Formed in 2009, the Archive Team (not to be confused with the archive.org Archive-It Team) is a rogue archivist collective dedicated to saving copies of rapidly dying or deleted websites for the sake of history and digital heritage. The group is 100% composed of volunteers and interested parties, and has expanded into a large amount of related projects for saving online and digital history.
The art group, of which VR (the blog editor's wife) is a member, normally meets at a village hall on the border between Hereford and Wales. It was unable to function during 2020 for reasons you may guess at.
Space has been allocated here in Tone Deaf renewed for members to display their Christmas Card designs. And to promote a somewhat frayed unity
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| Mo's (Maureen's) card for Veronica. Flower and leaves outlined in gold; a veritable stained-glass window design |
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| Helen's card goes to Brian. What medium did she use? "The one after water-colour," she says, enigmatically. |
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| Pauline's card for Juliet is a subtly shaded water-colour which tested Photoshop to the limit. |
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| Veronica's card (for Sally and Geoff) is in Chromacolour which, in effect , gives more body to water colour |
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| Juliet's card to Helen and David is in two parts: exterior (above) and interior pop-up (below) |
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| Brian's card to Tracy - a little blue added |
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| Not strictly a card, Derrick's offering (for Pauline and Jim) has a story to tell: In Derrick's words "It is on wood recycled from Tracy's house facia replacement, pyrography, acrylic and a bit of bling." |
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| While Mo's (Maureen's) decoration for Pauline and Jim is framed embroidery |
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| A Christmas nuthatch for Derrick. From Sally |
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| Winter Majesty (from an original painted in pastels), sent by Tracy to Mo (Maureen), |
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| The blog ed's effort. Not to be taken seriously |
