Carla Cryptic

Female

Richmond, CA

United States

Profile Information:

Mail-Artist since:: 1970's
My Website (without http://):: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlacryptic/albums
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:: I have always loved exchanging art with other artists in my own country and around the world because it makes it possible for us to share our creations without having to do it through the gallery system. It stimulates self-expression and creates community while giving us all a way to get our art into the world.
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail): Carla Cryptic
PO Box 1274
Berkeley, CA 94701-1274
USA

http://www.carlacryptic.com
carlacryptic@yahoo.com

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Lee Caligiuri

Thank you for the warm welcome Carla! It has been a very long time since I've exchanged any kind of creativeness with anyone else...seems I tend to keep it to myself for the most part, though I used to do it often.

Sep 14, 2011
crisispanty

Thanks for the welcome! I'm most excited about the slew of mailartists I will get to connect with through this site. Hope to have something in the mail very soon!

Sep 15, 2011
iheartmailart

Hi Carla,

I'm a newbie on IUOMA, so I'm going to ask you a really stupid question, but I need to know before I get started! Please define 'mailart' as it applies to IUOMA. Is the mailart what you do with the envelope you send or is it what's inside the envelope, or both? I just want to be sure I'm 'doing it right'! I don't want to let anyone down when I send out my art....please help! Thanks!

Sep 15, 2011
iheartmailart

Thanks for the info, Carla...I appreciate it. I think I have a better understanding of what is expected of me, now! I look forward to receiving your mailart! And I will get to work right away at something for you! :)

Justene

Sep 16, 2011
Sandra Granthon

Ohh, mail art is coming... yeahhh! I have yours ready to mail out tomorrow. Hope you like it I had fun making it today.
Sandra

Sep 16, 2011
Kokabella

Hi Carla, I'd love to exchange mail art with you too! Thank you for the welcome! I'm so glad I found IUOMA!

Sep 17, 2011
Dorothy Ann Morris

Thanks for the welcome Carla... still finding my way round this site.... a bit in awe at present!

Dorothy (Welsh woman)

Sep 18, 2011
Jackie

oh, to have your 'so much mail per week' type problems! i cant even log in to post the stuff i receive! one day, one day. i think i received the second of your cards the other day!

Sep 19, 2011
Sandra Lefever

I got your letter today. Thank you! And yay for mail! I dig your artistamps, btw. Now I'm inspired to make more stuff. Damn you, Father Time!

Sep 20, 2011
Walter Rovere

thanks! I'm SLOW ("there are no slow geniuses", picasso warned!), but I'll do send..

Sep 23, 2011
Deanna Fountain

Hi C~ Sorry about the confusion with my membership...didn't know...why? Because I can be a bonehead sometimes :)....Now....just so you know...I have received your beautiful art stamps and insert...Thank You ! You are only my 2nd contributor to my new mail art collection. Noting your name change...did you recently get married?? Ie: Patterson? This mail art thing is a lot of fun and forces me to be more creatively busy...I'm loving it ! You are probably thinkin' is there a return piece of mailart from me?....of course ! Thanks again !

Sep 25, 2011
Vasco Torres

Dear Carla thanks for all the kind words you say bellow.

I want please that you tell me the way to insert one code (to show the number of visits in my site) in the HTML.

It´s only insert, but where?

Best regards

Vasco Torres

Sep 25, 2011
Helen Clarkson

Hello Carla, thanks so much for the welcome and the advice. Yes, I've passed on the info to Daniel. I'm not sure why the gallery URL isn't working, maybe I just mistyped it, it's www.aanddgallery.com or if you google A&D Gallery Chiltern Street London it should appear. How would you like to receive the info re. our 'Mail Art - Post Ray Johnson' exhibition? Looking forward with anticipation to receiving your work. Very best wishes Helen x

Sep 26, 2011
iheartmailart

Carla!! I received your lovely mailart today! Thank you soooo much! Love love love your artistamps! That is something new that I will have to attempt! I will happily return the generosity and send you some mailart for your post box......mucho gracias, amigo! :)

Sep 27, 2011
Deanna Fountain

CC~ The soft block prints of trees are fantastic....I'm going to go google it now...not quite sure what Soft block is....Thanks for posting them on my page :)

Sep 27, 2011
Danielle Maret Williams

Hi Carla, thank you for your warm welcome. I'm quite excited to be a part of this.
It's a far more detailed site than I imagined. Might take a little while to get my head around it all.
That's all ok though. Thanks again.

Sep 28, 2011
Vasco Torres

Hi Carla Cryptic

Thank you so much for all the information that you send to me about counter. Now i hope to achieve this subject to get better function for my site.

Thanks so much

Best regards

Vasco Torres

Sep 28, 2011
Franis

Hi Carla, - Where I live in Hawaii is on the north end of the Big Island of Hawaii. I can see Maui when I drive down the hill - I live in the saddle between two volcanoes; Kohala & Mauna Kea.
Hey! I am so stoked that I've already been sent something cool in the mail!! This seems to be a fantastically fun place already...thanks for working with it...

Sep 29, 2011
Franis

That was a sweet thing you sent me Carla - Mahalo nui loa!
What was it that you sealed it with? I just made something I wanted to send out, but I have to glue it to a larger piece - and it would be nice if it had the same covering on it.

Oct 2, 2011
Mao Huan (lazybunny)

Still coming up! in the 3th january this year according to the Chinese traditional calendar.

Oct 2, 2011
Deanna Fountain

Hi Carla~ I'm sending you a preview of my Y O T R mail....hopefully I'll be able to finish and send to you. By the way, I can't remember if you mentioned receiving my mailart to you entitled "Meet the Pattersons"? I know that September was an extremely busy month for you so I was waiting until October to mention it? Please let me know when you can, okay? It's in the mail-faithfully yours, Deanna Fountain

Oct 2, 2011
Mao Huan (lazybunny)

last night, i read the book of zodiac, according to the 五行（wu xing）and the represent animals for each year, you are the golden rabbit and i am the fire rabbit, what a interesting thing:D

Oct 3, 2011
Xtina Solano

hi carla

did you see all my messages? how can i contact fran?\

xtina

Oct 3, 2011
Carla Cryptic

If you have received spam recently attributed to my email address, please read the attached file! I suffered a browseby attack and, although it is fixed now, lots of people have asked me what it was, how to avoid it, and what to do if it happens to them. So, I asked my husband to help me write something up about it since he's a systems and security guy. Hope this helps and apologies to anyone who got spam saying it was from me! Security%20issues%20%E2%80%93%20and%20suggestions%20%E2%80%93%20reg...

Oct 6, 2011
Deanna Fountain

:) TY forletting me know you got the rice hee hee....BTW ....I took that photo of the rabbit and Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV this January past...we were there to attend a family friends wedding. I love to go for long walks with the camera just to see what I can find in my lens there. LV , not a fav place of mine ...but it's great for photography :)

Best Regards,

Deanna

Oct 6, 2011
Deanna Fountain

Hi Carla

Yes, that's all vegas used to be smokers, takers, glitz, glam and gamblin but today it has so much more to offer...it's just a weekend to me..not a vaca....the newest resorts don't even have casino's in them if you can believe that! There are must see's when you go...Hoover Dam, Mandalay Aquarium, Caesars Palace white(Albino) Bengal Tigers, I love all the vintage , junk restoration, slots, neons, costume, e-sale/consignment thrift shoppes there...off the hook. Even to go to the Neon Junkyard is a photoshoot to die for.

You must see Belagio and the Wynn / Encore Resorts...the shoppin is off the hook (but expendsive) so I window shop...in Bellagio there's a Candy/Bakery Store called Jean Phillipe Patisserie...they have a chocolate faountain, ceiling to floor that display's melted chocolat/fudge cascading rom one crystal dish to another all at the same time...purported to be the largest of it's kind in the world and....there is a Dale Chihuly store (Hand blown glass sculptures) that has been there since day one....in addition, the hotel lobby check in are ceiling is covered in his work and is a permanent collection to serve as a cover for the lighting...takes my breath away every time I see it...anyway, if you can't go next month here's a few links to enjoy :)

http://www.jpchocolates.com/ Jean Phillipe Patisserie Choc Fntn.

http://www.bellagio.com/shopping/via-fiore.aspx Dale Chihuly Shoppe....does'nt do the ceiling justice but if you look at the site I'm sure there's photos of it perhaps in the resort photo gallery

Bye for now C

Have a fab week what's left of it.

Oct 6, 2011
Susanna Lakner

Hello Carla,

i´ll send you some rabbits! :-)

Oct 7, 2011
Kokabella

Carla, thanks so much for the art postcard. Can you please send me your address? I have something to mail you in return! Thank you!

Oct 9, 2011
Kokabella

Oh geez. Yes, it sure was! I was looking for handwriting!

Oct 10, 2011
Franis

Hi Carla - did you get anything from me yet in the mail?

Oct 11, 2011
Ashazart

Hi Carla, I just saw the comment you left me about the address list. Sorry to have missed your address posted in the address thread. I have it in the worksheet now, so you should be good to go.

Thanks!

Cynthia (Ashazart)

Oct 14, 2011
Ellen Quint

thanks !! You are the person who introduced me to mail art - after all!!! lots of love!

Oct 15, 2011
Walter Rovere

sent via email.. only, I'm wondering: the Iuoma site is great, but arent' we, by publishing the pictures of the mail art works the same day we sent them, spoiling the surprise that should come from opening the mailbox, and, more substantially, altering the response process that, ideally at least, should arise from actually seeing/touching the work, here substituted by a digital image?

Oct 17, 2011
Walter Rovere

Oops, it must be the Facebook syndrome... I'll try to resist nex time!

Oct 17, 2011
Ellen Quint

Carla...thanks!!!Already thinking of a rabbit postcard or two!!! hope to get somethings out soon to you....best wishes for a wonderful 60th!!!

love, Ellen

Oct 20, 2011
rodnidotcom

nice to see another person from the forgotten kingdom...

finally got these up...

Oct 24, 2011
Danielle Maret Williams

Hi Carla, thanks for the postcard! Postcard heading back to you tomorrow!

Oct 25, 2011
Danielle Maret Williams

Hi Carla, Thanks for the Mail!

Postcard heading back to you tomorrow!

Oct 25, 2011
yves maraux

dear carla your sound poetry is rather visual !

rating agency cryptic do you say AAA

Oct 25, 2011
Thomas Pratt

hi Carla, thank you for the neighborly mail art. I really appreciate the Gagarin postage stamp. I am also a stamp collector. I enjoyed looking at your pictures and see that you are well liked be many friends. I will try to share some of my mail art with you too. be well,

thomas

Oct 26, 2011
yves maraux

dear Carla this is my triptic :

don't you say

on Oct 9 in La mia croce sia con voi... Hahahahaha! ...

when Standard & Poor's, Moody's et Fitch where telling me AAA

Oct 26, 2011
This Window

-- that sounds (no pun intended) like a plan --

Oct 27, 2011
Mail Art Martha

Thank you Carla, very encouraging. I have been very lazy for a long time but now I am trying to improve my page. Could you explain to me how can I change the background? I have looked all over in the page for a clue to no avail.

Nov 4, 2011
Patricio - The Celestial Scribe

Carla, your card posted september I believe, finally arrived las friday after a 28 days strike of the brazilian post. What you wrote on the card made my day. Thank you so much. A celestial hummingbird fliyng over ZIP 94701 may be a signal that something from Republik van Patland, the mythical piece of land from where this celestial scribe operates from, is bringing something to you. Keep me posted !

Nov 7, 2011
Patricio - The Celestial Scribe

:-))))

Nov 7, 2011
Marcela Peral

Thank you Carla for your beautifull postcard and poem "This mouth is mine"!!!

See it in my blog: http://estabocaesmiamailart.blogspot.com/2011/11/de-carla-cryptic-u...

I´ll be sending sothing to you soon. Regards!!!

Nov 13, 2011
Valentine Mark Herman

Thanks Carla, that's a great help. It leads me to think that i) I can send everyone an email saying that their Envelope has been safely received, and then at the end of the Exhibition ii) something via the post (a postcard or a 'thank you collage' listing all the contributors. Unless I can solve the 'this is what we've got so far in the Exhibition problem' that will have to do.

Merci beaucoup! Val

Nov 21, 2011
E

http://insomniesetartpostal.blogspot.com/2011/11/envoi-de-e-carla-c...

Nov 29, 2011
E

Hi Carla,

Can you help me for Ryosuke Cohen Comilation ?

Thanks

"E"

http://brain-cell-compilation.blogspot.com/

Dec 1, 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

Dec 12, 2011