E Coles's Blog – July 2013 Archive (7)

The Beauty and the Brave

I don't know what is wrong with my postman at the moment, but he seems to turn up later and later everyday. Yesterday he arrived at 5 o'clock in the afternoon! Perhaps he had been sitting under a tree investigating my mail, as yesterday I received two fabulous pieces of mail art.

The "beauty" came from Dimitra Papatheodorou in Greece. Her envelope was decorated and sealed so well that I wasn't sure if that was the art work or whether I needed to open it. I managed to slit the envelope…

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Added by E Coles on July 25, 2013 at 9:32am — 2 Comments

Mail Art from The Netherlands

I received a lovely piece of art from Leena Blom in The Netherlands today.

The slap of the letter box as the postman passes on his daily round is filled with such expectation and excitement these days!

Added by E Coles on July 20, 2013 at 12:45pm — No Comments

Mail Art from Tennessee

Forgot to add the photo to the previous post - whoops!

Added by E Coles on July 15, 2013 at 4:06pm — No Comments

Mail Art from Tennessee

I received a lovely post card from Gin today.

Added by E Coles on July 15, 2013 at 4:05pm — No Comments

Art from Argentina

Today I received mail art from Cernjul Viviana in Argentina. I don't know whether the photo I took is close enough, but my favourite element is the 20 pesos from the Banco Central de los Niños - que guay!

Added by E Coles on July 13, 2013 at 12:20pm — 1 Comment

Mail Art from Finland

I received a great piece of mail art from Carina in Finland today.

Added by E Coles on July 12, 2013 at 10:39pm — 3 Comments

Mail Art 1st July

I received my first pieces of mail art today - how thrilling! As soon as they arrived I went out into the garden and turned the wall into a gallery. The piece on the left is called Minimal: 3 colors, from Mim and the card on the right is from Val.

Added by E Coles on July 1, 2013 at 12:43pm — No Comments

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