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C + P: Lost Consonants postcard

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C + P: Lost Consonants postcard
Swap Coordinator:Kessie (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Postcards  Paper Crafts 
Number of people in swap:2
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.90 (unrated swappers allowed)
Last day to signup/drop:August 1, 2011
Date items must be sent by:August 22, 2011
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

This swap is to create a collaged postcard, in the style of Graham Rawle's Lost Consonants.

He's an artist who thinks up a sentence with a form of word play, and then does an amusing, slightly surreal montage to illustrate it. The sentences always have one consonant removed, which completely changes the meaning of a word. For instance, if you remove just one letter 'L' from: "He saddled the horse and put the bridle on its head", then instead you get:
"He saddled the horse and put the bride on its head"
- see picture above!

The rules of this swap are:
(1) Think of your own 'Lost Consonant' style sentence. To make it easier, you're allowed to remove a vowel instead of a consonant if you prefer.

Here are a few I made up myself:
"He could hear the faint ticking of the Grandfather lock"
"For breakfast, Mummy always gave Susan a big owl of cornflakes"
"It was cold outside so Graham put on a warm cat"

(2) Handmake a postcard with a montage/collage to illustrate your sentence. It's up to you whether you include any other media or art techniques as part of the design.
(3) The sentence should either be included as part of the picture, or else written on the back.
(4) Send the postcard to your partner (it's sender's choice whether to send naked or in an envelope)

Discussion

crescendo 07/18/2011 #

Haha, in my sleep deprived state, I thought this swap said "lost consciousness" :o)

This looks very clever, fun idea!

FarStarr 08/ 2/2011 #

Hmmm..I wonder who my partner could be.... :P

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