Svenja Wahl's Blog (193)

A new secret from Frieder Speck arrived a few days ago. He named it "Thinking about words" and emphasized that this one was REALLY secret, so I first thought about not blogging it at all, and just giving Nancy a hint about it ... but I didn't want to stretch things - and it's just tooooo wonderful. 

It's an accordeon-binded piece with great combinations of…

I'm not sure if "intricate" is the right word I got our of the translation tool - it's a wonderful piece of art with many layers and languages and fabrics and asemic writing and geometric writing and just writing - I really love it, thank you so much,…

My first art I received from Nancy Bell Scott, I saw the wonderful pictures of her art, but now I have the real thing! And it's a bag of surprises, her wonderful card, with a special poem inside:

And an extra card, and some stamps: …

A wonderful small black package, I don't know if I should open it? I think it should stay a secret. The envelope is absolutely fabulous, too. Thank you very much, Frieder, I love it. 

Great mail art from Sarah (BarnArt), a huge cup of tea (I'm a tea addict, too, Sarah) with a real string attached to it (yes, it made it through the postal system!). On the (missing english word, the thingy that hangs on the end of the other thingy that hangs in the cup... ??) there is a quote from Eugene Delacroix:

"Artists who seek perfection in everyting are those…

I received a wonderful letter from Nadine Wendell. An old picture of her childhood room with the handwriting of her mother saying "Nadines room, pink and white", and a fitting image of another childs room. I can't really describe it, and how touching it is. I have sent Nadine some art including a picture from an uncle of mine and she said she would return something from her…

And another mail which made me really happy yesterday: Edward Schäfer sent a huge poster with a quote from a letter Marcel Proust. I'll have to move in a few weeks, and the poster will sure get a special place in the new home. Thank you very much, Edward, you made a Proust afficionado so…

Yesterday I found a marvellous rabbit in the mail box: Judith HeartSong sent one of her wonderful coloured art works with a picture showing a part of the Dentzel Carousel in Glen Echo where Judith lives. Thank you very much, Judith, and: give a rabbit, take a rabbit (meaning: there is another one on its way to Glen Echo…

A poetic envelope from Thom Courcelle, the fellow liam traist. His reversed  stamp was on the backside, and inside were some stickers with his stamps, - I love them! Thanks!

Great postcard in the mail from Yvonne Neldel, she doesn't know it but I love red polkadottis. Thank you very much! Danke und liebe Grüße Svenja

I got a wonderful envelope from Frieder Speck! The photo isn't as good as the real picture, it's already too dark to take a good photo - but I was so excited that I have to post it now!

Inside was a fabulous piece of art, which reveals that someone (Frieder?) can't keep any secrets! I love it, the tiny heads which are glued behind the…

Yesterday I received a smelling tobacco postcard from Nadine Wendell. It contains a chinese cigarette pack and Nadine wrote that she found it on the ground. There is a terrible picture from teeth after years of smoking (I guess, can't read Chinese ;-) So it's two in one: a strong warning against smoking and wonderful mailart!

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