Inspired By Nick Bantock - creating mail art postcards

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6 жыл бұрын

This Inspired By series is inspired by Nick Bantock of Griffin and Sabine fame. He is a celebrated collage artist, illustrator and author, and his books are like walking into a mysterious wonderland of secrets and hand written mail. This series of videos (3 in total) explore his style over mail art in the form of postcards (part 1: • Inspired By Nick Banto... , Faux postage and seals (part 2 - • Inspired by Nick Banto... ) and putting all the elements together to create a book within a book (part3: • Inspired by Nick Banto... ). I hope you enjoy this look into the world of collage and mail art combined.
To see more of my artwork - check out @niamhbaly on Instagram or Niamh's Art Journal ( / niamhbaly ) on Facebook. To see more videos like this please hit subscribe and the thumbs up button. Also remember to click on the bell next to the subscribe button to get notified when new videos go up. Enjoy!

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@persia888 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a good idea to photocopy precious papers to collage and keep the originals. Then you can get multiple uses from each one

@sueo.6731 4 жыл бұрын

Love this! You know, you can scan those old papers and print them out on anything, including tissue, tracing paper, and coffee/tea stained papers, leaving your original. I hate to cut mine up, too!

@robinsutton4952 3 жыл бұрын

Your video came up in my feed and so did an interview with Nick. Love watching what you’ve done. Looking forward to the interview.

@jjournaldiva 5 ай бұрын

Im currently making an art journal with Griffin and sabine. I ordered tgree more, tgey are fabulous!

@karenharvey2549 6 ай бұрын

Love these. ❤

@kiandra323 8 ай бұрын

I came back to watch this video after one you posted today 14 Nov 2023

@kimdaniel4539 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for introducing me to Nick Bantock! I can't wait to explore him more.

@NiamhBaly 6 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome - his artwork is amazing - you can just get lost in it!

@sheliaporter6795 2 жыл бұрын

I love this - beautiful! I am so happy to have learned about this wonderful artist! Thank you! ❤

@elfincrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Fabulous project with great historical background. Being from the UK, I have heard of Nick Bantock but wasn't fully aware of all you told us 😊

@fayecook9171 6 жыл бұрын

Wow loving this

@jacquipettitt3389 6 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! I love Nick Bantock, and love your take on surrealism. I've got The Gryphon, and frequently drool over it lol.

@NiamhBaly 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I was super excited to see that he has released two more books I was unaware of - so can't wait to get my hands on those soon :)

@Bhudevi 5 жыл бұрын

Great work - thanks for the inspiration 😊

@evypetre949 3 жыл бұрын

I love these! So much fun.

@sassafrasandscraps 4 жыл бұрын

I’m in love. I’ll definitely be checking out the Nick Bantock books. ♥️

@iHanna 4 жыл бұрын

They turned out lovely, your Bantock inspired postcards!

@PaperTamsMedia 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I love Nick Bantock. The art stamps you made are inspiring.

@NiamhBaly 6 жыл бұрын

Paper Tams thank you so much. Yes- nick is amazing and so very talented!!!

@Cyrilmc222004 4 жыл бұрын

Niamh, that’s really fabulous and I really really love 💖 all of those postcards you made in this video. You’ve introduced me to a new artist so I’m going to look him up. Thank you so much xxx Mags

@pumpkinpiies2998 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!! I sent my first proper mail art envelope yesterday and now I am binge watching mail art videos, this is a favourite so far!

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

How exciting - thank you so much:) Glad you enjoyed it!

@StudioPashnada 5 жыл бұрын

I had no clue these books were 25 years old. I need to go pull mine out & look at them again.

@conniedoiron5111 5 жыл бұрын

I have the Nick Bantock book Griffen and Sabine and the collage work intrigues me. And wow Niamh you have really captured the same look as Nick Bantocks work. What an homage. This is the video that introduced me to your work and I am blown away and a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing your talent.I am off to watch more of you work.

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

Yay - welcome to the channel - I am alway glad to meet more Griffin and Sabine fans - it is just such an amazing series of books!

@McBeth07 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting ! Really enjoyed learning about this artist and seeing what you created. I've got several things in my stash that I can't bring myself to use yet. What you said about having it in a book instead of tucked away in a box, really hit home. 👍🏻

@NiamhBaly 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. His work is so visually stimulating. I'm glad I'm not the only one who tucks things away!! All three videos are now uploaded - so you can see how the final project came together :)

@honeybee4423 6 жыл бұрын

I learn so much from you Niamh- thank you! This is right up my alley too...XOXO

@NiamhBaly 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words - I'm glad these videos are useful for you x

@lucyleadbeater7081 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve just discovered your channel, and I’m so impressed. Thank you for the inspiration and please keep up the good work!

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I am glad you're enjoying the content - I enjoy sharing it greatly.

@yardsalepicasso9413 5 жыл бұрын

Too cool... Thank you for sharing the process!

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, glad you enjoyed it

@tellhimthanku 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting!!!!! I enjoyed your process. Very clear and understandable. You've inspired me in several ways. I have a love for doing mail art. Watching this video really have my mind going!!!! Keeping in my "there's nothing new under the sun!" I'm going to look into the artist that you recommended. Thanks for the art history! He seem very interesting. Your postcards trued out sweet. Thanks for sharing and the huge punch of inspriation.......

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

I hope you found Nick's books and get as inspired as me from them :) I can always find something hidden in his books that speak to me.

@LeighPogue 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed learning about this amazing artist. Very cool images

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you liked his work - if you ever get the chance to see his books - check them out. they are mesmerising

@SashaFitzgerald 6 жыл бұрын

Love the postcards you made!

@NiamhBaly 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. All three videos are now uploaded - so you can see how the final project came together :)

@Moondapplemixedmedia 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. I am a fan of Nick Bantock as well and will watch your other vids in this series. tfs

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you - he is an inspirational artist. I hope you enjoy the other videos too.

@bajoobiecuzican 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this. The sad part is I have no one to send post cards to. Alas!

@sunni4aday 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great video Niamh. I really like Nick Bantocks work and you really captured the style beautifully. Is there any marking on your fish stamp indicating who manufactured it. It looks rather large and I'm having a difficult time finding one any larger than about 2-3 inches. Thanks for the video share and happy creating

@NiamhBaly 4 жыл бұрын

Sharon Montalbano thank you. The fish stamp is from 100%proof stamps. They still exist, but this stamp may not as it is over 20yrs old so is probably discontinued

@sunni4aday 4 жыл бұрын

@@NiamhBaly Thank you for the information. I checked it out and was able to score one. Greatly appreciated. Have a great day 😊

@NiamhBaly 4 жыл бұрын

So glad you found it!

@ShelleyCarlson 6 жыл бұрын

🙂

@crmcsys1214 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. Just ... Wow. Beautiful. Very “Bantockian”! Where did you get your piercing awl (the pointy thing used to make stamp perforations)? What size tip do you use?

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

CRMCSYS thank you- I just used an sewing Unpicker to make the piercings - you could use a sewing needle as well, no idea what size sorry

@crmcsys1214 5 жыл бұрын

Niamh Baly I ordered the Crafter's Companion 18950 Ultra Pro Seam Ripper from Amazon.com because of its curvy point, watched this video for the umpteenth time - I love your creativity - and finally noticed you were holding a regular seam ripper/unpicker. Thank you for tolerating my question. During previous viewings I must have been blinking at the critical second. You’ve inspired me to attempt collage. I look forward to making postage stamps. Delivery is scheduled this week. I never heard the expression “fussy cutting” until KZfaq. I am a potential fussy cutter. I also ordered a pair of EK Success EKCB01 Cutter Bee Precision Scissors: A reviewer said she is able to cut out “little bird feet.” Most reviewers warn the scissors are extremely sharp so, while I look forward to cutting out little bird feet, I’m a bit terrified. Wish me luck.

@NiamhBaly 5 жыл бұрын

Hi - been trying to find this comment in my feed and its taken this long to track it down!!! Hope you went okay with your scissors. i had a pair of those and they are great. Just got the new tim holtz small haberdashery ones which I am using for paper and they are amazing!!! With the unpicked - I find one I have perforated it, I use a knife or scissors to cut out the stamps. If its not a 'proper' perforated edge, it will tear your work much more easily. Hope your mail art is going well x

@mauricepowers3804 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t find the name of that company that you talk about with the stamp collection can you give me more information about it thank you

@NiamhBaly 4 жыл бұрын

Maurice Powers it doesn’t exist anymore but there is an American one called 100 proof press that does lots of mail art type stamps and also sells perforated paper for faux stamp making. Hope that helps

@cathyxox3999 4 жыл бұрын

Do you find that YooHoo glue sticks well and for a long time?

@NiamhBaly 4 жыл бұрын

Cathy xox thanks. I did this a year ago and the glue is still holding up. If you glue to the edges and are only gluing papers together it’s pretty good. Plus you get less wrinkling in magazine collage papers than with wet glues

@cathyxox3999 4 жыл бұрын

@@NiamhBaly thank you