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A LETTER TO JOHANNES GUTENBERG
Entry to a mail art call put together by Reinhard Hammann in Mainz, Germany. Show dates May 13 to June 12.Components: photocopy of Mrs. Mary Searles Penrose, Elgin Academy, 1930. German stamp, German language page, old wallpaper, crayon, tracing paper and rubber...
PENN 124 8POXE SYLVANIA
After sending my first Quaker art to the Netherlands, I received a wonderful comment from Valentine M. Herman, in France, who promised to send me a postcard with some history of a very famous Quaker from Valentine's home town. I received his card and loved it. This is...
IMAGINE SQUIRRELS
This piece was done for the Imagine Squirrels show in Miami, AZ, put together by Mudhead Reynolds. Which pays homage to the work of French novelist René Daumal and his unfinished work Mount Analogue. Excerpt:While climbing, take note of all the difficulties along your...
HENNESSY TENNESSY
Sending a collage out to my father's cousin in NY, I thought it would be fun to give a nod to St. Patrick. Components: an Irish stamp from my dad's collection, a 1960s advert, vintage wall paper, green crayon and some of the text from Mr. Dooley on Making a Will and...
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
Having fun responding to a letter from Richard C. He remarked about a comment that I had been doing mail art since 1965 by saying I must have been doing crayon drawings for my grandmother, sweet. That made me think of my Yiayia, and inspired this postcard. Some of the...
QUAKER
Getting involved in the A Book About Death exhibits has introduced me to a great group of creative people and inspired me to apply for a membership in the International Union of Mail Artists (IUOMA). This card was done in response to a request from a fellow member,...
ALLA LORO MEMORIA
"A Book About Death in Venice" handmade artist's book 3" x 4" coverHow to make a book, for ABAD, Italy that is truly Italian? I started with vintage wall paper given to me by my Italian friend, Robrt, to create the cover. I thought about how I would name the piece and...
A BOOK ABOUT DEATH, ITALY
"A Book About Death in Venice" handmade artist's book 3" x 4" My contribution to UN LIBRO SULLA MORTE - A BOOK ABOUT DEATH. The Nuovo Archivio International Biblioteca Artist’s Book /NABILA-FLUXUS/ Treviso, curated by Virginia Milici) presents an exhibition in...
A BOOK ABOUT DEATH, SC
5 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches, collage, mixed media and wax on paper.Curious stories get more connected... In a continuing string of coincidences I was mailed a link to a letter from Melinda Hunt, in response to an editorial by Lawrence Downes in the New York Times. Alston...
TAKING A BREAK
My friend Shari and I wanted to try making a button necklace, so we went shopping for some jewelry parts this morning. We did not have a lot of time, so we planned on getting together again to dabble in the project. In the meantime I couldn't wait to try my hand at...
ABAD
untouched photo shoot for the header of the abad blogToday I finished setting up the blog for the A Book About Death exhibition in Phoenix. It has been a few months in the planning with Matthew Rose the founder of this international art phenomenon. The show will...
THE TOMBS
Vintage bottles, HO scale prisoners and guards, hand made skulls and bones along with some fake dirt compromise this series of Hart Island related work. In the 19th century two events took place in the city of New York. One was the creation of the city's largest...