Julian Grant's Blog – July 2010 Archive (22)

Sharon Silverman sent me a very nice photocopy documenting my contributions to her most recent call. My work, upper right - I BELIEVE IN AMERICA - is part of a new series dedicated to exploring the ideas of religion and politics in the USA. It was great to see the other contributors to this call. I LOVE the LOWER LEFT multifaceted face of Jesus. Many thanks for the documentation for…

WA artist LKZ Felker and I are mailing a piece back and forth to each other - adding gifts, comments and additional ephemera to the same package. The envelope here has gone through several itirations already and I was gifted with stockers and tatoos for Randy…

Watercolor paper camel in vinyl with encouragement (Neil Young) to "Kep On Rockin In The Free World" by Austin Wills James from Texas.…

Hamd stamped and embelished work by MM. Both front and reverse are expertly created with a self…

Beautiful and unique MA from Spathi/Nobody. Collection of Fluxus Stamps and well documented mailer. I took a long time to go through this material as it was very informative…

Photograph converted to Xray or reverse image. A moth on one's windowsill. Complete with quote by Leonard Cohen. A very touching and beautiful piece of work.…

Interesting and unique MA from NP. Red Left hand and rubber stamp cover matched with personal note on reverse. Love the handmade stamps and DADA influence. Rubber stamp Jesus is nice as well.…

MA Kris Naylor sent me a beautiful hand crafted piece with ink imprints over text as secured by gel medium. Unique hand stamping and lettering complete the piece. Celebrating Big Sky & Dark Sky of Arizona, it is one of the US States I hope to visit and photograph.…

Am always excited to receive political MA that speaks to contemporary issues. The state of affairs here n the USA and our dependence of oil is obvious. As an outsider now living in the USA, I am often quite shocked by the difference in attitudes between Canada and the USA. Yet, we Canadians are equally dependent on fossil fuels and contribute to…

Received a nice set of shadow puppets on paper plus this call honoring the shadow in all of us. I am a big fan of shadow shows and silhouette puppetry and these characters are a nice addition to my collection.…

Received a hand inked addition to a vintage style postcard for Italian MA Nicholas Antoine. Lovely paper and ink work - but no regular mail addy - I'm always surprised when artists will contribute such beautiful work and not allow reciprocation. I emailed him and requested a regular post address and sent him a digital piece of my own art - yet I feel it lacks the permanence and beauty…

This level of work is so inspiring. It encourages me to be more demanding in my own work and to send out MA that truly does make…