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It IS Claudia McGill Day!

*Thank you" again, Claudia…

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 18, 2013 at 2:49am — 1 Comment

Alicia Starr sends haunting clean-up

Huh? Who wouldn't want to be there when Alicia cleans up? My hand is staying down. This is a stunner:

This so-called clean-up hits a home run in my view. And it's hard to portray via scanner, but the central face in this piece is a translucent overlay on the faces lurking underneath. A…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 18, 2013 at 12:05am — 5 Comments

Bifidus Jones sends Edith Wharton

His First Day of Issue mail arts are extra special: A notebook here, sitting somewhere between many…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 17, 2013 at 11:50pm — 3 Comments

This first piece from Keith arrived a week ago, and what an elegant yet whimsical beauty it is. Did he know I have a thing for dots? Probably not. But everything about it works, not just the dots--other composition aspects, great colors--and waxy textures, which I'd love to hear about if you're…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 17, 2013 at 11:38pm — 6 Comments

Drawing +++ from Frieder Speck

That is one gorgeous, colorful, laughing man. One of your many finest, Frieder. I embarrassed Frieder a few months ago by declaring in someone else's blog post that "I like everything he does." He then sent this, probably thinking it's nothing if you read the back, but as usual I think it's really…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 17, 2013 at 11:25pm — 4 Comments

2 from Rebecca Guyver

They speak for themselves. Rebecca is multi-faceted, as seen in these two very different and appealing pieces, both from this past winter:

and the other side: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 17, 2013 at 11:15pm — 3 Comments

"What are you going to do with that ugly thing?" Dean's wife asked nicely.

After working on it, Dean Marks now says "BUT I KINDA LIKE IT!" So do I, yep, it's colorful, looks Italian or French, and features wine and grapes--can't go wrong with those ingredients: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 13, 2013 at 8:12pm — 25 Comments

KDJ, David Stafford, Grigori Antonin, and Diane Keys

Is KDJ missed or what? Yesssss. She sent this piece in November, as well as a most generous gift of a well-known collage book I'd not yet obtained. It became an instant favorite: KDJ, since you're not forgotten, why be gone? Ack, not to pressure, but as you can see it is sorely tempting to try. ...

KDJ…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 13, 2013 at 5:30am — 19 Comments

Svenja Wahl, Jim SantAmour, Erni Bar, and Jon Foster

Svenja is not capable of sending faceless mail art. See, here she tried, yet the face still speaks:

I love it.

Jim sent a fine, foodword-ridden, sharply composed collage based on a photo he took at the New York State Fair in Syracuse--very nicely done: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 13, 2013 at 5:00am — 6 Comments

Thom Courcelle and Katerina Nikoltsou

In December Thom sent a calendar that proves what we already know: this poor cobtastic guy is overworked. And, it appears, always has been:

It arrived in a cheerful envelope and with a lovely note:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 13, 2013 at 4:45am — 3 Comments

Can you imagine?

Mail art *worlds* hitting your house when you're stuck in it for months? You people are so wonderful. Someone somewhere sometime said "Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep." I know this for a fact, having tried to write this thank you too many times to count, and words failed. So: Thank You. You sent clever, beautiful, funny, minimal, thought-provoking, inspiring mail art for months, beyond hope or imagination. We exchanged before,…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 13, 2013 at 4:30am — 6 Comments

Fooled again and smiling

Was the package marked "rusty iron" that arrived today and appeared to be empty mailed not long ago? Methinks it might have gotten here PRONTO due to its weight--almost lighter than the packaging paper itself, almost lighter than air. But I was fooled:

Not quite yet, though at first after…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on February 21, 2013 at 11:30pm — 11 Comments

Apfel Keks -- "Eat Art" -- from Off-Scene Akademie at Hamburg

Ok, "Off-Scene Akademie" wasn't on the package this time, but "Eat Art" must emanate from that view and its priors. Stills of an Apple Biscuit from Germany experiencing life in OOB today: A whole.

Bite one:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 31, 2012 at 5:00am — 3 Comments

Cans On Blue, from Katerina Nikoltsou

This is the second time Katerina has stitched a found can to a K.N. blue painting, but this time we have 3 at once: There the piece is, now on a wall, as it arrived in a large envelope. Katerina may have thought I'd want to cut the cans free and eventually do something else with them, but this…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 31, 2012 at 4:44am — 3 Comments

Hamburg bottle caps, crushed cans, reptile, rope, dark pink O's, toothbrush--you name it

From Erni Bar, of course, but even extra variety: Cameras in Maine don't like close-ups. Will Erni kindly…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 31, 2012 at 4:34am — 1 Comment

Envelope art and "Travels with Collages" from Guido Vermeulen

Stephanie's post below about Guido's amazing book has me blogging same day as arrival, a rare occurrence. First the envelope art, then a bit more of the book: Title: "What hits me in the eye is that there is no end to our imagination." Clearly.…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 30, 2012 at 8:08pm — 2 Comments

Found trashpo/rustpo sign from Lynn Radford! Let's guess: This sign didn't work?

If you love rust, trashpo, tin, and old signs, mail art couldn't get much better than this. Here is…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 29, 2012 at 5:54pm — 16 Comments

Heidelberg Owlsters (Owlstars!) from Svenja Wahl

After sending a kind of strange abstract piece to Svenja which ended up looking like a square owl, I received this from her: All decked out in their babywear. Wow! Am I in love! Aren't you? Hilarious. I have many Svenja favorites, and this ranks right up there with them. It sorely tempts one to continue to…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 29, 2012 at 5:30pm — 11 Comments

Peace from Stephen Walker

A beautiful-in-every-way card from Stephen: Uniquely and artfully done, and this peace piece has a wonderful sturdy…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 29, 2012 at 5:08pm — 3 Comments

Art = Cheese

Erni Bar has a right to be declaring this on his recent packages. This one from him arrived recently: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 29, 2012 at 4:30pm — 6 Comments

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