Marie Wintzer's Blog (353)

You might have seen similar pieces by Cheryl on IUOMA blogs all around the world, but the thing is, each of those booklets is a truly unique piece of art. An exploration deep into the flow of ideas, an idea in its own right.

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A wonderful little boekie from Karen Champlin, arrived without the slightest damage, for a change, thank you postal service :-))

Karen used a variety of different materials and textures, cardboard, fabric, string, copper, book pages, maps... holy family pendant? (I can't exactly tell what it is). I love the vintage train timetable and the way she does the layering. Beautiful work Karen, as ever, thank you for this little treasure!…

I'm just back from holiday and swimming in mail art, which is very nice of course, but I don't know how to blog all this without going crazy. So, I think there will be a few grouped blogs for a while (and I will also reply to your mail as soon as possible, please bear with the slow CB).



First a piece of Summer Sandpo (Swiss cheese?) from Katerina. I've had a few Sandpo cards from Katerina and I can tell she used the very hardest type of sandpaper, the super hyper haptic one. I'm an…

Ether is one of Cheryl's favorite words, and after meeting it several times in our conversations I became fascinated by the concept behind it. Ether is a word that is so multilayered that it is impossible to simply give one definition of it. This word needed a book! We started exchanging chapters for it, in an experimental "let's see where this goes" kind of…

I was rather puzzled by this card when I opened my mailbox and had to actually ask David if he was sick and dying :-))

I was relieved to hear that all was well for him. After reading his message I thought that he had indeed sent it to the right person. Some people think about death much more often than others do. About the constant threat that is lying…

I only found out very recently about Vaida's work and she has such a refined, elegant style. This piece with a page from Othello, beautiful stitching and ink stamps is a real goodie (and my first mail from Lithuania!). Thank you Vaida!

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I've been longing for an envelope from Bifidus for quite a while, but this one was well worth the wait. I am so completely impressed by this piece (including the hilarious envelope). A stroke of genius crafted with such talent I can barely keep my eyes off it.…

My first ever card from Hawaii, thank you Lisa!…

Thom Courcelle is sending me this cute little bookie, the story of a camping weekend, a weekend when niece and nephew take a few drawing lessons from Uncle Thom. Or is it the other way around? :-))

I'll let you enjoy:…

The other day I picked up an envelope from Le Gristaire. It wasn't for me, it was for that rock star Mère Ubu (I know there is also a Père UHU walking around, laugh!). She doesn't live here anymore but I bumped into her at the supermarket today, she says thanks!…

A nice news collage from Andy T. Geezer, with an Asian twist. My first postcard from him, thank you very much Andy!…

There seems to be a trend, very often when I leave a comment on a picture I like I find one of the same series in my mailbox a few days later. The same thing happened with this card from Angie and Snooky the Amazing mail art dog.

Corgi greeting are…

I saw this piece by JF on Cheryl's blog and I thought it was fantastic. Off I went to send something to him, and a few days later I get it in my mailbox! Great! And with this, a Zalop event score card made for Ruud Janssen. JF, you're a genius, thank you for this mail, I love it!…

From one Re- to another Re- (we should find a Re- term for that process).

This is my first mail from Bruno and a much awaited one as I am a big fan of his work. He is currently working on a series of Re-, and his Re-blue is well worth the detour to his blog. This one is the first in the Re-white series.

Bruno is not only a master of Re-,…

I have learned a little bit more about Cheryl with every piece she sent me. Over the months I got some insight into the way she works, which was also fabulously summarized in the "Overlapping (paper/thread/space)" piece, and I became acquainted with the fascinating concept of Re- .

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A beautiful new set of envelopes miraculously found their way to Japan again (I'm always expecting Ahmet to stop sending me his puzzles because those I send him back are so dreadful). It's gorgeous work as usual, nicely framed by the matching artistamps. Thank you…

I am the very happy owner of one of Jen's vintage book covers, The Boy who wanted to be a FISH (to the greatest puzzlement of his sister and his dad).

The back of the hardcover is a vintage potpourri with extreme layering which all seems to fall in place so perfectly. The color tones are beautiful, the composition is just fab. And it comes with a very very sweet…

Once again the postal system slaughtered one of Karen's mail (with apologies, I guess, I hope so!). I don't understand, because the envelope is very thick, and the art piece inside was damaged. Did they actually open it on purpose? It came in a plastic bag, like a piece of evidence!…

The most beautiful envelope and card arrived yesterday. Handmade paper with an amazing texture. Did you make this paper yourself Lesley? The dried flowers seem to be partly embedded in it, and the print of the feather looks like a petroglyph, a precious archaeological finding. The rough/smooth textures are all kinds of wow, I wonder how she printed the feather to get this…

I've had this is my drawer for over two months now, time for a summer clean-up, time for new things!

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