Smiles & Smirks

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Art with a measure of humour is required by Walmarth Corporation for its chain of supermarkets, located in the Queendom of Retailia and in Cascadia Artpost. Through this collaboration Cascadia Artpost and Mail Art Martha are continuing to give impulse to Trashpo, the artistic vision of Diane Keys.

‘Walmarth Corporation is an entertaining and witty parody of corporate, consumer culture. Cascadia Artpost’s painstaking realization of Mail Art Martha’s ideas through detailed, special effects style models makes Walmarth Corporation one of the crowning achievements of Trashpo in the half-decade that it has been producing a large quantity of art.’
https://minxuslynxus2.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/minxus-mail-bag-walmarth-advertising-supplement-by-cascadia-artpost-olympia-washington-usa-with-mail-art-martha-beckenham-uk/

In addition to Trashpo the Corporation has now expanded to include political satire, parody, comics, caricature and witty playfulness.
Your contribution is needed to fill the shelves.

Location: The Queendom of Retailia
Members: 41
Latest Activity: Apr 6

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Comment by Fleur Helsingor on August 27, 2020 at 6:45pm: Take care, everyone! In the meantime, let the fun continue.

Right now, I'm working on a very silly set of mail art cards. As soon as I've finished them, I'll post a couple.

Comment by Michael Leigh on August 27, 2020 at 5:12pm: Glad to wrist is better Martha. Yes, so easy to fall over especially as you get older. I slipped on the ice a few winters back and kicked a nearby concrete bollard. My big toe went black and was very painful. Ouch! So hopefully no ice this Winter! Only in my rum and coke!

Comment by Michael Leigh on August 27, 2020 at 5:10pm

Comment by Mail Art Martha on August 27, 2020 at 2:08pm: Michael and Ilya!

Thanks Michael. Better now I mean the wrist. My ego is ailing, it took the worse tumble. i feel so stupid. I had reached the landing and put my foot on the next step, which, of course, was not there. And fell sideways. Rather funny isn't it?

Of course Ilya, anything you think is somewhat funny but do not injury yourself!

Comment by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on August 25, 2020 at 9:42pm: Please tell me if I can be of use to Walmarth Corporation.
Can I contribute?

Comment by Michael Leigh on August 25, 2020 at 9:12pm: O dear - hope your wrist is better soon Martha!

Comment by Mail Art Martha on August 25, 2020 at 7:31pm: Thanks Fleur and michael for making me smile needed it!. i cannot write I sprained my right wrist. In areally stupid/funny way. details later.

Comment by Michael Leigh on August 25, 2020 at 6:37am

Comment by Fleur Helsingor on August 24, 2020 at 6:53pm: I went to my post office to pick up my mail on Friday, August 21st, and received some smiles. Here's the August 10th smile from Walmarth, and that big cat is ready for a delicious meal!

It came wrapped in one of her folded envelopes with a newsletter on the inside. I'm including the folded envelope in this scan because the artistamps are so cool, too!

Comment by Mail Art Martha on July 20, 2020 at 3:32pm: On the back of an envelope. Surely this counts as a smirk.

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