Nancy Bell Scott's Blog Posts Tagged 'Diane' (7)

Wonderful mixed bag from Diane Keys

Diane sent me a little bit of everything, including some excellent rust and this fabulous holey piece of metal she found which I love:

Everyone likes to know whether the customer comes first in any business endeavor, and we are assured of that with DKult in the following card Diane sent:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 3:36pm — 3 Comments

Beautiful art from Diane Keys, including DKult trashbook

This piece was a thrill to find in the envelope--colors, text, use of paint, all aspects of Diane's work that I love:

There are some DKult lessons in the beauteous trashbook below, including topics such as cooperation, courtesy, all the things in which I'm terribly deficient, so it's great that Diane sent this to me:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on April 30, 2012 at 5:47pm — 10 Comments

Diane Keys aims for white trash

She wanted this trashbook pale and snowy, like the season:

It's very successful both as a trashbook and in fulfilling her wish for me to have white trash. I love it! Thank you very much, Diane, I too am fulfilled! Four more photos follow, and viewers will see that some holiday color did sneak in there. A favorite is the 2nd Place ribbon in the last photo. It…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on December 13, 2011 at 8:42pm — 5 Comments

TrashPo-litzer Certificate of Nomination AND trashbook from the Queen

What more could a trashpo executive ask for? Diane wrote that this is the first low-budget certificate of nomination for the TrashPo-litzer, but perhaps "executive" is too glorious a word for the mere manager of the claims department. I should be more humble, and this card she included helps with that (note the VOID): …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 11, 2011 at 5:29am — 8 Comments

Received from "non-glam," "no glitz," "no glory" Diane Keys

This beautiful--and relatively minimal!?--art on cardboard:

with nearly matching envelope: I love them both, and she included some delicate texts for me to use:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 17, 2011 at 5:07am — 4 Comments

Few more pages from Diane Keys trash book

The "SORRY" slip indicating refusal of the city to pick up yardwaste is a psychedelic green that apparently insults a scanner. Please see initial… Continue

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 2, 2011 at 2:44pm — 2 Comments

My heart's desire, from Diane Keys

A trash book from our trashpo leader:

That's the front, and this is the back:

Diane and her work have made me finally understand why I save stuff, why I love the crooked edges and wrinkles and accidents on the detritus of our lives: because they're…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on September 2, 2011 at 2:37pm — 6 Comments

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