they can be easily mailed off to one's friends. Though etegami has few hard-and-fast rules, traditional tools and materials include writing brushes, sumi ink, blocks of water-soluble, mineral-based pigments called gansai, and washi postcards that have varying degrees of "bleed." They often depict some ordinary item from everyday life, especially items that bring a particular season to mind.
I work in a post office and I just love this. There can be a real art to tearing a strip of stamps without destroying them.
ReplyDeleteLove the composition (there is a little Pacman vibe going on there!) :) Clever idea.
ReplyDeleteJust lovely!
ReplyDeleteFunny, I have worked in philately division of post, in my youth. My job was to send collections of new stamps to collectors. And yes, one had to be really careful when tearing the strips apart. :)
Very nice! The colors are great and you created some great shapes in the way you laid these out.
ReplyDeleteVery delicate!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! I love stamps anyway! Margie
ReplyDeleteThis is so well done--simple, and so clever for the topic!
ReplyDeleteSimple, and works so well with the etegami.
ReplyDeleteVery cute. BTW - you changed your photo :D. Hello! it's like a new you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea!
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