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Mim Golub Scalin: Trouble in Tiny Town

An excellent "altered" version of Maurice Utrillo's Street in Sannois. The folks of Sannois woke up one Sunday morning to find this huge crate in the street.

They called me on Monday morning to ask if I would be interest in coming to Sannois to take the crate away and make Mail Art with it.

Sure I said, so I picked it up, sent most of it to Suus in Mokum for a Banana project, and a leftover piece will be going out to Mim. Problem…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 14, 2013 at 6:43pm — 2 Comments

Louise Kiner: Darwin meets Madonna

Darwin meets Madonna and re-writes "The Origin of the Species". So here we go again, another Canadian picking fun at our poor Madonna. Heavens forbid if we say anything funny about Celine Dion. I bet the Canadians would start a war.

I could see it now, Canadians united side by side at the border throwing jars…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 14, 2013 at 7:00am — 3 Comments

XX Jones: Peak Mail

In the middle of Hong Kong there are peaks that no one else can see except for XX Jones. And on the back it reads; "Said So!"

Thank you Mrs. Jones, but don't peak too soon.

Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 12, 2013 at 9:45am — 1 Comment

Marie Wintzer: The Jar that came from Japan

So it stood in front of me like a Space Ship from Mars. "What do I do now?", I asked myself.

You would expect Jam in a jar like this, but Marie takes it one step further.

103 is the lucky number…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 8, 2013 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Erni Bar: The Power of the Two He

Off scene found art, purchased in the One Euro store, or made by hand in his woodwork shop? It is hard to tell by this piece of real wood with two He s' in it.

Ok maybe the Swiss Customs put the sticker on in the wrong place. Maybe there are "He Werewolves" or even haptic ones as well.…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 8, 2013 at 4:27pm — No Comments

Diane Keys: In the Future

Mail Art Robots? Never ! We'll it might make life a lot easier. It would be nice to have a machine which could write funny blogs for me.

You know, something like this; "Diane's work combines natural and…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 7, 2013 at 4:00pm — 10 Comments

Dame Mailarta: Yellow Page Banana

A Yellow Page Banana from Dame Mailarta in Canada. This one has the section of Kinesiologists, Happy Time Kennels and Stevens Interiors. Three things you normally don't want to mix in a single Mail Art piece.

But the risk paid off. Thank you my…

Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 5, 2013 at 2:39pm — 2 Comments

David Stafford: The Diorama from Hell

In the year of the snake, this piece of David's is enigmatic, intuitive, introspective and refined. What else would you expect, Kill Bill ?

The master of reptiles & Mail Art takes on a portait commision where the payment would be his life. Getting the nose wrong could cost him a limb.

Thank you David. It makes me giggle. I know…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 5, 2013 at 2:20pm — 1 Comment

Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat): Bar it or Bike it

It's a thin line between the two if you ask me. MomKat added a note explaining that this bar code was so long that the man at the check out had to stand up to scan it.

But I like to bike it. The thin see through paper is great.…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 5, 2013 at 1:00pm — 5 Comments

Mim Golub Scalin: Does the 3D Can Can with no holding back

The mailman carried this one up to the top floor to give it to me personally. "Here you go Monsieur Marks. Do you think there's art in there?" "I don't know Bill, I'll have to open it", I said.

I don't think the mailman's real name is Bill, I just call him that. I think he likes it as it gives him an International appearance. Much better than those double barreled French names like Jean-Claude, Mark-Francois and…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 1, 2013 at 4:00pm — 9 Comments

Claire Dinsmore aka Cleo: Moving on Up

The best change of address card I have ever seen. Beautiful, I hope she moves again soon.

Thank you Claire, and best wishes with unpacking those boxes.

Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 1, 2013 at 2:04pm — 1 Comment

Stephanie Blake: Two cards and two buttons

What a whizz kid at this button art. But sadly two of my buttons popped off during the journey to Paris. And this time it didn't have any thing to do with my waistline!

Here they are:

Wonderful concept, design & deep meaning. …

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 1, 2013 at 1:58pm — 1 Comment

Marie Wintzer: Seaweed and rice, and everything nice

It arrived in the last tide of mail. Just like a messge in a bottle. Rice glued on seaweed paper. What a great idea. Too bad the scan does not do it justice.

Thank you Marie, C'est vraiment une choucroute garnie. Je…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 25, 2013 at 11:20am — 7 Comments

Jay Block: Sushi Love #6

Love this one. It's raw, yes, very rip n' raw. Great impact.

Thank you Jay. Best wishes and many more returns.

Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 25, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

MomKAt: Barcode Love

Two very different cards from MomKat. One with a very original barcode. It looks like artists and designers are finding their beauty. The gold coin is a wrapper. It arrived empty.

"Bar codes are stickers too". Or maybe sticklers? And look at that fancy barcode:…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 25, 2013 at 9:34am — 3 Comments

Snappy: Celebrates the Banana - You're going to need a bigger basket!

The day before his Birthday, A classic Snappy from Snappy himself arrives in Paris.

Thank you Snappy, and have a Happy Birthday tomorrow.

Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 22, 2013 at 7:41pm — No Comments

Lisa @ Skybridge Studios: Hang out the "X" to dry

The FluxFest will never be the same. The Swat team in Chicago have been warned in advance.

Thank you Lisa

Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 22, 2013 at 6:56pm — 4 Comments

Janine Weiss: Diamond Bike & a magical Garden Boekie

Amazing. This little 18 page boekie is packed with fun images to keep you smiling for hours. And it must have taken many smiling hours to make.

And yes, those are real diamonds on the bike wheels.

Thank you Janine, a great surprise.

Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 22, 2013 at 6:06pm — 3 Comments

Cathérine Petré: It's what comes natually to me

It's great to see Cathérine back on the Mail Art track. Natually ou're looking good, you're looking good.

And natually, thank you Cathérine.

Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 20, 2013 at 3:29pm — 2 Comments

Erni Bar: Treasure of the pharaohs

From Erni, this game is where you chip away the stone to see what is inside. Our postman thinks there might be "coke" inside. I told him "coke" isn't art. It's a 3D object so the scan didn't work very well.

We'll come back to this another day. Maybe a video needs to be made. I hear you Mummy saying; "OH dear, not another one of Dean's…

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Added by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 19, 2013 at 3:01pm — 4 Comments

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