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: 42
Latest Activity: on Thursday

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Comment by Heleen de Vaan on Thursday: I read this horrifying news, too, but in the same article the reporter also wrote that other postal companies in Denmark possibly will continue delivering letter-mail. Keeping our fingers crossed!

Comment by Michael Leigh on Thursday: O dear. I guess letters will have to be written on parcels from now on! More expense! Either way it spells doom for the mail art we used to know and love.

Comment by Mail Art Martha on Thursday: This is not funny; I have seen in the BBC that Denmark will not be handling letters anymore because volume has reduced and there is no profit. Others will follow I am sure, bye Mail Art!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 4, 2025 at 1:06pm: Smiles from Cascadia ArtPost with Steve Willis' comic characters:

Comment by Mail Art Martha on October 21, 2024 at 6:21pm: I am afraid that I may not get all the peas I need in time for Christmas. I contacted Walmarth and I was told I should have ordered earlier.

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 20, 2024 at 1:40pm: H aha! Give peas a chance! (I'll get me coat!)

Comment by Alan Brignull on October 20, 2024 at 12:59pm: How many peas did you receive, Martha?

Comment by Mail Art Martha on October 20, 2024 at 11:54am: Who sent this? It is extremely funny and clever. Thank you, NoName!

Comment by Mail Art Martha on October 16, 2024 at 6:21pm: I am late it is nearly night here but the intention was good.

I had a shock when I went to buy stamps, from £2.50 they have gone up to

£2.80! Oh deary me!

Comment by Alan Brignull on July 22, 2024 at 9:01pm: It's a pity the postmark is so bad …

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