RECEIVED: Psychic Reading & Fur of the Dog from Angie & Snooker (Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA)

[De Villo Sloan]

Mail-art by IUOMA members Angie Cope and Snooky the Amazing Mail-Art Dog (Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA)

 

April 3, 2011 - As many IUOMA members know, nothing exactly equals the experience of having your mailbox brightened by work from the dynamic duo of Angie & Snooker. These pieces I am posting are my favorites so far. Part of the package included the three fortune cookie predictions above that were wrapped in brown paper, wound with red thread, and sealed with wax (the wax is responsible for the smudging).

 

This was very interactive because I was presented with choices from the start. Angie & Snooker can certainly be the guest Mail-Art Psychics for the day. And now the truth can be told: Angie once worked in a Chinese restaurant. She sent me an envelope bursting with fortunes, and many of them were used in the Mail-Art Psychic feature. So many thanks for that. This is the centerpiece of the mailing:

 

This piece, and I am sure Angie is reminding me of my obsessions and weaknesses, is asemic-sandpo-haptic-vispo-cut-up-collage mail-art (and I probably left out a few). After all, Angie is named in the original Sandpo Manifesto; so she does have something to uphold here.

 

The incredible gem is at the bottom. Unless I am mistaken, this is a real piece of fur from the very real Snooker the Amazing Mail-Art Dog. It is incredibly soft; and no, it did not trigger a violent allergic reaction like the first piece of haptic art Katerina Nikoltsou sent me from Greece. Here is the reverse:

 

Angie and the Snooks encased this all in a see-through envelope. Jen Staggs (Texas) did some great work with these I saw posted at the IUOMA. I thought I had received one from her too, but it turns out it was something else and I did not. Here is Snooker's envelope. Perfect right down to the Jackson Pollock stamp:

 

 

Many, many thanks AC & STAMAD. I am taking the sheep shears to Simba in order to respond.

[Marie Wintzer]

Oh wow, with this I certainly lost my chair at the mail psychic and Co. And Snooks' fur, OMG Angie, you crack me up, you little genius.

[De Villo Sloan]

Simba is just weird, Angie. I had it out tonight. I was going over it really carefully. She was right there - Nada. No reaction. Sometimes she will definitely be interested in certain pieces. If I'm not careful, she'll run off with some. No chemistry with the Snooks! Her loss.

[De Villo Sloan]

This was just total fun. You know I like your art, butt ;) you covered everything else here too. The sandpaper, the cut-up words - I'm having a blast with it. At some point, we all need to step back, you know? Well Katerina says you should be able to smell haptic poetry. The Snooky fur smells like he was out in the rain. The texture is like mink! And man Angie, the fortunes. You covered everything. Thanks again. It's extremely thoughtful.