Artist’s Christmas Cards - 2007
Original Christmas cards by six artists: Linda Etherington (painter) at left, Cameron King (graphic designer), Daleene Menning (ceramist), Jon Moe (photographer), Tom Plummer (author), and Steve Ricks (composer).
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2007
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September 10th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Here you have it. Our cards for 2007. My favorite thing is the range of these “cards.” The proverbial “something for everyone.”
But I’ve got a question, do you send out cards for Christmas? I’m curious to know what they’re like. Printed cards, newsletters with a snapshot tossed in, emails, blog links? And what kind of cards do you like to receive?
September 17th, 2007 at 12:30 am
The painting by Linda Etherington is exquisite! What a wonderful way to share the talents of so many.
September 17th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I was honored to participate in the Christmas Card project last year and absolutely delighted with the resulting contributions. This year’s project is again a delight of original creations. I do send Christmas cards. I like to send and receive pretty cards. I like having the art for decorating at Christmas. I sometimes include a personal note and don’t object to the modern trend of people sending update letters about their families. I have heard however, from a friend who has not had a good family experience and has had a troubled year healthwise that to her the “brag” letters at Christmas seem like an insideous form of abuse. I also think that everyone should not feel obligated to send a lot of cards every year. Offerings of love and friendship should not become burdonsome duties.
September 18th, 2007 at 5:48 am
What a wonderful project. I love Jon’s photograph, and Linda’s painting is so beautiful. Nice work to all the artists.
September 18th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
At first when I was asked to paint a painting for the Christmas Cards project I was so excited to have a way to send lots of cards to my friends for Christmas. After the painting was finished and I had it photographed I visited with several printers on how to produce a high quality card. I was surprised to find that creating a BEAUTIFUL card from an image was harder than I thought. I have now been at the printers several times and tried the image on many different textures of paper with many adjustments on the computer. What I learned over time and several conversations with Glen Nelson (the director of this project) (Sorry Glen for all the calls) is that what the intent was was to create miniture works of art– which could then be mailed to loved ones.
For me painting the painting was easy (it was what I knew how to do). Turning the image of She Wrapped Him in Swaddling clothes into a little artwork has been very challenging. I wanted it square. I wanted a brilliant colored envelope. I wanted fine paper. I wanted to make some kind of a profit if possible. (I know, so demanding.)
What I learned was that I will not be sending this card to my favorite 127 friends. What I will be doing is sending a tender gift of love (art) to my closest friends. And I will be buying the set to cherish as art as much as a reminder of Christmas.
September 20th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
It was so wonderful to participate in this project this year. After reading what Linda said about the difficulty of printing, I chuckled myself as I have had those experienes in the past with works getting printed properly. That is why graphic designers tear their hair out sometimes getting things printed just like they want, as the transfer from digital or photographs to the ink in the printer’s machine is not easy. But aside from this problem, I loved the variety of offerings. I loved the idea of the music and the story to add to a Christmas Card offering. I am buying the whole set myself, but also will send some of the other offerings to others . I love the birch trees and the red bow, very moving for a non religious type of card that has something “more” in the underlayers. And the “NO Vacancy” motel card was rich in humor and poiniency and I love it as well. The painting is beautiful, and I hope my humorous card of my interpretation of the 3 Wise Men will be enjoyed by those who have a sense of humor about people. I think of them as grumpy, a bit silly, and dignified. YOu get to guess which one is which.