February 2013 Blog Posts (219)

Tina sent a fantastic New Year postcard celebrating Chinese New Year!

Bright background;slick paints for the snake;plastic overlay attached with brads...mailed as is and I received it in excellent condition...thank you Tina for this great piece *!*

Thank you Jon *!*

A colorful calligraphy practice sheet by Suus...

We thought this had been lost in the mail; the postal date sent was 01.07.13...so glad it finally arrived in great condition!

Thank you so much Suus *!*

Someone, somewhere told some people something about MomKat having a 7 OH birthday?

'Cause there is a continual flow of birthday mail art STILL coming to Greece!

Thank you all so much! xxx

From Marguerite Keen, came the above…

"CELEBRATE"

I am still celebrating, oh yes! Feast your eyes on this beauty from Thom.

It came folded in a bit larger that A4 envelope...fun images and messages on the outside:

And a folded "letter" ( I say huge "epistle!") is…

Simple yet WOW.  An old Paris map (doesn't have the velib (bicycle) stations, and a 153 year old letter in French.  Not to be mistaken for a French Letter. Yes you can google it.

   The letter in French was stamped in Newcastle on Tyne, UK (where Val comes from) on March 13, 1860.  Amazing how the two go together so well.

Thank you Mim, material do…

Very playful work that invites the viewers to interact ;)   Thank you…

What a great birthday surprise was in my mail box from Jon Foster.

Who remembers those recording tapes and "portable" tape machines? ( I do :-0 )

It is a really  old, "vintage" tape box, and it is full of wonderful mail art omens and treasures,

(no trash here :-) …

I just recently burned my lab scrubs (and all of my body hair!) in a terrible methart explosion as I was shake-and-baking some speedy art for my dearest pal Ernie.

Grigori…

 'Erni Mail' is so recognizable. JA Erni, once again fabulous. Love the Stanley Kramer inner envelope. and am i wrong to say the teethy drawing is yours?  The whole package is haptically delightful. Thank you, I'm sa·ti·ated.…

To see the shocking insights in full visit:

http://thepostalleger.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/shocking-insights-from-vizma.html

This GOTIJ piece REALLY is.  To see its exquisite beauty visit:…

Such a wonder they are! Thank you SO very much…

"E" sent a full packet of his fantastic portrait prints of mail artists.

Now I need HELP with identification...

First person to get all correct wins a mail art prize (to be determined later :-)

Great envelope stampings, too..."E" is a genius! A FluXus Flurry!…

Fabrication Franҫaise n’est-ce pas:

And Dean is the hero of mail art text collage. Pages and words piling up like the snow outside, creating some great texture. And everyone knows I love maps and stamps. I'm glad this piece arrived safely--the old patina…

The Bennetts sent a most wonderful packet full of Vispo gifts for my 7 OH day!

Artists' stamps and ATC from C. Mehrl Bennett,…

The "mighty sacred trash heap," you see, is "immortal," and very much, "not dying."…

That house is on water!…

This lady looks exhausted after chasing this bear to get her shoe back. What a fab collaged postcard from Svenja!

SIX slides from Sue!! (even though I told her not to send any!! Long arty slide story...) And the backs are always worth a…