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Mail Art Received first week of January 2011.

Ok - I got a word - a LARGE FLUXUS WORD from Ruud - an EXCLAMATION word - know what I mean?

My task I  believe is to promote this as a word and determine meaning for this word. Promote - tick - I'm starting a Group.  Meaning - tick - ZALOP means "ABSOLUTELY NOT NO WAY NEVER NADA NIX". It is to be said in an EMPHATIC…

Mail Art received 1st Week Jan 2011.

O dear sometimes this happens? A kind of ZALOP (see next blog) envelope hits your post box.  I received this from Marcia Cirillo:

I didn't need to open it - it was already open, frayed open.

"You will…

It has been a whack of a mail week from Angie Cope – FAB! I received her Alpha Man which I have seen alpharing around IUOMA, strutting his stuff. Angie kindly forwarded this from a local newspaper as I think the sculpture on Lake Michigan is fantastic.…

Mai Art received last week of December 2010.

Marie has been very quiet - nice to see you back :-)

This is Marie's contribution to The World is a Town Project.  I confess to being a little stymied?? But, I'm keen on keeping everything intact and green - the starry world of the un-intact goat. Thanks Marie - good to hear from you…

Mail Art received the LAST week of December 2010

Erni Bär keeps telling me to STOP MAKING SENSE!

He’s even writing that line to me on the outside of envelopes now.  …

Mail Art Received End of December 2010.

The Crimson Giant and the Tower of Babel is obviously  not over.  Michalis sent me a VERY interesting card which references the movie Metropolis  by Von Fritz Lang.  This movie is…

Mail art received at the end of December 2010.

This is the first mail art I have received from Eduardo the author of Paranormal Mail Art.  The title Hypertext Anomaly speaks volumes in interpreting this visually beautiful piece.  Take a bike ride through visual text. Interestingly Eduardo has pasted these newspaper images of a window over the window of the envelope .  This action blocks one view, whilst granting access to another.  The window of an envelope generally allows us to see…

Mail Art Received Week of 13th December 2010

Heather has the knack of sending me beautiful words, in beautiful envelopes. 

Poems, Hiding in envelopes, hiding in pockets. …

Mail Art Received 13th December 2010

Roland, known for his bismark-mail-art call sent this interesting card for The World is a Town project.  A world spanned by bridges, machinery, money, stains, relief and Text. And rain.  It survived the rain.…

Mail Art Received 13th December 2010

This is the first time I have received mail art from Argentina - what a wonderful surprise - a FAB collage on red for The Red Book by Comunicacion a Distancia mail artist Samuel Montalvetti.

Scanning, copying, paper, text, stamps, ink, its all here in this wonderful mellifuous collage. .

Looking at Samuel's…

Mail Art received 10th December 2010

Ok ok - I KNOW what I saw, Bifidus said I didn't so I'm not saying what I saw although I know I did. Bifidus said it was Latin and was hapic braille - that part I got - the other well...

Clue - I held this to the mirror - he said - WHAT ON EARTH FOR??? I repeat. I'm not saying what I saw because he said that's how rumors…

The format, instructions and sizing for Project 26. This project follows the same format as the Alexander book. Please use a firm paper as this helps the book remain strong in the binding process.

Instructions:

Commercial paper size - A4 - about 30cm x 21cm. Take the paper and cut in half lengthwise.

Fold the sheets and slot one into…

Collaborative Mail Art Book completed 10th December 2010.

As there is insufficient blogging space to upload all the photographs, I thought some interesting connecting pages would suffice - Bifidus Jones causes the Crimson Giant to NOT identify himself, despite potential punishment.…

Mail Art Received 8th December 2010

Stefano's note is self explanatory - "Time is Ageless" has been translated into 12 different languages - 12 world town languages - Stefano is further inviting the world into his call for peace and love. Yip - we could do with more of that Stefano! This is the first non-codex book I have received in a tree shape - very creative…

The final but not last chapter if the Crimson Giant Saga flew in on bat wings two days ago.

Elaine is asking some searching questions and drawing some interesting conclusions to The Crimson Giant. She used the word WHAT instead of WHO. By a process of elimination, he is not the alpha or omega, the be all and end all. ABSOLUTELY!…

I received this on Monday from J.J. (is that how you want to be known??) all the way from Canada. I bet its icing up there, while we SWELTER and storm? The artwork arrived in this card, also by JJ and her partner Mike. She had noticed the cat blogs and cat days and thought this appropriate - it is! The card is made from paper cut-outs - Amazing!

I…

Mail Art Received Beginning November 2010.

Across the ether eye RCBz spotted a title that tickled his keyboard.