Sand Book

[Marcela Peral]

I´ll be making a Sand Book by the Paraná River, at Rosario´s public beach in May.

There´s a Perfomance meeting 5, 6 and 7 th May and I´ll be writting along the riverside all the words related to the shore.

I´m inviting you to write here all your ideas, thoughts and poetry about this to include it in my sandbook. You can also add images that I´ll print and set at the beach, or send postcards of you own shore....

Do someone want to make some Sandbook at the same time?

We can share photos and ideas. Let me know...

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

All the best, Marcela! Your event tomorrow will be wonderful! Your exhibit looks beautiful!

And we will be sharing it with you, around the world! 

I have a most amazing piece of DRIFTWOOD from Erni that came in today's mail...

it shall be part of my Sand Book in the Aegean Sea tomorrow!

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

That's what was in the package..."interactive" :-)

[Marcela Peral]

Thank you Helen... Have a nice sandy day!!! 

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Marcela, while you and Argentina were sleeping, Europe and Greece are wide awake in the noontime....by the beach, in the sand, at the Aegean Sea

warm enough to go in...for a bit

and send off the Haptic Driftwood afloat in the sea

However, as I could not part with it, I put it "on-a-leash"...

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Driftwood afloat and enjoying a nice swim on Sunny Sand Book Day.

But the sea currents, and the waves, and the wind...

brought the Haptic Driftwood crashing back to shore...back to mama!

and so, no "Odyssey" for our driftwood, Elbie,...which turned RED tones on its back side! How that? 'Back on shore, safe and drying out, having a conversation with Edgar (who is too old to go in the sea)

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

SAND BOOK mail art in the sand by the Aegean Sea, Halkidiki, Greece, ...May 7, 2011.

left to right: from Marcela, Helen Amyes, Cheryl Penn, Mim Golub Scalin, TicTac, Diane Keys,

Carlos Botana, my sandpo islands, Haptic Erni's many cards and envelope, envelope from Corgi (not to visible), stone pic from jjalltheway.

better view?

and a close-up of Marcela's Sand Book cards to Greece:

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Rubbings by Eduardo, also in the sand but with rocks so as not to blow away.

And the larger three-fold Sand Books...with the Greek Islands, and running-in-the-sand:

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

...and there was writing-in-the-sand, too:

[Marcela Peral]

WHAT A WONDERFULL MAIL ARTIST YOU ARE ERNI!!! THAT DRIFTWOOD IS EXCELENT... YOU SURPRISES ME!!!

[Marcela Peral]

GREAT SANDY DAY!!! sunny and warm...

[Marcela Peral]

GREAT PHOTOS KATERINA!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS PROJECT IN THE DISTANCE!!!

[Marcela Peral]

WOW Kate!!! Today, I have to say, while looking at all your beautifull images I'm thinking it would be great to make a movie with them!!!

The secuence is cool!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Wonderfull work... Your Sand Book is.............WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW... very haptic... I can hear the sound of the sea and feel the movement of that driftwood in the waves, the sand under my feet...

I dont know how, but I`ll try to make a movie with them. Perhaps my son can help me...