DeCordis Mail Art

Saturday, September 26, 2015

#70 September 2015 More Mail Art

From Tammy Riggins, TN.
Creatively-layered, collaged postcard

From Tammy Riggins, TN
Custom envelope and ATC

From Connie Jean, Cocoa Beach FL.
"Going Nuts"--Add & Return project

By C Rizzuto for Tammy Riggins, Clarksville, TN.
Artist Trading Card (ATC): Ink on paper

By C Rizzuto for Henry Guild, Forest Hills, NYC.
Into the Light: Watercolor on paper

#69 September 2015 Mail Art

The following mail art was received in August. I'm tardy in posting last month's arrivals due to varied circumstances.


From Scott St. John (TOFU), San Francisco Helen's Postcard: part of published book project, "Helen's Postcards". http://tofuartsf.blogspot.com

From Tammy Riggins, Clarksville, TN.
Mini note pad, 2 collaged ATCs, collage on envelope

From Tammy Riggins, Clarksville, TN, USA.
Artist Trading Cards (ATC) in mixed media.

From Connie Jean, Cocoa Beach Florida.
Abstract figure or 2 washers? : acrylic paint

From Angela Paez, Houston TX.
Card: Digital print + button.
Part of 'Give Donald new hair' project.

From Henry Guild, Forest Hills NY.
Two digital prints

From Mercedes LaMarquesa, Albuquerque, NM
Collage of Gelli-print papers .

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

#68 August 2015 Mail Art

August haas been a busy month for mail art activities. I enjoyed culling fragments of my artworks to create entries for Amuldo's TrassshArt 2015. The second is farther down in this post.

By C Rizzuto for Amuldo, The Netherlands
First Entry for TrassshART 2015
Fragment: Acrylic inks

From Carina Granlund, Finland
Dragon with feet like ours: cut paper collage
One of a number of goodies in Carina's mail art packet.

From Mailart Martha, UK
Dreams: Watercolor, collage and stamping

By C Rizzuto for Rebecca Guyver, UK
Her Gifts: Eco-print, stamping, collage

To Carina Granlund, Finland
Envelope filled with a baggie book that included a mini-boekie,
gelli-plate monotype pages and ephemera
(I rarely post envelopes, but I liked this one that I decorated)

By C Rizzuto for TOFU, San Francisco, California
For Pink Week exhibit at Warehouse Artists Lofts, Sacramento
Acrylic paint, stencils

From Mercedes LaMarquesa, New Mexico
String Gelli-print (beautiful nuances of color!)

By C Rizzuto for Renata DiPalma, Trento, Italia
Entry for 'Mountains' Call for Entries
Gouache painting
Exhibited at Casa della SAT (Società Alpina Tridentini)

Trento, Italy

By C Rizzuto for Amuldo, The Netherlands
Second Entry for TrassshART 2015
Monotype fragments: Akua inks

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Sometimes I try to respond to the ideas I discover in a sender's art work. I saw concepts of beauty, strength and survival in the card from Chambers. So I am adding to the dialog that he started (see posting #65) . Unfortunately this was lost in the mail.

By C Rizzuto for KS Chambers, Anaheim, CA USA
Triskelion: Response to 'Daisy, Hook, Tiger'
Watercolor digital print, collage, stamping

I had not received anything from Connie Jean, a veteran mail artist, for about 2 years and this arrived in my mail box unexpectedly. It deserved a special response--and was responded to in return.

#1 From Connie Jean, Florida
http://sub-luna-tic.blogspot.com
Stamping on postcard

#2 From Connie Jean, Florida
Death of the Roadside Attraction
Love the sarcophagus and the reference to nearby Disneyland!
This is a response to my postcard below.

By C Rizzuto for Connie Jean, Florida.
Not Dead??? Watercolor and mixed media.
My response to postcard #1: Glad to hear that rumors of your death were greatly exaggerated!

From Gina Ulgen, UK
"Let them eat cake": Altered card with Collage

From Mercedes La Marquesa, New Mexico
Media: Sponge painting, stamping

From Moan Lisa, Iowa-diva of digital prints
Media: Digital print #1

From Moan Lisa, Iowa-diva of digital prints
Media: Digital print #2

By C Rizzuto for Patricio, Celestial Scribe, Curitiba, Brasil
Earth Mandela: Entry for Transpersonal, a Mail Art Call
White gel pen on Canson-mi-tiente paper

By C Rizzuto for Erin Young, Canada
Numbers 1/5: Gelli-plate print and acrylic inks
First of a series on the theme NUMBERS:
'numbers are the key to unlocking the mysteries of the universe'

By C Rizzuto for Nancy Bell Scott
Monotype fragment: Createx inks, chine colle

By C Rizzuto for Ann
Monotype fragment: Createx inks

To Pete
Abstraction: Ink wash and Inktense watercolor pencil

By C Rizzuto for Perry Hoffman, Wonder Valley, CA, USA
Entry for the Glass Outhouse Gallery's Call for Entries.
Desert Inspiration: Monotype and gel-pen

By C Rizzuto for Rebecca Guyver, Stowmarket, UK
'Thank you' note: Eco-print, collage and stamping

By C Rizzuto for Mercedes La Marquesa, New Mexico
Numbers 3/5: Gelli-plate print

By C Rizzuto for Tammy Riggins, TN, USA
Numbers 2/5: Gelli-plate and mixed media

Monday, June 1, 2015

#66 June 2015 Mail Art

From Nancy Bell Scott comes a collage in her inimitable style.

From Nancy Bell Scott, Portland ME, USA
Above the fray: Collage, paint, asemic writing/markmaking

This is the third piece that I am sending to the 'Meta' Call for Entries. Originally developed as part of a collage project, it is now making its way to Chicago. How many different fabrics compose the image?

By CR for Olivia Arrow's mail art call, 'META'.
To be exhibited at Uncle Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Medium: Collage from clothing catalog

Moan Lisa is a prolific mail artist from Iowa. I recently completed 2 Add & Pass projects that she originated.

By Moan Lisa and CR
'This is art': mixed media collage

By Moan Lisa, Esther Kamkar and CR
'5089': mixed media collage

The Philpott Lake Project asks participants to alter one of 50 postcards. Here's my rendition scanned against a grey background--the figure extends beyond the edge of the card.