September 2011 Blog Posts (216)

You be the judge: The answer is in the eyes, isn't it? They are either very sane or very not sane; no in-between. And yes, this is for real. After he sent it, I asked David several times if this is really him in a campaign poster from the '70s. And several times he said yes. I ended up believing him because at very first sight the eyes looked familiar--yes, they're the same eyes…

I'm not sure if "intricate" is the right word I got our of the translation tool - it's a wonderful piece of art with many layers and languages and fabrics and asemic writing and geometric writing and just writing - I really love it, thank you so much,…

Let me clarify this for all to read...it once was a artist book that has been "deconstructed" and sent out into the wonderful world of Mail Art. Lucky are we!!!

The pages are amazing, mysterious "images" that need reading and rereading! In the…

Nancy has sent me some mail art providing evidence of Big Foot in Norway, more specifically in Oslo in the Trashpo neighborhood--too bad the map spelled it wrong. May I dare hope Big Foot is considering mail art in the vein of trashpo too? I am also lucky enough to receive one of Nancy's IUOMA bumper stickers--gonna put it on my wheel barrow and wheel it down the…

in conversation with my mailbox

Cut-up mail-art to IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

September 13, 2011 - Diane Keys sent me a D-Koder ring. I wanted to thank her, and I felt like doing a cut-up using the trademark William Burroughs method. Of…

You might remember Kanji Puffs. One of the girls on Angie's blog had to get several of them excised from her throat I think (the girl's throat, not Angie's). But no worries, it's a minor surgery and absolutely routine. Today we learn a bit more about those wondrous little things filled with wholesome goodness.

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Narratives. They carry their own beauty and sing  their own meaning. And each artist has their own rhythm.

Lesley Magwood Fraser tells the tale of Cailleach, the stranger that hides within.   She’s that girl that was, now she is the wise crone wearing a suit of wrinkled skin.  

Her joy? To ride in winter on the backs of creatures - the blue faced daughter…

Mail-art by International Union of Mail-Artists (IUOMA) founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

September 12, 2011 - In addition to having founded the IUOMA in 1988, Ruud Janssen is a very talented artist as well as an…

I am the happy recipient of this wonderful book from Trashpo Diva, Diane Keys.  Boy was i happy to open it and go throu all this fabulous pages of little pieces.  Trying to find out were from and what they mean is a journey. There are signs, words and textures that help you out. These pages have travel distances before and after the book had a body and lots of people are in the story it tells.  Thanks Diane for sending me one of these.  AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! There is a lot more to see, say and…

We all know she is a person who can keep a secret! I admire her so much for this! So there is only one possibility look who knows about and can´t keep a secret!

Vielen Dank Svenja! Ich mag deine Arbeiten sehr, und es könnte sein, dass ich nochmal antworten muss.…