May 2012 Blog Posts (305)

At least a hundred of loose barcodes and ad clippings in an envelope from Angie Cope.  Thank you very much.  The best label in this bunch is one that says; "Made in China or the U.S.A."  Does this just mean that they do not know?

   It is not clear to me why Angie sent me all of these barcodes.  Maybe she thinks that France doesn't have barcodes, or my guess is Angie would like another barcode piece from me.  Then again there may be other messages in this gumble ...   the extras ...…

Carina's combo of vintage sheet music and this priceless photo of the woman with 3D glasses is amazing. Her red stitching makes me think of Marie and writing the poem to go with the music seems to be a whole new genre in itself--altered sheet music! Thank  you…

Thank you Stephanie!

Thank you Cauli!

A collage and bird art with windows, very elegant done! The parrots are definitely on the run...

A note were Vizma tell us about her great vison of her Dream Artspace, hm, love the part where birds flying in to visit :))

Thank you…

A surprise from Oizy. A great collaged front attached to a brown paper sack. It had a fun yarn ribbon attached for closure, but had to cut it apart to untie...Wonderful presentation...thank you Sandra!

Great Mail Art from Diane...How many still remember "Clove" gum? Thank…

Everything about this piece if cool - from the background paper to the stitching to tie it all together..Thank you Sarah, LOVE IT *!*

Kerri, this is just beautiful...thank you!

Roberto is playing with a new technique for him.  I think those of us familiar with Jon's tape transfer method has tried some aspect of it...I really enjoyed Roberto's, especially when he chose to let the textured backing paper show through the heart cutouts...and it came with a Super Envelope...Thank you Roberto *!*…

Sue Hobbs and Karin Greenwood both live in my neck of the woods and I often bump into them at the local supermarket, but it is always a treat to receive mail from them.

Karin's quirky people so cleverly painted using all kinds of media, and Sue's lovely fabric work are their latest offerings. Thanks gals, I love them.…

Not sure what bei means, but Svenja's work is always quiet and contemplative... thanks Svenja! I love the vintage photos that people include in their work, these kids seem to be doing something in the bushes!  I think they are picking grapes. What are they doing Svenja?…

One of a few pieces from Diane over the past couple of months - Name, Language, Population, with a nice spidery drawing on the left side... Thanks Diane, your work always pleases me! Something winging its way to you at the moment.

Amy Irwen is spoiling me by sending some great pieces two days in a row - thank you Amy!!

Real flowers in it:…

Carina send this super-collage and asks "are you pretty? Why did she ask? Look at my profile pic - I'm a bit damaged, but still pretty, I think ... ? Carina used some kind of tape transfer  and a picture of a bird which didn't find her approval (crossed out). 

Together with a very kind note (thank you!) she also send this card: …

Help needed: I received this card, someone (or someTHING) is looking out from behind, and is promising "hope"! But who?

Here is the backside: 

Any…

I have received some AMAZING ART in the last few weeks and I am going to scan them very soon, tell the story and share its glory with the rest of you.

I hit a big wall of artist block (too bad it isn't made of wax I could just melt it) and I am trying to break out of it by making my lovely mother a counterfeit "Smash Book" (You can look it up on line to see what they are)  It is a big project but I think when I am done it will open my mind up to a bunch of new ideas.  I am…

Val. Hope you guys document the actual event. Dean, in looking up Recolant it seems it means from a small, boutique vineyard. Whatever it means it must be ok with you. and this piece is ok with me. :-) Thanks! Love it.…

Carina also included one of her 'easy peasy' prints "Where is your head?" Response heading your way soon Carina. and a BIG thanks. Nothing is too small from you.…

A great piece from Jim SantAmour!

I took part in a soundtrack project called "1 minute autohypnosis" that Pedro Bericat organized, and he was kind enough to send out this object.  The package contains a CD disk with all of the participants' soundtracks along with an embossed image of a 33 1/3RPM record.  Pretty cool!  To listen to all of the CDs…