Inspired by Nick Bantock: Putting the elements together
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- 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: ). I hope you enjoy this look into the world of collage and mail art combined.
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The story on the postcards:
The lost correspondence of Griffin and Sabine (inspired by Nick Bantock)
This box of correspondence and ephemera was discovered in an abandoned hotel on the island of Capolan. Sabine Strohem did publish a book on the Natural History of the Sicmon Island. However it cannot be confirmed if this was published before or after these letters were written. We presume the pencil sketch was drawn by Griffin, as the artwork matched the style of his artwork from before he disappeared in England.
This is the last known correspondence from either Griffin or Sabine.
Dearest Sabine,
I finally took the leap and ‘ran away’ from home. It felt so liberating to just disappear out of side and melt into the shadows. I have no idea how I will find you, yet I have courage that the powers drawing us together will help guide me safely to you. I must be getting closer to you though, as I can see more clearly, and have begun to hear the gentle roar of the sea.
Yours,
Griffin
My Griffin,
I too sense your imminent arrival here on my island. Make haste my love, as I fear the tenuous connection we have may be broken the closer we physically become. Mysterious things are occurring in the island chain, some beautiful, some terrible, some terrifyingly beautiful. I hope balance returns soon.
Sabine x
Dearest Sabine,
I have arrived in Capolan, not far from the Sicmon Islands. It will take a little over a week for the next ship to transport me to your beautiful islands. The captain has been telling me stories of the terrifying storms you have been having in the last few months, curiously, they started the day I decided to leave my life in dreary England. While I would have never considered the possibility before - do you think I am the reason for the disturbances?
Yours,
Griffin
My Griffin,
It is my greatest fear realized that we may never meet in person; however, I know now that is the only course of action. I believe this is why we have such a strong connection through our art and seeing each through each others eyes. It is because we can never gaze upon each other in this mortal realm. I am utterly heartbroken but I choose to see the good in that I can still see you in my dreams.
Forever Yours, Sabine xxx
What a great project. It turned out so well. I had forgotten about Nick Bantock but love his work. Thank you!
Wow what a beautiful journey you took us on. I’m so impressed with the the way you used Dinas paints of today to make your embellishments look old. Incredible! The way you cut out and flipped the post cards... to ripping and stamping you did a marvelous job. I wish I had your stash! I love the sentimentality of it all. Thank you for inspiring us. Xx 😚
Thank you so much!
This is outstanding -- I absolutely heart Griffin and Sabine!
I live near Nick Bantock. I've always admired his work. You've done an amazing job here! So much talent!
The only element I could suggest is to cover the shiny pages with matte medium to take away the shine. Beautiful and fun video to watch! Your tone of speech and language are very pleasant and easy to listen to as well as no irritating music. You are a very talented person all around!
How excited! Thank you so much for your kind words and suggestions
Spectacular!...what a fabulous idea...I love it!
More mail art postcards, please! These are a great homage to Nick Bantock’s books. Love your faux postage stamps, all the layering, color choices, and brave use of original vintage materials. Did you ever consider photocopying/scanning the originals and cutting up the duplicates?
I cannot tell you at some point in my life how important Nick Bantock and Griffin & Sabine & his book The Artful Dodger were to me. I had all the cards & all the stamps & all the books. My husband was killed in 9/11 in NYC & I relocated to Alabama to escape the busy-ness of the city. I am so incredibly glad I found these videos of yours. ❤️🌺❤️
Oh Alice- I’m so sorry. I’m glad these books speak to you- they are so amazing xxx much love xxx
Niamh Baly i meant to also say & forgot because I was so moved by your videos that I lost all my Nick Bantock inks, stamps, & books that my husband had gifted me throughout our marriage. We were only married 15 years & he was 48 when he was killed. I am so inspired to learn enough about collage from you & your videos to be able to do an “inspired by Niamh & Nick Bantock” tribute to Lee page or pages. I feel so connected now that I saw your videos. Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful process & results.
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Awesome, Niamh, beautiful and so creative!
what an amazing project. it is so beautiful. Bravo!!
OG my! What a stunning project. Just lovely. Thanks for posting the letters. You have encouraged me to use some to the lovely things I have been hoarding. Thanks for all your inspiration.
Thank you - this was one of my favourite projects to complete ever!
What a wonderful tribute to Nick Bantock. I hope I still have his books, although I know I still have his stamps. Tfs
Thank you so much for your kind words - I'm so happy someone has his stamps - I hope you find the books too
Niamh Baly I found my books!
Woohoo!!! Enjoy rediscovering them :)
WOW!! what a gorgeous spread! 💖😊👍
This series is spectacular. You did a fabulous job on this .I enjoyed this series so much thank you.
Thank you so much. This project was a labour of love and has such a special place in my heart. Such amazing books and I am so happy I could recreate them in my own way :)
Hi ya.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this come together. I have never heard of bantok, but i am going to google him & check out his stuff. What a beautyfull book you made , im very inspired by you. Thank you for shareing your lovely world of art work with us all. Hope all is well🌻😁
I loved this 3 part series and adored your finished artwork. I've spent so much time online in the past 18 months...how did I miss this gem? Your videos are always entertaining, but this took it to the next level. Now, I'm googling Nick Bantock with 18% charge left...
Thank you xxx he’s pretty awesome x
Wow!
Too Cool!!! I love how you put it all together. I stumbled on your channel while looking at another video. Boy I'm so glad that I decided to watch. That was the making faux stamp video, which I believe is the second video of this series. So much information and a heep of INSPIRATION. I really enjoyed this series. Your tutorials are awesome! I've ENJOYED spending my Saturday morning with you........ Stay Blessed!
Thank you and welcome to the channel. So glad you had a good Saturday with me :) x
Oh Wow...this is fantastic. I've loved all three videos. Awestruck in the UK. TFS
Thank you so much for your kind words - I'm glad these videos are useful for you x
Hello again Niamh, THANK YOU so much for replying to my comment, It means a lot that you found time to do this. I have just watched the second and last in your series of three Postage inspired by Nick Bantock art, themed videos and love, love love them all sooooo much. THANK YOU too for introducing me to Nick's amazing work, I have just ordered two of his books from french amazon so will be looking forward to them arriving later this week.
I am hoping to make some time today, or later in the week to have a go at making some faux postage stamps too.
I love creating Mail Art envelopes and have in the past joined in with a few swaps which were such fun to do. I still have a number of envelopes that can be used for swaps so will look into seeing if there are any Mail Art swaps going on, if not I may just mail them to myself so that they have real cancellation postage marks on them then I can use them in my art. LOL
Warmest best wishes from France,
Su
Oh Yay - I love introducing people to new author illustrators. I hope you love his work as much as me. And good luck with your faux postage x
Wow - don't even know where to start! I've had Griffin and Sabine for a really long time and have always been drawn to this kind of collage work. You've done this at such the right time for me - I too have lots of "precious" ephemera that needs to come out and have a home and now you've inspired me to make it happen! Such lovely ideas - wonderful execution - thank you SO MUCH for sharing this process! Ideas are spinning in my head.....
Yay- I'm so glad!!! Yes using that ephemera is so hard - but now I have actually used some of it - I'm much more prepared to use more. Please, if you do create something -I would love to see it. Enjoy x
It's just a start - but here is the back of a postcard I prepared for my travel journal - it flips back to the front which is the 24 hour clock from Greenwich - but you inspired me to take time to play with my tip ins and not just throw down photos!!! Hm - can't seem to place a photo here -
wonderful !!
Hi Niamh, I recently came across the work of Nick Bantock through the videos of Robyn McClendon who is doing a number of mail art projects on Patreon and when searching for him I stumbled across your 3 videos. It's good to have other takes on the mail art. I really like what you are doing here and have learned lots from watching your videos. I have subscribed so I can follow what you are doing now. Thanks for sharing. xoxo
Very cool! It's really great to see your process.
Glad you like it! Thank you x
The finished project is amazing and I applaud you for being brave enough to use your vintage finds and hoarded ephemera.
Thanks - it was heard to use, but I', so glad I did
omg what an amazing and interesting piece love love love it you did Nick proud!
Thank you so much Lois - it was such a fun project and one I will treasure!
what a creative sprite you are.
WOW amazing
Thank you
Niamh you are really really talented and clever. I really really love 💖 this series and what you’ve put together here is so utterly stunning. Thank you so much xxx Mags
What an amazing project! So creative, fanciful and fun. Nick definitely needs to see this.
Thank you so much for your kind words - I can only hope I did him justice x
This series was jam-packed with so much information and inspiration! Loved learning about Nick Bantock's work, I will definitely look at his other projects and books. Your artwork of the woman you received is stunning! xo Beth
Thank you so much for your kind words - I'm glad these videos are useful for you. Marg was super talented, yet she was so down on herself about her skills. I am so happy to have a part of her in my journals to look back on too. Please do look into Nick's work - it is such a visual feast!
I have all the Griffin and Sabine books they are so beautiful! Your journal is amazing!! I am going to try to make some of the faux stamps. You mentioned letter writing as a lost art. I agree 100% although recently I signed up with letter writers alliance or LWA.com. It’s a legit pen pal site and so far I have accumulated 8 pen pals since January! It’s been so much fun getting to know new friends and writing and receiving letters in the post.
thank you - the pen pal site sounds amazing
@@NiamhBaly you are welcome! And the site is Letterwritersalliance.org not com lol sorry.. and yes it is great i got 3 letters last week and 2 yesterday including one from my penpal in Africa! Check it out you will love it!
Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous. The thought, time, and creativity you put into this is amazing.💕💕💕💕
Wonderful series. You have a talent for layering that I admire. May I ask what set of Postage Marks rubber stamps you were using?
It is a set from an Australian company which has now ceased. But 100 proof press and stampers anonymous both stock postal art stamp sets
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Where did you get the book you are using?
Which one- the journal I’m working in? It’s a ranger ink art journal by Dina wakley