June 2012 Blog Posts (224)

Val, thank you very much for the amazing painted piece...I looked on the website and saw the poem that inspired you.. beautiful!  Your carved stamps are great, I'm thinking I need to learn how that is done!

also, sent my way, was an Add n…

Sarah sent me some "first time ever" artie items...

ATC gift tag....very cute *!*

and an Add n Pass started by Laura Daniels.UK...on to Sarah...and now on to Me *!*

this was a great add...enclosing everything so far in a…

This one is a beauty...

The Big Haul by Misuzu Kaneko, translated by dosankodebbie...

Beneath a glowing sunrise,

the fishing boats return,

loaded with Ooba…

I am very late with posting all the wonderful Mail art pieces I got so I have to start now or it doesen´t make sense any more.

Some weeks ago Ernie sent me the answer to my mousenest. From the outside everything looked like a typical Erni message

But at a point of putting away paper I startet to be a little afraid, causewhat could be the answer  on a mousenest? …

The other day in the mail, an Add & Pass that originated with "E" arrived via Theresa Williams ... I've added 2 John Lennons, a facsimile butler and bull in a frame (the original having been added to a Svenja Wahl collage that she was kind enough to send to me), and an inspirational quote about puzzles and pieces and being your own world ... a surrealistic touch if ever…

The beat goes on for Snooky ... Snooky's always up for some more "television snow".  Many thanks, Angie!

Received this amazing first ever trashbook from Janine. It is definately the thickest one that has been made to date and deserves a…

Really amazing mail art from Stephanie. The envelope itself is frameworthy. She has photocopied the art inside and made an envelope out of it.…

A large A4 envelope was tossed on the stairs yesterday,

but I retrieved it to safety and discovered delicate beauty inside, as only Marie Wintzer can create!

"A Circle" No.3 of 6...soft, large pages of leaf-pressed rice paper pulp…

Beautiful BLUE in the mail box :-)

Suus in Mokum sent a fantastic blue watercolor...and we are on a BLUE-exchange for sure :-)

Then there was BLUE surprises from Vizma...who is traveling and is now in Trinidad, mon!…

One day came "365/365" and the following day came "364/365"...back to the Future!

(See SnookyDog stamp?)

But the great thing is that Angie and Snooky have completed "365"! Congrats!

...and now on to "#1001"? …

What a bunch of garbage? NOT! FAB Pink Trashpo and mysterious "eyes" from the Artist-in-Seine: Dean Marks.

It…

This isn't Buckingham Palace, right Dean? But I don't know, maybe the Palace signs are hidden underneath the glued-on wooden fork that is plastered against the house. The Queen doesn't even look surprised by the fork. There seems to be a little consternation on her face, but I hear that isn't unusual : 

This is from Dean Marks's "Mail Art on the Road" series, of course,…

The Eugene O'Neill stamp+envelope from October 16,1967! What a beaut Bifidus sent me, and notice that he included quite an education. I learned numerous things about O'Neill that I'd been sorely ignorant of until now:  …

Two of the three pieces in Janine's anarchic-looking envelope feature leopards, among other things, including a talkative and/or brave bird. These are delightful: 

She also included another collage, more abstract and yet still we can recognize a creature in the corner. At first I thought a dog, but now am wondering if it's another wild cat in a rasta hat. In any case,…

An excellent collage that I consider a most successful "experiment in consumer consciousness," as Lynn puts it: 

It's an inspiring addition to the Kult of D! Thank you very much,…

She did this on a page of text, so that the threads are covering, or almost covering, every word. It's a fine, beautiful, and mysterious piece. This is the second time I've been so fortunate to be richly surprised by mail art from Rebecca in my mailbox. Thank you very much, Rebecca…

Plot49 alternate reality game is based upon the underground postal network in 'The Crying of Lot 49' by Thomas Pynchon. For a good introduction to the book, see 'The Crying of Lot 49' Wikipedia entry. For the game itself see Plot49 Alternate Reality Game . W.A.S.T.E.

The first TrashPo Bubbles posted on Friday, prompting the question, "What is a TrashPo Bubble, anyway?"

A little back story is needed here: The first piece of…