September 2016 Blog Posts (172)

Thank You Cards from FinnBadger and Tofu

In thanks for Pink Day Mail Art, TOFU sent me one of his great Haight cards, and FinnBadger, to thank me for Banana Day Mail Art, send (what else) BANANAS!

Added by Toni Hanner -- tonipoet on September 21, 2016 at 10:27pm — No Comments

Selvage and Circles and BLUE from MomKat!

This is so lovely! I really like the Greek postage--they really have a way with color!

Added by Toni Hanner -- tonipoet on September 21, 2016 at 10:25pm — 1 Comment

New friend Irina from St. Petersburg, Russia!

Here's a really nice sort-of czarist looking jewel collage from Irina. I like the irregularity and assymetry of it very much. And of course I can't begin to read the text but I like looking at it! Thanks, Irina.

Added by Toni Hanner -- tonipoet on September 21, 2016 at 10:23pm — 1 Comment

David Stanley Aponte's PC

This is the "front" side of David's PC -- for some reason the other side wouldn't upload to this site. I really love the ghostly flag/face images on the left side, superimposed over the "dark satanic mills" industrial picture on the right. Really nice work.

Added by Toni Hanner -- tonipoet on September 21, 2016 at 10:21pm — No Comments

RCBz, Carina, Miguel, Dean, Jude, Diane, Nancy and Raphael

Speed blogging continues: RCBz has sent me a forest of great images, each with a through-line of anger at the sorry state of American politics. Of course, there's more to his work than that but that's what jumps out at me. I feel your pain, RCBz and thank you for sharing your precision smart bombs with me.…

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Added by David Stafford on September 21, 2016 at 7:18pm — 3 Comments

"Mail Art Omens" from Heleen: 10x10=100! ...and My Blog #2200

Someone else never throws ANYTHING away :-)

Heleen sent a fat envelope full of many, many,many items...InSeine calls 'em "Mail Art Omens"...

good for trashpo DADA baggie boekies and other mail art creations!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 21, 2016 at 3:46pm — 2 Comments

Latest mail-art from Nancy Bell Scott

This wonderful little boekie (or three scrappers as Nancy like to call them) arrived two days ago. Good to see your work again, Nancy!! (So long, artist's block!)

Added by Carina on September 21, 2016 at 1:14pm — 6 Comments

Angelica, xx Jones, plus a Cast o' Thousands

Angelica sent me this clever collage along with some great letterpress ephemera. (at least I think it was from Angelica.) Thank you, Angelica.

And after a long hiatus:…

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Added by David Stafford on September 20, 2016 at 11:09pm — 8 Comments

Some Assembly Required: Katerina, Elsa, and Le Sticker Dude

Katerina sent me this overstuffed envelope from Greece, containing two boekies, one chockful of images for a collage yet to be born. (I'll see what I can do). Thank you, Katerina.

How it all unfolded in not quite real…

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Added by David Stafford on September 20, 2016 at 10:16pm — 4 Comments

Chicklet, Act 4, Scene 4, from Stripygoose

Stripygoose's charming birds make a wonderful comedy! (with some help from Shakespeare, Stripygoose writes) The old matchbox works perfectly for this little boekie. Love it! Thank you so much, Stripy!…

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Added by Carina on September 20, 2016 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments

Jokie X Wilson: Thank You

Thank you for the THANK YOU.  I goes without saying.  Very Nice

Best Wishes Jokie

PS: The assistant who stamps the date on incoming mail has been "let go".  If anyone is looking for a professional nincompoop, please let me…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on September 20, 2016 at 6:12pm — No Comments

Karnival of Trash Mail Art Call: Trashbook by Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)

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Trashbook cover by Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)

September 20, 2016 - How can a Trashpo exhibition be comprehensive and significant without Trashbooks? Many believe the Trashbook is the most important and enduring form…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on September 20, 2016 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Circles from Meral Agar in Istanbul

Beautifully enhanced with the traditional "marble" technique...

Like planets in the solar system!

Also this black and white print was inside:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 20, 2016 at 11:48am — 1 Comment

Brooke Cooks' CIRCLES...and BLUE, too :-)

Fab envelope full of muti-colored circles...

and inside treasures:

The beautiful BLUE collage of beautifully…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 20, 2016 at 11:30am — No Comments

xxJones sends a beautiful collage to Greece

...with a touch of Beautiful BLUE, of course!

as it is titled: Beach Shack...by the sea...brown beach? :-)

I am liking it both ways up!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 20, 2016 at 11:17am — 1 Comment

David Stafford: Fungible Auditing Department

A rare inside look at the headquarters of the Stafford Corporation.  The Auditing Department is normally considered the heart of any major Corporation and equipped with the latest technology.   But on a Friday afternoon in the heat of the summer only one sound could be…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on September 19, 2016 at 5:00pm — 17 Comments

New Water Mailart

http://www.renateblaes.de/blog/water-mailart-nr-67/

Added by Renate Blaes on September 19, 2016 at 1:33am — No Comments

Small gems from Nancy Bell Scott

..."because they wanted to be small"!

About the size of ATCs, two beautifully created "scrap" collage cards arrrived

from Nancy Bell Scott....who need not worry about being "quiet at art"...take it slow :-)

Even the flip sides…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 18, 2016 at 9:32pm — 4 Comments

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