February 2013 Blog Posts (219)

Oh, Erni!

Special packet arrived at my mail box today:

Always a joy to see the Haptic Werewolf and the 

Fan Club stampings...does that say "Smoking Kills" ?…

One of the fun things about sending out items you hate is they go away. This seems obvious, but it’s also a nice freedom about mailing everything you make. Currently I have a stockpile of about 12-15 larger items and that’s all I have of my work. At this point I’ve probably sent 500 or 600 smaller postcards. Sometimes I get images of that work back, and other times…

Arttower sent me a beautiful red abstract drawing I took the liberty of naming, Red Window,

and an expressive drawing, FUCK WAR, that is somehow connected, in my eyes, to this red window...

Thank you, Arttower and welcome back to…

A very exciting envelope arrived from Stephanie Blake with vispo cards and badges - my favourite. Love everything! To see both cards, the envelope and the badges in full visit:…

am I the only one that is thrilled they finally came out with new postcard stamps? I was soooo sick of those Hawaiian shirt ones they had for months now. Apples to apples is a big improvement

Received this from David Stafford "painting the big D"

And this mail art I sent to Horst Baur was returned literally MONTHS later due to insufficient address. I was expecting one of their uber thoughtful letters/envelopes.…

Cover of Vessels of Love by Diane Keys: This first full-length Trashpo collection by the undisputed Queen of Trash includes the complete "trashPo Manifesto" and DK's acclaimed collaborations…

John sent another fantastic boekie: "Blood Fog"...filled with vispo text images:…

Wonderful surpise arrived in Greece: Vispo from John Bennett

and one boekie is a collaboration with Cheryl Penn!

Beautiful touch-of-BLUE! Read and see:…

Nadine Wendell-Mojica sent me this awesome little bookie...

(front cover)

(inside) the first 3 are Nadines and the last 3 are mine...

did I say TINEY!  thank you Nadine…

Truly wonderful work...the first is a zentangle envelope art drawing/sticker -

(2) note card drawing/sticker ;

(3) and a wonderful double sided ATC - side 1…

I received this from KL in Malaysia today. If you know Sarah, please tell her thank you and that I will be writing.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8guqi_noel-jamet-champion-du-monde-du-cri_fun

Neil, I have fallen in love with your most recent MA piece....love the dark black overwriting of phrases and words with the shades of gray...and mixed with the backs "eye-Popping" burst of orange...(front)

(back)

thank you Neil…

Well, yes, special blog for the artful wonders of the 7th "gift".

A photomontage poster and three (3!) collages, all wonderfully created by Erni.

Check out the details of the artistamps:…

Where were we? Oh, yes, shredded wheat, er, I mean stuffings...

So opening the Haptic Erni box and there is amazing art on the inside of the box top:

Very rich, and hot RED! 'Love it :-) The "eyes" have it! Wow!

Removing ALL…