The Week's Mail Art Hoard Treasure

[Thom Courcelle]

Debra Mulnick; Richard Baudet; William M.; Jennie Hinchcliff; LIGMA; Laurence Gillot; and Finn Badger...

Here are highlights from each:

FABULOUS envelope art from Debra Mulnick telling the story of "Jack and the Beanstalk." Several goodies included inside including a paper collage and a miniature typed letter (for which a response shall be forthcoming...).

More terrific envelope art and calligraphy lettering (and a very nice note) from Richard Baudet.

Terrific large envelope from William M. with some treasures inside. [Self-]carved rubber stamps, comix art, washi tape all among the things used on the outside envelope. Inside a large (!) linoleum carving imprint (awesome), some more comix artwork, and an altered vintage postcard that I had originally sent to William. Very cool to see how William embellished and improved upon it... he even "redacted-poeticized" the little postcard description on the reverse side. Also love the Formica Post artistamp.

Brilliant character portrait postcard from LIGMA in North Carolina (with additional nose scrape graciously added by the U.S. Post Office).

Finn Badger made a beautiful self-made envelope which enclosed collage work, redacted poetry, and a redacted poetry challenge. (I'm working on my redacted masterpiece to submit back to FB...)

And old friend Laurence Gillot sent this most interesting 6-and-a-half-BY-6-and-a-half-inch piece which appears to be—perhaps—a video still shot of a flying woman, postage most elegantly affixed along the lower border, and a curious, tiny fabric bit afixed in the upper right corner. The reverse is quite minimalist with only Laurence's stationary press providing a white-monotone indicateur of the sender of the piece. Quite nice!

Thanks to one and all for making my mailbox so attractive!

[andytgeezer]

I love that one from Debrah Mulnick!

[Gretchen Brautigan]

What an awesome haul!!!!!

[William M]

what a fantastic mail haul! oh, and the print i sent isn't a linoleum print(though it does look a bit like one) it's a foam core block print(you scratch/draw into the foam core and then print it in the way you would a linoleum print). this run was my first attempt at the process.

[FinnBadger]

Nice to see my mail in such good company! Laurence's piece is fascinating.