1. Heathland Caravan Park, Lowestoft, England -- a remarkably composed Boring Postcard, lots of fields, a bit of sea, but all you can see (if you are in a plane or a helicopter) of the caravans are some white dots
2. Staircase at Hotel de l'Avenir, Heyst-sur-Mer, France -- this hotel obviously had a future as it boast its electric lighting…
Added by Valentine Mark Herman on November 30, 2019 at 6:27pm — No Comments
1. Workers'Buildings In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 1965 -- there were lots of workers
2. From the Greek island of Skiathos -- 2 boats and one group of people in the middle of the beach (why are they in the middle of the beach?)…
Added by Valentine Mark Herman on November 30, 2019 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment
This is from the introduction to the 'My Passport' Mail Art call:
Added by Valentine Mark Herman on November 28, 2018 at 7:42pm — 5 Comments
A few years ago I formed an association of contemporary art called ASAC, was the first President, organised a couple of international art exhibitions and then resigned. I am about to be thrown out of the association because I am critical of the way it has subsequently developed -- and you would be too. So now ASICK rises from the ashes, and here is a non-poster of it's…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on October 23, 2018 at 5:07pm — 4 Comments
I am having an exhibition in March called 'Carrés/Squares). Everything in it will be...you guessed it...square(ish). 70 different sorts of works are going to e in it, including these square collections of 51/2" Floppy Disks that were very kindly given to me by Katerina a while back. Square Floppys on lil Square canvasses. Mercy Buckets, Katerina!…
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I think the number should be FIVE.
Any more, and the occasional photo or two that a person posts just gets lost when another person posts 30 photos, and then another person posts another 30, and then....etc.
Adapting John Lennon's words: "Give photos a chance."
Peace.
Added by Valentine Mark Herman on January 1, 2018 at 12:56pm — 7 Comments
This is an appeal for 'SILLY STAMPS'.
What, you might well ask, is a 'Silly Stamp'?
A 'Silly Stamp' is an officially issued postage stamp that, when you look at it, makes you think, "This is silly!''
And then, ''What on earth is going on here? What could its designers have possibly been thinking when they came up with this image?"
"And, given that postage stamps (like coins, banknotes, flags, etc) are important vehicles for promotong national…
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Bonjour!
Season's Greetings to y'all.
Great Big Collage #17 is a Special Herman End-of-the-Year Multi-Piece Great Big Collage.
Here it is:
OK, so now you might be asking why 'Sex Bomb Sabotage'? Well look closely in the top left hand corner and you will find this:…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on December 26, 2015 at 5:22pm — 2 Comments
The Family Herman used to go on holiday from the South of Holland (Maastricht) to the South of France (Argélès-sur-Mer). The journey would take about 10 hours fast driving. Cries from the children "Are we nearly there yet, Dad?" would break out before we had even left the drive of our house -- which was only 4 yards long (the drive, that is, not the house). The journey to France would take us through Belgium and Luxembourg before we got to France. I would manage to keep the kids quiet for…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on November 8, 2015 at 5:14pm — 3 Comments
..the Mini.
Car, not skirt.
But he might have invented that too.
What he did say that is 'relevant' (I use the word with some hesitation here) is that "A camel is a horse designed by a committee".
Thank you, Sir Alex.
And now this Great Big Collage (# 15 in the series, in case you have lost count) is about animals -- animals of the "Pushmi-Pullyu" type (supposedly, a gazelle-unicorn cross with two heads) of Dr Dolittle.
I managed to sneak a…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on November 7, 2015 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment
And then, many years later, Coca Cola came along.
And there was Light.
(Or even Lite in some markets)
And there was Zero.
And there was Life
And there was even Cherry Cola, as in.....
"I met her in a club down in old Soho/ Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola/See-oh-el-aye cola."
(It was originally Coca cola, but the Coke people wouldn't let the kinks call it that -- but…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on November 5, 2015 at 4:52pm — 4 Comments
Bonjour!
I play (badly) rock'n'roll guitar.
I play (slightly better) the alto recorder.
In France, the recorder is known as the 'flu(^)te à bec'. [The ^ is supposed to go over the u, but I can't seem to manage that].
There is another type of flu(^)te, a 'flu(^)te traversière'. This is a flute -- the type of flute that Wolfgang Amadeus obviously had in mind when he wrote 'The Magic Flute' opera ('obviously' because he didn't mess around with…
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Bonjour!
Here we are again.
This one is about bikes -- pedal-type bikes, not motor bikes.
Let's start with the Great Big Collage ...voilà!
And now let me introduce you to some members of my Fan Club Sigean Ladies Bike Club. Here are 9 members of the Club getting ready to go for their Sunday morning…
Added by Valentine Mark Herman on October 10, 2015 at 8:58pm — 4 Comments
"My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?":
Thank you, Janis.
Great Big Collage #12 is about cars, mostly British vintage cars -- many of them made by companies, that hélas, no longer exist.
Here's the Great Big Collage in its great big magnificence:…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on October 9, 2015 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment
Here's another one, folks, based on cartoon comic magazines:
The magazines I used came from Britain, the US, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, China and Norway.
Why is it called "VLADABOM!!! DANDY 100% FUNNY", Fanny? Well, leaving aside the fact that anything of mine could be less than 100%, the title can be found in the bottom left hand…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on October 8, 2015 at 5:27am — 4 Comments
Almost every summer since I moved to the South of France, I have gone to watch the Tour de France.
A typical 'Tour day', involves driving to some isolated spot between the Alps and the Pyrenees,; getting there 3-4 hours before the race arrives; setting up a picnic table -- and then sharing your food and drink with your neighbours; waiting for the Tour's promotional caravan to pass, and collect as many 'souvenirs' as possible; waiting some more, and then, as the race gets nearer come…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on October 5, 2015 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments
Here is another Great Big Collage/ (#9, and still going strong, folks).
And, in the words of the song:
"When it's Spring again, I'll bring again
Tulips from Amsterdam.
With a heart that's true, I'll give to you
Tulips from Amsterdam.
I can't wait until the day you fill
These eager arms of mine.
Like the windmill keeps on turning,
That's how my heart keeps on yearning.…
Added by Valentine Mark Herman on September 30, 2015 at 12:21pm — 1 Comment
Bonjour Happy followers of my Great Big Collages series!
We are now up to number 8.
This one looks at where Little Nicolas spent his summer holiday this year.
Here's the Great Big Collage, it's called in French 'Petit Nicolas passe ses grande Vacances à Sigean';
Sigean is where I live. It is a small village in the South of France, between Narbonne and Perpignan.
Katerina, Dean and Jeanette have spent petites vacances here in recent years.…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on September 25, 2015 at 3:40pm — 2 Comments
You don't know, Jim?
Well here's a clue in my latest Great Big Collage, and that's called "Doors".
There are 76 Doors here. I took photos of them in France, the UK, Italy, Spain, Germany (both East and West), Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Morocco and Hungary.
Here's two details of the "Doors" Collage:…
ContinueAdded by Valentine Mark Herman on September 21, 2015 at 4:50pm — 1 Comment
I started a circus with my very good mail art friend Mevrouw Jarina Renz!
And here in this Great Big Collage (#6 in the series in case you have lost count) is the one and only Circus Herman Renz
I'm sure tht you'd like to see Jarina and I in our circus costumes -- well, not to disappoint you....…
Added by Valentine Mark Herman on September 17, 2015 at 4:55pm — 4 Comments
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