Franis

Female

Laupahoehoe, HI

United States

Profile Information:

Mail-Artist since:: ...Mail artist since I was a kid. I was always decorating envelopes & presents, no matter what was inside.
My Website (without http://):: http://www.franis.org/holiday New blog at: http://myartworkjournal....
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:: I have been involved in Mail Art for eons, merely because I like to send my friends cool stuff.

There is a purpose for me being here. Mail art is a chance for me to make stuff to uncover what I might want to do, merely because I want to do it. I've been a commercial artist for so long, that I have forgotten what sort of art that I might make - only for myself. When you are an artist for hire, you do what you imagine the customer has indicated that will please them. I have allowed the environment, the purpose, the people - everything outside of myself - to determine what and why I make art for most of my life.

Now I don't have to do that. I can make whatever pleases me. This is a cool thing. However, since I have so little sense about what pleases me, I have found that it works for me to have a purpose.

So I have decided my purpose can be - to send art to you.
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail): New address!

Frani Angel
Post Office Box 362
Laupahoehoe, Hawaii 96764

Comment Wall:

Carla Cryptic

Sep 26, 2011
Patricio - The Celestial Scribe

Fran: I read on your profile that you like to send cool stuff to your friends. What about those, like myself, who love receivng cool stuff as well, but you don´t even suspect they exist? Well, if sometime in the near future you decide to include the rest of the world on your "because I like..." list, I would love to be on the list. Your envelope then, should read as follows:

The Celestial Scribe

Caixa Postal, 24827

Curitiba-PR

80810-970

Brazil

On reciving your cool stuff I will do my homework. Mine will be on its way to Kamuela. That´s a celestial promise. I´m Patricio - The Celestial Scribe

Sep 26, 2011
Carla Cryptic

Thanks for your friendship, Franis - where's Kamuela by the way? I've been to Hawaii but only on Maui a couple of times. I absolutely adore the climate there - I feel healthy as a teenager when I'm in the islands. :D

Sep 26, 2011
Carla Cryptic

Sounds like a great place to live! We thought about moving to Hawaii many times because I feel so healthy there (the climate suits me) but we are settled here in California (job and family wise) so we just visit from time to time. ;) Yes, it's a fun place, IUOMA - the best thing is the variety! So many people from so many different backgrounds and locations, styles and sensibilities. I love it.

Sep 29, 2011
Patricio - The Celestial Scribe

My mail art is ready when yours are :-)))))))

Sep 29, 2011
Carla Cryptic

I'm glad you got it already! I laminated the piece with Avery clear self-laminating sheet material. I really like that stuff, though it's not altogether cheap. I have always loved postcards and wanted mine to feel and look like professionally printed ones... or as close as I could get without becoming a commercial printer. ;) 3M also makes a good laminating sheet, even thicker, but Avery combines the best overall price with a satisfactory effect and ease of use (albeit a little tedious).

Oct 2, 2011
Geneviève Chaussé

`°º¤ø„warmth my way!!!„ø¤º°¨¨°º¤øthanking you!ø¤º°``°

Oct 2, 2011
La Koki

Here's an invitation to participate what will be the first art mail exhibition in Trinidad and Tobago.http://bit.ly/postalart-eng We kindly ask to tell your friends and we expect to here from you! :)

Oct 5, 2011
Carla Cryptic

Yes, and thank you! I just got it (I don't get to my PO Box every day - more like once a week since I have my husband pick it up for me - he still works on the UC Berkeley campus so it's more convenient for him - I am retired now). I really like your postcard. :D

Oct 15, 2011