Barbie themed? Mail art from J Block, Betha Greschak and David Stafford

[Rebecca Guyver]

In the space of a few days, while getting 'Spirit of the Forest' mail art up for the exhibition in Colchester, these three mail artist's mail arrived at Nayland Farm and I see a theme… 

Jay Block has sent me a terrifying version of the exquisite corpse!  Not sure if Jay is saying clothes make us or it's all an illusion… There was a skinny mirror at the place we stayed in Truro last weekend.  Gotta say I loved it! Huge thanks from J whose book I will be consulting the next time I need a glamorous look!

Betha Greschak's journal is a trashpo boekie, featuring some more of those long tall, glamorous women from a designer series pattern. Having said that, the size is 18, so again there seems to be a mismatch between who we want to be and what we actually look like...

I have posted all the pages of Bertha's journal at the postal ledger:

http://thepostalleger.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/pattern-of-times-berth...

And then there is this from David Stafford, and here I need to ask if I missed a Barbie mail art call… did someone sign me up and I never noticed? Like the two previous sort of Barbie themed pieces, David's is a little more than you'd imagine when you think BARBIE.

So there you have, and you can see why I might be thinking that I have been channeling a particulaar kind of mail art.  

All great stuff, and many thanks!

[xx Jones]

wonderful stuff!

[David Stafford]

Apropos of Jay's comment, here's a sculpture my friend Kurt did many years ago.

[De Villo Sloan]

fantastic art and blog

[Rebecca Guyver]

Thank you all for sending me great stuff! Perfect explanation, Jay.  Much better than mine! 

[Jay Block]

The corpse came to mind with the Hollywood award cycle... so much about the carpet.  The idea of human sculptures on parade and interchangeable parts... there you have it. 

[David Stafford]

Thanks for the sweet blog, Rebecca.