David Stafford's Blog (206)

Some time before the dawn of man, Suus sent me this little guy. It eluded my blog grasp until now. Those patterns....how does she do it? This is labor intensive art, people. Lots of magic markers, lots of time, lots of listening to Phil Glass in the wee hours of the night. Thank you,…

Alicia has sent me two pieces and before a third arrives I thought I'd better get on the stick. A greek chorus atop an electrical diagram and on the back side a personality switch swatch book. I was Tim for three weeks before anyone noticed the lipstick on my collar. Exclusions included.…

Way back in June Marie sent me this lovely poem. A Precision Collision of East and West, a silent sepia movie with libretto by Brion Gysin. Low comedy and high art. The order may be mangled but I'm not entirely sure the narrative thread suffers from the tangle.…

And away we go....

Angie has sent me two cards since I last blogged her stuff. Some of these go back to early Stonehenge. I favor the cow one as it has a certain musical quality and it suggests a collage made of old…

Okay, an apology to those who have been patiently waiting for me to blog their pieces. I received the following yesterday.

As you can see there seems to be a theme which implies a certain urgency here. On the left we have…

Here is just a portion of the stuff I've received since ...April? Bad, bad, Dave....(He smites brow mightily.) Maybe the oldest piece of mailart in my inbox was Katerina's birthday greeting. (Still smiting). But I think I have a pretty damn good excuse. Sorta....not so much...…

I've got a ton o' stuff to blog and I will get to everyone but here's some recent acquisitions...sort of recent. Ana Karina from Florida sent me a collection of things in this envelope.

The cool contents…

This is just an artist's rendering so don't get all excited. Moan Lisa has a little problem with presentation ie these beauties came stapled together like a stack of receipts. Please, people. This is your art and it's pretty cool...do not staple...if you have to tie something together bike down to Hobby Lobby and get some raffia, or green duct tape or…

Okay, let me say at the outset that I've received a lot more stuff since April which is not included here because it's basically just trashy crap. It's a joke, people! Oh my, I could almost feel the hackles rising around the world like the ridge on a Rhodesian Ridgeback. No, the reason it's not here is that  time runs out. But I will blog them and soon. As the…

Actually I found it under my bed. Several months ago I horrified Nancy by losing her artwork immediately after it arrived and then blaming the disappearance on our overzealous cleaning person, Consuelo. Oh, I am evil to the core. Anyway, I was cleaning up the filth next to my nightstand and thar she blew, the smell of Kordite was in the air. Consuelo, forgive…

It's so hard to be heartfelt twice in one day but I'll make the effort for my good friend, KDJ. Let's start with the envelope.

Even worse that second hand heartfeltness is rewriting a joke. I am so peeved...He smites brow for emphasis...and continues...It seems likely that "That is a sock" will be found on my tombstone. For the mystified please…

He opened with a song. (Use Bobby Rydell voice here if available) I've got a lotta bloggin' to do. (song ends here) But before I get to that and I hope to this holiday weekend, I want to share a package I received this week from KDJ who is taking a sabbatical from the scene. Among other things, KDJ started the Enchanted with Dave Group so I owe her big…

Received mys·te·ri·ous package. Probably fine but regulations require me to submit to our one-man freelance bomb squadron leader Bob. Once Bob gives me the thumbs up I'll give full details. In the meantime, thank you for your patience.…

In my continuing effort not to get behind here's another blogathon for the last two or three week starting with:

This is the envelope Taidgh sent me his work in, embellished with the colorful creatures that leap out of his…

The mailbox was groaning with acquisitions the past three weeks. Lots of artist stamps this time out. You people will have to tell me where you get your supplies. I have shopped at Olathe Post before but I'm not fond of that guy's politics though I'm sure he's a fine fellow. (He likes to hunt him some coyotes.) Nuff of that. Let's see, if there's a theme for…

So I'm following this guy out of DeVillo's Parking Garage. Some Eldorado or somethin' I dunno. Maybe it was a Monte Carlo? All cars look alike to me. Anyway, he's stopped waiting for traffic and I'm readin' the license plate...except, it's not really a license plate...I guess it's a bumper sticker. Anyway, I can't believe it....I see this name Richard…

Okay here goes another blogathon...This may be three weeks worth so it's quite a haul. First off....MomKat weighs in with three, count 'em three cards from the old country. Birthday greetings and a surrealistic collage that features a guy that is a dead ringer for a childhood friend of mine, Danny Cubiciotti who died at 27 so it's strange to see him creeping…

Ground Hog Day!

And the the mailbox is bursting with exotica from around the world. I got two pieces from South Africa on the same day from two of my favorite South Africans. What are the odds?…

Incoming....Week of January 14

First off, Diane Keys continues to document the decline of western civ through the detritus that comes her way. On the front: the battle of former tenants continues…

Got a million things to do but I wanted to quickly acknowledge the week’s haul....First off, a variety pak from Kerri Pullo enclosed in her trademark metallic blue envelope.

Kerri, who lost her couch in a recent…