“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.”
— Mark Twain
My card-making activity stretches back before intact memories. How early? Press me too hard and you might hear me claim that I started before learning to write my name.
Currently, my crafted greetings tend to fall into one of three categories:
• Series Alpha — combines scrap letters, often with traditional hand lettering arts.
• Series Omega — features my conventional collage technique, applied directly to the folded card.
• Series Pi — attaches an ultra-miniature dimensional collage to the card, like a little square-cut slice of “Pizza Pi.”
collage greeting card by J A Dixon
series Pi, collection of E E Smith
collage greeting card by J A Dixon
series Omega, collection of G Zeitz
collage greeting card by J A Dixon
series Pi, collection of J D A Wood
collage greeting card by J A Dixon
series Alpha, collection of T Strock
collage greeting card by J A Dixon
series Omega, collection of R W Breidenbach
collage greeting card by J A Dixon
series Pi, collection of W W Bates