Marie Wintzer's Blog (353)

Overlapping (paper/thread/space) - from Cheryl Penn

 

Most Days happen just like that. Most days are just Blanks and Fragments of Days, proportions variable. 

What happens in the Zalop Space inbetween? Is life happening in bursts of Time?

 

 

Blanks - Maybe just…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 23, 2011 at 10:00am — 11 Comments

Rare choco mail - from Katerina Nikoltsou

New developments in Haptic World. I am honored to get this rare piece of choco glam from Katerina, number 212 of her project 365. I think this greek chocolate is way too rare to be eaten :-)) and it looks great on the card, so I think I shouldn't be too greedy this time.

Pencil shavings, what a fab idea, Katerina. It must be hell to get them glued on the card though...…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 20, 2011 at 11:56pm — 6 Comments

Seasonal metaphor - from David Stafford

Spring is a bit sad on this side of the lawn, and it is well known that sadness unleashes all kinds of metaphors. This one is by Liu Tsung-yuan and translated by... Mitzi Gaynor? You mean Mitzi Gaynor the dancer? :-)) Who would have thought?!...

Thank you David, nice combination of text and illustration! And funny as usual...…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 19, 2011 at 11:30pm — 5 Comments

Birthday card - from Nastia and Luc

My brother and his girlfriend surprised me with a very nice birthday card, arrived right on time! They are not involved in any mail art business but I'm really happy to put up this card on the blog, I think Nastia is very talented (I hear it was mostly her work) and they are sweet kids, I like them. Merci les kloufis! (and when are you joining IUOMA?)…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 18, 2011 at 11:27pm — 6 Comments

Heart/Matters - from Cheryl Penn

 

The other day I broke into a Building. A deep scarlet Building, a human Habitation. That Building got broken in several times before, I could tell, even though it was very well kept. It was a Secret place.

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 14, 2011 at 3:45am — 6 Comments

The Windmills of Your Mind - Lauriana Glenny

Lauriana sent two a-mazingly beautiful chapters (one red, one blue) in two a-mazing envelopes. I need to find a way to include the envelopes in the book, I think they belong there. These chapters have a wow factor of about a million and I'm lost for words to describe them, so I'll just let you enjoy some pictures. Lauriana, you know those are fabies, thank you so much for…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 5, 2011 at 6:30am — 3 Comments

Asemic stitches - for Cheryl Penn

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 5, 2011 at 3:30am — 2 Comments

Spirit of Place - from Helen Amyes

Helen's handmade paper envelope with stitches all around was so beautiful, I first thought that this was it, it wasn't meant to be opened. The Spirit of Place stamp on the thick paper with dried leaves could easily pull it off as a piece on its own. I almost missed the snip, snip, snip instructions. I almost missed the little sandpaper booklet! A precious haptic booklet with…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 4, 2011 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

Glam (and potentially delicious) mail - from Katerina Nikoltsou

I recently told Katerina that Ben the Bin was a good lad but that he was quite often in sulky mode. I was a bit worried for him. No one knows Ben like Katerina does, and she immediately understood. He was feeling lonely. Time for some company! Beverly Bin is adorable, and Ben, doesn't he look smitten! :-)

Moreover, it's springtime, the perfect time for a bit of Glam! And,…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 4, 2011 at 12:58am — 7 Comments

The Crimson Giant and The Tower of Babel, bound!

I'm glad I sent all the chapters to Cheryl, she's the master of all boekies. I LOOOVE the binding, and it even comes with a hardcover! Needless to say I could never have done this myself. Thank you for this great present! And thank you to everyone who sent in their chapter(s), Cheryl, Bifidus, Sloan and Batgirl.…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 4, 2011 at 12:53am — 18 Comments

The typesetter's mouth - from David Stafford

Another great story by David. I am so used to him coming up with the greatest tales and fictive characters that I'm not sure anymore... this is a true story, right? David REALLY used to typeset the haiku journal Frogpond for Elizabeth and Bruce Lamb, and inserted his own work from time to time?! Help me out here, I'm only a gullible Cherry…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 3, 2011 at 12:56am — 7 Comments

Women of Yamal - from Natalya Korolkova

This is my very first mail from Russia, and it is sent by Natalya Korolkova (aka Ntk at IUOMA). Yamal is a peninsula of North Siberia, and in the language of its indigenous inhabitants, the Nenets, it means "End of the World". I can't even begin to imagine how cold it is up there, and what kind of life it is to travel the roads with reindeer all year…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 3, 2011 at 12:53am — 3 Comments

Vessel of (Dis)honor - from Cheryl Penn

 

Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? -



This is part of a painting (oil painting I think) Cheryl was working on, which she cut up and then repainted on. Beautifully earthly and homely and clay..ly (sorry for the horrible word, you know what I mean, something…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 1, 2011 at 1:24am — 10 Comments

Fabric postcard - from Jen Staggs



It's always amazing to find that one of Jen's fabric postcards has made it to your mailbox. Even all the way to Japan. I guess the postal service isn't that bad after all. Great work as usual from Jen, thank…
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Added by Marie Wintzer on May 1, 2011 at 1:17am — 3 Comments

Linear prairie - from Theo Nelson

Nice finger clouds on deep blue sky and linear prairie from Theo Nelson. He also made great use of the stamp sheet, I really like the layout of the back of the card. And such a beautiful handwriting.... Thank you Theo!…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on April 29, 2011 at 1:36am — 5 Comments

There's a Tear (the Walls of the World) - from Cheryl Penn

Mia's eyes are of such beautiful and rare green. But it looks like the deep serenity that we used to find in them is gone.

Did she cry? Is she upset?

Almost surely. Because this wound, oh my, it must hurt badly. And it doesn't look like it is going to…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on April 26, 2011 at 10:35am — 18 Comments

Toxic boekie - for Cheryl Penn

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Added by Marie Wintzer on April 23, 2011 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

Holes and anti-holes - from Katerina Nikoltsou

Sandpo comes in many many shades of Po, and I am so lucky to always get the latest trend from Katerina. This one is elegantly interlaced with holes and anti-holes. The frank colors on white background give the card a very fresh and contemporary look. Although, on closer examination... I can't find any anti-holes? Or is the whole (hole) piece an anti-hole statement?…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on April 23, 2011 at 12:37am — 4 Comments

Puzzle envelopes - from Ahmet Demir

No matter how bad my envelopes to him are, Ahmet Demir always sends me the greatest puzzles. Millions of dots and new artistamps every time. The green envelope is gorgeous (way better than the scan), I love the green and red colors together. As usual, thank you Ahmet, this is fantastic work!…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on April 23, 2011 at 12:35am — 4 Comments

Let them eat biscuit - from Grigori Antonin



I was very happy to get this card from Grigori plus his kind words. I'm often thinking that it's time to send him something, I'm glad he didn't forget about me. It's soon royal wedding (rayal wedding?) up there in England, very topical card. And, I was…
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Added by Marie Wintzer on April 19, 2011 at 12:30pm — 11 Comments

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