Heavy Metal ...and feathers and ribbons from Dean Marks!

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

What is it?

And of course we are talking about "naked" mail art items...

no packaging, no envelopes here...pure metal,... and feathers and ribbons, too.

Of course, I did have to go to the post office and claim it,

no way was the post gal going to carry this around.(about 15 x 30  cm)

Beautiful entwined metal casing...exotic African safari fabric, sensual velvet 

"turtle neck" backing...The Case of the Missing DKult Shroud: Good Shroud Gone Bad?

An amazing item...amazing that it survived the mailing, but it has the Dean Marks' good omen with it: Champagne!

Embossed beauty and..."Wild Africa" imported and distributed from "Hamburg" Germany, no less :-)...with bar code!

(Where is the Haptic Werewolf to see this?) BUT 'tis from Cheryl's neighborhood of South Africa!!!

On the flip-side 'tis the explanation (Beware of Parisian cocktail Parties!)

and the mystery: where is the "other half"? Soon to be delivered?

And an old photo of Dean with his original DKult Shroud...

A purple original shred-of-the-shroud is in Greece as well:

And now on to the other item:

Oh, yes, the "feathers and ribbons"...these arrived naked in my mail box

and the post gal enjoyed them all along the route!

Suggest and Chanel...and  making anti-holes :-)

And someone raided Vanessa's drawer with ribbons, eh?

Super Mail Art as only Dean can make!

Thank you soooooo much! xxx

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

The "Wild Africa" shroud piece is a Second Class relic of the elgin Shroud,

said to have been brought to South Africa by Mr. Stubbs who disguised

himself as a leopard (not cheetah) and entered the wilds up north of the

Serengeti. Obviously this is a shred of the leopard shroud, not cheetah.

Leopard on top with rosette pattern on its skin, cheetah below.

(Children be warned: offensive images of African road kill)

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Ah, yes, The original shred of the Elgin Shroud is a First-Class relic.

It arrived in Greece with the DKult Shrine and a portrait of DK meditating like Burroughs-in-a-box?

It has been a source of miraculous wonders and mail art inspiration.

[De Villo Sloan]

The literature and Certificate of Authenticity that come with Elgin Shroud shreds does indeed claim the shroud's powers are the result of Orgone Energy and the work of Dr. Wilhelm Reich. After WSB, I would imagine any Immortality Clinic in Mexico would have Orgone boxes.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

and a few stamps on the back...and it arrived! Amazing :-)

(Dean is doing some serious stitching and weaving with these "soft'n sensual" items, eh?)

[De Villo Sloan]

Wonderful m-a by Dean with a special place as part of the Legend of the Elgin Shroud.

Has the shroud transformed itself somehow? For new initiates, the shroud is alleged to be a shirt that belonged to Diane Keys and was stolen by Mr. Stubbs the Performing Pig & his associate Mr. Ramone from the Elgin Mansion circa March 2011 when they paid a visit to DK. 

Here is a scan of the real Elgin Shroud, only partially cut up by Dark wall. Shroud shreds are currently circulating in the network and many are familiar with DKult Portable Trashpo Shrines that include a shroud shred:

Here is a new m-a twist to the Elgin Shroud provided by Medwolf as the result of his quest to find the great mail-artist David Zack or Zack's final resting place.

At some point in time, David Zack established an "Immortality Clinic" in Mexico that advertised in the m-a network. You can actually find info on the clinic on Google - it's not a fiction.

Here's the thing. The Elgin Shroud did not actually acquire its (alleged) miraculous powers until it was confined, with Mr. Stubbs, in a mysterious clinic in Mexico.

I wonder if it is possible that when all hope ran out elsewhere, if Mr. Stubbs & Ramone checked into David Zack's "Immortality Clinic." It's almost logical in a way.