DKeys's Blog – May 2012 Archive (20)

It just so happened that all the mail I received in one day was blue. Maybe Kat's love of sea blue is seeping into the collective unconscious. I received a wonderful envelope from Amy Irwen with these ATCs in it. The ATC holder was made by Angie. The Blue Trashpo is from Kat and I'm loving how she is including bits of trash stapled on the back for use in making trashpo. I…

She found this near a city bus stop and captions it "oh what a tangled web" *trash--not dishonesty"

From what I can make out it says

"Lack of Honesty

lie, cheat and steal to get what I want

THAT would make me betray them and lose all trust

My family would stop talking to…

This most interesting piece arrived from Pedro. I love anything laminated and these impressions of keys appear to be made with some kind of glue. He has left only the impressions of the keys and not the keys themselves. I need to figure out how to record a sound byte for his sound project         Thank you…

Great art and educational…

Tje geisha tea house image with the poetic caption, "Drink this baby, it's atomic soda

It will blow your mind back to where it was" arrived from Marie. I also feel so honored to receive a piece of Japanese sign. Marie has always said how hard it is to…

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…

Received this  inviting piece from Janine! It is made with tissue paper, paint, and some other transparent textured overlay. It is warm like her and very Fall-ish. Maybe it is Fall in Switzerland?

the mail art Gods were shining on me yesterday, because I received art from Alicia AND Nadine. the envelope is so Nadine with her offbeat humor.…

Received this fantastic piece from Alicia. It seems a departure for her as it is so super trashy! it is fantastic with unexpected folds here and…

My husbands response when he saw this card was, "So does she think you're a crazy cat lady?" I said No, she knows I am. I'm impressed Snooky allowed her to create this collage homage montage to felidae. he must be very secure in his doghood. thank you Angie! This brightened my…

Received this signature piece from the wonderful, rabbit loving, Svenja! Not sure if the female figures are transparencies, tape transfers or what, but I love the combo with the German text. the back has her rabbit stamp and a kind stamped note to the postbot "Please deliver to my IOUMA friend" that simple phrase really warmed my heart. Always a pleasure to receive mail from…

It's always great to get art from Karen. Each series she makes is different, yet shares her obvious love of layering. Love the warm tones. thank you karen!

The envelope was mail art…

Just this simple silhouette says so much about this couple. You can tell they've been together a long time. the background is hand painted and I love the choice of the simple text. Love the ephemera collection you have and it is distinctly European! thank you…

Love this creature/person, sorry looks like a fantastic and fierce drag queen to me! thank you Susan your style is unmistakable!

surprising combo of colors in this beautiful piece from Steph. As a color-phobe I am in love with the vibrancy of this thank you!

I do not know what language this is, but love the combo of imagery Angie has used here. This looks similar to the style of Bifidus Jones and at first that is who I thought this was from. Angie thanks me for keeping her multi-positions at DKult open and based on…

This is my first mail to receive from Ana and it is stunning. Also included was a beautiful leaf with a note attached informing me that her art desk was formerly known as her dining room table. She also included some bird tags(I think Marie would like) and a delicate mini trashbook devoted to stamps. thank you so much Ana…