All Blog Posts Tagged 'recycled' (20)

Mail Art postcards from France: Dean, Zack, Nicolas

The Artist in Seine in Paris sent a loooong painted,naked card, beautifully rich colors!

Also, lovin' the Notre Dame "bell" postage, thank you so much, Dean!

And a super nice postcard with a…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 18, 2024 at 12:35pm — 2 Comments

Returned from Russia

These were mailed in Athens on 9 May 2022...

but it seems they were never sent, and were returned 7 November :-(

Sorry, no mail from Greece to Russia. So here is "internet art"...the old…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 8, 2022 at 8:00pm — 4 Comments

DaDanautik sends a boekie

Coming in a large heavy package "Priority Luftpost"

is a…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 24, 2022 at 12:32pm — 1 Comment

From illinois: in Rockford

Michael Goetz sends fun comics and mail art goodies!

Put a smile on your face during this Covid Era!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on April 22, 2021 at 12:06pm — No Comments

From Spain: Antonia Mayol Castello sends a CD

A recycled CD, beautifully painted like stain glass!

Many nice things in the envelope...

also Antonia sent this amazing card:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 19, 2021 at 2:41pm — 2 Comments

From Austria: Antonina Vracinska's mail art packet

Mail arriving from Austria: nice thick half A4 collage envelope, 

full of wondrous things!Tea and tape!

Also a delicate little boekie,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 3, 2021 at 9:00am — No Comments

Mail Art from France

CIRCLES on recycled cardboard arrived in Greece,

Mail is a bit "quicker" in the European Union?  Well, somewhat faster.

MERCI! Thank you for the nice CIRCLES...or dots!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 28, 2020 at 9:08am — 2 Comments

Mail Art from London

This fine card arrived "soon" during this Covid Era, 20 days from London!

It seems the "fast" mail art is the postcard size and light recycled cardboard.

Big packets and large A4 envelopes are not…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 28, 2020 at 9:06am — No Comments

Gillian Stevenson from UK sends x2 boekies

Little Add/Pass books, I call "boekies" , after Cheryl Penn so named them :-)

One is a brown baggie boekie, very nice papers, earth tones,

with prints...could be "road kill"?…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on June 29, 2020 at 11:15am — No Comments

Holiday Mail Art from Finnbadger

Always a joy to see Phil in the mail!

And he sends the strangest of Holiday "animals"! a Llama?

and an octopus ...…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 6, 2020 at 11:20am — 17 Comments

In agreement with richard

Richard Canard sends the wise writings on a recycled postcard,

and I am in aw :-)

Flipside, too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 27, 2019 at 12:24pm — No Comments

From France

It is a cheery message on ORANGE!

and the other side of this recycled cardboard is also nice, in PINK, for a "nice hair day".

I had trouble trying to read the address,

but with a bit of help…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 8, 2019 at 10:02pm — No Comments

Circles from John Held Jr

...on fine recycled cardboard:

Here he is, who wonders what it's all about:

Thank you, John!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 28, 2018 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Large mail art card from RCBz

RCBz from "Saint Clown", Minnesota sent a large A4 envelope,

and that may be his portrait on the front address?

Inside was a large card that has an image of two figures with:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 19, 2017 at 3:23pm — No Comments

Nancy Bell Scott sends a beauty

This is special, on recycled cardboard

a real gem, a touch of BLUE, and one to be treasured!

Also liking this asemic beauty too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 9, 2017 at 7:50am — 1 Comment

Pat Landon recycles and adds selvages

So RED! So fun! ...with BLUE :-)

'Love it!

Many thanks, Pat.…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 30, 2017 at 11:50am — No Comments

ART in the mail from Mike Dyar: blog 1

When a larger than A4 envelope from San Francisco arrives,

it just has to contain stunning TAO ART from Mike Dyar,

...this time it contained TWO masterpieces, thus two blogs needed :-)

First is a three-fold 16x44cm long…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2016 at 6:22pm — No Comments

ART in the mail from Mike Dyar: blog 2

Mike also sent a larger masterpiece, dressed in black,

Open...and unfold...…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on September 16, 2016 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Stunning art from Mike Dyar

The envelope is always larger than A4,

and with Mike Dyar's stampings...and a bit of color wash.

Also a collage piece this time:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 30, 2016 at 3:21pm — 2 Comments

Look at my shoes - for Crystel

This one is for my friend Crystel. I see her only twice a year when I go back to Europe and I miss her. This summer we both bought a very similar pair of red shoes and it became a sort of an in-joke between us. When I saw this add for shoes in one of the vintage magazines I bought in Jinbocho I immediately felt like sending it to her.

The envelope is made from a very cheep print of a famous japanese woodblock print.

There are not so many price tags around these days, everything seems… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on August 30, 2010 at 2:49pm — 2 Comments

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