Xx Jones's Blog – December 2018 Archive (11)

Two bookies from Katerina N.

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Added by xx Jones on December 17, 2018 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Diane was one of the first mail artists I ever correspondent with. She does not disappoint. A moody package arrived sometime in 2016, I think. I did not know there is such a thing as a black student's spiral bound note book. Did you know that these things are called "College Block" in German. One of many cases of fake English products terms in the…

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Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 2:35pm — 3 Comments

Mail from Jon Foster

Great Mail from Jon Foster and various goodies, stickers, comics and a poster - or is it an add and pass? I find it particularly brave and hilarious, that as a teacher, he produced stickers (and I think T-shirts, if I remember right) saying "I learned nothing from Jon Foster". It reminds me of a teacher I met on a conference, who wore a t-shirt saying…

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Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Mail from David Stafford

David Stafford is another faithful correspondent, who has not given up on me, sending cryptic messages, despite my slow responses - sending an ampersand to the rescue of poor old x! …

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Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 2:28pm — 4 Comments

Mail from Richard Baudet

A gorgeous envelope from Richard Baudet arrived this summer, with great textures, colours, calligraphy and many French ladies! Thank you so much!

Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 2:16pm — No Comments

Mail from Nancy Bell Scott

Nancy makes these wonderful, and sometimes teeny tiny collages, small treasures to collect. I often wonder, what they would look like blown up to say 3x4 meters or so. These, again are from 2016. Thank you, Nancy!

Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Parrots in the mail from Mim and Laurence

Coincidentally, I received two/three parrots around the same time in…

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Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Mail from Andreas Kuntner

Andreas Kuntner

Another Austrian Mail Artists I reached out to for the first time is Wolfgang Kuntner and his cabinet of curiosities (Wunderkammer). He replied with an envelope full of cool stamps and added leave…

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Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Mail from Wilhelm Schramm

Recently I have made an effort to reach out to other Austrian mail artists. Here is a great print from Wilhelm Schramm that I got in return!

Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Mail from Torma Cauli

Randomly going though my archives, here is a postcard from Torma Cauli, from Budapest, and given that Budapest is only a few hours from Vienna my closest mail art neighbour and faithful correspondent.

Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A drawing by Moan Lisa

Also, from my archive, a whacky and rare (?) drawing by Moan Lisa. Thank you, Moan!

Added by xx Jones on December 16, 2018 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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