February 2012 Blog Posts (262)

The color test worked fine, but the story was a different story ...

But the story made "the Eye" see red.…

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Yes, Erni can even strike again with a small package.  As children we always thought that Ausland was our German grandmother's kitchen.  She would always smile and say; "AUS KINDER, Aus out of my kitchen"  or maybe she said raus.  Yes, I remember, it was RAUS KINDER!

But in the end, before we went home, she would always give us gummi-bares just like Erni sent.  He knows everything, and this was a great package with lots to eat.  Thank you.…

Another one made, waiting to be mailed!

There's nothing boring about mail art. So, the front of an envie should be just as sexy as the back. I want to push the envelope a little bit more, so I've decided to add a short story or story bits to the backs of mine, once in a while. Then I can say, "Um, the post office published one of my short stories." Then, too, maybe recipients will be less inclined to toss my letters. Well, maybe.…

Yes, today, Tuesday was a GOOD Mail Art Day at Glinou 20!

(Note that postage stamps had fallen off, too slick was the paper? But my post gal kept them in her hand and delivered them to me along with the mail art from Marie...thus NO postage-due ;-)

Well, for sure, Marie sends amazing hand-crafted envelopes of fine Japanese...ads.

And while she…

This most beautifully layered--textured-trash poetic card arrived in Greece today from Torma Cauli.

There are many layers of "stars and stripes" it seems.

And a softer textured material in Greek blue and white.

Folded, over…

I know I already posted this on my own blog (My iPod is My Sketchbook), but I really thought this was too good now to share. So, I give you the Fantastical Envelope from Debbie Clandening by Golly!

Mail-art by Human Artist Vending Machine, Ltd (Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, USA)

February 21, 2012 - Somewhere along the Beaten path, old friend Brent Leopold became the Human…

Even I have been introduced to the mysterious world of the barcodes by Dean. It's an amazing world and it has for instance learned me to look and wait for the unexpected! Barcodes ARE human!…

From Ruud Janssen - a new FLUXUS word - which brought me to the question of language - YES I KNOW - AGAIN!!!

I read somewhere that language can be seen as the ‘signature’ style of conceptual art.  From the late 1960’s there was a  breakdown in distinction between the space of the publication and the space of exhibition.  Words flew from books, publications and the…

How did he do it? We thought he went simply to quietly celebrate his 39th birthday:

Striking way to visit and come home from Mont Blanc, eh? Most original--the ice cube kills me--as we've come to expect from Dean. Thank you, Dean, this mystified…

Got an unexpected mail surprise from New York this weekend...somehow I was lucky enough to have been chosen and entrusted with a shred of the Elgin Shroud (maybe with miraculous powers),  a Barbie valentines and a bit titled "cerealism"  that made me laugh.Thanks DeVillo, got some Lucky mail going out to you tomorrow with a promise not to carve RK, DK, OK or…

WE WERE WALKING THE DOGS IN THE WOODS AND FOUND ALL THESE DOLLS AND TOYS SOMEONE DUMPED IT WAS SO SAD.…

It's a Dean of course :-) Dean is making mail-art even when on vacation and having his birthday. This is a thank you card for the birthday wishes, which is so very nice of him. Dean went on a skying weekend during which he met the banana family, who made a big impression on him, so I am a little bit concerned about the Bar Codes. Am I holding one of the last…

It's a little bit hard to see but they are there alright, right in the middle. Dark wall's fab MinXus stamps. Between CP-SA and Katerina. Don't they look great with their little crowns? A chuffing sight, thank you Ryosuke, and Dw chan of course.…

Red is king, thank you Katerina and Prettylily for those great cards and the wishes!!…

Those are my first cards from both Brittany and Daniel, it's always nice to have new pen pals! Thank you for sending!…