Nancy Bell Scott's Blog – November 2011 Archive (25)

Robbery suspects: Two of IUOMA's finest?

You be the judge: Interesting take on things posed on the envelope, too, about other IUOMA finests: Here we have "Miss Butts went swimming with her neck flotation device in Lake Erie, 1920," an absolute winner done by Nadine Wendell-Mojica:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 23, 2011 at 3:30am — 6 Comments

Thanksgiving ideas from Nadine Wendell-Mojica

This was so thoughtful of you, Nadine: New recipes for Thanksgiving! And an operation to make your skin crawl! Fortunately no one here lets me near the kitchen nor near physician's implements. Some great magazine photos of casseroles (the ones above? who knows?) follow, and I apologize that Nadine's rapidograph drawing (first attempt, she says! phenomenal) ended up…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 23, 2011 at 2:57am — 3 Comments

Bordeaux Gloves Do Make It

More apparel, this from Dean Marks, sent un-enveloped from France: It was beyond smashing and hilarious to find this stiff red HAND in the mailbox yesterday. Somehow Dean made a cardboard cutout to fit this lovely Bordeaux-colored left-handed leather glove and got it in there, graced it with a large ruby-colored gem on the ring finger (gold band of ring is painted on and can…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 22, 2011 at 11:00pm — 11 Comments

Brown Shoes Don't Make It

And because Erni Bar believes I have enough trash-brains (his term), he sent me his worn-out black shoes: He's right, and he sent these to the right person. Not only do I have a thing for worn-out shoes but Erni's worn-out shoes fit me! That's right, I'm wearing these babies. They're slightly big and wide--just how I like 'em. If Erni thinks these are worn out, one can only…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 22, 2011 at 10:40pm — 39 Comments

Mixed bag--and no cereal--from Richard Canard

Oh I take that back! See, in the most interesting 1970 "Son of King Kong" Newsweek article below, Richard underlines Purina Monkey Chow, so we do have cerealism after all: Also enclosed is Poem by Richard C. ("Quing"), which I enjoyed warping my brain over, and…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 21, 2011 at 4:29am — 4 Comments

Grigori Antonin's giant support of the Erni Bar Fan Club

Oh, it's big: "Some look at things as they are and say "why?" I look at things that never were and say "ERNI"! Fan club members seem to be getting not one but three membership cards, so I'm assuming we should stand on street corners and enlighten the unknowing…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 21, 2011 at 4:12am — 1 Comment

"FLY TO" painted envelope from Ruud Janssen

I like this zippy request/order to the post office: ...and love the painted envelope itself. Inside were recent IUOMA materials. Thank you so much, Ruud, your MA is always a treat! …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 21, 2011 at 4:04am — 1 Comment

Tripleblog postcards from Katerina Nikoltsou, Georgia Grigoriadou, and Angie&Snooky

Three stunning beauties, first from Katerina, a Happy Thanksgiving card: Great colors, great shapes, great movement--I love it--thank you, Katerina!

A painted face from Georgia: Wonderful, Georgia, thank you! I have become a real fan of your…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 19, 2011 at 9:30pm — 7 Comments

Another favorite abstract from Helen Amyes

Helen knows how much I love her painted abstracts on cardboard. That's why it was extra nice of her to send me another, and this one has a barcode, no less. I absolutely love it. Dear Helen, thank you very very…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 19, 2011 at 9:20pm — 2 Comments

Pocket shred of 'Shroud of Elgin' from De Villo Sloan, with Certificate of Authenticity

It's a dream come true, and DVS made it happen! When he announced he was taking orders from trashpo aficionados for DK shroud shreds, I jumped at the chance and requested a pocket (as I believe pockets are underrated). Within a day or two, after no doubt a lot of hard work, DVS wrote back that not only had he located a pocket shred but he had already sent it off to me, with a…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 17, 2011 at 5:30pm — 36 Comments

"Simple" collage from Erni Bar

If this is simple, as Erni says, then I love simple: It's a vibrant and somewhat sculptural piece, and I fell in love with it immediately, including the rattle Erni fashioned by putting the Vitam jar lid inside a slightly bigger jar lid there toward the bottom. It makes a great noise, and I have no idea how Erni got the one lid into the other. There are no obvious signs of…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 17, 2011 at 4:30pm — 5 Comments

Happy painted envelope from Ruud Janssen

It's beautiful and playful: Inside, more treats: Also this C.F.E. (Community Feeling Enhancer), below, which I get a big kick out of. Thank you very much, Ruud, I love it all ~…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 17, 2011 at 4:03pm — 4 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

GOTIJ Lindall and Jim SantAmour

Lindall put up a series of asemic cards in photos recently, and I loved them instantly. That is the one from the series that Lindall sent me, and it happened to be my very favorite, what excellent luck! Thank you so much--this piece is an asemic wonder, in my…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 11, 2011 at 5:04am — 4 Comments

Tiny art-thingies from Svenja Wahl

She led me to believe she'd sent something silly, and then a crowd of intriguing minis shows up: and the calmer but nice back: In this art batch in plastic sleeves there are Svenja's animals, asemics, interesting compositions even on slide-sized cards, and…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 11, 2011 at 4:38am — 6 Comments

Neil Gordon sends me an extremely lovable trashpo mail art

It's hard to pinpoint why, but Neil's asemic envelope--which IS the art, with just a sliver of grocery bag holding it together along with an abundance of clear tape--stole my heart. I asked him, with hope that the answer would be no, whether I need to…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 11, 2011 at 4:09am — No Comments

Not one but two special pieces from Marie Wintzer !

This two-piece art from Marie wants to hang by its delicate threads: I know it does! yet haven't figured out yet how to do it well. And that's fine, because just holding it is enjoyable, and calls up many associations aside from the wonderful ways Marie uses text: there is also the swimming aspect in this work, and that movement is mesmerizing. I love it, as I do the book that…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 11, 2011 at 3:56am — 5 Comments

Card gangblog--Thank you to Stan Askew, Marni Zainodin, Superhero, and Frieder Speck

Stan Askew's multi-faceted mail art was a most interesting surprise: It's my first MA from Stan, is thought-provoking, and I appreciate it very much. Thank you, Stan, MA from me on its way to you soon.

Marni Zainodin's gorgeous and definitely…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 11, 2011 at 3:23am — No Comments

Happy Halloween in November

From Skybridge Studios and Thom Courcelle (lateness my fault): Thom did a major mailing for Halloween, and included this year's annual Halloween poem he wrote and a copy of one from another year. This year's has been blogged, but the one from 2007 may not have…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 11, 2011 at 2:36am — No Comments

Poem and Asemics from Catherine Petre

This recent asemic style of Catherine's has captivated me: Wonderful--I love it! The thickness and spirit of the asemics are strong and dramatic.  Catherine also included a poem she loves, called "Klem," by Flemish poet Eva Cox. Catherine translated it "as best I could" (bravo, the humanity comes through clearly), and also included an exceptionally graceful drawing she made…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on November 11, 2011 at 2:30am — 4 Comments

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