Stamps Memorabilia

To me every piece of stamp is a piece of art. I have never discarded any stamps that is torn. Instead, I will collect them and make them into art collage pieces. By turning them into collage art, I let these small printed works continue their journey—no longer through mail, but through memory

This following piece of art was done many years back. The design itself is actually from a stamp from China

I also like to group stamps of the same country and create a collage based on their country symbolism as follows

Australia map with stamps from the country itself

UK queen head with the definitive stamps featuring the queen head on a wooden box

 

I also have mousepads which I have purchased from Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped  when I attended one of their events known as Dine in the Dark . 

For our local context, there are series of Singapore stamps which I have great interest in which I started making memorabilia out of it

I have this liking for this series of stamps from Npark initiatives in creating public awareness for 10 of our common roadside trees launch on the 26 May 2010

From the stamp booklet, I started framing it and give to friends

 

In one of my previous blog post which I happen to mention that I have finally got to see a picture of the late Mr Lee Kwan Yew on a stamp commemorating NS50 and with that I made it into a keychain