Valentine Mark Herman

Hi Val,

No rules on how much time I spend, as much as I can.   I know I have cut back a bit.  My new rule is to try to finish a piece in 1 hour, but this is not working.  It always takes longer than I think.

dean

Big thanks Val for your mail art envelope number 1! Fantastic little gallery of fun art and stuff! As soon as I'm capable I'll take a photo to share. It's stinking hot today and I'm sunburnt from being stuck on a boat all day yesterday, very dramatic! Had to be towed to safety after being finally found. Just watching the tennis- Aussie open now and checking 100s of emails.

Nice deux cha vos below!

Yes, "Bananas" is still in the works.  And I am glad I waited.  I like your new name.  dean

Hi Val,

thanks for your message.

I forgot to make a picture or scan of the mail art I sent you.

Can you scan it for me?

Then I can tell you how I made it, because I have sent out a lot ( ten of so?) last week,

so I don't remember which one you received.

Greetings Emmy

Happy it arrived!  Well, I think if you read your end of the year e-mail about mail art destroying your life, and then look at the card, all the meaning you need will be clear.  If not, ask the cats.  In my experience, they usually know, but don't always tell.  

Bonjour Monsieur La Poste!

Et merci pour la lettre! Wonderful as always and I have not opened it :). Funny that the only stamp not stamped is the one that pais for the trip here... that is theblue french one. Great swedish stamps and I will look up Your next 2012 exhibitions!!!

Nik

Paid..not pais!! ;)

We did. For three years we have curated exhibitions in the former Archive of the Ministery of Foreign Affairs in The Hague (also homebase of the Dutch branch of Art & Tennis Club of Kaliningrad).

Unfortunately it has been demolished last year. It was a perfect place for an exhibition on mail-art. We will upload a picture of The Archive soon.

Thank you for the great mail art / lino prints that arrived in Greece today!

I "blogged" them, on Vizma's stamp blog ;-) Also, th cat print is posted at the Cat Lover's group. You are really doing a great job as a printer, Val, keep up the good work xxx

glad my alpine greetings made it before your trip! 

have a nice trip Val!

cheers

Thanks for woods heads up.  I did 2 of them yesterday.  One funny, and one not so funny.  I have other woods ideas in the making, but those will be for someone else.  I think I'm ready for Bananas now.

The best part about moving a paper roll is the tea afterwards, and the satisfaction of a job well done.  I currently have positions open for bright young things (young being open to a variety of interpretations) to move the Pulp Roll.  - enjoy England :-) X

Hi, thanks giving me to these important tips! I'll ask for help if necessary! Regards!

Sending you my mailart -- will be mailed on Monday January 23... sorry for delay... You'll receive my first mail art sent from me, a brand new IUOMA member!

I look forward to seeing art in my country mailbox from France... before too long!

Thanks for your comment... Winnipeg sure does get around!

Hi Val,

 Thanks for the mailbox ensemble. Did the piece I sent your arrive?

:)
 

Thank you so much, Val, for your wonderful figures of inspiration!

A lot to read, a lot to see!

I once visited the Darlington Railway museum, you too?

Are you the head of steam?

greetings Emmy

Hi Val,

How wonderful, I was there millions years ago too, must have met you!! hahah!

Beautiful part of England!

Greetings Emmy

Hi Val,

I'm very happy to hear that my mail art made it to you and that you (and your postman) enjoyed it! I can't wait to get your mail art!

Have a wonderful day!

Audrey

Thank you, Val-in-the-UK. You shall be returning to France soon, but this great dragon and fun mail art arrived today in Greece! 'Love it, thanks xxx

Should post it somewhere were there are dragons! ;-)

Goedemorgen Val,

At that time the pound was very cheap for Dutch people and my husband and I booked a flight to Middlesbrough to cycle in the Northern part of England. We took our own cycles in the plane with us ( on the first row) We loved trains and the people working on them were so dedicated and nice.

Regards Emmy

Yes, it seems like the US has become a pet disposable society...just this week, in Minnesota, 192 dogs were seized in (2) residences...all small breeds...

also, just in (1) shelter, in MO, they had 600 dogs in one month!!!  either strays or owner surrender...

That's why the no-kill Humane Societies are so important and all the work the Rescues do to find new, stable, loving homes for these guys...

Take care and hope you are enjoying Mum's home cooking!  Hugs to you and your family...

Thank you for the card!  I enjoyed all of the collected items.  How are you coming by things from the Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia?  Traveling Act?  I'm a fan of Eric Carle, as is my son (who's 2).  We have a CD of Carle reading - very interesting voice.  

Ypur first lino's arrived  or should I call them three legged lions? :-))X!

Um - make that YOUR!

Are you back in "sunny" France? Thank you for the card from Darlington! It is very informative and a "must see" on my list of exotic places to visit. See you in Paris soon?

Hi Val! I am glad that you liked it :)

Un-we are loving Paris. We even love Bilbao which we got back from on Saturday.

dos-chuck did get mail from you (I did, also, without postage and La Poste made me pay for postage and a tax!! Wow, you're an expensive date. Drei -Saturday for the Musee de La Poste, and What the heck is Audi or Suzi referring to? You are so cryptic (oh no, that's Carla not you.) See you soon? m & c

Oh where, oh where, has my dear Valentine gone?

Some dame in green with a hat P.E.T.A. will not like, has stepped in

and kicked out my handsome-when-he-wears-his-beret Valentine!

'Happy to hear that Hermes has arrived in southern France...

(now plan to move ove and make room for me at Dean's and Vanessa's place in Paris!)

Glad you three (!) enjoyed my Cat on a Mission. Will look forward to seeing something from you soon-ish!

hello, Val! im happy it reached you =)) i am learning Japanese that's where i found my interest in etegami and the card you got is called etegami which means picture letter. It is one of the traditions in Japan - people draw and send cards to each other within the families and to friends. See you in mail again!

hello, val, "dry point" or "point seche" is to scratch with a needle on a plate...and print the drow...the plate is metall but may be a dur plastic...i apreciate your work and your interest...

                                  friendly,  cristian

Hi Val,  No I can't make it to Paris for two reasons, I'm pretty broke right now (in sympathy with the rest of Europe) and I'm sick, age related loss of balance which with the drugs the doctors gave me means it's difficult to walk and impossible to ride my bike. Shit happens, I hope to recover quickly but am now just taking it easy.  Have a great fest in Paris, give a hug to everyone from me.

yes, val, this is a monoprint or monotyp...you can use many materials...thread...pieces of paper,lace,leafs impregnate in ink...is better if you have a press...

wonderfull your idea with photo the postal boxes...i like a lot... 

yes, if the medicine doesn't drive me crazy first!  I need to be fully recovered by the end of the month when I have appointments in Reykjavik which I really want to attend.  I'm sure I will make it.

best greets

rod

No Mark, I haven't found religion, but I found a lot of old greetings cards from the 1950's. I basically cut up all of those cards and made "tape things" out of them. Old paper is just the best. I hope some of the other ones pop up on here, I thought they looked a little different from my other things. Anyway, can't wait for your next work.

Since I'm about to put out a mail call I thought it good karma to spend the day making submissions for others calls yesterday but between projects while online finding the next thing to spark my interest I started looking at pictures.  After looking at yours I became inspired to explore the world of slide art. Interesting, each image gave me new ideas so I started slide making, now to incorporate them into art...hmmm, the dilemma. Incorporate or make them the focus...I like the idea of both.  So, how do you attach the actual slide to your work? Here's my first one but I have many thoughts and lots of slides.  Hmmmmm potty humor or slide art, a new contender for a new genre perhaps :)

Valentine, thank you for favoriting my "Sing and Rejoice" collage!  I have made another collage for you and am getting it ready to mail right now.  Hope that you like it! - Gail Anderson

It is freezing cold here too We have "Elfstedentochtkoorts"

Lino cuts. Thanks for your note, Val. Lino cuts. You wouldn't be happy with the blueberry waffles. Lino cuts. They're frozen, and by the time they reach you they'd be a soggy mess. Lino cuts. Of course, maybe you like that sort of thing! Lino cuts. Bonjour et merci from Nancy

internet fixed and position accepted...WOOHOO!!!  :)

Hi Val!  leuk jouw reactie op m'n page :) Ik ben blij dat je het mooi vond :) Ik heb intussen jouw mail art ontvangen... een panalty hmm?? ;) moeten we maar even kijken wat ik hieraan kan doen :) fijne dag!! xo Tarah (hope you can read this message in dutch without problems ;)

Hi Val! I received your collage yesterday! Thanks! I loved it :)

Thank you for the wonderful "bull's head and not-so-random-words" postcard, which came today! I'll be working on another trade for you soon .........

Hi Val Thank you for the Beatles tribute I like it. No Elfsteden as of yet

Hi Val ! Many thanks for your mail art piece to the "Take1- Film and Mail Art ?" Call, i received it today. :)

!namaste!

Don't worry about the machoness or muscles Val...I'm sure he has nothing on you in lycra :)

I accept. Lovely to meet You.

I'm sending some mail art cards by post.

Season's Greetings and Blessed Be¡

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Address:

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09006-Burgos (Spain)

Long-legged Queen stamp-headed themed postcard arrived safe and sound - and is less time than one sent from San Francisco.  Thank you, thank you.