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missing Elefantus!
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Today, 9th of January, he should have turned 66. Alas he passed away three years and two…Continue

Tags: ARTennius, Ennio, elephants, Elefantus

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ruud Janssen Jan 16, 2014.

Help asked: Mail art to keep the Museum Jan Cunen alive!?!
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Dear all!I wanted to ask you for a favour, or better said, ask all of you for Help!Recently I got the sad news that the Museum Jan Cunen in the Dutch city of Oss is threatened with shutting…Continue

Tags: art, mail, activist, action, museum

Started this discussion. Last reply by Heleen de Vaan Aug 19, 2013.

 

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Hannah Höch (fan club)

Some mail artists add a stamp print to their mail art, saying 'Hannah Hoch Fan Club'.Until I received these stamp prints I never had heard of this artist, who was born 1st of November 1889. She has been a collage / photomontage pioneer. She was part of the Dada movement and also became involved in the De Stijl art movement. For anyone who has a Hannah Höch Fan Club Stamp (and interested…See More
Sep 23
Heleen de Vaan commented on Dean aka Artist in Seine's group BANANAS
"Thank you for the wonderful photos, Katerina! And: Happy Banana Day! I was too busy to create banana mail art, but at least I ate a banana.."
Sep 21
Heleen de Vaan commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Two similar manhole covers in Amsterdam. On top you can see an image of the ‘Magere Brug’ (‘skinny bridge’), a famous bascule bridge in the city:"
Sep 15
Heleen de Vaan commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"An advertisement manhole cover in Amsterdam:"
Sep 15
Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) commented on Heleen de Vaan's group Orange lovers
"ORANGE street art in Hamburg:"
Aug 25
Heleen de Vaan commented on Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s blog post Haptic Erni in Hamburg
"Great photos, Katerina and Erni! Especially love the cow and stork meeting :-) It seems as if the cow is discussing some delivery matters with the stork (maybe she wonders why the stork had delivered two calves instead of the ordered single one?)."
Aug 20
Heleen de Vaan commented on Bonniediva's event ABC BOOK - ALMOST READY!
"If I saw well, the letter ‘R’ is missing? Anyhow, I’m working on an ‘R’ and will send it to you as soon as it is finished :-)"
Aug 3
Heleen de Vaan commented on Bonniediva's event ABC BOOK - ALMOST READY!
"That's great! Thank you, Bonniediva, for bringing all letters together, it looks wonderful! And so inspiring to see the variety of the combinations of letters and pictures by each mail artist. Thank you for creating and sharing, Bonniediva, and…"
Aug 1
Heleen de Vaan commented on Mail Art Martha's group Smiles & Smirks
"A flying Beluga, so funny! (and inspiring) Thanks for posting, Katerina!"
Jul 18
Bruno Cassaglia-poetartistfluxus commented on Heleen de Vaan's group Hannah Höch (fan club)
"HaaaaaaNNNNNNNNaH                                      HHHHHòch....…"
Jul 17
Heleen de Vaan commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"(Sorry for the almost upside-down posting, don’t know why they are not upside up like they are in my files)"
Jul 6
Heleen de Vaan commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"And I found an other, similar, interesting manhole cover. However, I was not able to take a picture of the upper side of the manhole cover. Because two friendly men were patiently investigating the manhole!"
Jul 6
Heleen de Vaan commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"The Dutch city Apeldoorn revisited. ‘Infiltratie’ manhole cover."
Jul 6
Heleen de Vaan commented on Bonniediva's status
"Is there any letter missing for your book? If so, which letters would you like us to make in these last weeks?"
Jun 28
Heleen de Vaan commented on Ti Ar Raden's group Under the same Sky
"summer sky 8.30 pm in Assen (in the east of the Netherlands) big pink cloud inbetween summer sky 10.30 pm in Amsterdam (in the west of the Netherlands)"
Jun 27
Heleen de Vaan commented on Ruud Janssen's group Onions
"27 June - Happy (inter)national Onions Day!"
Jun 27

Profile Information

Mail-Artist since:
2009 (and not aware being mailarting since 1979)
My Website (without http://):
http://heleendevaan.blogspot.com
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
Making illustrations is my life. Love rubberstamps, coloured pencils, watercolour, black fineliners.
And how great to see other people's creative outbursts, creative additions to envelopes. Including those by the postal services (even a pen cancellation can have it's charms). I love the small pictures stamps show. And like to communicate via art works. And isn't it fascinating how snail mail works? We put a stamp and address on an envelope and a whole system of people and transportation means is bringing that single envelope to other places.
Count up all previous words and see: Mail Art is inevitable.

P.S. If you want to create and send me mail art about your favourite (weird or common) animal I will be most happy; I'll like to post it on my http://realweirdanimals.blogspot.com blog.
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
Postbus 581
1180 AN Amstelveen
Nederland

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What or whom is she staring at?

Posted on January 3, 2018 at 12:21am 141 Comments

I've sent her to various colleague mail artists.

And great 'this is what she sees' returned home.

Of course new visions still are welcome.

Thank you very much, all of you!

Diorama from Dean

Posted on March 31, 2017 at 12:30am 9 Comments

Stamps which are almost loose but still in their place... Mail from Paris... 

That must be Dean's!

The stamps were added to an enormous box which had succeeded  to enter my p.o.box. Too big for the scanner, so I show it thanks to 'real…

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Recycled (tissue box) Art by Dean

Posted on August 7, 2016 at 7:33pm 5 Comments

Dean, Artist in Seine, is a master of 3D and recycling Art. This time I found this piece of teared mail art in my mailbox. 

The other side showed that part of this piece must has been a tissue box, according to the fresh clean tissues:…

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The Soccer Field AAP's

Posted on October 24, 2015 at 2:36pm 4 Comments

For some unknown reason I got a note-pad full of soccer field sheets. First I wanted to draw my favourite soccer team in it, but that appeared  too much work regarding the little time I have.

Fortunately some colleague mail artists are willing to help to complete the sheets.

I'll post the added-to-and-passed-on-and-returned-to-me sheets in this…

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At 7:28pm on April 10, 2024, Mail Art Martha said…

Thank you Heleen for your mail. It is hanging on my dining room wall so I can enjoy your art everytime I go by.  It has been admired and found very amusing, not just by me!

At 4:09pm on March 2, 2024, M. Mouser DiGerlando said…

Good day Art Post Maker, I love that you are in the Orange Lovers Group!!! This means that I can send you one of the Vintage Orange Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss Cards!

At 2:47pm on January 21, 2024, Mikel Untzilla said…

At 9:24am on January 21, 2024, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

At 4:38pm on December 18, 2023, Mail Art Martha said…

Thank you Heleen for your mail that arrived today. Ali is delighted, so happy with his portrait!

At 1:44pm on August 24, 2023, Kiki said…

Hello from Japan!

I already found someone to send the Add and Pass sheet but I would be happy to send you my mail art with hand-carved stamps. It would be great if we can exchange mail art :-)

At 12:54pm on July 23, 2023, Bonniediva said…

Hey Heleen,

Welcome to the ABC Book! You have letter A

To be clear: you create one page of anything starting with your letter. The size of your page doesn't matter. 

Then you send me your page and I add it to my ABC book.

Then I photograph/scan the page and post it online for all to enjoy.

Let me know if you have questions. Thanks so much! Bonnie

At 4:51pm on July 9, 2023, Mikel Untzilla said…

Thanks Heleen de Vaan

At 6:31am on June 12, 2023, Tomoe N said…

Hello. 
I was away from mail art but I started back from last month.

 I am organizing my old mail and found your mail. I like Kentridge’s works. Thank you. 
I will send you again when I am ready. 

At 1:13pm on January 18, 2023, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

Thank you, thank you, Heleen!

see the blog:

 
 
 

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