Marie Wintzer's Blog (353)

RED - from Lesley Magwood Fraser

The South African connection is growing, and I'm very happy about this. I saw this beautiful lino print on Chery'l blog a couple of weeks ago, and one comment was enough to bring it to my mailbox. Lucky me! This is one of my favorite colors, and I really like the way the denser parts of the ink melt into the brighter areas. You can't really see it on the picture but the thick… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on February 27, 2011 at 10:48pm — 2 Comments

Natalie Rose Craven's map project

Natalie is collecting hand drawn maps for her project, I'll try my best to send her something back. I'm thinking of something about the intricate Tokyo metro, let's see.
Thanks for the invite and the map to the studio, Natalie!

Added by Marie Wintzer on February 27, 2011 at 10:47pm — 20 Comments

Arte Correo 2 - from Viviana Cernjul

Bain de couleurs with this mail from Viviana Cernjul. This is the work of a meticulous little mail art ant, all the lines of the envelope are cut out and glued on, and some of the circle inside the square are too, if not filled with felt-tip pen. A lot of work!

Thank you Viviana!…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 26, 2011 at 6:40am — 1 Comment

This better not go in the trash - from Lin Collette

A fun envelope from Lin Collette, with ATC. Thank you Lin!…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 26, 2011 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Under the needle... - From Lauriana Glenny

I'm so happy Lauriana included me in her mailing list for this series of her, her work is just amazing.

The envelope is so original, it looks like vintage leather. It was also very tightly sewn closed, I had a lot of fun opening it with my mini scissors :-)…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 24, 2011 at 11:57am — 2 Comments

Some say the world will end in fire... - from Deborah Davidson

Etegami painted postcard with quote, by Deborah Davidson. Thank you Debbie!

Added by Marie Wintzer on February 24, 2011 at 1:30am — 3 Comments

Sandpo (special monkey delivery) - from Katerina Nikoltsou

I don't mean to brag (well, only a little bit), but I am still (no matter what some people might think) the number one mail art psychic in the house. A couple of weeks ago as I saw the picture of a monkey stealing Katerina's sandpaper on De Villo's blog, I predicted that some sandpaper monkey mail art would turn up very soon. Not only did it turn up, but it turned up in my…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 23, 2011 at 9:09am — 4 Comments

Red dyptich - for Katerina Nikoltsou

Added by Marie Wintzer on February 22, 2011 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

My World Is A Town

Thank you for inspiration, Jen, your transparent postcards were…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 22, 2011 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

I Was a Bone of Contention (no bone to pick) - from Cheryl Penn

Bone (n.) 1. The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.

One fine day a mad but oh so talented woman in South Africa decided to make a book of bones. This has to be one of the greatest books…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 21, 2011 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments

Itaca (Buonanotte Regina) - from Alfonso Filieri

I am the very lucky owner of two Ithaca/Itaca booklets. You remember the first one by Katerina Nikoltsou, pamphlet of paper and sand. This one is from Alfonso Filieri and I was equally blown away when I opened the envelope.

Alfonso's work with paper is just amazing. Crumples and scratches and subtle layers of wax give so much depth to an already beautiful thick…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 20, 2011 at 10:54pm — 5 Comments

Asemic Red(s) - from Karen Champlin

Valentine's day brought me a fantastic package from Karen. A package that has been through a lot! If Karen voluntarily aged and dirtied the envelope, great job, because it looks very real! If on the other hand it is the work of the postal system I demand apologies! :-) I mean, how did they manage to poke a hole through it? (those damn holes are following me alright...).

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 18, 2011 at 12:11pm — 3 Comments

England's favorite landscape - from Valentine Mark Herman

It took me a while to find out who sent me this card because I don't have any IUOMA friends in England. I know Valentine goes back and forth between England and France, and thanks to Bifidus' blog I am sure he is the sender.

I am very fond of everything… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on February 16, 2011 at 11:09pm — 1 Comment

Tokyo nights nr... I lost count - for Cheryl Penn, Lisa Iversen, Ahmet Demir, De Villo Sloan, Bifidus Jones

You must be sick of the Tokyo night series by now (I know I am!). I will keep sending them out but those will be the last ones I upload on the blog. I need space for new things :-)

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 16, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Boekie 1 - done!

After a lot of sweating and swearing and dozens of needle pokes, I finally finished Boekie 1. I know there are several architectural mistakes, but hey, it's the first one, and I quite like it. It will contain Cheryl Penn's correspondence. I now need to (slowly) tackle Boekie 2 for other received mail. It will have to be quite different to accommodate all kinds of formats including A4 pages. Hmmm, I don't have a clear idea of what it should look like yet...

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 15, 2011 at 10:34pm — 8 Comments

Blisspo - from De Villo Sloan

When I cannot look at your face

I look at your feet.

Your feet of arched bone,

your hard little feet.

Those are the words of Pablo Neruda. Nothing arched or hard here, only the sweetest feet ever, gently resting on a Byzantine floor, so light they could actually be floating. Just one look at this card and a…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 12, 2011 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

4079 - Year of the rabbit - from Lisa Iversen @ Skybridge Studios

What are rabbits up to in their spare time? For all I know they might be tap dancing, but today Lisa is revealing another one of their favorite activities with this postcard: shadow hands (literally)! Unbelievably cute and funny :-))

4079 refers to the year 2011 according to the Lunar Calendar. Oh yes, it is that late already...

Thank you very much Lisa, this is a…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 10, 2011 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Tokyo nights nr10,11,12,13 - for Karen Champlin, Angie Cope, Grigori Antonin, Helen Amyes

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 9, 2011 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Puzzle envelopes - from Ahmet Demir

After I sort of messed up his envelopes last time I thought that Ahmet would give up sending me puzzles, but it seems like he is a very nice and forgiving person :-) This is the third set of envelopes I got, and I am going to repeat myself but, wow, how much work behind it! Millions of colorful dots for this stunning result.

The puzzle came in a sexy sleek no hear-no…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 7, 2011 at 11:28am — No Comments

Work in progress

Added by Marie Wintzer on February 7, 2011 at 11:00am — 14 Comments

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