Mail art received March 13, 2019... Thomas Brown's postcard from earlier this year certainly looks like mail for the Autumn season - the orange color, the stamped squirrel image under the return address. The thing is - Tom's card states that "Spring is on its way." Always great to get mail from Thomas Brown.
Thanks so much!
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October 3, 2019: Lisa Iversen (N. Manchester, IN) was in my neck of the woods this past week, and I had the pleasure of meeting up with her. Yes, Skybridge Studios' own Lisa Iversen was in Minnesota, and we made time to get together. So on Wednesday morning, October 3, we met at Sencha's Tea Bar in Uptown Minneapolis. I think Lisa will agree that we hit it off right from the start! Lisa is a lovely and sweet gal, and I found her easy going. We decided ahead of time to bring some art to exchange, and quite honestly, I made out like a bandit (see photos of my art haul below).
Recently over at IUOMA-ning, Mary Anne (United Kingdom) has renewed the Yoko Ono Artistamp project. The project commenced a couple of years ago, but got put aside when Mary Anne had to take some time away from mail art. I decided to throw my hat into the ring, and I made a two-by-two artistamp set. My stamp set features younger Yoko and older Yoko, and is titled "Yoko Ono: All Grown Up."
I'm always game for trying something new, so I recently made a sheet of artistamps. Artistamps are faux postage stamps - artist created stamps, which are often made for decorating mail art or for trading with other artists. I used a vintage photo from my personal collection for the stamp image. The photo features a woman outdoors; wearing a newsboy cap and sitting with her stocking legs exposed. A cigarette hangs from her mouth. I decided that VINTAGE BADASS was an appropriate title for the stamp - 56 cents denomination, Issued by Barkie Post. (Why Barkie? My maiden name, which became my official middle name after marriage is BARKET. Close friends call me Bark or Barkie). A total of 15 stamp sheets were made for this limited series.
Mail Art from September 16, 2019: While out for a morning coffee or at your favorite haunt, chances are you've come across a free single sheet, double-sided publication known as Coffee News. You know the one - it's on tan paper, and it features a cute and goofy image at top. I pick it up every chance I can, and I look forward to reading the fun little tidbits. If I'm with my family, I like to see how well they do at answering the trivia questions. So when I received the latest mail art from Jack at Cascadia Artpost, I was quite amused. You see, Jack has published CASCADIA COFFEE CLUTCH, Olympia Edition - a parody of the ubiquitous restaurant publication. A few differences in the layout set Jack's spoofy paper apart from the real publication. Cascadia Coffee Clutch is 8 1/2" x 11" in size, which is smaller than the real paper. It also sports a white border, which is not typical of Coffee News. Beyond that, it looks pretty darn close:
Great mail art from Jack at Cascadia Artpost! Thanks so much! Large envelope from Ed Giecek received March 26, 2019. Lots of stuff inside the envelope:
Thanks so much for the mail, Ed!
August 19, 2019: Great mail art day, with the arrival of Steph Dodson's beautifully decorated envelope (chockful of awesome stuff)... This is the first mail I received from Steph Dodson, who has been involved with mail art since 2011. I believe my first encounter with Steph is via the IUOMA-ning group, "A TOUCH OF VINTAGE." Another postcard from the fab Richard Canard - this one received April 17, 2019. Gotta love the smily face! Richard's wisdom on this face card reads, "The shortest distance between two points is a parallel line next to the outer edge." Loads of thanks to Richard!
Mail art from Jimmy Connors (Germany) received February 15, 2019... I had to look through my mail art logbook to see if I had received any mail from Jimmy Connors in the past. As it turns out, this postcard is the first piece from him.
Mail art from Judith Dagan (Israel), received May 14, 2019... So thrilled to receive this piece from Judi Dagan. We are both members of the "Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists" group on IUOMA-ning, where Judi shared it with the group in April. When I saw the piece on our group wall, I told Judi that it was awesome. So naturally Judi sent it to me!!
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