ArtiStamps Creators

Works are being reviewed now for inclusion at the Gina Lotta Post Artistamp Museum and Archive, an online comprehensive collection and archive of original artistamps. Includes historical documents of official recognition, exhibits and events, books, catalogs, and articles about artistamp creators. Vol 5 catalog/list deadline March 31st. To participate, read the full WELCOME instructions. Address is: PO Box 1424, Jupiter, Florida 33468 USA. info@artistampmuseum.com http://artistampmuseum.blogspot.com/

Alexander Kholopov - RUSSIA - 1948 to 2016

Written by Harley and image by Steve Smith.

If you would like to make a commemorative sheet or single stamp it can be added to the museum post. Deadline: March 31st.

The first set of artistamps I'd ever made. Based on some photograms I had printed in the darkroom.

Those are fantastic, William! Great job on your first artistamps!

thanks thom.

blog link:

http://stampzine.blogspot.de/

NASA is calling all space enthusiasts to send their artistic endeavors on a journey aboard NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. This will be the first U.S. mission to collect a sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for study. Send Your Artwork on a Journey to the Stars http://www.asteroidmission.org/WeTheExplorers/ deadline march 20th =
you can send your artistamps (or anything) on this mission – a REAL mission not an art conceptual project. Only one file/submission per each person.

Also send a print copy of your artistamp submission to GLPost Artistamp Museum . If enough artistamps about this mission come into the GLPost Artistamp Museum I’ll create a special section for them to be housed in the museum.

Keith S. Chambers the dada centenary - sunflower tank

keith sent me some of those as well. they are really nice.

artistamps based on a collage collaboration I did with a local friend.

Hi everyone!

My first artistamp sheet!. It conmemorates the release of three new songs by my rock band, Bigote Ballena.

The image you can see in the artistamp is our mini Ep,s cover.

The graphic design has been developed by Gonzalo Azores and me, in Tos Estudio, Madrid. 

If anyone interested in receiving one of this unique artistamps, just send me a message. It won´t be the only stuff you´ll receive.

And the most curious can listen to our songs for free in the next link:

https://bigoteballena.bandcamp.com/album/soluciones-imaginarias-a-p...

Best regards from Madrid

Great design, Enrique! Best of luck with your new releases. I'd love to receive the artistamp(s). Something will come back to you.

My address is on My Page under Jan Hodgman. Thanks!

Fractal Art

....some  "ripped Cow" stamps....

...and some for upcoming season.....

Hi, Jay

Love y'r stamps and they raise a question in my mind. When does an artistamp stray into the counterfeit classification. Meanwhile... I'll google this one.

YOB-f

To all artistamp persons.

I guess this question is a "concept" question.

What is the dividing line between artistamps and counterfeit postage?

For those of us who love to indulge in japery, this is an important issue.

Y'r ol' Bud,

Fike

Love both Anita's and Thom's latest! Gotta get back into artistamps!

My first attempt at artistamps using rubber(or eraser as the case is here) stamps.

Fike, seems that counterfeit would imply that the stamp is trying to pass itself off as a stamp that already exists.  Artistamps seem to be less about imitation and more about pushing the envelope or just play.

Hmmmm, William M, I guess what I was driving toward was a legal definition of counterfeit stamp so's I c'd avoid lawbreaking while committing japery.

I imagine that illegal stamps would be those which were created in an attempt to avoid paying to use the postal system. -- or -- perhaps one w'd actually be required to try to pass them off as postage to be breaking the law.

Y'r ol' Bud,

Fike

I think as long as it's not obviously trying to be used to as legal postage there's not an issue. I'm pretty sure this issue is discussed in John Held Jr.'s book on artistamps, but I can't recall exactly what was said in it. I know there have been artists who have sent work via the mail with only artistamps to see if the post office would notice.

Wow, William, truly great set! So you hand-stamped these individually, or did a sheet then copied it?

Thanks Jan! They are all hand stamped. I brayered the watered down red sumi ink as background last night and then this afternoon I got the black sumi ink out and hand stamped the sheet.

2 from my Takangarika Island Post Fish Series. Anyone interested in exchanging artistamps please get in touch

A while back, some wonderful artist sent me a little package of 4 artistamps. I failed to keep track of the artist who sent them, and I'd really like to know. They have the word "Triangle" on them and one says "30 Years of using my swallow rubberstamp" -- they're really well done. 

Toni! Be sure!

Stamps are made by Carl T. Chew!

ciao

New rubber stamped artistamps i stamped out tonight.

Thanks Tiziana! for the note about Carl Chew -- at first I was confused--I though you were referring to the U.S. postal Service stamps that are coming out. Now I see you were saying my artistamps were by him. Fantastic!

Some freshly stamped artistamps.

Great stamped stamps, William. Got to get to that!

thanks jan! you should. i'd love to see what you'd do with the format!

Alan Brignull

Borderline, lovely angular format!!

Thanks! Influence from 1920s Tuva is freely admitted

ARISTIDE 3108

http://ambasciatadiveneziaenvelopes.blogspot.it/2017/10/aristide-31...

Received this wonderful sheet from Jack at Cascadia Artpost — I'm very proud to be included among so many illustrious names.