October 2015 Blog Posts (164)

Enjoy some of these documentation photos of the pieces I've received from some very artistic friends:

PETA might get after David Stafford for this one (I heard that Tara is ring-toss game challenged! She has to swim with the "slow" whale pod! Tara is restricted to the shallow end of the pool!) but David's absurd and hilarious sense of humor is giving me the giggles. (Thanks for the cow, David. I can affix it to future mailings I wanna send…

Happy package of goodies arrived from David! TOP Fashion!

How to cut 'em up and use them in mail art collages? 

or....just savor their "oldness" and keep them as treasures of the past.…

More like Run & Finish.  Ha ha, Finish, I'm so clever.  But yes, the time has come to chase my dream of completing the New York Marathon.  And tomorrow morning I'll be on that plane for the land of telephones & hurdles?…

Because C.T.Chew keeps it going with artistamps!

Some great names here:…

so don't fret if you don't see your mail here.

http://www.renateblaes.de/blog/einladung-zur-mailart-aktion-wasser/

You are welcome!

http://www.diekunterbuntekatzenseite.de/blog/mailart-no-100

Vispo by IUOMA member Jim Leftwich (Roanoke, Virginia, USA)

October 20, 2015 - I conclude the documentation of the phenom mail art package Jim Leftwich sent me with more spectacular vispo. This opening piece (above) is a superb…

in today's mail delivery...'just took a while to get here,

but this beautiful envelope was in my mailbox this morning.

Well worth the wait, as inside, Tammy did a beautiful print, paint, collage card:…

Spin the wheel in Brussels, win a road trip with Sébastien Loeb! Thank you…

A priceless and very rare accordion-style boekie! Thank you E…

Amy Irwen's postcard size work features plastic mesh & textile stitching along the right edge. Dated 09.21.15. The upper corner dolphin (from Sea World, as noted on the back) jumps above the card. Although seemingly untitled & bearing the phrase "The Monster Lives" along the bottom, I refer to this work as "Dolphin Boy". "Unlock…

I had no idea this was coming.  It arrived nicely packaged in a hand made wrapping, which I love.  I didn't want to tear the wrapping, but trust me, the paper was sturdy, blue and white stripe.  Too tempting not to recycle at some point, but for the moment I just like to look at it.  The card itself was a wonderful execution of recycled cardboard, various paints (I guess possibly both acrylic and enamel) Tissue was layered on and then more paint. It's an inspiring piece. Mille grazie…

Totally unexpected an intricate post card from the lovely Dee in South Africa.  What a delight to receive this Dee.  I've spent quite a bit of time figuring out the order of all the wonderful layers.  Of course I'd like to be your friend. Mail art going out in y…

I send Katerina  some circles and the clever girl sent me back some artwork with a few of the circles I sent her. I always look forward to opening mail from her.

Thank you Katerina. Expect something in the mail soon from me. 

  Grethe H. Bjornhaug, send me this beautiful postcard.  I remember the day I found it in my mailbox.  It was a gloomy, overcast day.  I was so tired and all I wanted to do was sit down and not move.   Grethe, please know it arrived in excellent condition.  I love looking at it over and over again.  Mail art will be going out to you tomorrow.

Thanks again for your wonderful card.…

Bonjour!

I play (badly) rock'n'roll guitar.

I play (slightly better) the alto recorder.

In France, the recorder is known as the 'flu(^)te à bec'. [The ^ is supposed to go over the u, but I can't seem to manage that].

There is another type of flu(^)te, a 'flu(^)te traversière'. This is a flute -- the type of flute that Wolfgang Amadeus obviously had in mind when he wrote 'The Magic Flute' opera ('obviously' because he didn't mess around with…