Xx Jones's Blog – December 2012 Archive (14)
Mail Received
I have received some marvelous mail from Vizma from Australia, Mim and Claire from the US, Eva from Morocco and a heavy package from Erni in Germany. I would like to blog it all properly, but do not have the time right now. It may have to wait until after the holidays. Thank you all so much for your lovely mail! I have had an amazing time here as part of this wonderful networkl
Added by xx Jones on December 17, 2012 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment
Mail Received - Val Herman
Here is official correspondence from Val. An Immigration Form (Immigration Officer's not, for official use, it says), which Val must have picked up on his recent trip to the UK, as souvenir. He added some notes of his own, that is marks and prints and dots. The paisley shape, or mango shape, is an auspicious symbol in the east ranging from Persia to India. I draw it myself…
Added by xx Jones on December 14, 2012 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments
Mail Received - Mail Art Martha
Mail Art Martha sent a small but thick envelope. Here it is. I love that IUOMA stamp, it is one of the best I have seen.
The envelope is full of treats. Firstly, I found a thick piece of paper with a collage painting by Martha.…
Added by xx Jones on December 14, 2012 at 6:43pm — 1 Comment
Mail Received - Katerina from Greece
Christmas greetings arrived from Greece in a dark red envelope with Katerina - trademark stamps. I love how these stamps can be arranged and rearranged in ever new combinations.
Inside there is a charming collage, with a shiny red disk - a bauble, a red and orange sunset plus Santa and sparkle promising fun.…
ContinueAdded by xx Jones on December 14, 2012 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments
Mail Received - Vaida from Lithuania
It's been a week of surprises. This one came from Lithuania. The envelope is very pleasing, simply decorated with paper and pencil. But what is inside?
A most beautiful and intricate card in black and white. On a black background there are delicate white dotted lines. A punched round hole contains a small paper disk held by fine white thread. Very…
ContinueAdded by xx Jones on December 14, 2012 at 6:09pm — 3 Comments
Mail Received - Dean Marks
I think this is the first X-Mas card I received this year. With Pre-Christmas-leftovers. Dean is somebody with foresight. Or hindsight? The card includes a reflection on how this Christmas card came together and - possibly - a…
ContinueAdded by xx Jones on December 14, 2012 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments
Everyday clothing
This was Assignment No. 4 in Moan Lisa's Art Academy. Starting point was a piece of everyday clothing. I might have been the only one to take this literal - I altered a ladies undershirt with paper and…
ContinueAdded by xx Jones on December 13, 2012 at 2:57pm — 2 Comments
Mail Out - A Puzzle
In the last last couple of weeks I sent out quite a few letters with various things inside including a piece of a puzzle. It is a fragment of poster of a painting; all in all there are 16 pieces. I hope all the recipients will post their piece online. The first one to guess the artist/ subject matter of the painting will receive a special price. …
Added by xx Jones on December 13, 2012 at 2:26pm — 33 Comments
Mail Received - Erni Bär
This one makes me a bit sad. Erni sent this to me after he left IUOMA less than a week ago.
The typically large envelope full of stamps and stickers on the reverse side shows a large version of Erni the Art Hammer, which as far as I know, came from Antonin Grigori. It also includes also a message: Gestapo has just left the building.…
Added by xx Jones on December 8, 2012 at 4:35pm — 6 Comments
Mail Received - David Stafford
This card does not reveal the sender, so I am making a wild guess. I think it is from David Stafford, who's pieces elsewhere are being sold for hundreds and thousands of dollars! He kindly offered to send me something for free.
I had a…
ContinueAdded by xx Jones on December 8, 2012 at 3:37pm — 5 Comments
Mail Received - Dean Marks
Some time ago Dean and I had a discussion about a particular type of vintage tourist postcards, where an image of the place is placed within the letters of the name, which I like. Dean came up with the term "raised letters". And now he…
ContinueAdded by xx Jones on December 8, 2012 at 3:04pm — 3 Comments
Mail Received - Cuan Miles
A nice surprise came this week from South Africa from Cuan Miles. A surprise because we had no contact before. However, I did send something to South Africa a while ago.
The card is a delicate collage of a piece of…
ContinueMail Received - "E" from Utopia
This letter came a while ago, but I forgot to blog it. A beautiful dark blue envelope with an angel holding scales and lots of stamp portraits of mail artists.
I recognize Erni Bär and as far as I know one shows "E" himself. Included was…
ContinueAdded by xx Jones on December 8, 2012 at 2:00pm — 8 Comments
Mail Out - Erni Bär
I had prepared a small package for Erni to send today, and as he is sadly not with us at the moment, I am going to do some self-publishing. Here are the pieces that I sent to Erni. The bar codes on the envelope are references to a recent online conversation about barcodes, which involved Katerina from Greece and Dean from France as well. The brown wrapping paper came from Erni in an earlier letter and I recycled it.…
ContinueAdded by xx Jones on December 3, 2012 at 4:20pm — 3 Comments
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