Ruud Janssen's Blog (300)

new rubberstamp

today I tested my new rubberstamp on some envelopes. Here is a glipmse on how that looks. I made the R in mirror view. Couldn't resist to put in a memory for RR in the text....... This envelope goes to Lancillotto, who has been sending me lots of rubberstamp sheets. He gets now the large and the small version. We will see how that…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on November 9, 2013 at 6:39pm — 1 Comment

The Brain Cell Collection

yes, that is what happens when you send Ryosuke Cohen a lot of mail. The brain cells of the last years. They will soon be added to the TAM-Archive where there are hundreds more (and even the #1)

Added by Ruud Janssen on November 7, 2013 at 6:29am — No Comments

remembering Rain Rien (mirror view)

made this stamp to print on outgoing envelopes to remember Rain Rien:…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on October 27, 2013 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

SaD nEWS

Nancy Glades posted to Rain Rien's profile ON FACEBOOK:

"My loving partner, Rain Rien, is in hospice care at home in his struggle with colon cancer which was diagnosed January. He's done the whole thing - surgeries for colosotmy (2), chemo (various kinds), radiation (32 sess, and is now on palliative care. Comfortable. Confused, often. Enjoying his life as it is. I will be sure he gets to read or hear any messages or art you might send his way - he isn't doing much on the…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on October 21, 2013 at 7:33pm — 6 Comments

surprise from Suus - Netherlands

Received this wonderful object from Suus:

thank you Suus! Will look for a nice place to hang…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on October 21, 2013 at 6:26am — 1 Comment

new background by Vizma

he old one is replaced by a new background. Both images came from Vizma.…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on October 19, 2013 at 7:20am — 2 Comments

Wonderful surprise from Borderline Grafix

received this wonderful mail today:

with inside some more surprises which I will pass on for sure!…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on October 8, 2013 at 5:17pm — 2 Comments

Incoming from Singapore

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Added by Ruud Janssen on September 29, 2013 at 7:32am — 3 Comments

More stampsheets to Katerina - Greece

Since Katerina sent me so many stampsheets with her lovely words, I am sending her this larger envelope with some new stampsheets......

Added by Ruud Janssen on September 14, 2013 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Some outgoing mail-art

I am in the process of catching up...

Added by Ruud Janssen on August 31, 2013 at 6:43am — 1 Comment

Ruud finding by Heleen de Vaan - Netherlands

with the mail today a special parcel..... What could it be?

It reads "t.a.v. Findings dpt.", and on the backside it indicates that it is a Ruud finding:

So guess what Heleen de Vaan has found for me and sent by traditional…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on August 24, 2013 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Thank you all!

From July 2nd till August 17th 2013 I was abroad. In the first weeks I had access to Internet, last week not. Last saturday I collected all the mail-art that arrived at the P.O. Box during that period. I needed two large bags to carry the mail-art pile back home. About 200 pieces of mail-art........

So thank you all for that huge surprise. I hope you understand I can't answer all at ones. So in due time I hope to send something back. I already started sending out mail-art…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on August 19, 2013 at 8:03pm — 7 Comments

Logo from Germany

love this one. Follow the link to http://dodeca-art.com to find out who made it!

Added by Ruud Janssen on August 11, 2013 at 4:17pm — 1 Comment

Adding Images to Blogs

When you are having problems adding visuals to blogs. The problem might be caused by using the wrong browser. Safari (older versions) don't show the special menu connected to the box where the option IMAGE is palecs (icon in the form of an Photo). Click on this and you can upload your image.

Placed this info also on "Ask Anything" group.

Added by Ruud Janssen on August 11, 2013 at 5:29am — 1 Comment

Chaos Theory

After a break I will restart on working with this chart on Chaos Theory. Will show the result when it is finished.

Added by Ruud Janssen on August 4, 2013 at 3:16pm — 11 Comments

IUOMA exhibition in Ukraine

Today at 17.00 I plan to open your exhibit 25 years IUOMA 1988-2013. My congratulations!

Lubomyr -Ukraine.…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on June 23, 2013 at 8:29am — 4 Comments

My mother died.

On Friday 24th of May 2013 my mother died. So now starts a period of mourning for me and I won't be active here that much for some time. She died peacefully and the day before we were able to say goodbye to here. She was 82 years old. May she rest in peace.

Added by Ruud Janssen on May 25, 2013 at 7:30am — 17 Comments

Stamping Sponges for Erni Bär - Germany

Well, Erni Bär sent me a set of sponges, and I promissed to stamp with them. Here is how that goes.

First you need to prepare the sponges for the formats you want to stamp. These sponges are tough to cut, so I needed an industrial siccors to get that done. The first letters of Erni Bär to start with.…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on May 12, 2013 at 11:50am — 6 Comments

Money in the Mail

It isn't every day you get a pile of money in the mail:

Yes Jack Latteman (Cascadia Artpost) made this sent of banknotes and sent me a bunch for my new purchases. The money is very professionally done and has a lot of small details on it. I will have to see what this money buys me....…

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Added by Ruud Janssen on May 12, 2013 at 11:41am — No Comments

Mail from Arttower - Germany

Look on the details of the car on this card from Arttower in Germany!

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Added by Ruud Janssen on May 3, 2013 at 1:20pm — 1 Comment

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