Matchbox mania
March 28th, 2009 § 2 Comments
I absolutely adore vintage matchboxes!
I love the textural quality of the inks on the card.
I love the limited colour pallets.
I love the use of contrast.
I love the mixture of line and flat colour areas.
I love that there is no such thing as true white or black.
And I love that their small size limits detail, making them beautifully graphic.
Hmm, might be a sweet approach to ‘Childs Play’. I wonder how close I could get with my Gocco?
Images | Jane McDevitt, Maraid Flickr Matchbook Set
so clean and simple and so small too.
the remind me of lino cuts by Claude Flight et al
makes me want to pull some lino out and get cutting
These are incredible.