July 2012 Blog Posts (233)

It's a wood piece about 12"h x 18"w. in this picture you can see someone staned the baby's gown wrong. i don't know if thats the reason for trashing it,but my good luck.…

These two cards, from very different moments in David's life, are just the tip of the iceberg:    …

... and the unusual, winsome, and talented Morley: …

From Brasil, this beauty with spirals, doodles and colours. Wow-combination. Thank you, Giuliana.

CZ sent this amazing collage which is trading card sized. Incredible detail, very intricate on a card that is no larger than 3" long!

Hope you can join this show! Non profit literacy program holds an annual mail art exhibition in Los Angeles!

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Jen Staggs sent me a small thank you note and on the back was this handy reference guide to Jen's Pens.

Two joyous pieces arrived this week.  The first Giuliana de Fiori called 'fashion' but I guess it will need to be washed eventually... the second is something which came for Island Mailart from a local island artist, Susan Landor Keegin.  Both make me want to go…

This is from Cheryl Penn.

I received this from Sarah Churchill.

Only untill I uploaded the photo did I see AND understand what Sarah was saying on this colourful, funny story-telling-MailArt-Piece (#159/365)! Suitcase stamp? Suitcase stamp... ???? Ahaaaaa, look at the red thingy in the left upper corner, hihi. (Yes, I know my Dutch stamp collection by heart, not.) Beautiful lettering on the backside as well. Thank you,…

It was late. I had decided to retire to my inner sanctum to examine Kerri's art werk. One particular piece caught my eye. It was several hours before I was able to snatch it back because I kept seeing faces in the work. Unmistakable faces. I burst into Patti's room for independent verification. "Can you see this hippo?" She replied calmly, "You're hallucinating…

Beautiful Kim...it's all about "freedom"... Big Thanks...I love it *!*

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Lucky me, I received a bright yellow envelope from Marie with wonderful things inside to delight my senses!

Loved the graphics on the outside of the envelope...the back had artworks with collaged orange fruits to announce the MinXus Solar Festival 2012.  They looked like little tarot cards to me... the three of pentacles and the six of pentacles (?)…

...And the world is full of all kinds of magical creatures--bandits, ogres, and sorcerers!

This gem arrived in a thick wad of plastic wrap, noting on the outside the delectible contents that awaited inside, and the ominous instructions: "Open carefully; GOOD LUCK!"…

Lynn sent me a wonderful and original trashpo piece, part of a short series, and it is an honor. Much thought, inspiration, and work went into it, and the shape of no other mail art I've seen matches it: 

Please excuse poor camera quality…