Thom Courcelle's Blog Posts Tagged 'Katerina_Nikoltsou' (5)

Blue Grass is Taking-Over the Acropolis!!

Katerina Nikoltsou might be the Greek version of America's Johnny Appleseed... She has apparently been strewing blue grass seeds all over the Greek Isles!

Now there is so much of it sprouting everywhere around the ruins of Greece that the goddess Athena has returned from Mount Olymous with her magical WEED-WHACKER to trim the blue blades into a more…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on September 20, 2012 at 5:20pm — 1 Comment

Art in Book Form: Sally Wassink; Katerina Nikoltsou, & Cheryl Penn

Several have been received of late. The most miniature example of the collection was a brilliant one from Sally Wassink (California, USA) and arrived in its own minature envelope...…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on June 17, 2012 at 7:01pm — 5 Comments

Sweet, Sweet Jam -- Blog Jam, that is...

Trying to catch-up and recognize some wonderful artists who've blessed my mailbox over the past couple weeks...

Sandra Pinon (France) send an amazing collage piece naked through the postal service:

Got my first trade with Vizma Bruns (Australia), and she was the sweetest sweety-pie to make it fiber-themed! Notice the crocheted eyes and lips! They are…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on June 2, 2012 at 5:44am — 5 Comments

There MUST Have Been a Sale on Blue Paint in Greece!

In the most JOYOUS OF WAYS possible, Katerina Nikoltsou of Thessaloniki fame has let the tide of BLUE PAINT flood the postal systems around the world and the happy mailboxes of IUOMA members. My face crinkles in a wider smile every time a see one of her white and blue-edge stiped envelopes in the mail box, and her trademark "BLUE" and "MAIL" and "ART" carved rubber stamps proudly announcing the theme of the envelopes' contents (all with their own variations: "Zalop"; Trashpo"; etc.). I can…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 30, 2012 at 2:06am — 12 Comments

Mail Art Bonanza: Snow-Bound Edition

Well, Seattle is experiencing what the news is calling "Snowpacolypse 2012." Although, coming originally from snow-bound Vermont, it seems a mystery to me that this "light dusting" could cause so much distress. Regardless, everything seems shut down: schools, businesses, bus routes... I am able to walk to my workplace, but the building's heating unit went bust, and after working there a few hours couldn't feel my fingers anymore, and left early. So today I'm working from home, doing some…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on January 19, 2012 at 1:52am — 11 Comments

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