DKeys

Female

Elgin, IL

United States

Profile Information:

Mail-Artist since:
2002
My Website (without http://):
http://dianekeys.blogspot.com
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
It is cheaper than therapy and is an amazing way to connect with fabulous like minded people. It is also a great place to recruit for my Kult
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
Dkult
407 S Liberty St
Elgin, IL 60120

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  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    KALES YIORTES, Diane!
    Have a Happy Holiday Season1
    ee you in the Mail 2010!

    Dec 22, 2009

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Thank you, Diane, for the three very interesting collages. Your mail art came in today's mail with others, first of the New Year 2010! I like the way you "recycle" the elements and stamps from other mail art, very ingenious. Let's make lots of ART in the New Year 2010!
    All the best,
    Katerina

    Jan 5, 2010

  • DKeys

    Thanks for posting Kat! THat got there quickly--glad to know I put enough postage on it. Hope you have an awesome week:)

    Jan 5, 2010

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    YEAH! Look what arrived in today's mail, Diane!
    It is a great book, a wonderful collection of written and visual art.
    I especially liked Richard Canard's diary cards...well, evryone's,
    ALL the contributions are fantastic!
    Have great success with the book, girl!
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    Jan 20, 2010

  • DKeys

    yeah! So glad it finally arrived and that you like it. I am really proud of it --mail art rules:)

    Jan 24, 2010

  • Medwolf

    CALL | Regina ATC | Regina ATC Celebrates 7 years; Show us your stuff! | MAR 31

    Submit 6 of your best cards by March 31, 2010 to: ATC Celebrates
    7, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 3475 Albert St., Regina, SK. Canada S4S 6X6.

    Please include: 1. Self-addressed & stamped, return-envelope 2.
    Brief statement: tell us a little about yourself & discuss your
    techniques and tools, and your image content 3. How to reach you:
    contact information and e-mail (so we can send you an invites & e-
    vites to the display)

    All cards submitted will be displayed in the Learning Centre at the
    MacKenzie Art Gallery; Please tell us if you DONT want your work
    to posted on the web. Opening reception: Sat April 25, 2pm.
    Display Closing: August 2010, when you will receive 6 trades
    mailed back!

    Feb 27, 2010

  • Claudia Ligorria

    HOLA DIANE

    TE ENVIO CONVOCATORIA DE ARTE CORREO/MAIL ART
    "Mi lugar en el Mundo"
    www.artecorreo-claudialigorria.blogspot.com

    ESPERO PARTICIPES
    UN ABRAZO ENORME DESDE ARGENTINA

    Mar 21, 2010

  • Rod Summers

    I really have to know Diane, do they play 'marbles' in Elgin IL?

    Aug 22, 2010

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Hope you can get to the Loop and join us?
    Meeting of Mail Artists in Chicago:
    Tuesday, September 28, 2010
    at 12 noon at the
    Art Institute, Michigan Avenue entrance by the
    south Lion :-) See you there?
    I am flying in from Greece to be there,
    I'll also be in DeKalb on Sept.16/17, but no time
    for a visit, sorry....see you in Chicago? I hope, I hope!

    Sep 5, 2010

  • Celestino Neto

    Hi Diane,

    Sep 7, 2010

  • Bifidus Jones

    yes indeed

    Nov 22, 2010

  • evie satijadi

    OPEN CALL :

    2nd MAIL ART EXHIBITION , " A JOURNEY TO THE EAST "
    www.JourneyToEast.blogspot.com

    an International Mail Art Project 2011 for Peace to the world
    host west java, Bandung, Indonesia.


    Peace for everyone, who ever you are, where ever you are, what ever you are
    lets imagine PEACE to encircle the world. inspiring, connecting, expressing, sharing, giving and spreading more !
    Thank you for giving PEACE a chance...


    Love and Peace ! Evie Satijadi & Toni Antonius




    THEME : A JOURNEY TO THE EAST

    Deadline : 30 May 2011.
    Free technique and size. No fees. No jury. Non commercial
    No return.Anything that can be sent
    Exhibitions in 2011, SOS Sanggar Olah Seni ( www.savesos.blogspot.com )

    information : seniman_s@yahoo.com.sg

    Send to :

    A JOURNEY TO THE EAST MAILART
    Evie.S & Toni
    Kotakpos 6622
    BDCO 40116A
    Bandung - West Java
    Indonesia

    Nov 23, 2010

  • Jen Staggs

    Just got your card!  WOW!  I love it- and I'm so excited to join the Roadkill Association of Mail Art Misfits- I've already finished a piece for you- the mailman might have driven over it though...here is a sneak peek...

    Dec 19, 2010

  • cheryl penn

    Hey Diane - hello :-) happy new year to you too - although we are already WAY into 2011, it still feels the same...

    Dec 31, 2010

  • cheryl penn

    Living ahead of you - interesting :-) - another point - I am a Rabbit...

    Jan 1, 2011

  • Rod Summers / VEC

    Usual problems with the ning network, your friendship request didn't make it through to my page so I will try from my end.

    I wondered if you got the obscure joke about 'Elgin Marbles'... Katerina Nikolsou did ;~)

    best greetings

    rod

    Jan 1, 2011

  • Celestino Neto

    Welcome Diane, happy new year, success in 2011!

    Jan 1, 2011

  • Rod Summers / VEC

    Yes, sorry Diane, I had a feeling I was being a bit too obtuse.  OK, The Scottish Laird Elgin whilst visiting the Parthenon in Greece 2 centuries ago STOLE many of the marble statues he saw there and had them shipped back to Britain where they are housed in the British Museum and known as the Elgin marbles. Greece has been trying to get them back for decades but the Brits say they can  better look after them even though the Greeks had a special museum built to house them... (I think, but Katerina will know about that). So now you know why I asked if they play marbles in Elgin.  Of course Diane is a Greek name!

    Jan 1, 2011

  • De Villo Sloan

    who you

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    wheres DK?

     

     

     

     

    Jan 2, 2011

  • Test Tower

    Hi Diane,

    Thanks for beings friends. As for the cat: He's called "Cotton Picker" and he is not the friendliest cat in the world - he is actually only friendly to me. No one else could ever hold this cat like this, but he is good with me. I have another big kitten that looks just like him, but is very friendly - "Kitten Picker".  So, Happy 2011 - and don't forget to have some fun!

    A Fluxus Affair. Cheers, Test

    Jan 2, 2011

  • cheryl penn

    NO WAY!!! Is that thing for real??? If I met him I would also be - you can have the year, yip it can be your year, no arguing buddy!

    Jan 2, 2011

  • Jen Staggs

    Diane!  You mad thing!  I got your wild bendy post today- sooo cool!  Is it tape?  I love Attitude Girl and almost scared the neighbor at the post boxes today with my great YAWP of excitement!  Thank you for sharing your creative wiles!

    Jan 4, 2011

  • Jen Staggs

    I bet the whole event was accompanied by loud shrieks and grumbles and four-letter words.  I've been there with technology.   But what a cool unexpected result!

    Jan 4, 2011

  • Jen Staggs

    I'm in!  I'll bring the rubber stamps and a covered dish.  Jello salad?  Tuna noodle wiggle?

    Jan 5, 2011

  • Eduardo Cardoso

    Hello, Diane!

    Thank you very much for your request! :)

     

    And Happy Mail Art!

    Jan 10, 2011

  • Rani Solhaug

    Diane I just received your "Cataclysm" book (an event that brings great changes) Its funny because my brother and I were talking about the states wide panic over the zodiac's changing and how utterly silly the whole thing was when I opened your piece! Its causing quite the uproar, what are people going to do about their Scorpio tatoo when in fact they are now a Libra?

    Jan 14, 2011

  • DKeys

    Get stoned I guess! The world definately promotes fear,people who are afraid  are easy to control.

    Jan 14, 2011

  • Eduardo Cardoso

    Hello Diane!

    Your piece arrived today. Fantastic!
    Thank you very much! :)

    Jan 18, 2011

  • ejva:nsva

    Diane! good that it arrived. no sign of yours yet, but things in general seem quicker in going than in showing. i would be delighted to see the results when you 'do something' with the fragments, what-so-ever that may be, (perhaps to 'do something with').....!

    Jan 21, 2011

  • ejva:nsva

    Diane -

    the long answer is that the Chinese postal system is an overwhelming web of conflicting subtlety and stringency which seems to shift madly but yet precisely based upon various parameters that will never be fully revealed.

    the short is: yes, i think a collaged postcard would arrive. the surest bet is to collage over a real, bona-fide postcard (this is how i have coaxed them to accept outgoing collage cards. 'in general').

    waiting with wonderment.....!

    e

    Jan 21, 2011

  • cheryl penn

    Received your fab collage - thank you. Am making you something to post next week - its NOT a rabbit in any format! :-)

    Feb 4, 2011

  • David Stafford

    Franklin is a pookah whose growth was stunted by eating too many chocolate bunnies....(Normally they're 6 foot...) See movie Harvey for further clarification...

    Feb 7, 2011

  • Rani Solhaug

    Too bad the scissors ripped, but hey thats part of the process right? Thanks for sending me a message that you got it! I loved the color combination on that one CRAZY!

    Feb 7, 2011

  • David Stafford

    Yes, if you substitute cigars and kidney disease for chocolate....Did you get the Elgin marble joke? That's one of those gags I've been waiting years to deploy....

     

     

    Feb 7, 2011

  • David Stafford

    Yeah, you got it...I can never see the words Elgin marbles without thinking my Velvet Seagrams bag of purees...

    Feb 7, 2011

  • David Stafford

    Oh, I wish I had known that when I wrote the story...The wikipedia page for Elgin emphasizes the watch company...That's the founder of the company on your card, btw...

    Feb 7, 2011

  • David Stafford

    Economically? Well, it ain't the rust belt. Right now, I'm working away at fake dog kibble ad for Snooky and Angie which may give you some idea how busy I am. We're becalmed like the rest of the country. Real Estate is slowly coming back but building is way down. The art world is full of sighs. Not sure where tourism stands but I think it's down as well. It's a great time to concentrate on your mail art skills. PLACE STAMP HERE....

    Feb 7, 2011

  • My Life As A Collage

    i'm interested to see what it becomes...

    Feb 7, 2011

  • Louise Kiner

    Hi Diane.

    Glad you got it and so fast too. Who said snail mail was snail like? Thank you for blogging it. cheers Louise

    Feb 7, 2011

  • Rod Summers / VEC

    Thanks Diane,  One of your fabulous collages carved from a piece of marble perhaps;~)

    rod

    Feb 8, 2011

  • Helder

    Hey Diana

    Thanks for your invation, hope in future we can exchange some pieces.

     

    !namaste!

    Feb 9, 2011

  • Karen Champlin

    Diane, thanks for the very cool valentine!  Love it.

    Feb 9, 2011

  • Sharon Silverman

    Thank you for thinking of me in my loss and for being so kind. Have a wonderful Valentine's Day! Sharon

    Feb 12, 2011

  • Jen Staggs

    Joy of Joys- your postcard made my day!  Animal cookies and a McDonald's bib- a fancy girl couldn't ask for more! Thank you!

    Feb 14, 2011

  • Jen Staggs

    Yay! Happy birthday, Little Keys!  I think there is an anti-establishment escape clause when kids are involved.  I vote no guilt by association for you via children's birthday parties.

    Feb 14, 2011

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Thanks for the Valentine Tag, Diane. 'Love it! It came in today's mail along with a few other cheery Valentines. And today, Feb. 16, is YOUR day at "365", I will post the "K" for "Keys", 078/365!

    Feb 16, 2011

  • De Villo Sloan

    D-Katering

    Feb 17, 2011

  • De Villo Sloan

    Feb 17, 2011

  • De Villo Sloan

    DK - woke up first thing i see is the kake u made tossed my cookies 1x. went down to the market for o-j heaved 2x snoop 8 it. thanks a lot

    Feb 17, 2011

  • Rani Solhaug

    Thank you Diane, I just got your card and Happy "post" V day to you as well! I think I am going to start borrowing some of your ingenuity and make use of cardboard containers. I love that you did your piece on a cracker box! Hope all is well!

    Feb 17, 2011