April 2013 Blog Posts (201)

Mim does some fabulous MIMinal mail art.

And I have received several of her new series

using these sliced colored strips, that were

once called "pick-up-sticks":…

From ARTLIKEART, Florida, USA.

A wonderful linoprint of her cat and a handmade envelope made out of a print:

From Mariana Serban, Romania.

Two…

Grazie "E"  per il tuo augurio per la Grecia. Spero tanto che il piccolo fiore, nascerà dal chaos.…

Small box, full of goodies from Erni, the Art Hammer!

Haptic Werewolf always on hand, as the postal gals

say: "oh, the package with the "smiling doggie"!…

Rebecca Guyver in her younger years was that shy little girl in the back of the class with the horn rim glasses.  Those days have gone, and today Rebecca is an outgoing Mail Artist, painter and artist-educator.  Her work can be found in mailboxes around the world, and I was lucky enough to have one drop into mine.

Signed, sealed & delivered:    My turn now? …

     I think I discovered a long time ago that Guido's titles rarely have anything to do with his drawings.  I always thought that this was a great idea and use a similar system sometimes myself.

     One way is to open up a book and use the title of a chapter.  Lately I used "The black spot" from Treasure Island.  Yes one of those books I chopped up.  It was a nice hard cover illustrated one as well.

     Sometime I wish I could draw like Guido.…

The show of the year and the one you will not want to miss.

The king will be there too.

Thanks Val, I hope to make it there one of these…

OH Dear, I'm not sure how Tofu is going to like my next series.  While I'm busy tearing apart very nice old hard back books to use in mail art, Tofu is making some lovely little pieces of art to hide inside books.  Will our worlds ever meet?

A great idea, and I hope it works.  Still Mail Art Friends?  Next on my chopping block is "The Quotable Churchill".  Going…

The envelope alone was great enough, but the icing on the cake was inside.

Hand painted  self portrait.  Who could ask for anything more?  But my guess it that this is not a self portrait.  Maybe just another one of those blanks.…

Susan in Amsterdam send this little gem all about Paris.  With

The detailed gold trim gives it all that much more class.

Thank you Susan, take care until the day we have Suus in…

A wonder reproduction printed on high class canvas paper.  Really pro work of printing here.  But the details images are the highlight.

The introduction

I enjoy going back and forth through the pages.  They feel good…

"A wish for Greece"

Your wish for Greece Size: Free Media: Free Number of submissions: Free No fees, no jury, no returns. Deadline:

 November 1st 2013.

I will post anything that isn't offensive. Please include the title of the work, your name, address, email address, etc. Documentation: All participants will receive an email listing those who have…