Art & Design Stamps
How do art and design differ? Hard question because worthwhile art, I feel, requires good design and composition but design is a subcategory of art and can be an entity onto itself. Home decor and interior design can be artistic, due to the creative nature in which man conceives and makes it, but is it art? My belief is that when stand-out design is recognized on its own then it is art. Here’s an example of the contemporary furniture designs by Ray & Charles Eames, which are now featured on a collection of US postal stamps. Here’s a link to an earlier post mentioning art in everyday things such as…
Stamps
In order to update my client files, I’ve recently sent out a contact mailer with a hard copy of my January Casart eNewsletter to request a review of current information as well as email addresses. When I went to the post office to get stamps, they were out of the regular flag rolls, which I like to get out of convenience sake. Luckily, they had the Tiffany, stained-glass mural stamp, which not only coordinated with the theme but with the colors of the newsletter/mailer. This got me thinking that perhaps I should consider a custom stamp featuring one of my murals for future mailings. I just found this at PhotoStamps.com.…
