February 2012 Blog Posts (259)

Another one made, waiting to be mailed!

There's nothing boring about mail art. So, the front of an envie should be just as sexy as the back. I want to push the envelope a little bit more, so I've decided to add a short story or story bits to the backs of mine, once in a while. Then I can say, "Um, the post office published one of my short stories." Then, too, maybe recipients will be less inclined to toss my letters. Well, maybe.…

Yes, today, Tuesday was a GOOD Mail Art Day at Glinou 20!

(Note that postage stamps had fallen off, too slick was the paper? But my post gal kept them in her hand and delivered them to me along with the mail art from Marie...thus NO postage-due ;-)

Well, for sure, Marie sends amazing hand-crafted envelopes of fine Japanese...ads.

And while she…

This most beautifully layered--textured-trash poetic card arrived in Greece today from Torma Cauli.

There are many layers of "stars and stripes" it seems.

And a softer textured material in Greek blue and white.

Folded, over…

I know I already posted this on my own blog (My iPod is My Sketchbook), but I really thought this was too good now to share. So, I give you the Fantastical Envelope from Debbie Clandening by Golly!

Mail-art by Human Artist Vending Machine, Ltd (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA)

February 21, 2012 - Somewhere along the Beaten path, old friend Brent Leopold became the Human…

Even I have been introduced to the mysterious world of the barcodes by Dean. It's an amazing world and it has for instance learned me to look and wait for the unexpected! Barcodes ARE human!…

From Ruud Janssen - a new FLUXUS word - which brought me to the question of language - YES I KNOW - AGAIN!!!

I read somewhere that language can be seen as the ‘signature’ style of conceptual art.  From the late 1960’s there was a  breakdown in distinction between the space of the publication and the space of exhibition.  Words flew from books, publications and the…

How did he do it? We thought he went simply to quietly celebrate his 39th birthday:

Striking way to visit and come home from Mont Blanc, eh? Most original--the ice cube kills me--as we've come to expect from Dean. Thank you, Dean, this mystified and…

Got an unexpected mail surprise from New York this weekend...somehow I was lucky enough to have been chosen and entrusted with a shred of the Elgin Shroud (maybe with miraculous powers),  a Barbie valentines and a bit titled "cerealism"  that made me laugh.Thanks DeVillo, got some Lucky mail going out to you tomorrow with a promise not to carve RK, DK, OK or…

WE WERE WALKING THE DOGS IN THE WOODS AND FOUND ALL THESE DOLLS AND TOYS SOMEONE DUMPED IT WAS SO SAD.…

It's a Dean of course :-) Dean is making mail-art even when on vacation and having his birthday. This is a thank you card for the birthday wishes, which is so very nice of him. Dean went on a skying weekend during which he met the banana family, who made a big impression on him, so I am a little bit concerned about the Bar Codes. Am I holding one of the last Bar…

It's a little bit hard to see but they are there alright, right in the middle. Dark wall's fab MinXus stamps. Between CP-SA and Katerina. Don't they look great with their little crowns? A chuffing sight, thank you Ryosuke, and Dw chan of course.…

Red is king, thank you Katerina and Prettylily for those great cards and the wishes!!…

Those are my first cards from both Brittany and Daniel, it's always nice to have new pen pals! Thank you for sending!…

Gorgeous painted and layered collaged card from Roberto. rich colors we don't see in Iowa this time of year. Thank  you very much Roberto. 

Made from a piece of a collage on Tyvek and now on its way to Russia after some additions to it.

from the envelope to the gifts inside these pieces of MA blew me away. This is one that 'must' be held to feel the 100% cotton paper. Carina used a graphic press and said  it is an "easy peasy" etching process. The details, the imagery, the entire package is one of my favorites. AND a self portrait inside a translucent envelope, and a map of an area of Finland as a backdrop. So lucky to have received this unique and thoughtful piece.…