Minneapolis Gnome's Blog Posts Tagged 'WTJ' (6)

Wreck This Journal (by US Postal Mail!) Project Contributions from Robin J!

On January 28, 2022 Robin J from Arlington, TX sent in pages 71 through 76 of our Wreck This Journal project! She also added prints and a cool envelope! Check them out:

This is the collage she made…

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on December 19, 2022 at 12:01am — No Comments

Wreck This Journal (by US Postal Mail!) Project Contribution from Richard Canard!

Richard Canard's Wreck This Journal (by US Postal Mail!) pages arrived safely back in Minneapolis! He had pages 44 through 49 and struck a very independent, free thinking pose befitting of a mail artist, in my opinion! When the Journal asked him for his grocery list he asked "Why?", and why indeed! We cannot simply bow, out of habit, to every…

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on January 30, 2022 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Wreck This Journal (by US Postal Mail!) Project Contribution from Amy Kiessling!

Amy Kiessling's contribution to the Wreck This Journal (by US Postal Mail!) arrived this week and it's wild, energetic, bright, creative and cool!

On page 50 she uses staples, string, 4 colors of washi tape, tiny golden arrow tape, domestic mail labels with thick black marker graffiti, a hole punch and (hand carved?) rubber stamps of a spiral,…

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on January 23, 2022 at 10:02pm — 1 Comment

Wreck This Journal (by US Postal Mail!) Project Contribution from Cascadia ArtPost!

Within 24 hours of mailing his contribution to the Wreck This Journal collaborative art project from Washington, it arrived at the Gnome Home in Minneapolis! Photos of the envelope and postmarks at the end of this blog should convince even the most suspicious minds that 24 hour delivery has indeed occurred!

As you look at his first…

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on January 20, 2022 at 1:30am — 7 Comments

Wreck This Journal (by US Postal Mail!) Project Contribution from Melanie Reed!

The second set of pages have found their way back to Minneapolis and are from Melanie Reed!

(And I'm floored!)

I LOVE what Melanie did to them, turning them into a well written story and illustrating it was so unique and original and COOL. I admire her idea on how to…

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on January 14, 2022 at 6:13pm — 2 Comments

Part 2: Wreck This Journal (By US Postal Mail!) Illustrated Envelopes Sent

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Added by Minneapolis Gnome on January 13, 2022 at 8:09pm — No Comments

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