Dean aka Artist in Seine's Blog (986)

The last time I saw one of these, I nearly got myself into trouble. But here it is for real. Quite a little gem, and delightful to hold and page through. When you put the boekie together, the story goes from English, to French, to Japanese to Czech or maybe Slovak. (not quite sure).

The story starts off with a young girl walking to High School. She arrives at the school and starts walking up the steps of the main door. All of a suddenly she hears a noise behind her, she turns…

     Janine Weiss send me a very nice birthday card, but my birthday is not until January. But I always say; better early then never. I now sadly see that Janine Weiss has left IUOMA so we may never know why she sent it early.

      It will have to go down in history as one of those unsolved mysteries.  Like Stonehenge, or why spaghetti breaks in 3 pieces when you bend it.…

A Jute-sack?  In my day we use to call them gunny sacks.  And a pick up wasn't a candy bar!  How things have changed in the art world!

Well when I was a child, we use to have a sack like this to store the potatoes.  So as a performance piece I ran out to the market and purchased some very nice potatoes.  I then put the potatoes in the sack, and that is where I…

Funny Halloween card from Alicia.  And yes, funny enough those chaps really do look like Erni & Val.  Toast?  Here's to you!   Hic up

Thank you very much Alicia. 

It came in through the bathroom window, protected by a silver spoon ...

"Stop that Music" is a photocopy of images & a music sheet which I found inside of a painted envelope entitled The Flower Arrangement.  The music sheet is of the Beatles song, "She came in through the bathroom window".  It is all part of the grand illusion of course.  And without smoke or mirrors!…

There is no returns or even refunds from Diane's leaf pattern prints.  And besides, you can't find something like this in the street or a shopping cart.  Very clever, and amusing.

Thank you for your new direction.

Mixed messages, but the first one I understand.

There must be some mistake ... You talking to me?

Thank…

Oh here is a good one.  The Mad Hatter's Mouse Mat.  This came in the post as is and without an envelope to open.  Now this mouse mat has seen some serious mouse action in its' day.

And more action to come.

Thank you Erni, the mouse…

What a story.  Who has the film rights?  I can see Brad Pitt in the lead role of Jon W Foster.  We just need to figure out what the "W" stands for.

Thank you very much Jon, I'm still crying with laughter.  Move over Bill Bryson!

I sent Eric one of my barcode cards (what else) and he return his calling card with his website... inside a decorated envelope which matches the stamp.  Now this is class!

Thank you Eric, I got an idea.  Ribbit Ribbit (That's "croa croa" in French)

Yes animals have different sounds in each language:…

Ana (Paris 12eme) sent me this Space Invader which is cut out of a paper sheet.  A new trend?  In Paris we see these Space Invaders in office windows made out of post-its.  Many companies have "asked" employees to remove them from their windows as it did not give a good image of the company.  Hence the phrase; Those who live by the post-its, die by the post-its.   Post-its is a trade mark of 3M.  Whose share price today on the NASDAQ is $88.39 but is likely to hit over $96.00 by the end of…

What would you do with leftover video footage?

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&video_id=O4ooXkF_xKY

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/photo/marie-wintzer-squares-on-a-string-part-ii?context=latest…

Just as Katerina was going out the door, the cheese arrived.  What great timing Erni.  Kräuter vs Sahne, who will win?

  We Katerina enjoyed the Chocolate the night before.

Going…

Another piece from Ana Kawajira which sets the wheel turning in my head. 

On the back is reads: The Industrial Darkness Series; "We can not see in the dark, because it is dark."  I'm inspired by the text and the use of these tops of milk/juice cartons which open.  What a great idea.…

WOW Original Octopus Banana stamps from the Quindi Islands.  My travel agent is still trying to find me flights to there.  It seems they do not have an airport, train station, or even a bus stop.

Thank you PC (TicTac), U fish me a good one…

So "E" is back and in good form.  Happy to see your work again.

Thank you "E" and many more returns.

Boarding the plane at this very moment, but will it take off?

Katerina, Thank you for the Mail Art and the warning.  I'll be hiding under my bed if anyone else is looking for me.

Amy sets out a very deep concept.  Floating fibers.  You never see them mention on cereal boxes, but they do exist.

    Sorry I got carried away there ... Deep concept, yes you can just see yourself falling into these fluffy pieces of fibers and colours.  I'm sure you will agree.  Lovely indeed.

Thank you Amy.  I am always amazed of what you can do…

So Bifidus Jones won the word project and features on Marie's boekie.  If I only would have known that, I would have returned mine, and Bifidus would have still won.  The photos in this boekie were inspired by ancient Egyptian mythology about the creation of the earth and sky, according to the Book of the Dead.

Thank you Marie, it's nice to blog you. …

Ah Janine is up on the life in Paris, and yes we are all excited about the Hopper show in the Grand Palais which I have already booked my ticket ... for the last day!

   And Janine has included all the Hooper Hopper classic details.  Very enjoyable.

They say that this is the first time that "Nighthawks" has been shown in France.  Except for now on Janine's…