Nancy Bell Scott's Blog – October 2011 Archive (26)

Envelope Art from Guido Vermeulen and Prettylily

Guido's "The Work of a Lifetime":

The title could be interpreted in multiple ways, like probably many of Guido's art envelopes. The man is astoundingly prolific, and that his verbal interpretive mind is right up there, always on the case along with the painter, makes everything I've received from him not only visually interesting and often beautiful (like this…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 28, 2011 at 11:06pm — No Comments

Gangblog of welcome cards from Dean Marks, JJalltheway, and BarnArt

First, Dean's claim that Barcodes Are Human Too: We've exchanged a few words on the barcode/human idea, but actually Dean convinced me with the art itself, as soon as it arrived. I love it and look forward to more of whatever Dean chooses to send. I like his…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 28, 2011 at 10:30pm — 4 Comments

Trashbook by Angie Cope !

It's in the trashpo group, but also belongs here:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 28, 2011 at 10:08pm — 6 Comments

The World Town is in Pieces, by Cheryl Penn

Another book made from Cheryl's The World is a Town:

In case someone doesn't know it yet, Cheryl dismantled her incredible artist's book The World is a Town and has been mailing pieces she makes of it to artists as a mail art project, hoping to receive a mail art in return that responds to or interprets the title. How she could take apart that magnificent work, I'll…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 28, 2011 at 9:30pm — 6 Comments

The Haptic Werewolf Strikes Again

Starting with this special favorite:

Who doesn't need fake binoculars? You wait for them your whole life, but they rarely show up. In that package Erni also included a "moving sculpture," which can be seen in these instructional photos he sent with it: Two…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 28, 2011 at 9:12pm — 3 Comments

Hot dog history and a ____book from Nadine Wendell-Mojica

Who knew? Just Nadine's envelope taught me a lot (and I'm upset that the hot dog really is a sausage). Inside was a great treasure, related due to the comment on history that the book's title announces. This book is at least part trashpo--or is it all trashpo?…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 26, 2011 at 8:54pm — 3 Comments

Planet trash from Skybridge Studios

Sometimes open covetousness pays off:

Diane Keys posted Moon trash she had received from Lisa--beautiful squashed can Lisa found under a tree--and I like a pig said I wished she'd found two. She had! I couldn't believe it. It was my birthday, so she mounted it that same day, wrapped it in great cowboy paper, and mailed it off. Also because of the day, the postal…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 26, 2011 at 8:15pm — 2 Comments

Received: "official" documents and other fun stuff from Rudd Janssen

Thank you very much for everything, Ruud!

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 17, 2011 at 5:49am — 1 Comment

Received from "non-glam," "no glitz," "no glory" Diane Keys

This beautiful--and relatively minimal!?--art on cardboard:

with nearly matching envelope: I love them both, and she included some delicate texts for me to use:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 17, 2011 at 5:07am — 4 Comments

Another desirable envelope and Ursus Wehrli from Svenja Wahl

It's another great one, Svenja, and I love the "I am beautiful as a dream of stone." You will have to tell who these nosey little fellows are; they are very cute in that homely sort of way. :--} Of course, the nosey part is what matters most. Thank you,…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 17, 2011 at 5:00am — 21 Comments

From Richard Canard: cerealism and philosophy

It is an honor to receive my first mail art from Richard Canard: which features, on the back, some insightful, humorous, and thought-provoking philosophy and truisms about mail art and people: His thoughts here (and everywhere else I've seen some, actually) are…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 13, 2011 at 10:30pm — 10 Comments

"Heartbreak Hotel" from Guido Vermeulen

Guido sent this great envelope with a Book of Ann acknowledgment:

The windows and doors of Heartbreak Hotel are dancing in the night. Despite heartbreak, all is not lost. I love this piece! Windows are colorful, fragile, mysterious, revealing. Thank you, Guido.

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 13, 2011 at 10:05pm — 4 Comments

Postcard from Lindall

Thank you, Lindall, for this unexpected and welcome mail art. The collaged face/mask print/stamp (I really know my stuff) and mysterious text with strokes of red really appeal to me. I like the thought-provoking simplicity of the composition. And the…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 13, 2011 at 9:54pm — 1 Comment

Roland Halbritter: a dark surprise

Well, it's dark, but with a colorful (and Spanish) interruption: Still, the black by itself speaks. As if this weren't mysterious enough to receive--including the fact that I've had no previous contact with the obviously whimsical Mr Halbritter--the other side took much longer to understand:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 11, 2011 at 2:11am — 7 Comments

Another card from Jon Foster (yay)

Very interesting mix of images:

Jon made this card apparently using one of his taping methods that have helped turn me into a big fan of his work. The ground is a postcard of an Ansel Adams photograph at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, but we see that photo only at the upper left and the bottom left and right corners. Jon contributed most of what is seen, and the… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 11, 2011 at 1:38am — 1 Comment

"Advice Dismissed" from Kerri Pullo Ryan

Beautiful piece by Kerri:

"Advice Dismissed" caught my eye when Kerri put it up with her photos, and I was delighted to find it as the first mail art she has sent me. Kerri, when she uses words, makes them melt into the rest of the art, just as the photo does. The organic, wounded red shape around the photo expresses well the ambiguity of her subject. Very nice work, Kerri, and I… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 11, 2011 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Received: minimal art from prettylily

A cool piece, with a slight problem:

The problem? The piece of screening had fallen off in the envelope, and Sue didn't remember where it goes. She had written on the back: "Simple enough yet? Ha, ha, still working on it." At first I took that to mean she is still working on going minimal, then, second-guessing, thought maybe she *meant* for me to finish it, with her "Ha, ha, still… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 6, 2011 at 3:14pm — 5 Comments

Received from Susan McAllister

A wild and fun card that leaped out of my mailbox:

A lot of work went into this interesting piece, and it brightens up the atmosphere in my dead resort town. She included a nice note on the back, too. Thanks very much, Susan ~

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 4, 2011 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments

Alicia Starr and her trashbook !

This was a delightful and surprising mail art: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 11:28pm — 3 Comments

Lesley Magwood Fraser breaks a heart

This piece is so affecting that it's hard to do it justice: Lesley says that these are "ghost" images from monoprints she did. How fitting for the…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 3, 2011 at 11:05pm — 6 Comments

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