#58 Mail Art July 2014

By CR for De Villo Sloan, Auburn, NY
Gelli-print monotype with fragments of print by Carl Baker, Canada. 

To view De Villo's response to this postcard, go to
https://minxuslynxus2.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/minxus-mail-bag-asemic-vispo-by-carmela-rizzuto-sunnyvale-california-usa-quoting-carl-baker-peterborough-ontario-canada/

From David Stanley Aponte, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Digital print 

From Jan Hodgman, Anacortes, WA, USA.
Gelli-plate monotype.

From-Katerina Nikoltsou, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Handcrafted stamps, & collage on blue paper.

From Moan Lisa, Iowa, USA.
First of 3 digital prints featuring asemic elements.
Also included in the envelope was a poem by Maria Morisot.

From Moan Lisa, Iowa, USA.
Second of 3 digital prints featuring asemic elements.

From Moan Lisa, Iowa, USA.
Third of 3 digital prints featuring asemic elements.

By CR for Kit Gonzales Moore, Edgewood, NM, USA.
Audacity: Gelli-print with stencil, rubber stamps.

From J Block, Bridgewater MA, USA
Collage, plus a second collage on reverse with wonderful circus stamp.

From TOFU, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Digital print of collagescape in his signature style.
Info at tofuart.com

By CR for Karen Chew, Redwood City, CA, USA.
Wander: Gelli-print with stencils, mixed media.

By CR for Jan Hodgman, Anacortes, WA, USA. 
Mixed media Gelli-print.
Quote from Tolkien: "...all who wander are not lost..."

By CR for David S Aponte, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
'Misty Sunrise'. Gelli-plate* monoprint, acrylic paint.
*http://www.gelliarts.com

From KS Chambers, Anaheim, CA, USA
Collage on painted paper.

By CR for Rebecca Guyver, Stowmarket, UK.
'Cranberry Sunrise #2'
Call for Entries, Maritime Mail Art  & Cranberry Island Mail Art.
Gelli-plate monotype, acrylic paint.

By CR for Rebecca Guyver, Stowmarket, UK.
Cranberry Sunrise #1.
For Call for Entries, Maritime Mail Art & Cranberry Island Mail Art.
Gelli-plate monotype, acrylic paint.

By CR for Kultklecks.org, Gundelfingen, Germany.

Mail Art entry: "I dream of color."

Gelli-plate monoprint, rubber stamp.

By CR for Jude Worters, Melbourne, Australia.
Sent for Rocket Project.
Eco-print (mirror image) of eucalyptus leaf and forest detritus,
with added feather, and rubber stamps.

By CR for Karen Koshgarian, Portland OR, USA
Eco-print, stamping

From Connie Jean, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA

Digital Print postcard.

By CR for Connie Jean, Cocoa Beach Florida, USA.
Eco-print, stencil, rubber stamp.

By CR for Kultklecks.org, Gundelfingen, Germany.

Mail Art entry: "I dream of flowers on sunny days."

Gelli-plate monoprint, stencils.

By CR for Patricio, Celestial Scribe, Curitiba Brasil.
'Out of the mists', Gelli-plate mono print.

#57 Mail Art June 2014

From Victor Femenias von Willigmann, Santiago, Chile.
'Paine en Neblina', 5/20, Monoprint.
Received as part of mail art exchange from Richmond Art Gallery, Canada

From David S Aponte, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Acrylic & Ephemera on cardboard. http://sub-post.blogspot.com

From Moan Lisa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Digital collage.

From Jack Oudyn, Ormiston, QLD, Australia.
Mixed media & wax on pianola paper.
See more of Jack's work at 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MICROBOOKS

From Jack Oudyn, Ormiston, QLD, Australia.
Two mini-art pieces from 'zine, "singing".

From Jack Oudyn, Ormiston, QLD, Australia. 
Collage digital print.

From Emily Coles, Bath UK

Mixed media collage.

By CR for Lackman Library, Lenexa, KS, USA
 Mail Art Call, "Libraries, Literature..." Entry #2
'Remembering Pearl S. Buck': specialty papers and ephemera.

#56 Mail Art May 2014

By CR for Jon Foster, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Altered vintage postcard, found negative, inks.

By CR for "Two Women" Call for Entries.
Sent to Moan Lisa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Altered vintage photo (circa 1908) on vintage postcard.

Two photocollages from Moan Lisa Iowa City, IA, USA.

From Richard Baudet, Marseille, France.
'Fragments', an envelope decorated with collage and calligraphy.
Note the 'Via Podiensis' stamp, or the 'Le Puy Route', one of the four routes through France on the pilgrimage to the tomb of St. James the Great in Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain.

From Cristina Blank, Worthsee, Germany.
Acrylic paint on mat board.

From JC Sarpi, Marseille, France. Response for my entry to "Mermaids in the port, Queens of the sea...".
Print on paper

By CR for Karen Koshgarian, Portland, Oregon
Fragments-Yellow Series: Collage, stamping

By CR for Esther Kamkar, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
"Fragments-Yellow Series": Collage, and found poem (on reverse).

By CR for Jeanne Kasten of Lackman Library, Lenexa, KS, USA  

Entry #1 for  Mail Art Call , " Libraries, Literature, etc."

Collage of cuttings from vintage library catalog cards .

From Karen Koshgarian, Portland, OR, USA
Mounted photo-- reverse has stampings from Paris & definition of 'handmade'.

From Dimitra Papatheodorou, Patras, Greece.
Lovely intense color and contrast using watercolor on paper.

From Jon Foster, Winston-Salem NC. USA.
A tape collage in his classic style+eye-popping color.

# 55 Really Tiny Art

Really Tiny Art by Carmela Rizzuto, 2014

About 3 years ago Josh Ronsen of Austin, TX invited me to send him mail art that measured one inch or less.  Over the past few years I’ve sent him multiple mini-artworks. In January this year Josh displayed his collection of tiny art at Malvern Books in Austin. My movie reel titled, Really Tiny Art, is featured at the beginning of a Youtube video documenting the event. The reel is 1.5 inches in diameter with pictures of less than half an inch. The 36 pictures are painted and drawn on paper/washi tape. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QNHlTd0ozQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0OO8tJGCKY

There was also an article about the event featured in the local newspaper, The Daily Texan.   http://www.dailytexanonline.com/position/mail-artist

I'm grateful to Josh for inviting me to be part of his 'tiny art' project. View more of his mail art collection.
http://ronsen.org/mailart/tinyart/

# 54 Mail Art April 2014

From Petrolpetal, Hilton, South Africa.
Collage of papers and fabric which has been lifted to show the images underneath

By CR for Keith Chambers, Anaheim, CA, USA.
Fragments Series-Yellow: pastel on paper & ephemera.

From KS Chambers, Anaheim, CA.
Collage: Ephemera on cardboard featuring a beautiful Magyar stamp.

By CR for Goop Gallery

View their unique documentation of mail art at

http://goopmailart.blogspot.ca

Monotype with stamping & stenciling.  

Triskelion: the triple spiral appears in various forms in pre-Celtic and Celtic art.

By CR for Mebdh Gillard, Sligo, Ireland for Yeats' Day Celebration.

Collage on painted paper, Celtic knot stamping, vintage Irish stamp .

By CR for JC Sarpi, Marseille, France.
"Entry for Mermaids in the Port, Queens of the Sea"
Monotype by E. Kamkar with embellishment by C. Rizzuto using inks and altered images.

By CR for La Marquesa, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
 Monotype by E. Kamkar with embellishment by CR using collage and inks .

From James, Richmond, BC, Canada
Detail of altered vintage photo (circa 1918)

By CR for 'That Hairy Canadian', James, of Richmond, BC, Canada.
 Collage of gelatin-plate monotypes & stamping.
Inspired by a trip to Mesa Verde, Colorado with my husband.

By CR for Petrolpetal, Hilton, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa.
Collage of gelatin-plate monotypes & stamping.
Inspired by a trip to Mesa Verde, Colorado with my husband.

By CR for Richard Baudet, Marseille, France.
Fragment Series-Purple: Paste papers, ephemera, vintage stamp

# 53 "mail/art/book" exhibition

I had the good fortune to be included in the mail/art/book exhibition curated by Jennie Hinchfield and John Held, Jr.  It was part of the Ex Postal Facto Conference held in February this year. It was on view at the San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA. The exhibition was open from February 14-April 27, 2014. 

https://sfcb.org

The book that I submitted, Official Mail Art, was a collaboration with Jon Foster of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Jon and I met through IUOMA, an international, online mail-art community. The book’s six pages (postcards) were created by Jon and sent to me in 2013. I arranged the postcards and bound them using a variation of the Japanese side-bound format. Jon's technique for creating the imagery involves the use of clear packaging tape. The same tape was used to create the collages on the covers to add continuity to the design.

Jon is a man of many talents--you can learn more about him at 
http://thejonfoster.blogspot.com

Close-ups of more mail art from the exhibition can be found at the following links.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRvho579n-Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLKVWy3bpDA

Collaboration of Carmela Rizzuto and Jon Foster
View of back cover

Collaboration of Carmela Rizzuto and Jon Foster
Pages 1 and 2

Collaboration of Carmela Rizzuto and Jon Foster
Page 4

Collaboration of Carmela Rizzuto and Jon Foster
Overhead view

Collaboration of Carmela Rizzuto and Jon Foster
Front cover

#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.