MAIL-COMPILATION PARTY BLOG: Eduardo Cardoso (Portugal), Karen Champlin (USA), Matthew Stolte (USA)

[De Villo Sloan]

Mail-art by IUOMA member Eduardo Cardoso (Sines, Portugal)

 

September 9, 2011 - Bloggers at IUOMA have recently posted some amazing compilation blogs: Collections of work by multiple mail-artists that invite viewers to find common threads and stark contrasts in the work. I decided to use this approach with some favorite pieces of mail-art received during the summer (but not posted until now). What better way to start than this in-your-face-post-punk by Eduardo Cardoso? It came in a great envelope:

Eduardo Cardoso's paranormal mail-art blog is a treat not to be missed:

 

http://paranormalmailart.blogspot.com/

Dear friend Karen Champlin (Highland Park, Illinois, USA) sent me this exquisite, postcard-size visual poem. I think it is absolutely and totally KC at the top of her game, a summary of her innovations and achievements so far in condensed form:

 

 

Karen always sends a sweet note:

 

 

I am tickled that KC is the only person on the planet who remembers my "blue tape" series and often includes a nod to it in mail-art she sends me. I think Karen has improved upon the original concept with the SPECTACULAR use of red tape in her recent work.

 

Visual poet Matthew Stolte (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) has been sending me pieces that spark lively discussions at the IUOMA. In addition to his fantastic vispo, he sends found objects and cryptic texts that often defy attempts at conventional interpretation. A recent envelope contained the most astonishing material yet:

 

 

Included here is completed work and scraps. Reverse sides provide more wonders and a bit more information:

 

"Scrap from Eden Poems" is intriguing. I especially like the vispo piece. Matt has a great blog connecting to all things vispo, concrete, mail-art, and a little bit of Fluxus:

http://illegitimateprescriptions.blogspot.com/

Many thanks to Eduardo, Karen, and Matt for sending some exceptional work!

 

[De Villo Sloan]

groundhog = g-pig. D-Kup = upholder of jugs or Silicon Valley, if I might be so bra-zen. Is there an international system of measurement 4 such things?

[cheryl penn]

P.S.S. Hey C.B! :-) X

[cheryl penn]

Great P B DVS - have to go with the DK and DVS doing RK on an EC (P) + commentary. From CP-SA :-) - P.S - we don't get g's :-)  X

[DKeys]

looks like you squeezed every last bit of flavor out of that gopher. I bet he never saw it coming

[De Villo Sloan]

The party blog needed refreshments - roaDKill D-Kup Kakes

 

[DKeys]

D KupKakes are completely vegan--RK is made of soy

[De Villo Sloan]

Frank Zappa said: "More than a mouthful is wasted." So go light on the lard and please, no yeast.

[DKeys]

Dkup-cakes RoadKill Bakery where everything is super-sized.  DeVious Loan Shark

[De Villo Sloan]

How about D-Kup? Better than Hick-up.

[DKeys]

Great stuff thanks for the morning eye candy. How about Devil Los Loan