Christopher Skinner

Christopher, this is a friendly welcome to The Eternal Network from a celestial mail artist coming from a heavenly corner of the faraway Universe called Republik van Patland.  A perfect start here is mail-art exchange. I would like to be the other when you decide it’s the right time for you to start trading art.  If it’s the case at the time your envelope should read as follows:

The Celestial Scribe
Caixa Postal 24827
Curitiba-PR
80510-970
Brazil

II look forward to see your piece in my terrene mailbox.  Yes! I will do my homework after receiving yours.  This is nothing less than a celestial promise.  I’m Patricio, Celestial Scribe & Envelope Provider.

Welcome to IUOMA, Christopher. If you have any questions or concerns about the way mail art exchanges work here, let me know and I'll be happy to answer them. See you in the mail!--Bifidus

hello, christopher...glad to meet you here...i have an invitation for you...it's not too late, the exhibition will be latter...see the blog...greetings...

Greetings Christopher, thanks for your message, [and the compliment! %_^]. Welcome to IUOMA! I only joined in February, but it has enriched my life immensely, I must say. I would love to receive something from you, thanks! I will reply of course, eventually... I still have quite an IUOMA back-log...

Enjoy!

Thanks for including me, Christopher. I look forward to receiving your work!

thankyou, chris, for your nice work...it will be soon on the blog ...

soon an work of mine in your mail box...

                                                                     greetings from romania...

Hiya, thanks for the add. Yes, I just joined today and I was looking through people's profiles and all the amazing art. I saw your website and your stuff id great, keep up the good work! :)

thankyou...it is the last village on our south seaside, near bulgaria...and now some romanian mountins...

Hello Christopher - I received your brilliant little book today - what an eye and touch you have! Thank you so much, truly...And with the wondrous little glyphs stamp you posted in "Asemic Writing... !"

2 questions:

a: do you print your own stamps? If so, do you use pre-perf. paper, or a special scissor or puch for the edges?

b: dis you make or buy the "mail art" stamp? if you bought it, may I ask where?

Eventual reply... Thanks again!

The "first mail art" arrived safely to Republik van Patland.  It goes straight to the Patlander Museum of Fine Arts. Mail artists like you have been able to capture and translate into postal related items society’s dreams, expectations and transformations which touch people’s sensibility and consequently the social tissue. I just received a tiny bit of this love story. The "Missent to Thailand" stamp is something to write mom about. Greetings form your first post.

Thanks for all the info Christopher - much appreciated!

Unfortunately, I lost the fine motor movement in my right hand [I'm right handed] about 20 years ago, so I'm afraid that might prove a tad dangerous for me... Would you consider making & selling me one? (I understand if it's your mark & you want to keep it for yourself only of course %_^)

btw, I'm sending you a - well, a sort of "place-holder" piece until I have time to do something more substantial... I've a tendency to work in a number of different aesthetic directions, is there any particular work you saw that interested you?

Exceedingly! Every time I try to hold something down my hand shakes, thus, I'm very slow now... "Patience is a virtue" I'm always reminding myself! %_^ A brain tumor operation - it grew misdiagnosed for 10 yrs., so when they finally found it, lots of nerves were bundled into it & had to be severed. [Too much info huh? %_^]

Oh, that would be great! How sweet of you! ^_^ I've been looking for a cool "Mail Art" stamp for a while... Thank you very much indeed!

Noted. Surprise it is...

Your own letterpress - how wondrous!

Thanks again Christopher!

Christopher, thank you very much for the stunning mail art. The little book is beautiful to touch and to hold and to look at, the asemic writing mysterious and eloquent. What a treasure! I'll send you something soon.

Oh Christopher, wonderful wonderful wonderful! Thank you so much! ^_^ Was working on a small gesture for you last night, to stem the tide, as it were... will post this week...

Thanks again, truly!

It´s time for this scribe to keep a promise made recently.  I´ll keep you posted.

Hi Christopher, thank you so much for your wonderful little book, it's a beauty!

Ah, dearest Christopher, I received your stamp and charming/witty cards today - thank you so very, very much!
I also received the return of the m.a. I sent to you a while back - I think it must have made it all the way to the UK, then been returned as it took long enough! Aaaanyway, putting a little package together for you presently in which I shall enclose it [post next day or two...I'm sooo slow...] Thanks again, with all my heart! ^_^

Thank you, Christopher--I've been noticing you. Great to have you here--

The first use of your marvelous stamp on a package that [finally!] went out to you today.... Thanks again!

Bonjour Christopher! I've just worked out that you are 'letraset', and so M Letraset, many thabks indeed for the great piece that you sent me. At first, I thought it was from someone in the Arty Slides International Greoup -- if you don't know about this bit of IUOMA, and if you use 35 mm film a lot, you might want to join in. The piece that you sent me is really beautiful: thank you very much.

If, and when, I can tear myself away from the beach, I'll send you something back, but be warned that it won't be nearly as good as what you sent me.

Mercy buckets, Val

Hi Christopher, your excellent m-a arived in NY (with some bumps from the dusty trail). Many thanks pardner - really wonderful. And generally - just totally impressed with what you are doing w/ Asemics. Hope you can be active in the Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists group here  at Yo Ma; you provide a valuable perspective. You can see your m-a on the MinXus-Lynxus blog:

http://minxuslynxus2.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/minxus-mail-from-chri...

Hi Christopher, I'm glad the blog is OK with you. Scans don't really capture the excellence of the work. 

Repair of that piece is fairly easy. I accented the damage because, yes, many mail-artists do view what happens to the work in the postal system as actually part of the composition, or the performance. Not everyone is into that, but I thought I'd emphasize it for those who are.

Well, I am hoping we will continue to exchange in the future so we'll both have opportunities to get intact work to each other.

Thanks again, DVS

I meant to add - I read this essay by someone who was studying mail-art in graduate school (snicker, snicker) that claimed if something was mailed in an envelope it was not real mail-art. The work you are mailing, whatever it is, must necessarily be exposed to the elements.

This was issued as a kind of proclamation or definition. And it's TOTALLY INACCURATE as far as I know. Maybe I misunderstood the Mail-Artologist. But Ray Johnson himself mailed the majority of his work in envelopes & of course envelope decoration is an integral part that most of us love.

So I've always wondered where that mail-art "rule" - technically issued by academe - came from. Yet there is a difference between mail-art and art that is mailed, I think. There could be a case for that. 

Thanks for letting me know it arrived, Christopher, very happy you like it!

hola te dejo la invitacion para participar del proyecto arte postal-Por la no violencia hacia las mujeres,saludos cordiales olga
http://miradasypostales.blogspot.com.ar/

Grupo Toca do Lobo - Mail Art Call

Convidamos voces para participarem do nosso Projeto de
Arte Postal
Mago ou Magi, plural da palavra Persa antiga magus,
significando tanto imagem quanto "um homem sábio",
que vêm do verbo cuja raiz é "meh", significando grande, e em sânscrito,
“maha". Mago usualmente denota aquele que pratica a magia ou ocultismo;
no entanto, pode indicar também alguém que possui conhecimentos e habilidades
superiores como, por exemplo, quando se diz que um músico é um "mago dos teclados",
pois toca com perfeição o instrumento musical.

Tema: Mago
Técnica: Livre
Tamanho: A4 ( no máximo)
Inicio do Projeto: 2010
Término do Projeto: 3 / 11 / 2013

Qualquer pessoa pode participar,
Artistas e qualquer pessoa ao redor do mundo, enviando trabalhos com o tema “Mago”.
Não Haverá Júri e os trabalhos recebidos não serão devolvidos.
Os Trabalhos serão catalogados e estarão disponível no blog da Toca do Lobo sem valor comercial.
Exposição dos trabalhos online no blog oficial da Toca do Lobo e exposição em espaço público.
Os trabalhos podem ser enviado para o endereço:

Grupo Toca do Lobo
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Vila Fátima – Guarulhos – São Paulo
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Cep: 07191-191
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blog: www.tocadoloboartepostal.blogspot.com

Thank you so much! I received your mini bookie on Friday and this was my best event in this weekend! I adore your art. It is wonderful how you can give so much emotions with minimal resources, but these minimal resources ar greater than any big mailart can give. I hope there will be further mailart exchanges if only you are interested receive something from me... Because I feel like I never be able to create something so beautiful and sensitive as you.

Have a nice sunday and next week!

Anete

Hello Christopher
I have just enjoyed reading your blog. You make beautiful things! Lucky recipients!

Ah, thanks Christopher! It's great seeing your process too!

Is it okay if I abscond a few pics for a blog? I will credit you, of course!

I got some slides on Ebay almost exactly like those you've pictured (1st in your blog) - haven't used them yet, but some precious reliquary eventually...

btw/re that stamp: do you make them yourself, or do you send the design out for manufacture?

Thanks again Christopher - you have an amazing gift for Cornell-like wonder (among many things!)

Best,

Claire

Christopher, thank you so much for the wonderful Field Note boekie. Much appreciated.

POSTAL ART INTERNATIONAL CALL

Christopher! Thanks for the beautiful little boekie, the images you selected are perfect. (Poor John Barleycorn. ) The personalised envelope with all the Zs is terrific, and the diving girl- OOOF! I have to laugh every time, it's great to have you back. Thanks again!

I received the bookworm specimen in the mail today, I love it ! :D  I saw a picture of it online when I was browsing and thought it was cool, it was a complete surprise that I found it later in my mailbox, thanks for the beautiful mail, I will send something to you soon.

Your artist book from Autobiography exchange arrived! Thanks a lot, as soon as I can i will send my books out. You're amazing artists and your book is so stunning!

Best regards xxx

Ah, what wonderful news mon cher (tee hee!)

I finally finished your package last night, and just wrote the letter - PO tomorrow! (Why does everything take me so much longer than expected...? Obsessive me and details details details...) So expect something soon...

yes, i realised it very soon after my comment on artist.books, thanks a lot!

soon there will be something for you too! :))

on it's jolly way...

Ah, dearest, Dearest Christopher - I received your utterly marvelous MA today - you remembered! - thank you so, so very much! Love the stamp issue too - your ideas always send me sir... thanks again!  Best, C

Hello Christopher: Today I sent you my mail art. I hope you receive it soon. Best regards!!!!

Hello Christopher,

Hello Chris — nice to find someone I know here. Just decided to take the plunge & register, do you find this group interesting and/or useful?

Hello Christopher !  I am awaiting your MA , on which  i  will read your  precise address,

for exchanging ...I  knew a little  the Norfolk County, and very well Norwich when i was young . Where are you ?   Excuse my poor English !

 Very Friendly , Richard.