blog the fifth - Mary Anne's Curious Artistamps Projection

[Mary Anne]

Sorting through the pile of welcome mailart, I find several clusters of artistamps, and it occurs to me that this might be a good time to introduce my Artistamp Projection.

Some years ago, a chum gave me an old spring-back stamp album and I decided to use it for all the artistamps I had accumulated.  the idea (I call it a projection because it is part art project and part stamp collection) now lives in a small suitcase and includes four albums, stockbooks, bundles of envelopes, packets of stamps to be sorted, boxes of stamp books and stuff, books, catalogues and posters . . . all of which has to be unpacked and repacked, every time it is viewed.  Great fun!  

I have a wide definition of what gets included because, after Guy Bleus designed his artistamp stamp for the Belgium Post, real stamps can be included albeit only very occasionally.

Here are my new additions: from Adam Roussopoulos, Alan Brignull, Bruce Grenville and Carl Baker.  Such variety; such delight!