Charlotte Geister

I there!!! Happy New Year to you too! I am sorry you were so sick, but happy you are better. Take care, keep warm, and 'art your heart away'! (My kinders use to to tell me that when I taught art, "we are arting our hearts!"-Kathy

Hi Charlotte,

German was the language I took in high school and college classes. I was glad to be able to speak basic German on trips to eastern Europe (specifically, Hungary and Poland) where few people knew any English. However, I never was able to understand the German dialect spoken in southern Switzerland in spite of taking a class prior to a trip there in the 1980's!

Sometimes I prepare mail art in German for Torma Cauli in Hungary. My main interest is artistamps in addition to creating postcards, zines, occasional collages, and faux currency called moticos. Would you like a set of moticos?

I look forward to your mail!

~ Jack @ Cascadia Artpost

Das ist also die Krone der Schöpfung. Oder fast. Dein Schöpfungsversuch ist da sogar noch viel interessanter. Danke!

Hi Charlotte,

I will send you some moticos in today's (Thursday's) outgoing mail, along with a copy of the Cascadia Coffee Clutch, a satirical parody of a free publication called "Coffee News" distributed at our local restaurants (and also doctors' waiting rooms!).

More in the mail this spring!

~ Jack @ Cascadia Artpost

Thank you Charlotte for "Last Angel Leaving" which arrived today!

Jack @ Cascadia Artpost

Charlotte,

Sunny weather? Ha! Here in Cascadia we are nearing the end of Stormy Season. In January we had 28 consecutive days with rain, equaling a record. But this past Sunday and Monday were finally sunny and the days are a little longer now. Our spring is said to begin by the fourth week in February when the major storms are past. All this is compensation for the nearly complete lack of rain and long days from June through mid-September, sometimes into October. In case you are wondering, Cascadia is the name of our bioregion taken from the volcanic Cascade Mountain Range that is a north-south spine from Canada to California.

The moticos and Coffee Clutch are on their way to you. More in the mail soon.

~ Jack @ Cascadia Artpost

Charlotte,

To answer your question about Olympia: Our city of about 60,000 residents is one of three cities (the others being Tumwater to the south and Lacey to the east) that comprise an urban area of about 120,000 people on the southern edge of the Seattle metropolitan area. Olympia is the capital of the state of Washington and has the State Capitol building and about half the state offices, the others being in the other two cities. State government and a state college are the biggest employers, we have little industry here so growth is slower than in the rest of the metropolitan area and less expensive to live, though housing prices have increased over the last 5 years. Farmland and forest are only 15 minutes away to the south and west of us. A large military base to the north separates us from the main metropolitan area. We are a 2-hour drive and 130 miles from Portland, Oregon to the south, but the travel time is the same or longer (in the afternoon/evening 3-4 hours) to Seattle north of us even though it is only 70 miles away from Olympia - the traffic is terrible on the only freeway I-5 and the public transportation options are inadequate. (I lived in Seattle for 35 years) However, we like living in Olympia as the cultural center and are only 9 minutes away by car or bus from the center of the city.

Charlotte,

I am glad you like the Moticos. I might start a new series later this year. As for Vostell, some years ago I purchased a book documenting his art, "Automobile", in German and English. Today (Wednesday) I shall send you some mail art inspired by Vostell that I am sure you will enjoy.

Best wishes for your exhibition!

~ Jack @ Cascadia Artpost

Naja, ich habe etwas geschummelt da ich etwas vorgearbeitet habe. Jetzt bin ich quasi schon durch damit. Lass dir Zeit, viel Spaß mit den Büchern!

that arrived very quickly - two days - amazing . . .

Oh, ich liebe deine Karte mit dem Fördertum! Da passt einfach alles zusammen. Graue Industrie trifft Farbe und Blumen. Und die unterschiedlichen Texturen... Einfach klasse, danke!

Hi Charlotte!  So nice to hear from you & know my mail reached you intact.  The window in the envelope is something I’ve seen others do, and once in a while, the right image shows up for the right “window”.  That’s how the cat came to be in your envelope!  The stamps I found on my recent trip to Arizona and New Mexico.  Roberto and I were driving across the desert wide open spaces, which are interrupted Every hour or so by a small dusty town.  We would stop to stretch our backs and legs, and I would hurry in to the thrift store to look for collage supplies.  There in the middle of the desert I found a big stack of old German stamps.  I bought a few pages of the ones I liked best.  Funny how things from around the world end up so far away in a dusty, musty shop.  Roberto said he had to leave the shop because it smelled so bad in there.  Please don’t rush to send something back.  I hope retirement I leaving you with LOTS of creative energy.  Hugs to you.  Take good care of yourself and your husband.   Xoxo, Debra

Thanks, I love your coral reef, so happy! We are staying well, you do too!! It is so strange, the streets are empty, little traffic on our street, which is usually very busy. The elementary school teachers send out a request to the kids in the area, to make signs and stand outside yesterday around 1 pm. The teachers got in their cars and drove around the neighborhood honking horns and waving at the kids standing in the front yards. I thought that was pretty cute! I don't have young kids anymore, but I stood on the porch, it was pretty fun for the kids!-Take care!!

mail out!

i've only now seen your comment charlotte. i'm glad the little zine arrived safely. no, they don't really have mail art at that gallery as it's a commercial gallery(work for sale), but it is where we hold a cut and paste collage night once a month. i often bring in mail art to show my friends who own/run the gallery. i think you'd like the work that just opened there today. textile work. some really wonderful work too.

Thank You, Charlotte. After the pandemic, you can exchange collages.

Guten Tag, Charlotte!

On Monday I mailed to you some new mail art, two sheets of the latest series of "Ticket! Ticket!" artistamps. Please let me know what you think about them. Also, my email address is changing - I will send you the new address in the next several days. Take care and stay well! ~ Jack @ Cascadia Artpost

hi charlotte, was that the mail with the announcement for the show you had? i think that was the last mail i had from you. hopefully it'll still reach me if it was sent after that. mail service from here to germany is supsended, but you may have been able to send mail this way for longer before mail out of germany was supsended. let me know if it ends up returned to you and i'll let you know if anything shows up.

Hallo Charlotte,

danke für den fleißigen Bauern. Der wartet jetzt nur noch auf den ersehnten Regen. Ich finde es toll, wie du die ganzen Formen aus den gegebenen Klecksen herausgearbeitet hast. Wenn man das Haus und die Bäume gefunden hat, mag man gar nicht denken, dass das alles nur zufällig entstanden ist. - Danke!

Hallo Charlotte! MAAV magazine 2 ist endlich draußen! 2 Arbeiten von dir sind darin zu finden!

A5
102 artists
29 countries
120 pages in colour
limited to 150 pieces

Ich hoffe dir geht es gut! Alles Liebe - K.G.B.

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/detailed-stitched-pape...

Great. Shall look forward to it. 

Hey ho! Das Magazin gibt es nur über mich :) Bei 150 Stück funktioniert es so am besten !

Alles Liebe!

Da wächst ja ein Baum im Haus! Ein Baumhaus? Er sieht so schön filigran aus. Dann genieße den Sommer und viel Spaß bei den Kurztrips!

Charlotte, thank you. I know what you mean about the weather and the carefree attitude of some. Be safe and take care.

Good morning Charlotte!  It is good to hear from you and know that you are well.  Congratulations on becoming a grandmother!  I’m sure that is very exciting for your family.  I am well, but sad to learn your mail did not arrive.  I certainly would have written you and acknowledged it!  It is fantastic that you are creating work for an exhibit, even though everything is cancelled.  I believe our exhibit Postal Outliers exhibit here may be the same. The gallery director is a very capable young woman, who will likely be able to digitize it and  have it all online, lucky for me.  Hoping your mail from March miraculously appears one day, though I can see why someone would steal it!  Your work is fantastic.  

Sending much love and hugs, Debra

Danke für den Ausflug nach Japan! Zu dem Bild passt der Stoff wirklich thematisch perfekt.

Hallo Charlotte, danke für deinen kleinen Rorschachtest. :) Je nach Blickrichtung kann man die schwarze Form anders interpretieren. Ich tendiere zu einer Biene auf einer Blüte. Oder eine Hündin die ihre Welpen säugt.

Hallo Charlotte, keine Angst, mit gehts gut! Dein Erdbeertörtchen ist auch angekommen. Eins gegessen habe ich bisher aber noch nicht. Eigentlich hatte ich vor, darauf sofort per Post zu antworten. Naja eigentlich... Die halbfertige Idee wartet noch auf Verklebung. Aber das wird!

Hallo Charlotte, deine frühlingsgrüne (und blaue) Karte ist angekommen. Die Briefmarken sind toll farblich abgestimmt, Briefmarken sind schon tolle Elemente. Mit welcher Technik hast du den blauen Druck gemacht? Ich war heute im Gartencenter - all die bunten Blumen. Das war eine herrliche Abwechslung!

Vielen Dank für deine pinke Karte mit Häkelakzenten. Es scheint, dass der Adler schon in den Sommer hinein fliegt. Auch vielen Dank für die ganzen "Großköpfe", da weiß ich, was ich demnächst machen werde! :) Außerdem: Die Briefmarke mit dem schlafenden Maulwurf auf dem Umschlag ist ja goldig!

Hi Charlotte, danke für die Impressionen aus Magdeburg! Inklusive ein paar flotter Bienen. :) Dann scheinst du ja das Beste aus der Situation gemacht zu haben. Ich plane demnächst auch einen kurzen Urlaub. Mit der Bahn. Na mal sehen, ob das klappt...

Hi Charlotte, 

when I have time I try to make black and white prints from negatives myself. I work mainly on black and white negatives in 6x6 or 6x9 cm format and I use old cameras. Some are even almost 100 years old, such as the Kodak Brownie No2, an old box camera of the simplest design.
The effects of these photographic activities can be seen partly on my blog: https://pozaobiegiemfotografii.blogspot.com/

Warm greetings

Raphael

Hi Charlotte, erst mal danke für deine klasse Weihnachtskarte. Die mag ich total, so schön knallig. Deine neueste Karte ist auch wieder super. So viele unterschiedliche Schichten. Auch die Haptik ist schön glatt. Meine Acrylfarbe ist dabei immer so rau am Ende.

hi charlotte, thank you so much! i learned about your work through william m., and it is amazing -- so impressed by your work too! i would love to exchange. i'll get something in the post to you very soon. happy new year, see you in the mail! --allison (minneapolis, minnesota, usa)

hi again, charlotte! i sent some mail art your way today -- hope that you receive it soon!!

Infos zur Februllage: https://kolajmagazine.com/content/content/calls-for-artists/februll...

Hi Charlotte, danke für die "aufgeräumte" Restekarte. Reste können auch sehr inspirierend sein. Und die roten + goldenen Highlights bringen das gewisse Etwas mit rein, toll.

hi charlotte, i'm so happy it arrived! yours arrived recently too, but i haven't had a chance to document it yet! thank you so much for your incredibly beautiful work! looking forward to being in touch with you again soon!

Twin Cities Collage Collective is a collage group i co-founded here in minnesota! you can find some information about it here: twincitiescollagecollective.com and instagram.com/twincitiescollagecollective

fat hugs right back!! allison

Hi Charlotte, bei deiner Karte Liegt echt Frühling in der Luft! Ich mag den Druck + die genähten Hafer-Highlights sehr. Ein passender Hintergrund für die Meisen. Dir auch frohe Ostern!

Na das ist doch wieder eine tolle Restekarte. Sieht man ihr nicht an. :) Eine schöne Häuserfront mit einfachsten Mitteln. Und was wohl besonderes an dem Apfel ist? Ein Rätsel.

Hello Charlotte! I'm sorry I'm just getting your message. I saw your beautiful artwork on this site--something you sent to another member. Very inspiring! I hope you are doing well. Thank you for your kind reply! Best wishes, Nancy

Charlotte! I just went to my post office box and found your fantastic card! I love it--you made my day. Thank you so much! Now I will try to rise to that occasion and make something for you. I hope you're having a good weekend! Nancy

Thank you Charlotte for your quick reply.  I posted it again today.  The postal clerk said the address was too “low” on the envelope for the machine to read it.  Why that took 3 weeks to come back to me, I don’t know.  He scribbled all over the envelope so it looks terrible, but we’ll see if it gets to you.  Good luck packing and sorting through your beloved collections in the studio.  We collage artists are collectors, most of us anyway.  That makes it so hard but in the end your studio will be even more organized and streamlined.  Wishing you a good rest of the summer.  It’s been so hot here I am ready for the season to transition to autumn.

Sending you fat hugs too!  Debra 

Hi Charlotte! I'm glad that the card made it to you (it always seems like a miracle when a piece of mail can reach its destination 1/2 way around the world). Thank you so much for your kind words. I took a calligraphy class when I was about 12 years old, but not since. I've always loved to practice hand-writing. California is in a terrible draught right now, though that is not unusual. However, to hear about Germany experiencing this climate event is very scary. This seems to be the future we've been warned about. I hope you can stay cool, and that the move goes smoothly. Thank you, again! Nancy

I received your mail art!! I looked up frottage because I am not familiar with it. I've seen Max Ernst's work. I like the way it is abstract but the realistic bird adds some stability to it. 

Hi Charlotte,

I was so happy to receive your latest art card! It arrived with only slight damage to the edges. I don't know if the background image is supposed to be a snowy landscape, but that's what it reminds me of, and I love the feeling of white, cold space. Have you moved yet? I want to make sure I reply to the correct address (you included it on the card). 

I hope all is well. Thank you so much!

Nancy

Merry Christmas, Charlotte!

Hello Charlotte! Happy New Year! I was thrilled to receive your gorgeous Christmas card. Thank you so much! I love the print--what a special memory of your travels. And the whole composition with the different materials is so festive. I'm glad you finally moved into your new place. I hope you enjoyed a happy Christmas there. I'm sorry I'm so slow in responding with mail art. Sending something to you very soon. -Nancy