Nancy Bell Scott's Blog – May 2012 Archive (15)

Lesley Magwood Fraser went to a palace!

The Ammazulu African Palace in Kloof, which she says is a hotel "crammed with art, colour, texture and eccentricities"--and she sent a little drawing she did while there:

It is charming, and Les says this is a Zulu beadwork necklace that was hanging on the wall. Her envelope is charming too, so it is included in the photo. (Interesting stamps--"Standard Postage.")…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 27, 2012 at 8:04pm — 1 Comment

Who remembers HIM?

He looks only slightly possibly a relative of Timothy Leary, but that can't be it. Is he your Uncle Jack? My Uncle Jack doesn't look enough like him:

Help.

Here is another collage by Erni, whose collages are really appealing to me:

There's…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 27, 2012 at 7:50pm — 7 Comments

Collage and trashpo treasures from Erni Bar

Fantastic collages--they knocked my sox off.

Next come the latest crushed cans from Erni, always a thrill, and in this group the one at the upper right especially kills me. It is so flat--flatter than usual--and some of it seems to be…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 4:58pm — 6 Comments

The night the lights went out in Paris

Another tragedy, but this one apparently avoided ... so far ... :

You must read the story. It is well worth it. And now I'm wondering, beneath the barcodes and 60w BELL bulb labels, are we seeing a map of the nefarious and unlawful procurement of the…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 4:09pm — 5 Comments

Those caps just do it for me somehow. As we know from the other side here, and from other blogs, Dean's first meeting with Val sadly did not happen. I view that as a terrible tragedy. Could there be any more fun had by…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 4:02pm — 1 Comment

Speaking of tragedy ...

Carina Granlund almost claimed that this is one:

Her transfer tragedy is WAY less tragic than the one I sent her in our trade. This thing is unwittingly masterful, and I love it. Well, she did admit to me privately that maybe the white paint ended up helping.

Here is her note on the other side, which is included mainly because there IS a mistake in it, in the…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

And more exquisite rust, from Svenja Wahl and Katerina Nikoltsou

The top photo is of this great crumbly package from Katerina, containing some of the most beautiful crumbly type of rust I've had the good fortune to own. It will be used in mail art, no question, and it arrived with this big…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 3:50pm — 4 Comments

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

Stephanie Blake encased in plastic

Her art, that is:

Stephanie kindly sent me this great piece after my admiration of another of hers. Thank you again, Stephanie…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 3:14pm — 7 Comments

Unplanned mail art on the same day from soul-twins Alicia Starr and Nadine Wendell-Mojica

Mona and "someone else" above from Alicia, in mysterious, most appealing, acetate boekie-form. Mona may be bleeding, so I hope…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Three terrific cards from Angie+Snooky, Amy Irwen, and Rebecca Guyver

Thanks again for Yul/Rameses, Angie ~

Thank you, Amy, and I took one day off from trying to understand, thanks to you.

The following is a beauty from Rebecca: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 25, 2012 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Stamps and more from C.T. Chew

Wonderful wonderful stamps created by Carl:

They're so gorgeous that I can't use them yet, can't part with them, but will soon--one by one.

These were also included--sent to Higgins, returned by Higgins?--and note more stunning stamps on the…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 1, 2012 at 7:37pm — 4 Comments

More Hamburg street-trashpo favorites arrive in OOB !

Am I lucky or what--a really beautifully rusted iron piece, and a can crushed vertically, which hardly seems possible but Dharmadada Erni Bar found it. If it's there, he'll find it:

Close-ups of each piece alone (other side of iron plate): …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 1, 2012 at 7:27pm — 3 Comments

Collage from Stephanie Dodson

This is a real beaut, which I have studied and been unable to figure out exactly how she did it:

Who wouldn't love the tombstone ad: "Standard gray. A good buy for someone named Grady"! I love the whole thing. Other side:

This is my first mail…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 1, 2012 at 7:17pm — 2 Comments

Poetry, art, hybrids, and shopping lists from John M. Bennett

The artwork on the opened cover of this 2012 book of John's poems was done by Guido Vermeulen. Wonderful art, and wonderful poetry inside: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on May 1, 2012 at 7:07pm — 5 Comments

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