Mail Art
Postcards and letters I have made, altered, sewn, beaded, written, and sent to my friends and artist pen pals.
December 2019
February 2020
two postcards sewn together with a secret (!) window
co-created with Charlotte Richardson-Deppe as “Ally fan art” for our Grinnell art professor, Ally Christmas
March 2020
“I hung up your painting on my wall and I get to look at it every day and remember how lucky I am to have incredible friends like you in my life.”
April 2020
Kroger gold potato bag, put beads inside and “quilted” around beads, then sewed paper to the back
“It’s easier to realize the good things about a place once you have to leave.”
illustrations of objects in my kitchen, machine sewn onto paper
May 2020
woven and sewn paper strips of junk mail
“Dear Morgan, the world is changing and I am growing wildflowers out of egg cartons. ”
two photos of the same bridge in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, woven together into one
June 2020
painted while watching Princess Mononoke
tiny painted envelopes
July 2020
“I’ve been dream-traveling to Ireland through these images and all the documentaries I can find ”
August 2020
