23.2.23

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Interesting date today, "Winter to Spring" from Greece,

and some "boekies" are arriving, finally!(some sent 30 Jan-1 Feb)

It is a "Recycle Ryosuke" zine using old Brain Cell envelopes from Japan.

And there are several other mail artists' items used too:

backward stamp by Thom Courcelle, Ray Bunny by Keith Bates,

and DADA Cow by Juan Petry:

Spring flower artistamp is by Cascadia ArtPost:

The "mail art omens" in the pocket are stickers and stamps , 

little cards, etc., from the Sticker Dude, Vittore Baroni, and others:

A good time to "move-the-archives", recycle, reuse, reduce the carbon footprint in mail art.

'Hoping none are lost-in-the-mail, or in need of "postage due"?

Enjoy...no two are the same :-)

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Thanks for letting me know that they are arriving safely, even if taking a month for delivery.

I have a few more "boekies" to make recycling Ryosuke envelopes, but learning from mistakes of "overloading" pages, etc. The price of postage is too high for "over 20 grams", so trying to create a boekie, plus stuffing some mail art omens inside, and keeping it below 20 grams has been a big challenge. Perhaps that is why "artist books" have disappeared in the mail art:

too big, too heavy, and too expensive to send, sigh. :-(

[Nancy Bell Scott]

Mine arrived 2 days ago and I thank you, Katerina. We don't see many boekies these days -- time for a resurgence? This one from you with the "Winter to Spring" title cover and then unpredictable pages inside is very much appreciated! Thank you. p.s. It was marked on the back with your stamp saying "01 Feb.," so in this era it definitely arrived in record time.

[Hélène LAGACHE]

I received mine today.Thank you very much Katerina.