tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291300642024-03-07T13:20:47.551-08:00Tough City WriterAdrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-8368965442977239612015-12-29T14:50:00.003-08:002015-12-29T14:51:26.682-08:00Crossing Over I have been thinking of switching up this blog for a long time now. It's always been a bit of a mishmash and since I rarely blog about writing anymore (even though I still am a writer and editor), I wanted a place more solely devoted to art, mail art, correspondence, and most of the things that this blog has become lately. Perhaps it's a bit of my "coming out" as an artist, actually giving myself permission to say the word, that led me to finally create <a href="http://www.adriennemasonart.wordpress.com/">this new blog</a>. I've also been writing here since 2006 and, frankly, the platform is getting a bit dated and I can't do all that I'd like to. So, if you are one of my handful of followers, I hope you'll check out <a href="http://adriennemason.wordpress.com/">Adrienne Mason Art</a> and perhaps even hang out with me over there, as I explore art (collage in particular), mail art, letter writing, postal history, the making of little accordion books, and more.<br />
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This blog isn't going anywhere, and there is still lots to look through, but it likely won't be updated all that often. Thanks for reading!<br />
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-13842958419896667612015-03-29T14:45:00.000-07:002015-03-29T14:45:07.445-07:00Still BreathingAfter such a good streak, that was a long time to leave the blog. I <i>have</i> been thinking of it--and getting to my art table on occasion--but I've been preoccupied by <a href="http://hakaimagazine.com/">this</a>. Art making and correspondence has slowed down in the last few months, but I'm managing to chip away at things. So if I owe you a letter, it's coming. Truly. Here are a few things that have been passing through, either in or out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aren't these beauties? I was very lucky to spend some time in San Francisco with a mail art friend and she took me to SCRAP. (Among other things. We had a wonderful day together.) I picked up a few things, but these book covers with their stunning "<a href="http://mandarin.about.com/od/chineseculture/a/Chinese-Chops-Or-Seals.htm">chops</a>" were definitely the highlight. I'm hoping someone can tell me what they say! <br />Thanks for the great day, Pamela. </td></tr>
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Below are a few new collage cards that have been whisking their way to various parts of the globe. Just playing around.<br />
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-51353718627094296872015-01-27T07:30:00.000-08:002015-01-27T07:30:36.836-08:00On The TableFound some time this weekend for some art making and letter/card writing. Here are a few of the results:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monotone (sort of) Collage. At times (a lot of times) I am overwhelmed by the amount of paper I have kicking around so it's nice to limit the palette from time to time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wrestler didn't scan well. He's sepia, not olive, in colour! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An envelope sent to me by Phillip of <a href="http://envelope100.blogspot.ca/">Envelope 100</a>. I've had it for quite awhile now, trying to decide who to send it to. I finally found the answer. </td></tr>
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Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-51415620309041189142015-01-20T08:38:00.001-08:002015-01-20T08:38:41.219-08:00Feeling the Rightness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Yes, I'm still here. Some personal things in the great adventure called life have slowed me down a bit; I won't bog you down with details. I've found collaging my way through it all very therapeutic. When I spend time collaging I try not to over think what I do. It's a meditative, perhaps intuitive?, process for me. I just move things around until the composition feels right and then I get the glue stick out. <a href="http://www.nickbantock.com/">Nick Bantock</a> talks about composition in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079549-the-trickster-s-hat">The Trickster's Hat</a> (one of my favourites and I'm currently working through a few exercises): <i>"Composition is really hard to teach, mainly because balance is innate. Yes, there are mathematical rules of harmony and the golden mean can be measured, but the real acid test is not geometrics - it's purely a matter of whether you can feel the rightness of something in relationship to its surroundings. Do you internally "know" when something is right or when it is just off?"</i><br />
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If you are waiting for mail from me, I'm back in the saddle and hope to be caught up soon. Thanks for your patience. And I'm drowning a bit in small collages; I may give some away…stay tuned.<br />
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In the meantime, here are a few new works.<br />
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-75902280327501986002014-12-17T07:12:00.000-08:002014-12-17T07:12:30.007-08:00The Gift of a LetterThis morning I was up early, so I took the time to write a long letter to a new friend in Germany. I don't know her well, but she took a great deal of time over the last month or so to write to me a few times. I was happy to return a letter and carry on the conversation.<br />
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Over the past year, this blog has evolved a bit to one that was primarily focused on writing to one that explores art (mostly my own fledgling attempts) as well as correspondence and mail art, something which I have grown to enjoy more and more with each connection. The mail I receive is a gift of someone's time and time is something we seem to have less to give. Apropos of this sentiment and this seasoning of giving, here is a video courtesy of WestJet. I've heard of <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/20-years-later-sask-teacher-mails-student-penned-letters-1.2592962">Mr. Farrer's letter project</a> over the past year, but this video presents the story -- and the value of a letter -- beautifully. It's sentimental, yes, but I do think it demonstrates the value of a simple act and of caring.<br />
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I wish you all the best for the holidays and beyond. As my met-via-the-mail friend <a href="http://cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.ca/">Pamela</a> often writes, "See you in the mail."Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-72523772062783559062014-11-30T09:56:00.000-08:002014-11-30T09:57:23.050-08:00Collage and CongratsBusy, but very rewarding, days here as I settle into a new job and splitting my time between two places, both filled with people I love and things I enjoy doing. Life is full and very good, but my posts will likely slow down a bit. I'm trying to catch up with correspondence as well, so if I owe you a letter, it's coming! Promise. For now, a few collages I've been working on -- I've tried layering and collaging on top of some of my mono print efforts. I like the effect in the yellow one in particular, but I think I could have dropped the little armadillo-like creature in the red one; it seems a bit stuck in. (I would love some feedback from any readers, particularly constructive criticism. For the most part I work in a bit of a creative vacuum.) I don't think these are finished, but I'll keep staring at them for awhile.<br />
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There are several benefits to spending time in the city. One is re-connecting with old friends -- actually having time to spend with them -- and taking part in the many arts event in the city. This weekend I went to two books launches, both of friends. <a href="http://www.judeisabella.com/">Jude Isabella</a>, my work partner in crime, released <a href="http://www.rmbooks.com/book_details.php?isbn_upc=9781771600453">Salmon: A Scientific Memoir</a>, on Friday. And my friend Margaret Horsfield, along with Ian Kennedy, did a signing and presentation on <a href="http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/TofinoandClayoquotSound">Tofino & Clayoquot Sound: A History</a>, a book that the region has long needed, yesterday. I'm so proud of you, my friends. I know how much angst and sleepless nights go into writing projects so it's great to have them out there, released into the world.<br />
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And I also received another book from a dear writer friend. So happy to have <a href="http://www.signature-editions.com/index.php/books/single_title/i_wasnt_always_like_this">I Wasn't Always Like This</a>, a book of essays, by <a href="http://www.writersunion.ca/member/shelleya-leedahl">Shelley Leedahl</a>, on my bed stand. (The collagist in me loves the cover of that one.) All is good surrounded by so much creativity.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">As I mentioned previously, I've got lots going on at the moment - new job, new home (for part of the time), new city, etc. and, to add to the mix, I started an on-line collage course last month. Not entirely sure what I was thinking, but being busy does make one efficient! The 8-week course is The Art of Collage with artist </span><a href="http://randelplowman.com/" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Randel Plowman</a><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">, he of </span><a href="http://acollageaday.blogspot.ca/" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">A Collage a Day</a><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> and one of my favourite collage books, </span><a href="http://thecollageworkbook.blogspot.ca/p/book.html" style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">The Collage Workbook</a><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">. It's been great for keeping the work going and not trying to over think things too much. Each week is a new exercise, a new approach, a new technique. It's been great and I really recommend it, especially if you are just getting going with collage. (These classes are also great for meeting other artists and connecting with people from different parts of the world.)</span></div>
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Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-44318802297978529662014-10-29T06:00:00.000-07:002014-10-29T06:00:07.879-07:00Hallowe'en FunI had a great rainy day a week or so ago making some Hallowe'en cards. I do like Hallowe'en-related imagery, but not so much the Hallmark, cutesy versions. Bring on actual mummies, bats, spiders, snakes and the like (which I don't find scary, but seem to suit the day). And this year Canada Post put out a Haunted Canada series, so these stamps were fun to pair with the collages. I also had some of older Hallowe'en stamps, which came packaged in a "haunted stamp house." Since (I hope) most of these cards will have arrived at their destination, I thought it would be safe to post.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone mentioned that she liked the Bride of Frankenstein, so I went from there. And the old stamp is from another Canada Post series on cryptozoology (or, as they called it, <a href="http://colnect.com/en/stamps/list/series/89736-Folklore_Legendary_Creatures/country/2684-Canada">Canada's Legendary Creatures</a>). This one was Le Loup-Garou (the werewolf). I think it's great that Canada Post can think beyond queens, dead white men, and flags every once in awhile! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favourite. This is a mummified Sicilian priest. Love the velvet cape and hat and the lace blouse. I tried to echo the lace using a doily. I hope it made it through the post. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard to go wrong with a bat and a crypt. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the ghost bride from the Haunted Canada series. It's from the little monthly magazine that Canada Post puts out. (And you can see part of one of the stamps in the lower left.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For my niece, so a little tamer. Good use for one of those Harry Potter stamps from the US. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not particularly "Halloweeny"...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I couldn't resist this gal. Tried again with a bit of doily in the lower left. </td></tr>
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Sorry for the radio silence, gang. Lots going on - winding up my existing job, getting ready for a new one (all will be revealed); assignments for a collage course (more on that soon, too, but I've posted a few of the exercises here); apartment-hunting trips, and many more excellent excuses. I'll be back soon; that you can be sure of.<br />
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Thanks to everyone who has been sending me fabulous mail, like this from <a href="http://flipflopmailart.blogspot.ca/">Peter</a>. I have you all in a chronological stack and I'm getting to it, slowly but surely.<br />
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And have you seen Red Handed Rubber Stamps? Get yourself on <a href="http://redhandedrubberstamps.wordpress.com/">over there</a>! I'm not sure if it's a good thing that there are no retail outlets near my home. I may have to ask my friends in San Francisco to do a bit of shopping for me!<br />
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-72572466307052409052014-09-20T08:00:00.000-07:002014-09-23T08:00:39.060-07:00Collage Clean-UpI'm tidying up my desktop (the computer desktop; the actual desktop is beyond hope), so here are a few recent collages I've scanned. Varying success, but experimentation is always a good thing IMHO.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was inspired by the concertina book sent by Jack, which I posted about <a href="http://www.toughcitywriter.blogspot.ca/2014/09/mail-art-motherlode-part-2.html">here</a>. I had several packing tape transfers I'd made, so I made Jack a concertina book in return. This is just the one side. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made the transfers using photos from a magazine from BC's public television station. For September and Labour Day they had several shows related to working people. I thought they made very interesting photo transfers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not digging the green in the Louvre map, but so be it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made this for a Swap Bot exchange (a postcard with a postal theme). Love this historic image of the fellows in the mail room. Not so crazy about the rubber stamps I used. The red ink in particular is kind of wrong. </td></tr>
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Remember that Billy Idol song Dancing with Myself ("<i>My-se-elf</i>")? No? Okay then, here <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU">it is</a>! Now that you've established my approximate age, be reassured I have, for the most part, moved beyond dancing with myself. Instead, I'm writing to myself. Not so very punk, but so be it. </div>
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I try to keep a journal when I'm travelling, but on this year's summer vacation I decided to make a collage every day and mail it to myself. It was a way to keep the collage bug alive (no worries there, really), but I was also curious to see how these collages make it through the mail and whether they'd all arrived. I'm pleased to report that they all made it home fully intact. Yeah for glue sticks (UHU rules) and invisible Scotch tape.<br />
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Honestly? I was getting a bit bored at the end because I was trying to use materials at hand that had something to do with where I was. Tourist brochures start to look a lot alike after awhile. I had a bit of washi tape with me, but other than that, used what I had at hand (primarily maps and brochures).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You might notice that I added a blood pressure test here? I was "optimal!" I wish I'd taken one at the end of the trip!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun day. I hadn't been to Telegraph Cove for a lot of years. Very busy, but still charming. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our cushy ferry from Port Hardy to Bella Bella. The next ferry was about 1/20th the size. ..</td></tr>
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The card above had a cool cancellation. Our ferry up the snaking fjord from the coast to Bella Coola stopped briefly in Ocean Falls, "<a href="http://www.traveloceanfalls.com/">home of the rain people</a>," which is a coastal town far from its heyday. Apparently about 18 people live there full-time, but <i>they</i> <i>have a post office,</i> so of course I had to mail a card. Here's the cancellation (and a crazy "Haunted Canada" stamp):<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I did bring that postage stamp from home. Nice to juxtapose the <a href="http://www.straight.com/life/630721/bella-coola-aboriginal-stories-are-etched-stone">petroglyphs of the Nuxalk people</a> with the rock carving of an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie">explorer</a>, Alexander MacKenzie who perhaps left the first graffiti in Canada on a rock on the Pacific coast in 1793.<br />
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I was really hoping to get some interesting cancellations along the route. Somewhat by chance I read that the post office in Bella Coola has its own unique cancellation. I'm over 50 and pretty much beyond worrying about people think about me, so I marched into the post office and asked the nice lady to stamp my journal. Good thing I did, because the franking on the actual stamp was hard to see. Here is the cancellation with art by a Nuxalk artist:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">I had my first ever job in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. I was about 16 or 17 and was part of BC Park's "youth crew," a program that had unsuspecting youth volunteering (I honestly can't recall if I was paid) in provincial parks, painting outhouses, grubbing trail, washing stacks of awful pots, tubing down rivers, raking the sand of volleyball courts…". I had brought a few letters I wrote home (thanks Mom, for being a pack rat) and read them out to my husband and daughter (who happens to be 17). Hilarious and slightly embarrassing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The background here was actually from a large glossy tourist magazine promoting the Chilcotin area, but the art was done by a Tofino artist, <a href="http://markhobson.com/">Mark Hobson</a>. We watched fishermen use these large nets (beside very swift moving water) for quite awhile. The pictographs were a bit tough to find (poorly written directions; bah), but worth it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I haven't been to Barkerville for over 17 years, so I was worried it might have become too much of a tourist trap. It was busy, but we were pleasantly surprised. And, yes, there was a historic post office. </td></tr>
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The PO boxes were quite lovely and it looked like the boxes were actually being used. I thought they might have an interesting frank, but it was a fairly plain frank, much as you would have expected from the era (1800s). We watched the postmistress use her long metal "wand" to whack the cards I sent from there.<br />
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I have a soft spot for <a href="http://www.barkerville.ca/">Barkerville</a> because my parents went there on their honeymoon, back in 1958, just around the time it became a provincial park and historic site. I do have one BIG beef though. There were no good cards - not even good postcards - that you could pick up there. Craziness. With all of that historic fodder you think someone would come up with something! I did pick up this photo of one of the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariboo_camels">Cariboo camels</a> that were part of the BC gold rush. Not exactly Barkerville, but perhaps they were were on their way there when this photo was snapped. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little travel tip if you go to this area: stop in Wells first, especially if you like to write letters and send postcards. It a similar era as Barkerville, but people actually live there today and many of the historic buildings are restored and painted in fairly funky colours. There are several excellent artists in town and lots of options for picking up from art and cards (and great coffee, too). We had a great visit at two churches converted into galleries: <a href="http://www.claireart.ca/">Amazing Space</a> and <a href="http://saintgeorgegallery.wordpress.com/call-out-for-submissions/">St. George Gallery</a>.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">One very cool thing about the Wells-Barkerville area is that they have an annual <a href="http://www.dogsledmailrun.ca/">Sled Dog Mail Run</a>. The last weekend of January, they re-create the the Gold Rush Trail Sled Dog Mail Run and mail is cancelled with a unique cancellation at Quesnel, Wells, and Barkerville. Every year there is also a artist-designed envelope. You never know. I might get it together to get some envelopes in next year's run!</span></span></div>
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Okay, I'm tired and so are you (if you've lasted this long). We DID have a great time #exploringBC! Hope you had a wonderful summer as well.<br />
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Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-61115378143759521582014-09-05T07:00:00.000-07:002014-09-05T07:00:00.488-07:00Mail Art Motherlode - Part 3Final instalment. Thanks to everyone; I have my work cut out for me over the next month.<br />
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First up, Guido, who sent me these two cards for his <a href="http://mailartprojects.blogspot.ca/2014/04/resist-100-years-of-war.html">mail art call</a>, 1914 - 2014: Resist 100 Years of War.<br />
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Moan Lisa also sent me an envelope full of his wonderful digital collages.<br />
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Speaking of mail art calls, I sent a collage in to Lettres & Images, in Gradignan, France, for their mail art call, Labyrinthe. Just before I left on holidays, I received a catalogue with all of the images in it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here is the page with my envelope on it. On the reverse I had made a rubber stamp of the labyrinth in the Chartres cathedral. You can see all of the images <a href="http://artpostal-labyrinthe.blogspot.fr/">here</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Phillip, of <a href="http://envelope100.blogspot.ca/">envelope 100</a>, sent me this envelope he received in a MMSA swap. I had sent him a mushroom-themed envelope so he reciprocated. Thanks, Phillip!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Penny is a very faithful correspondent and this collaged postcard was waiting for me. Merci. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A while back I sent a card to Reg Cote and he responded with this great magazine of mail art (loaded with a lot of Canadian stamps). This is no. 118 of <i>circulaire</i>. (And I apologize for the lack of proper accents, but I can't seem to find them in the blog font I am using.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Here is an interior page. I might just submit something one day...</td></tr>
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-32406630350775797242014-09-03T07:00:00.000-07:002014-09-03T07:00:02.749-07:00Mail Art Motherlode - Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back again with more correspondence goodness. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://kerosene-mailart.blogspot.ca/">Carolyn</a>, Flypaper and Kerosene.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Nancie (aka The Book Chick), who despite having just begun a correspondence, seems to "get" me (by the looks of this card she sent).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Also in the stack, was this fabulous "concertina card" (aka accordion book, I would think) from<a href="http://www.jackoudyn.blogspot.com/"> Jack Oudyn</a> held together by the little red brads you can in this image. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The washi tape covered the ends of the brads and it all came through from Australia just fine. Thanks, Jack. This was a fabulous piece that I keep pouring over. I love the idea of a concertina card making it through the postal system. Here are a few of the interior pages:</td></tr>
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And, oh, my goodness. This was a stunning package to see:</div>
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The "fabulousness" from Dori continued on the inside as layer after layer was unveiled. What a treat. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful or what? The layering isn't coming through in the scan, but the piece is wonderfully textured and layered. (And there were little notes just for me under some of the flaps.) Thanks, Dori!</td></tr>
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I am pretty new to mail art and am just learning about artistamps (having just tried to make a few), so I was delighted to receive this from <a href="http://cascadiaartpostcentroid.blogspot.ca/">Cascadia Artpost</a>. Who knew that the originator of artistamps was a Canadian, the late Michael Bidner (1944-1989)? (And here he is, in the <a href="http://national.gallery.ca/english/library/biblio/ngc060.html">National Gallery</a> of Canada.) Here is Jack's (he of Cascadia Artpost) <a href="http://cascadiaartpostcentroid.blogspot.ca/2014/08/michael-bidner-artistamp-creator-1944.html">explanation</a> of the latest mail art I received from him, with a sheet of Bidner's stamps. </div>
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Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-91895554184944079882014-09-01T12:13:00.000-07:002014-09-01T12:13:09.726-07:00Mail Art Motherlode - Part 1Just back from a couple weeks holiday. After whining about the input not matching (not even close), my output, I came home to a very nice stack of mail (a lot of which I actually wrote to myself; more on that later), which was so wonderful. I had a lovely evening, ignoring the unpacking and laundry to be done. Instead, I poured myself a glass of wine, settled on the couch, and went through the mail piece by piece.<br />
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So, here is a catch up post. Some I've sent, some I received before I went away, and some I just received. Thank you, all!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I sent this collage to Cleo before I left. She seemed pretty pleased with it, which makes me happy too. <br />
Love those red lips. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the result of a paste and pass (no boundaries) card I started through Swap Bot. Honestly, I have been very underwhelmed by much I've received through Swap Bot (as someone wrote to me, I have one foot out the door), but I was okay with how this one turned out. I started with the black and white photo, red washi tape, the screen of the Canadian stamp, and the guy with his chin in a bandage (without the crown). </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great postal-themed envelope from Tara. Check out her <a href="http://www.dactyllife.com/">blog</a> (she's got a great purple bike!).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is one of two great letters I received from Pamela. (She has a great collection of rubber stamps, washi tape, interesting papers and stationery. Her work is always a joy to receive.) Make sure to check out Pamela's <a href="http://cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.ca/">blog</a>. She's an incredible wealth of information for all things mail art (as well as where to eat and shop in San Francisco!). Pamela included some pretty wacky Japanese stationery such as this: </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you can shed any insight into pants made of bamboo colander, please do tell! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wish I could remember all of the ways I connect with the mail art/correspondence community, but somewhere along the line (clicking links, no doubt), I came across Naomi Bulger's <a href="http://www.naomibulger.com/">blog</a>. A comment or two later and then I received this fantastic envelope in the post. Inside, was this: </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">… a copy of her novel, <i>Air Mail</i>. Thank you for the very generous gift, Naomi. Be sure to check out her blog and see how she customizes each hand-made envelope to suit the correspondent. Mine - the city scape - related to the name of my blog, Tough City Writer. </td></tr>
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Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-23754078810169019402014-08-07T07:00:00.000-07:002014-08-15T09:30:12.658-07:00Letters to the FrontI was going through some of my ephemera and letters, looking for some materials to use in a mail art call related to World War I, when I came across two letters I had picked up for $3 in a Victoria collectibles shop. They are quite lovely and heart breaking, written from a boy, Ron, to his father. Since we are "celebrating" (honouring?) the centenary of World War I, I thought I'd post the images and text of these letters (a letter and a Valentine).<br />
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Dear Dad,<br />
Went back to school today and had manual in the after-noon. We had to go to Steveseton [I think Steverston, a community near Vancouver] because they moved the manual. We went up and came back in the school buses. We had a swell time. Soon as I got back to the school after manual the principal collared me and said I want you as soon as you get your hat and coat on so I got them on and went with here [her?] to the nurse's room. The nurse said I was all right. Get [got?] faged [*fagged] out. So Miss Principal said don't worry about your homework and don't work hard in school so I am going to have a swell time.<br />
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Glad you're coming HOME, Home Sweet Home.<br />
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Yours till the Cream puffs,<br />
Ron<br />
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[picture] One of the nurse<br />
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Turn Over<br />
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* I looked up fagged in my lovely old Webster's Dictionary and it says: to work strenuously; to tire by exertion; to exhaust.<br />
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<i>I'm not sure what manual would be. The above dictionary referred to "The specified manner of training with a weapon." Any other thoughts? </i><br />
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<i>This side is the most heart-breaking (and sweetest, really). "Before," dad is in a wheelchair. And now? He is "all bright and shiny as a new dime." Then, an illustration of the "new dad ("You"), "By Me." </i>Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-39653266056235925882014-08-05T07:01:00.000-07:002014-08-05T07:02:11.672-07:00DeconstructionI've been stockpiling bits of old books - endpapers and covers, primarily - so finally concentrated on just using them in some collage. (I've been finding random piles of bits of papers, which is how I usually work, a bit overwhelming lately, so have been experimenting with limiting the palette or material in some way helpful.) Here are the results:<br />
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-85075548297577656172014-07-28T19:00:00.000-07:002014-07-29T07:27:42.672-07:00Monoprints!Karen, who masterfully runs <a href="http://mailmesomeart.blogspot.ca/">Mail Me Some Art</a> (aka MMSA), has these great challenges that help me stretch my artistic muscles (for what they're worth). A recent swap was to make postcards out of mono printed papers. I took a course on using gel plates at <a href="http://collagepdx.blogspot.ca/">Collage</a>, when I was in Portland, and I'd been thinking of finally getting my own plate. So…this challenge spurred me to do just that.<br />
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The first round I just used one colour and played around with different papers, some stencils and printing one colour on top of another colour. Then I watched a great video from <a href="http://www.janedaviesstudios.com/">Jane Davies</a>, <a href="http://www.janedavies-collagejourneys.blogspot.ca/2013/05/maksing-with-gel-plate.html">Masking with the Gel Plate</a>, and I had an "aha moment" (really more like a "duh" moment) when I saw her put daubes of different colours on the plate and then smoosh them together. SO much more interesting.<br />
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Here's a bit of what I got up to. There are four postcards for the swap and then some Jane Davies-inspired pieces using masks.<br />
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-51477296766207210832014-07-22T08:39:00.000-07:002014-07-22T08:39:16.831-07:00Studio WeekendI had a nice stretch of time at the art table this past weekend. I did some collaging, wrote some letters and postcards, and even started playing with my gelli plate. (There is a lot to learn there!) For the record (if, for me only!) here's a bit of the production:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick Bantock's book, <a href="http://www.nickbantock.com/books.php">The Tricker's Hat</a>, has put me on to cutting numbers and letters in half. And I love that weird little bear (?) stamp I picked up at <a href="http://www.urbansource.bc.ca/">Urban Source</a> in Vancouver. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simpler than I usually go, but I like it. Less fussy...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was becoming a bit of a mess, but I think I salvaged it with the tattooed man and "mail this." </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The white dot on this one is an actual hole, so we'll see how it does in the postal system. Back to the use of stencils with tissue layered on top. I like the abstractness (is that a word?) of this one. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This envelope cracks me up. I had a whack of these portraits of Canadian prime ministers (and the Queen, of course), so I superimposed their heads on the page of an old year book. Plus, I added a few new portraits of Canadian writers. </td></tr>
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-73002773108522345512014-07-16T08:44:00.000-07:002014-07-16T08:44:02.328-07:00Where Does The Rainbow End...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>"Donde termina el arco iris en tu alma o en al horizonte?"</i></div>
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<i>"Where does the rainbow end, in your soul or on the horizon?"</i></div>
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I had been fiddling around with some ideas to respond to the mail art call from <a href="http://mailarta.blogspot.ca/">Dame Mailarta</a>. The mail art call was, simply, <a href="http://mailartprojects.blogspot.ca/2014/06/rainbow.html">Rainbow</a> to "celebrate the changes that have been achieved, and are still being fought for, as they relate to human rights, marriage equality, and the LGBT community."</div>
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I had been wanting to do a bigger project and with <a href="http://cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.ca/">Pamela</a>'s timely post that sent me to a <a href="http://www.ruthbleakley.com/blog/">blog on making books</a>, I played around with this accordion book. The seams are a little rough in places, but overall I'm pleased with how it turned out. </div>
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Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-6093587444444425432014-07-10T20:18:00.001-07:002014-07-10T20:41:01.041-07:00Wednesday Round-UpAnother Wednesday Round-up on Thursday. Hmmm. Maybe that wasn't such a great idea. It's been a busy week filled with various things. Some mail-, art-, or writing-related, but also a whole lot of just getting through a week in July! It's all good. I'm off for a few days of music and friends in the sun, but here's a bit of what's been going through my post office box.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From ever-faithful and so distinctive, <a href="http://guidovermeulen.blogspot.ca/">Guido</a> in Belgium. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cascadiaartpost.blogspot.ca/">Cascadia Artpost</a> is celebrating the fact that Test Tower is moving. Wouldn't it be great if all change of address notices looked like this? Love the artistamp. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Stefano in Rome. His half of the mail art exchange related to signs of the Zodiac. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The other side of Stefano's card. I am Capricorn (just). </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A collage for no one in particular. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My card off to Guido. A bit simpler than I usually do, but I didn't want to mess with the crazy man. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More from Test Tower. Call me spoiled. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All hail, Heebee Jeebeeland! What can I say? Is this fantastic or what? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More collage to no one in particular. Love that book of old Royal Bank of Canada cheques I picked up at a thrift store. I'm getting a lot of mileage out of it! </td></tr>
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-25150646307804805972014-06-26T07:18:00.004-07:002014-06-26T07:18:51.637-07:00Wednesday Round UpLast week I did the "Wednesday" round-up on Tuesday so this week I will post it on Thursday. Keep you guessing. It's been a slow mail week. Well, a pathetic show of mail received (ahem), but I've been sending a lot out. Other than a letter from ever faithful <a href="http://guidovermeulen.blogspot.ca/">Guido</a>, which I have yet to scan, there's been nothing other than bills, which is a bit discouraging given my output. I live in eternal hope, however, and I do get a lot of joy out of sending. I did several small collages last weekend as we were on another quick road trip. I commandeered the back seat and was happy with my scissors and glue stick (well, not so happy when we were stuck in traffic because of an accident and I'd run out of card stock). It's great when your teenagers are able to drive. Really. It is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I haven't sent this one out yet. I probably need to send it to someone I know or someone who will not get twisted out of shape because of the odd little creature with the fairly large "appendage." If you'd like it, email me or leave a comment with your address and it's yours! (Offer good for one week. No takers by next Thursday and I'll decide where it goes.)</td></tr>
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-52383192374037934012014-06-17T07:57:00.000-07:002014-06-17T07:57:37.486-07:00Wednesday Round UpRather than bore you all with random pics of mail art - what's been coming and going through the Tofino post office - perhaps I'll start a once-a-week round up. I had a pretty productive weekend, but other than a pic on Instagram (toughcitywriter), I didn't record them. Here are a few that I did, however:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above and below, very distinctive mail art from <a href="http://www.photoaskew.com/">Stan Askew</a>. Loving the use of stamps and stamps (rubber and postage).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above and below. This is outgoing to Spain. It was in response to a mail art contact who wanted to exchange art related to zodiacs. He's a Sagittarius and I'm Capricorn (but just barely, on the cusp of Sagittarius), so I had a bit of fun with this and cut a few new rubber stamps as well. It was great to have a good excuse to use the <a href="https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/2013/2013_feb_zodiac.jsf">Canada Post Signs of the Zodiac stamp series</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This just in from <a href="http://cappuccinoandartjournal.blogspot.ca/">Pamela</a> in San Francisco. Always happy to receive her creative mail and great letters. I must say that although I do enjoy receiving mail and art from other mail artists, it is nice to actually make some connections with people who are like-minded. So thank you for the letters, Pamela!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above and below from <a href="http://cascadiaartpost.blogspot.ca/">Cascadia Artpost</a>, maker of stunning artistamps. All of those flowers are his designs. And this included a packet of flower seeds, too. Very nice and timely for spring and gardening. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And I made this for a <a href="http://librarymailart.wordpress.com/tag/lackman-library/">mail art call</a> at the Lackman Library in Kansas. It was fun to finally use one of the endpapers - complete with circulation slot - from one of the discarded library books I have lying around. This one is from the school just down the road.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And it's always nice to see that my art makes it through. Here are a few posts on received mail: <a href="http://heebeejeebeeland.blogspot.ca/2014/05/heebee-post-1110-adrienne-mason-tofino.html">Heebee Jeebeeland</a>, <a href="http://fripsmailart.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/adrienne-mason/">Frips Mail Art</a>, <a href="https://maccandace.wordpress.com/tag/mailart/">Glenrosa Journeys</a> and <a href="http://goopmailart.blogspot.ca/2014/04/adrienne-masonfrom-canada.html">Goop Mail Art</a>.</span></div>
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Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-13992408245655459312014-06-14T06:48:00.000-07:002014-06-14T06:48:00.664-07:00Mail Me Some ArtI've always been interested in things related to letters. I like writing, love receiving mail, have collected stamps on and off (not as a serious philatelist, but as someone who admires the art and enjoys history), and always thought being a mail carrier would be a great job. (I love walking and getting up early. Not so sure it would be as ideal as I imagine though, especially with all of the recent changes at Canada Post.)<br />
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Last year, when I started to get more interested in collage and, by extension, participating in mail art, I trolled around trying to figure out how to get started. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Mail-Day-Primer-Eye-Popping/dp/1592535372">Good Mail Day</a> was a great primer, of course, and I quickly got myself a copy of that. There are lots of other great sites and resources I found, but one of the first was <a href="http://iamrushmore.blogspot.ca/">Karen Isaacson</a>'s <a href="http://mailmesomeart.blogspot.ca/">Mail Me Some Art</a>. This site has lots of open swaps, which I find are great for trying new ideas and techniques, and there is also a spot for informal exchanges with other like-minded mail art/artist types. Like Liberate Your Art, which I wrote about last time, you send in your work and get others in exchange. Here's what I received as part of the exchange for grid postcards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Phillip Lerche (too bad it got mucked up in the postal system). Here is <a href="http://envelope100.blogspot.ca/2014/04/mmsa-grid-finale.html">his post</a> on the grid cards he made and received. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Jellita at Jellita Monotype Prints. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Carroll (aka bigmamabird).</td></tr>
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Karen is always coming up with great art ideas on Mail Me Some Art. Next up for me? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistamp">Artistamps</a>. It's the push I've needed to get going on this. Check it out.Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-71642331822606828482014-06-12T06:47:00.000-07:002014-06-12T06:47:54.558-07:00Liberate Your ArtKat, over at <a href="http://kateyestudio.com/">Kay Eye Studio</a>, runs an annual "<a href="http://kateyestudio.com/liberate-your-art-postcard-swap">liberate your art</a>" project. Honestly, I can't recall how I came across it - somewhere one night of insomnia perhaps? - but I liked the idea that it pushed you to actually do something with your art. In this case, choose a piece and get it printed so you could send it out as a postcard. Then, you send the postcards to Kate (and arrange for postage), which she then re-distributes.<br />
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It was timely for me as I was creating all of these collages and not quite sure what to do with them. (I have some ideas now!) Here is the card that I had printed up:<br />
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And here are the cards I received:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://porterimages58.blogspot.com/">Terri</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://squirrellyduck.blogspot.com/">Stacie</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Mary at <a href="http://www.uncustomary.org/">Uncustomary Art</a> (which is a brilliant name of a site for someone named Mary, don't you think?).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this, "Layered Autumn" is from the host, <a href="http://www.kateyestudio.com/">Kat</a>. </td></tr>
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I didn't participate in the "blog hop" after the event was over, but here is the <a href="http://kateyestudio.com/2014/04/liberate-your-art-2014-blog-hop.html">blog post</a> on that. In total, the project "liberated" 1254 pieces of art with 209 artists from 10 countries participating. Thanks, Kat!<br />
<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29130064.post-84214272210375376492014-06-05T07:00:00.000-07:002014-06-05T07:00:08.769-07:00Hidden Wolf Within Me: SerendipityOften when I'm creating a collage it's not until afterwards that I notice serendipity - what I thought was a random word seems to align perfectly with an image or something in the placement of a particular piece balances out another "randomly" placed piece. There was a few things that came together when I did this piece for a mail art call, The Hidden Wolf Within Me, which went to the Philippines.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First, I printed this vintage image of a wolf on a page from a children's dictionary. I used the page with the word wolf on it, but just fed it into the printer without fussing with alignment. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is what resulted. See how wolves aligned just above the eye? Serendipity for sure. </td></tr>
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That was cool, I thought, but then this happened.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the reverse of the envelope (with a packing tape transfer added.) See how the word "within" just happened to be at the top of the page of the dictionary? Serendipity rather than any brilliant planning on my part (although my friend, Rebecca would disagree). </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So I added this. </td></tr>
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<br />Adrienne Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797874309852340677noreply@blogger.com0