December 2011 Blog Posts (258)

Great ATCs from Cuan!  Thank You!

Fun piece from Svenja!  Thank you!

Everytime I receive a piece of mail from Mary England, I can feel the LOVE.  It's so obvious that she has great fun fun with her creations.  This card features two hearts on the from, and another on the back.  Three X LOVE.  Tiny sparkles cover the front.  Thank you, Mary.  Your mail always brightens the…

Katerina is even still numbering her cards. #367/365 and #368/365: 

That's the spirit. Katerina is doing special things with stars and U.S. handmade paper these days. These are really lovely and uplifting, Kat., thank you so much.

Mim sent…

A couple of amazing Mail Art projects received in Book form... one from Marie Wintzer and another from Rob of Inkovia, both from the opposite side of the Pacific...

Marie's envelope was fascinating in and of itself--an impressionistic cityscape depicting people walking among the streets, between buildings, old and new, on a sunny-yellow day.  It's BEAUTIFUL…

Got a used Yogi Tea bag from Richard Canard made into this found object mail creation. My favorite bit of wisdom from the tea bag philosophy is this: "Don't sleep counting sheep. ount blessings then sleep." Seriously, these are better than fortune cookies. Thanks Richard, but I will not be like my deceased Aunt and re-use it. Recycling must have its';…

Was lucky enough to get a postcard from Val of this beautiful artwork and Greek and Brittish stamp. The best part is an asemic message on the back. Kindly he has decoded it for me and I think his cats have told me they love me:) Tell whichever one lays on your art to move their big body and let you create! Thanks Val you made me…

This is one of the most exciting conceptual pieces I have received to date. The first thing I saw in the mailbox was a videocassette size box that said "Empty" on the side and on the other it says "This package contains nothing but what you imagine to be inside. Don't open it. You'll be disappointed. The drawing on the outside of the box is amazing and I take it as a self portrait-she'll tell me if I'm wrong. So, what is inside the box? Did I open it? I did actually, against her better…

Part – 1 (page 1-439)  and Part -2 (page 440-919) of the book “Where the Secret is Hidden” , Collected Essays, 1979-2011 containing 106 essays written over 30 years on the 20th Century cultural avant-garde including Duchamp, Cage, Mail Art, Fluxus, BiY, zine and artist publishing, international cultural networking, performance art, rubber stamps and other artistic mediums the mainstream considers marginal. Each essay is illustrated with the publication in which it first appeared or an…

A great surprise reached me with the card from Jim. A new kind of work I love the black, white red colouring and the composition. And I found the letter ß. I love this letter, its a little old fashioned like me, so the piece gets a familiar. Thank you very much Jim!…

Nice envelope from Karin Greenwood (my first) with add and pass in it, Another letter from Guido Vermeulen , brilliant colours, black ink beautiful! And the magazine 22 from Susanna Lackner with pieces from 21 other artists very inspiring and wonderful pages. Thank you very much, fantastic work!…

Svenja Wahl sent me two letters, now I know why I like her work so much and why it is so fascinating. She manages it to put with a few additions or some lines a new tenor to the picture or she puts the picture near the real deeper sense with her words or lines…

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Boo Cartledge, one of the Mailart 365 members, is now enjoying that satisfaction.  She met the goal of 365 pieces of Mailart - in 365 days!  I recently received this lovely card, from her, collaged with cloth, paper & photo.  It was so sweet of her to send this to me, as I remember admiring it and telling her so.

I congratulate Boo and all…

Stamp from Fluxus Fest 2011 sent by IUOMA member Skybridge Studios (North Manchester, Indiana, USA)

December 9, 2011 - In a previous blog I wrote…

Nancy sent me one of her wonderful paintings. She wrote elsewhere that they are made with ink and a bamboo pen or a piece of broken glass. She wrote "New creatures for you, Svenja" on the reverse side - so we have to look for the creatures in the painting. Ultra-wonderful-super-work, Nancy, thanks a lot!!  …