#52 Mail Art March 2014

From Martina Winkel, Essen, Germany.
 Collage of vintage elements.

From Carl Baker, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Elegant envelope art: Ink and stamping (fractal?).

From Richard Baudet, Marseille, France. 'Winter Dream'.
Creatively decorated envelope with collage and calligraphy.

From Patricio, Celestial Scribe, Curitiba, Brazil.
Envelope decorated with collage and stamping.

Enclosures from Patricio, Celestial Scribe, Curitiba, Brazil.
Collage: Note the bats circling the Tower of Babel
--such subtle humor and whimsy.

By CR for Art Via Post's Call for Entries, 'The Envelope as Canvas'.
Lyra Watercolor crayon and pen on paper.
http://www.artviapost.com

By CR for Rebecca Guyver, Stowmarket, UK.
Entry for'Monotone Semitone Kodachrome'.
 Altered postcard using fragments of paste paper and ephemera.  
http://monosemikodachrome.blogspot.co.uk

Fr_ La Marquesa, Albuquerque, NM, USA. 
'Harbingers of Spring': paint, glitter and collage.

From Rebecca Guyver, Stowmarket, UK
 A decorated sewn 'wallet' full of ephemera.
Shown in its clear cellophane envelope 
with a customs stamp declaring 'Artist's Trash, No value'. 

From Rebecca Guyver, Stowmarket, UK 
A decorated, sewn-paper wallet full of trash-treasure.

To Raphael'L, Tullins, France
 Collaboration of C. Rizzuto and Esther Kamkar.
Monotype by EK with additional color and collage by CR.

# 51 Mail Art February 2014

To celebrate the Chinese 'Year of the Horse' Raphael'L sent this stunning card. 

From Raphael'L , San Jose, CA, USA.

'Year of the Horse': Cut out of photo in shape of horses glued onto painted paper.

From Amy Irwen, Rosemount, MN, USA.
 'Good Luck and Bad': Collage on cardboard.

From Diane Keys, Elgin, IL, USA.
Machine stitched collage postcard.

By CR for Dan Mouer's Call for Entries,
'Just Mail Art', Richmond, Virginia .
Monotype  altered using collage and acrylic paint.

Collaboration with E. Kamkar for Rebeca Guyver Stowmarket, UK.
Entry for 'Monotone Semitone Kodachrome'.
Monotype by E. Kamkar with embellishment using collage and inks by CR. 

By CR for Richard Baudet, Marseille, France.
Dream Series 2014: Monotype altered with collage and inks.

Add & Return from Moan Lisa, Des Moines. IA, USA.
Digital photo by Moan Lisa with alteration by CR
using collage & inks, and vintage stamps.

By CR for Gina Visone, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Dream Series 2014: Monotype and stamping.

By CR for Yen Lew, Padang, Malasia
Map Series, #19
Collage, drawing and stamping on painted paper.

From Richard Baudet, Marseille, France.
Calligraphy and collage--a very elegant design

By CR for Diane Keys, Elgin, IL, USA.
Mixed media collage

By CR for Petrolpetal, Kwa Zulu, South Africa.
Map series #19
Gelatin plate monotype by E. Kamkar,
 altered by CR with ink, and collage of ephemera.

From Diane Keys, Elgin, IL, USA.

 Trashpo-ephemera

By CR to Dimitra Papatheodorou, Patra, Greece.
 For 'Color My World' Call for Entries.
Mixed media montype: Createx inks, stamping

From Cristina 5Blanks, Worthsee, Germany
Digital print of drawing.

From Connie Jean, Cocoa Beach FL, USA.
Medium: Digital Collage

By CR for Martina Winkel, Essen, Germany
Map series #12. Media: Collage, drawing, stamping.

#50 Mail Art January 2014

MAIL ART January 2014 

A new year has begun and mail art activities have started the year off right. In addition to the following entries, I completed some pages in an 'add & pass' booklet.  I am working on the Dream Journal sent by Lucky Pierre (see below).

By CR for Mercedes Marquesa, New Mexico, USA
Map Series #14: Collage of ephemera, handwriting

From Lucky Pierre, South Carolina, USA
Dream Journal: to be completed by CR

From Moan Lisa, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Photo collage

From Esther Kamkar, Palo Alto CA, USA
Altered postcard

To_ Esther Kamkar, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Collaborative mixed media image by EK and CR

From Petrolpetal, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
Decorated envelope and figure cut from painted tissue paper

From Mercedes Marquesa, New Mexico, USA
Mixed media postcard

By CR for Esther Kamkar, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Monotype, Gel pen, stamping

From Esther Kamkar, Palo Alto CA, USA
"Honey Thief"--Monotype, and mixed media

Fr_ Carl Baker, Ontario Canada
Samples of mixed media art
Thank you, Carl!

# 49 Mail Art December 2013

As the year draws to a close, a few more pieces of mail art have been arriving. Unusual serendipitous use of the female figure in Laura Bucci's postcard photomontage and Moan Lisa's photos.

From Laura Bucci
 Postcard documenting an event 
in which I  participated.

From Moan Lisa/IUOMA: a very inventive photocollage 

From Moan Lisa/IUOMA: digitally altered photograph 

From Moan Lisa/IUOMA: another very inventive photocollage

# 48 Mail art travels the world map

Where is it coming from and going to? (more added!)

From Mimi Torchia Boothby, Seattle WA, USA
Watercolor

From TOFU, San Francisco, CA, USA
tofuart.com
Digital print of 'collagescape'

By CR for Carl Baker, Peterborough,' Canadada'
Map series: Collage, drawing, stamping

By CR for Mimi T. Boothby
Map series: Collage, drawing, stamping

From Gabriele, Uberaba, Brasil. Ink pen + collage
She tells a big story on a small postcard

From Melissa, Jackson, TN
Monsters take on the holiday traditions!

By CR for Gabriele, Uberaba, Brasil.
Map series # 13 

By CR for Max Felipe, Uberaba, Brasil
Map series # 15

#47 Catching up

I am catching up with my responses to mail art that I have received during the past month. I decided to develop a series of postcards based on maps, both ancient and modern. A map denotes searching, connecting, finding, exploring, and thus is an apt concept for mail that travels the world. Each postcard includes portions of a map, plus collaged, stamped and drawn elements. Consequently, they are similar but unique. In some cases the map fragment includes the country of the recipient. Only a few examples of the 15 that have been created so far are included here. 

Recipients
Twelve of the postcards have been sent to the following:  Cristina Blank of Germany; Raphael'L of San Jose, California; Mail Art Martha, United Kingdom; Keith Chambers, Anaheim, California; Patricio the Celestial Scribe, Brazil; Marina Miletic and Patrick McQuaid of Ireland; Esther Kamkar, Palo Alto, California; Mimi Torchia Boothby, Seattle, Washington; Amy Irwen, Rosemount, Minnesota. The card to Moan Lisa, Des Moines, Iowa, accompanied my contribution to Fragmented, the Call for Mail Art. Thank you all who sent me mail art--they have been posted in previous entries.

To Moan Lisa, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Collage and drawn elements on painted paper.

To Mail Art Martha, UK
Collage, stamped and drawn elements on painted paper.
This received favorable comments on the IUOMA network.

To Raphael'L, San Jose California
Collage and drawn elements on painted paper.

#46 More Mail Art received

The mail system is busy delivering more mail art to me. Thank you Max Felipe, Esther Kamkar and Emily Coles.

From E Kamkar 4, Palo Alto, California, USA
Birdwoman drawing, plus text

From Max Felipe, Brazil
Ink drawing

From Esther Kamkar, Palo Alto CA, USA
Monotype on recycled card--Slow fish (quick dinner) 

From Emily Coles, Bath, UK
Cover of mini-book: woven recycled paper

From Emily Coles, Bath, UK

Interior of booklet: One of six pages with painted landscapes in blues on  envelope security-linings, with accompanying poem. The variation in background design of the papers makes these images subtly intriguing. A very thoughtful and creatively crafted booklet.