September 2016 Blog Posts (172)

...to neon.

In from Jon

The scanner did not like the neon on the front…

J.A.D.'s 'Istanbul'--mysterious, lovely, seems to belong with Jan's soft beautiful circles card. The small dots are raised, and I love the almost readable text background. Great colors in both pieces. Thanks!

This peachy summery goodness was sent back in 2015.  It came like a breath of fresh air on the mail.  Katerina must have guessed that fruit is my favourite food.  She's sent me some watermelon once: …

An A4 size collection of photos by Mike Dyar,

old images, made new:…

Thanks to Ryosuke, I'm the owner of Brain cell 953.  But shouldn't a shrine be built to house all these Brain cells?

Thank you Ryosuke.  Any Brain cell advice would be welcome from…

I got these rad two pieces almost 2 full months ago, but am just now getting around to talking about it.

Just a couple of simple images that have had their colors altered in some way. I'm not terribly familiar with how filtering images works, but I do know that there is a way to use MATLAB to detect the edges of objects in an image, and it matches the photo on the right.…

Sent from Romania back in July 2012.  Original linocut print signed Cristian Sima 15/40.

an altered paper piece entitled "chambre de la Reine"

not sure if this was an add to and return since no instuctions... this next piece is a slightly colored photo with a question on the back..

which is the left side of a cake?…

Andrea with her always creative notecards and tags...thank you so much!!!

I love the un-cancelled Alice in Wonderland stamps…

Fiorentina sent me a sample of her artwork from some of the pieces she had earlier posted online which I found so admirable. It is just as beautiful in person as it is on the computer screen. She also turned it into a little "table tent" so that I could stand it upright and admire it face-on.

Such detail and flourish! And characters with much…

We know that Russian is NOT Greek, yes? That's a book full of goodies from Elgin, ill.

though there are many letters that the Russians borrowed from Greek,so the gal says: oooh, look:…

With Coptic binding...as a most inviting boekie,

ready to add many mail art omens,

hoping it can remain in Greece...as the binding is FAB!

...with many "pages"…

Thom Courcelle (above), David Stafford (below)…

My first Mail Art piece from Lydia.  When I opened the envelope, and looked inside, the word "beautiful" came from my mouth.  This is silk painting  at its best.  Very lovely to look at and very soft at the touch.

     Thank you Lydia, it's going to be a challenge…

I am so excited every time there is mail in my box from the Dude!!!!

the mail art envie...

3 awesome ATC's

a couple of cool stickers...…

I found a wonderful and unexpected surprise waiting for me in my mailbox today! Thanks so much, Jay Block. You made my day…

This was sent to me back in August 2012.  It is not the Eiffel Tower and, technically, it is not the Tokyo Tower either.  Towers are difficult to be sent by the mail.  I very much prefer to receive a picture of it.

....yum...organic?

thank you Stan *!*