January 2015 Blog Posts (247)

In “Supplication III” I used a pigment mixed from the ashes of my broken dreams with olive oil. As a mark maker I used a dead flower head. The quality of the line was good, although there was some hesitation in the placing of marks, which may come across in the final work.

Ah, a striking RED envelope with washi arrived in the "old year",

and there was a "bunny" here:

Very nice card inside, To be or Not to be  a Hippo...but well papered?…

Here is more happy holiday mail art!

Shipped on Dec 17 but arrived with the "old year" mail delivery: Dec 30!

A little letter  inside:…

All about a BIRDIE, of course :-) 'Love this song from my childhood!

The whole postcard, with Santa, and the Queen!…

Although I have spent the time since mid-May working on larger paintings, an unexpected consequence of this activity is that my drawing skills have deteriorated due to the lack of regular practice. In some respects it feels like I am almost back at the beginning and, like physical exercise, I need to work hard just to get back to where I was at previously. There is a lesson to be learned here and that is to continue drawing on a regular basis whatever happens. Do not take a break to focus on…

 it was almost 20 years ago today . . . . .

 that mister RAY last taught the clan to play . . . .

  in and out of style . . . . . .

   with or without a smile . . . . . .

R.F. Cote, Canada.

Pal Csaba, Hungary.

Anja Mattila-Tolvanen, Finland.

Jaromir Svozilik, Norway.

Katerina Nikoltsou, Greece.

More to come...thanks to all of these…

Very informative article:

http://www.utne.com/media/ray-johnson-zm0z14wzsau.aspx#ixzz3NgPRpTFZ

Here is some of the holiday mail art that arrived before the New Year.

As there will be no mail delivery in Greece , probably until Jan. 7,

there is now quiet time to BLOG! And there are many!

A "vintage" image from Martha, and…

This postcard arrived wrapped in see-through plastic,

With washi wrapped around!

To open or not to open?…

What intriguing BLUE envelope in the mail box!

And look at that postage stamp??? Or is this the postage...not:…

Drawing practice through June and…

View the Album From Out of Somewhere

Using stencilling and printing techniques I created three pieces of mail art inspired by the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur. These will be mailed out to fellow mail artists from the International Union of Mail Artists (IOUMA). I explored cut-outs and negative space to create strong images from the myth and used them as stencils. The stencilling…

This month was spent on creating a print edition of 100 bookmarks for “Infiltrating the Library System - Bookmarks X11 2014-2015” project, curated by the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE. Influences on my work for this project were buddhist sutras and taoist texts. I used the block printing technique and confined the colour range to black and red. The piece…

Travel with eyes!

So I like to mess around with a  friend of mine a little bit. I'm asking you guys if you'd like to help with a little good natured fun. Basically, if you're interested, I will send you some paper heads (or you can print them off) and then you work them into a collage. The entries that I've already received are amazing. All of them will be displayed. Let me know if you're…

Awhile ago, I sent David a kit to make a Fake Nancy Bell Scott. She has sent me her luscious art scraps and ephemera for years now and is has always been inspiring. I sent some to David to see what he would make. This is what he sent me. You never know what will spring forth from David's mind so I was quite confused when I saw this album cover. I worried how I was going to find a record player for this vintage vinyl? afterall my kids had never seen one until they had a display of them in…

Lovely envelope and "Sinderklaas" stamps! They smell wonderful!

And the other side of the envelope has "Santa TIME"!

It is a clever handmade envelope from recycled magazine page, see inner part:…