A place to collaborate and organize group add & pass books. This group is for anyone interested in starting & participating in add & pass books/booklets.
I agree, Jennifer! I much prefer small booklets, smaller than 50 grams or two U.S. ounces. Also, the envelope size matters since I make custom envelopes using letter-sized (or A2) sheets.
The U.S. postal rates aren't as bad as the ones I've heard of in other countries but we get a rate increase every six months, in January and in June, and overseas mail has gotten very expensive.
I make (someone said "big fat") beautiful vibrant interactive participatory books with handpainted papers, original art by myself and others, artistamps to take and trade, ATCs to take and trade, poetry, inserts, mailcall announcements, and anything I make or find that reads "interesting" to me. They are for enjoyment, and collaboration, and the healthy diet of the Eternal Network. They are infinitely more fun than so many other add and pass books I have seen. The possibilities of "what to do" with these, like ALL mailart, are endless. Take out a postcard and send it to someone, use the artistamps and put some of yours back in, tear out pages you don't like, destroy it until it reaches the weight your prefer, toss it in the trash, pass it to someone else who you like or don't like, send it back, or bitch about how much it weighs and keep it--it's ALL mailart! It's the Eternal Network in action. There ARE NO RULES! This is MY ART, not my attempt at fitting in to some unwritten set of artistic or popular parameters.
Which is all to say, if you would like to receive one of these fantastic books from me, just message me!
Fleur Helsingor
I agree, Jennifer! I much prefer small booklets, smaller than 50 grams or two U.S. ounces. Also, the envelope size matters since I make custom envelopes using letter-sized (or A2) sheets.
The U.S. postal rates aren't as bad as the ones I've heard of in other countries but we get a rate increase every six months, in January and in June, and overseas mail has gotten very expensive.
Jun 24
Fleur Helsingor
Hello everyone, on Jun 28th I broke my left wrist. I won't be able to do mail art for several weeks.
Please refrain from sending me anything new. I'll hang onto any art that comes in the meantime and send a reply when I can.
Jul 7
Coco Muchmore
Hello Add and Pass Book Club!
I make (someone said "big fat") beautiful vibrant interactive participatory books with handpainted papers, original art by myself and others, artistamps to take and trade, ATCs to take and trade, poetry, inserts, mailcall announcements, and anything I make or find that reads "interesting" to me. They are for enjoyment, and collaboration, and the healthy diet of the Eternal Network. They are infinitely more fun than so many other add and pass books I have seen. The possibilities of "what to do" with these, like ALL mailart, are endless. Take out a postcard and send it to someone, use the artistamps and put some of yours back in, tear out pages you don't like, destroy it until it reaches the weight your prefer, toss it in the trash, pass it to someone else who you like or don't like, send it back, or bitch about how much it weighs and keep it--it's ALL mailart! It's the Eternal Network in action. There ARE NO RULES! This is MY ART, not my attempt at fitting in to some unwritten set of artistic or popular parameters.
Which is all to say, if you would like to receive one of these fantastic books from me, just message me!
Good vibes,
Coco
Jul 22