DKeys

Female

Elgin, IL

United States

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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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De Villo Sloan

I mean Di-moKcracy

Oct 15, 2011
Cernjul Viviana María

Oct 16, 2011
prettylily

DK, It is in your hands now as the Queen Of Trashpo. The book is a gem of a read. Was I right - is it older than you?

Oct 17, 2011
De Villo Sloan

DK, check out the link to the "George Macinuas and Beyond" show at the top of the IUOMA Fluxus Embassy page. You're in it, and that's where my pants - cut up in your honor - went. I was trying to explain to you about that show, and you're in it. DVS

Oct 17, 2011
De Villo Sloan

DK, it's the Maciunas show that Keith Bukkholtz curated in, I think, Lithuania. The Fluxfest in Chicago was different. Or if my pants ended up in Chicago, I would like to know.

Oct 17, 2011
De Villo Sloan

I'm now considering doing the "I cut up my pants for Diane" performance as it is now internationally recognized.

Oct 17, 2011
De Villo Sloan

What did you send to the show? I would sure like to see DK meets George Maciunas. But now I want to see whatever everyone did.

Oct 17, 2011
De Villo Sloan

It's a textile show. What do I know about textile art? And the deadline was approaching. So I used what was handy. I thought I could continue to ride on your coattails. It's working. Otherwise, a futile and useless gesture devoid of significance.

Oct 17, 2011
De Villo Sloan

That is sort of the spirit of Fluxus - not remembering what you even sent to the show.

Oct 17, 2011
Nancy Bell Scott

Added and then sent the trashpo add+pass to Georgia, in case you're keeping track. I still don't know the general "rules" of add+pass, if there are any, but I do my thing and then pass them. Too late for me to learn how to do it right if that's wrong, haha.

Oct 18, 2011
Susan McAllister

Thanks Diane for the postcard. I am very pleased.

Oct 19, 2011
De Villo Sloan

I think he's asking for your autograph.

Oct 24, 2011
stewart charlebois

Diane, your pinky-purple postcard arrived today. Thank you! Is this how you found it, or was this the result of things lying around the studio? All those random phone numbers make me wonder who those people are, and why their numbers are and their connection to the writer.

Oct 26, 2011
Dean aka Artist in Seine

A SIX PACK HOLDER, wow I haven't seen one of those in years. Funny how this little bit of trash can make one so happy. Those six pack holders brought back some good memories... if I could only remember them!
SEWING, is there no end to your talent. Lucky for me, I now know what to do with all those "Holy" socks in my sock drawer. Watchout!

Yes, I see how one person's trash could be another's treasure. So how could we hunt down some of those old pull ring tabs?

Thank you again, This piece is wonderful, and the smile is still on my face.

Oct 27, 2011
Dean aka Artist in Seine

Thank you, I look forward to seeing it. There is something today for you on the Erni blog. Anyway, I had to put your name in to make it complete.

"We" in France, don't drink either, we socialize around a glass!

Oct 27, 2011
Dean aka Artist in Seine

You're Famous!

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/astonishing-erni-turns...

Oct 27, 2011
Cuan Miles

Hello Diane,

Thank you for your piece of cardboard trashpo mail art. I happened to go to my PO Box just as my friendly postal worker was filling the boxes. He expressed great amusement that these crazy white people would send an ordinary piece of cardboard in the mail. I think you made his day. Here's a pic of him. Thanks for making my day as well.

Regards, Cuan

Oct 28, 2011
Valentine Mark Herman

Great thoughts, friendlyfeline!

Thanks.

I mailed you something today... a real something.

Bon weekend,

Moby Val

Oct 28, 2011
Valentine Mark Herman

Bonjour again!

More on the Thought Policeman....

Would you mind if I used it as my IUOMA photo?

You have a heart and currently I have a whale (Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, which gets me to Val Herman).

i could be a Thoughtman for a while perhaps?

Regards, Val

Oct 28, 2011
PIRO

Hi Diane

Glad you got it. It also happened to me when i saw it. I decided it needed your touch so go for it. After that send it to Superhero.

Oct 28, 2011
Valentine Mark Herman

Thanks Diane, but sadly IUOMA will only allow me to load the top half of the photo, and it just doesn't work like that -- and i'm not smart enough to work out how to load the rest of it.

Bon weekend, Val who remains a Moby Dick whale for now

Oct 29, 2011
Lesley Magwood Fraser

GOTIJ your cardboard piece but the Rain Goddess decided to have a little fun with it, so I am not sure if it is in its original state or not! But it's great anyway - THANKS!!

Oct 29, 2011
Lesley Magwood Fraser

OK I will put up a pic and you can let me know what her majesty the Rain Goddess altered, in her wisdom.... Tomorrow not now.

Oct 29, 2011
yves maraux

SEAL hope

CAN't dig

Oct 30, 2011
PIRO

Hi Diane

happy halloween and glad you got the card today. I'm a fan of the Trashpo Diva. :)

Oct 31, 2011
cheryl penn

Morning Diane :-) - many thanks for "Tragedy happens in 3's" - two have arrived - quietly beautiful - thank you :-) X

Nov 1, 2011
Amy Irwen

So glad u got it...;-)

Nov 1, 2011
cheryl penn

hey Diane :-) - nice to hear from you. YES! I did notice - blog catching this week - I have a breather! Hope one did not get lost - BUT it will arrive on the day it is meant to arrive - not a minute sooner :-) - so weird that that you're entering winter while our days are getting longer, brighter and hotter - o - except for today - BUT - "there will be days like this" :-) X

Nov 1, 2011
Nancy Bell Scott

You're very welcome, your majesty. Man, it took long enough to get there. I mailed it almost a week ago! You and I usually have luck with the two-day thing.

Nov 1, 2011
cheryl penn

I am busy brushing up on my Bridge Skills for Just in Case :-)) XX

Nov 2, 2011
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

Hi DK, glad the trashpo arrived...it is on a Greek box of mashed potatoes! Greeks do a good job mashing up things...but we will have a great weekend now that the vote of confidence passed in the Parliament tonight...with a few extra votes above the majority even. That's a Greek Democracy for ya!

Nov 4, 2011
De Villo Sloan

Diane, I know how you must feel. But in this Trashpo craze, I am taking advantage of my connection to DK memorabilia. You know my source, who does not want to be identified. What I'm really after is the first "chunk-o-skunk" that he claims he has and will change our understanding of Trashpo as we know it.

Nov 6, 2011
Nadine Wendell-Mojica

I just love the whole TRASHPO thing. I'm glad you get my twisted sense of humor. More coming this week. I've been dealing with a sick husband. How dare he interfere!

Nov 8, 2011
Lesley Magwood Fraser

Hi Diane, this is your piece that the Rain Goddess decided to have a go at last week.... SORRY! But thanks....

Nov 8, 2011
Lesley Magwood Fraser

Rainfaux? I like that word! I am glad she didnt change it too much...

Nov 8, 2011
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

This is going to be fun! Thank you, DK, for all the goodies and the trashpo add 'n pass!

Will do soon ;-)

'Love the duck tape...and IUOMA xx

Nov 8, 2011
Nancy Bell Scott

Triple wow, my own low-budget certificate, you are too much...no, just right. You'll love this: the part you painted over stuck to itself so there's genuine trashiness right in the center. But everything is there. My head is bowed. And trashy trashbook, plus either horoscope or fortune cookie, what more can a person ask for. Thank you, Diane!!

Nov 8, 2011
Alicia Starr

Diane, you set the bar (high) in the trashpo world and that bar keeps me focused and inspired. :) today, a woman I hardly know gave me a bag of rubber stamps. Probably 50+. Most of these are cheesy but a handful are little treasures. Look for crazed monkeys coming your way at a later date.

Nov 10, 2011
Jim SantAmour

Thankyou for the great trashpo piece!

Nov 14, 2011
John M. Bennett

hi cheryl

putting that book next to the dictionary sounds likethe perfect place for it!

john

Nov 15, 2011
John M. Bennett

hi cheryl

putting that book next to the dictionary sounds like the perfect place for it

john

Nov 15, 2011
Neil Gordon

I also sent you out a package of some interesting reading material, after your done, feel free to pass on or cut up for trashpo! In Trash We Trust! Neil

Nov 15, 2011
Valentine Mark Herman

I wish...

...my cats were clever enough to push buttons on the limited amount of electric equipment I have -- mainly the toaster and the kettle.

Who says...

.... you can't have a scanner? Have you consulted the cats on this?

Regards, Val

Nov 15, 2011
Marie Wintzer

DK! Thank you for your envelope, wow, two pieces for me, how lucky me, thank you! They are great! Sooner or later I WILL have to make a trashbook! If I only make ONE trashbook in my entire life it will be for the Queen. If it is ever going to happen :-)))

Thank you again (and, oh, never mind blogging, it's perfectly fine)

Nov 15, 2011
Valentine Mark Herman

Bonjour!

Peaceful 'Feed me' protests have to be tolerated.

Ones that don't include 'Staying out all night and howling so that all the neighbours are woken up', 'Fighting with the ginger tom that lives a street away', 'Refusing to use the cat litter tray' , 'Stealing Val's chair when he goes to make a cup of tea', 'Getting under Val's paper when he is reading it, and then destroying it when Val tries to reclaim it', etc.

Good luck!

Nov 16, 2011
PIRO

Hi Diane:

I just got your postcard from the mail box . I love it. The tones and composition is so nice too look at. I even smelled it, is that normal. It says fish - 10 puonds asnd i was trying to find out if it was a recent visit to the market, but not necessary. Ok, top secret, i love the smell of this kind of card stock. It never goes away. Thanks a lot Trashpo Diva, your fan Roberto (PIRO).

Nov 16, 2011
PIRO

Wonderful Trashpo from Diane Keys.

Thanks !!!!!!!!!

Nov 16, 2011
Marie Wintzer

DK, believe me, I am trying to gather any possible trash for you. It is just not happening, I don't know why. But I'm not losing hope :-)))

Nov 16, 2011
Amy Irwen

Diane, received your wonderful TrashPo booklet....so sorry it's taken me a while to respond; I've brought in a Foster Pup on Saturday and the rest of my brood has come down with some virus that has spread fast through the whole group - so three sick dogs and a newbie to contend with....whew!!! I'll be glad when everyone is well again....

Thank you so much and will post on the group site soon...

Amy *-*

Nov 17, 2011
TIZIANA BARACCHI

The Diary of a Young Girl
Theme: a Mailart exhibition dedicated to Anna Frank and to International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27th, 1945: death camp Auschwitz was liberated
Size and technique free
No jury, no returns, no fees
Exhibition in 2012 in Giulianova, Italy
Documentation online gallery and catalogue to all participant if it will possibile (because of sponsor)
All works via post, no email please.
Info: daliobaracchi@hotmail.com o image000@libero.it
Deadline to be received January 2nd, 2012

Isabella Branella
via Giardino 12
I- 64021 Giulianova Lido
Teramo
ITALY

Nov 20, 2011