About: ‘A year of envelopes”

A Year of envelopes emerged as an idea to facilitate the opening of envelopes that continually arrive in the mailbox.  You open the envelope and you do a cartoon on it. The contents of the envelope will have more chances of being read if the envelope is opened.

Also I was inspired by this book by Shrigley. He is a cartoonist. I had been trying on and off for several years to make a cartoon about everyday life – and it wasn’t working for me. It seemed to have no, rythym or theme that could carry it through as a series.  Shrigley’s work seems to have none of the above either and on top of that he got his work published.

So that is the problem – to encompass ‘the everyday’ just cannot have a theme or style. Our everydays are always so same and so different. They leap from the washing up, to intense experiences, to memories, to reflection.  You can have a day when you do not laugh. Sometimes the day is about someone else, not even you.

So here it is or will be -  a year of opening those insidious envelopes and responding to the everyday.