Marie Wintzer's Blog Posts Tagged 'Katerina Nikoltsou' (23)

Once again the photo doesn't do justice to the work. There is a whole world of texture in this etegami that got lost through the camera lens, unfortunately. This is a card from Debbie's new series on holes. She always finds extremely interesting topics to work on, she has an amazing collection of very successful projects, in a nutshell, she's a real…

Genki people, I missed you too much, I couldn't be without you for very long. I received a LOT of mail art last week and I don't know if I will have time to blog it all, but here is a copy-paste from last week's Marie's Mailbox blog. Sorry it is a bit long but I didn't want to post three separate blogs.

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Bound by Life (chopped up and happier now, she says) - from Cheryl Penn…

Bad films and music won't last very long in Katerina's house. She found a great way to recycle them into fantastic mail art and to give them a new and better life.

Katerina was inspired by Joni Mitchell's song "Both…

Katerina is sending me this trashbook, and I apologize for the photos, they don't do justice to the work, the sun is letting me down these days. At the heart of it, a little treasure: a fake real / real fake John Bennett shopping…

The Eisbär brought me some great Gotij Goat Cheese from Katerina (love that stamp, btw). On corrugated cardboard, clouds and earth are only one and they have the warm texture of paper pulp. The very sober YOU amongst the trees turns it into a very powerful vispo piece, in my opinion. Katerina, I now know that you are possibly ever a better Vispoet than you are…

Two envelopes from Katerina were patiently waiting for me to come back, both of them holiday wishes. I think I'll have to start painting envelopes, it always gives them a very special touch. I love the colors and style of Katerina's asemic Christmas envelope. And with matching stamps for the finishing touch, perfect.

SantaFlux and his little trolls brought me a…

New autumn series from Katerina today. Maybe I will NOT sell my shredder after all, I see that shredpo is still in. If Katerina sends it, it's in. At first I didn't notice, but Katerina didn't just shred any piece of paper, she shredded.... dollars!! A very bold move in the kingdom of Po! And it makes me all the richer. Rich of of warm colors and of warm thoughts, thank you so…

Katerina sends greetings from Paris. Lucky us, she brought her mail art "equipment" to France, and she even carved a special "Paris" rubber stamp for the occasion. Thank you for always thinking about us, Katerina, this is much appreciated!

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Katerina is truly the boss of all Sandpo. Her latest sandpaper (book cover, you can't see it on the photo) creation is one of the very first asemic trashpo bookies.

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Heart really matters for Katerina, we know that, and we know how good she is to us at IUOMA. Cheryl, Angie, and I think Lesley have already written a nice blog about her Heart Matters bookie, so this is slightly redundant, but can one ever have too much Heart Matters? I don't think so...

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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…

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...…

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,…

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?…

Katerina cracked me up with this card, and I am certainly not the only one. What a fantastic way to depict the IUOMA Zeitgeit, and what a great sense of humor. I have to admit I sometimes find it hard to find my way with things at IUOMA moving so fast. Zalop, asemic, haptic, trashpo, sandpo, 365, holes, anti-holes, you name it. Pfiuuu, it's a real sport. Oh, and I forgot the year of the squirrel rabbit, how sweet you remembered that I am…

A beautiful and delicate card from Katerina. Yes, in spite of all the things that happened and are still happening, hope is not dying out. Spring in here. Are we going to sit under the cherry trees and do hanami as every year? Maybe not. But then again, maybe we should.

I find this card to have quite a Japanese feel. Is it the ink, the symbiosis of paper and paint, the pure lines.... In any case, I love it, thank you Katerina, you have been such a great support in these…

The Windmills Of Your Mind is a collaborative art book with various interpretations of the eponymous song. The idea originated with Katerina mailing this booklet to Cheryl, and it all started rolling.

The windmills of Katerina's mind are colorful and sparkling and I imagine them twirling incessantly. But then she includes those quiet and slow old windmills in beautiful USA stamps, and I now know that those are equally important. Oh yes they are... Lyrics are printed on the fragile…

As I have an official seat at the Ministry of Fun (location uncertain) it is my duty to report a fresh Sandpo delivery to the small city of Wakoshi :-))

For those (and I don't think there are many) who don't know what Sandpo is, I refer you to De Villo's blog where you will find all the necessary documentation and mountains of Sandpo, including a fantastic manifesto. Katerina is the mother of all Sandpo and her creativity hasn't shown any limits yet. I don't think it will. Thank you…

I don't mean to brag (well, only a little bit), but I am still (no matter what some people might think) the number one mail art psychic in the house. A couple of weeks ago as I saw the picture of a monkey stealing Katerina's sandpaper on De Villo's blog, I predicted that some sandpaper monkey mail art would turn up very soon. Not only did it turn up, but it turned up in my…

The words of Constantine Cavafy have inspired Katerina to make this absolutely FAB booklet. The gift of a poem delicately wrapped in precious textures.

When you start your journey to Ithaca,

then pray that the road is…