Jay Block

Male

Bridgewater, MA

United States

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Mail-Artist since:
Curator and Supporter
My Website (without http://):
http://www.bsuarts.com
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
Because you meet the best people ...
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Jay Block
Bridgewater State University
40 School Street, Rm 101
Bridgewater, Ma. 02325

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  • The Blessed Father

    The air poodle art was done as a  t-shirt  design.  What size t-shirt do you wear???   BF

    Jan 19, 2013

  • Karen Champlin

    Hey Jay,  Thanks for the great postcard!!!  I love the 3D effect.  I'll get something in the  mail  soon.

    Jan 23, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Jay. . . what a great sheet of stamps, thank you very much. I'll try and send your t-shirt later this week. I hate going to the post office.  BF   Thanks again

    Jan 23, 2013

  • Carlos I. Botana

    POSTAL ART INTERNATIONAL CALL


    “jailart”

    Proxecto Cárcere calls artists to participate in the open, international project 
    for the old prison of A Coruña to become a Selfmanaged Sociocultural Center.
    The works will take part in an exhibition this year.
     It will take place inside or outside the prison, abandoned and disused at present.
    A picture of each work will be uploaded in jailartproxectocarcere.wordpress.com
    For further information please visit our blog: proxectocarcere.blogaliza.org 
    or send an e-mail to proxectocarcere@gmail.com

    Subject: Jail
    Deadline: 1st June 2013
    No measurement limits
    Free technique
    The works will not be returned and will become part of the archives of Proxecto Cárcere.

    Send your works to:
     
    Carlos Botana
    Avda. Gral. Sanjurjo, 62 - 2º
    15006 - A Coruña
    Spain

    Jan 31, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Watch your mail box. . . you have a post card + a very rare sheet of stamps coming.  BF 

    Feb 6, 2013

  • Christine Coppa

    Jay,

    Thank you for your friendship and you are most welcome for the valentine.  I was not sure if you were part of IOUMA when I received your collage post card; or I would have thanked you more personally....  Thank you for your art!  Looking forward to trading more mail..... Great idea about a mail art exhibit!

    Feb 6, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    You should blog the the history of Santa Lucrezia, the stamps will make more sense to people. BF

    Feb 7, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Received your stamps. . . very cool. I read something you wrote to someone, that you get sheets that are perforated and somehow line them up. How-in-the-hell do you do that? I

    have a perforator, maybe we could work something out. How much do you pay for sheets?

    BF

    Feb 14, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    We paid $400 for the perforator and an equal amount for shipping from the midwest, shit it must weigh 500 pounds. I like the mini sheets ( I can get 3 or more per sheet), that way I can use a regular envelope.  I sometimes use gummed paper sometimes not but always use a gluestick,  If you want me to perf some stamps, or if you want perfed blank sheets in a size not available to you, let me know  BF

    Feb 15, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    I did some triangle stamps a few years ago. The first roll was upside down, next row upright,

    next upside down etc etc. USPS did some triangle stamps in the 90's, I copied their layout. I'm lucky to have a local rubber stamp manufacture that lets me use their equipment. They use to offer free classes in stamp making. After I design new artistamps, I make a cancelation to go with.  BF

    Feb 15, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Out of  curiosity, how much do you pay for blank perfed sheets????? Maybe I can help defer the cost of my 500 pound perforator.  BF  

    Feb 15, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    If you want any cancelations or rubber stamps I can beat the shit out of their  prices, they $39.95 for a custom cancellation. . . Holly Crap. I'll do it for $10 plus postage. I noriced their perforator has a motor, mine is foot operated. Thanks for the info.  BF

    Feb 15, 2013

  • Rebecca Guyver

    Love your vispo postcard.  I have blogged it here:http://thepostalleger.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/j-block-vispo-postcard...

    Feb 20, 2013

  • Carina

    Glad to hear my boekie has arrived, Jay!

    Feb 23, 2013

  • Cayte Catastrophe

    Hello Jay! Thank you so much for the artistamps you sent! I have been wanting to get into making my own for awhile now. Could you share how you make them? Is it comp software? How do you perf your paper? I was thinking about using a sewing machine. Thanks again, perfect time for inspiration!

    Feb 25, 2013

  • Cayte Catastrophe

    Ahhhh, photoshop. If I had the time to learn it I would! I've been on the site you posted. It was the first time I realized artistamps were serious business. After reading a bit I ordered some of this stuff to play around withEver use it?

    Feb 27, 2013

  • Christine Coppa

    Jay,

    You are a wonderful collage artist.  Each time I look at your postcard, I discover something new!  Thank you!

    Mar 5, 2013

  • Amy Morton

    Jay , Thanks for the great postcard...got it today! I've made and sent something for you also. Should be your way shortly. 

    Mar 19, 2013

  • xx Jones

    Apr 3, 2013

  • xx Jones

    Oh, I think I may be a day early!

    XX

    Apr 3, 2013

  • xx Jones

    So is it today? Happy Birthday and many happy returns! With perfect timing, I got your letter with the fantastic sheet of artistamps today! Thank you very much!

    Apr 4, 2013

  • Kendra Given Carter

    Hey there! I received your post card a couple days ago. I've already sent one off for you. There was no postage on your card or any markings, I'm perplexed how it arrived, unless you found a magic way to bypass postage...either way, glad it arrived. Certainly a nice treat to find in my box. 

    Apr 5, 2013

  • Susan McAllister

    Thanks, Jay. I love all the stamps.

    Apr 15, 2013

  • Neil Gordon

    Jay, Got your wonderful postcard!!! Raw- collage/trashpo spirit!!! See you in the Mail & thanks for your work on the gallery at Bridgewater!!!!!!

    Apr 15, 2013

  • Keith S. Chambers

    Hi Jay, I received your card today, Mechanical Ladies #4. Thanks!

    Apr 16, 2013

  • Valentine Mark Herman

    Thanks for the postcard, Jay -- it's going in my World Beating Post Card Exhibition. And, when I recover from that, I'll send you something back.

    Regards Val

    PS What are you studying at Bridgewater?

    Apr 16, 2013

  • Bethany Lee

    Thanx for visiting my mailbox with your cool collaged pc! I'll see you in the mail soon!

    Apr 26, 2013

  • Keith S. Chambers

    Helmand Province Harvest Festival. Thanks for the postcard Jay [and the wonderful envelope too]. I'm feeling very sleepy . . . Dorthy looks to be dreaming her way through the festivities.

    Apr 30, 2013

  • DKeys

    Hi Jay, if I didn't already=== I thank you for the card and envelope!

    May 4, 2013

  • El Taller de Zenon

    Artistamps Sheets Exhibition

    Exhibition of received works. El Taller de Zenon. Artistamps Sheets Call.

     

    At birth, stamps live all together in a sheet and they come away from it when they become adults...Create one or more than one stamps sheet. Any theme, any medium.The "Taller de Zenon" will send you some of his own sheets recently done and all the received stamps sheets will be exhibited in this blog.

    Size: A4 or A5. Any medium.

    Deadline:
    *THE DATE LIMIT IS ENLARGED UNTIL DRAINING THE EDITIONS
    Any theme (See some suggestions)

    Send to:
    Miguel Jimenez - El Taller de Zenón C/ Santa Maria de Guia 1 - 4C ES-41008 Sevilla, España

    Suggestions:
    Eroticism always had been one of the motors of human being ¿Is it still a motor at the present time? ¿Was it affected by the actual global crisis? Consider the option to work about eroticism as a theme in all the possible ways, the requiered size is suitable to develop it, and it will be interesting to prove how the actual crisis is affecting eroticism in connection with Postal Art.

    Jun 28, 2013

  • Amy Morton

    Jay - I got your nautical cyclops pop-up card yesterday. It is delightful...I love it! I'll get it posted shortly. Thank so much...it is one of my favorites ever! Amy

    Jul 12, 2013

  • Amy Morton

    I blogged and posted photos of your amazing pop-up today.

    Jul 16, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Yes, I can make rubber stamps. The stamp will only be as good as the original
    art. Original should be black and white. What you emailed me looks like a stencil. Do you want that image or can we substitute a different light bulb and new copy?? Let me know. BF

    Jul 18, 2013

  • jon foster

    Thanks so much for the fold out comic card, great stuff!

    Jul 22, 2013

  • Ana Karina

    Thanks Jay for the surprise pop up card! It was hiding among the catalogs i got in the mail a few days ago. 

    Jul 31, 2013

  • Jan Ketonen

    Love the card you sent- very cool! I was intrigued when I saw the clever cancellation method of the post office employed so as not to wreck it- or I assume thats why (a black ballpoint pen!) :). I'm currently working on some stuff to mail out so my work will be visiting your mailbox in the coming weeks! :)

    Aug 1, 2013

  • David Stafford

    Jay,

    A picture of the Fun Factory in 1911.

    Aug 6, 2013

  • Amy Morton

    Hey Jay, I got your art stamps today...thank you! They look great! Take care - Amy

    Aug 6, 2013

  • vizma bruns

    Hey Jay! I'm a bit confyoooozed. I received your gorgeous tongue aerobics/linguistics stamps- which I love, but I don't know if I've responded, let me know if I sent something or not, otherwise I'll get something to you ASAP!! Cheers! ;-)

    Aug 10, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Yes, I can make you 3 stamps. . . is the size ok? The stamps are made out of poltmer, it's a
    synthetic rubber. They will be mounted on a padded backing ready to put on the wood block
    of your choice. If you want a different size let me know by this coming tuesday. Rick

    Aug 14, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Jay, I own a perforator with a good friend. . . it's now staying at my house. If you send printed
    sheets of stamps I can perf them for you. You have to understand that that it's done my eyeball
    so there can be fuckups. That understood, let be know. I like doing the mini sheets, you can send something special without sending a whole sheet of stamps. BF

    Aug 14, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    The stamps are on a backing. . . peel off the paper and mount on the wood of your choice. . .
    I'm sending you stamps, you have to mount them yourself. BF

    Aug 15, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Jay I won't have a chance to make your stamps until next week

    Aug 20, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Made your stamps today. . . will mail later in the week. My car is in the shop. . . so maybe Friday. BF

    Sep 18, 2013

  • Joaquim Lourenço

    Hi Jay, I reveived your wonderful card today. Thank you so much.

    Sep 23, 2013

  • Neil Gordon

    Jay thanks  for the wonderful collage! Very "trashpo"!!! See ya in the mail!!!!

    Sep 27, 2013

  • Petrolpetal

    Hi there

    I love your collage/photos ! Something is on its way to you from me.

    Sep 27, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    Jay. . . your stamps left San Diego today. Peel off the backing and mount on wood block. Once mounted, take a mild soap and a soft brush and clean off the baby powder, and your good to go. BF

    Oct 1, 2013

  • The Blessed Father

    WOW JAY. . . . what a great magazine, and I even have my own page. Are you selling them thru IUOMA? It is really well done. Thanks Again BF

    Oct 10, 2013

  • Petrolpetal

    received your underground telephone cable card - loved it! Also the laughing class stamps! mails out to you in return!

    Oct 19, 2013