My Mail Art World

Received from Laurence Gillot

2012-02-26T05:05:00.003-08:00

Very nice mail art received from Laurence Gillot. Check her website :

http://lo-post.tumblr.com.

Received for my "frogs of the world" challenge

2012-02-26T04:59:00.000-08:00

Four new covers for my "frogs of the world" challenge: Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Finland and South Korea.

GOTIJ cover from Cheryl Penn

2012-02-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

A GOTIJ cover received from Cheryl Penn. Check the GOTIJ group on IUOMA website: http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/gotij

Inside the cover there was a piece of a painting from Cheryl, the text below and the picture of the full painting.

D like Decadry

2012-02-09T13:00:00.000-08:00

A very original sending from Philippe for my call illustarted ABC. D like Decadry... Using a personalized designed by Philippe himself.

Received from Australia

2012-02-08T13:00:00.000-08:00

A set of covers I sent to myself during my last trip to Sydney and Melbourne. To bad that some of them did not get cancelled. It seems the Australian Post does not like when the stamp is not at the right position ;-)

D like Dragon (bis)

2012-02-07T13:30:00.000-08:00

Another cover from Philippe Charron illustrating the letter D like Dragon. for my call illustrated ABC.

D like Dragon

2012-02-07T13:00:00.000-08:00

A very nice cover from Philippe CHarron for my call "illustarted ABC". Here the letter D, like dragon.

Received from Clotilde

2012-02-06T13:00:00.000-08:00

A nice sending from Clotilde:
http://clo-ciseaux-pinceaux.over-blog.com/

Received from Ghislaine Vitry

2012-02-05T13:00:00.000-08:00

A nice card received from Ghislaine Vitry. Here is her blog:
http://agent-ghibrevin-0044.over-blog.com/

Received from Jean François Vigeon

2012-02-04T05:01:00.000-08:00

A nice cover from Jean Fançois Vigeon. Check his blog: http://plus-beaux-les-echanges.over-blog.com/

Here are the mailart calls from Jean François:

Jean-François VIGEON 1 Allée de la Choisière 17620 ECHILLAIS - FRANCE

No jury, no return, no sale. A4 maximum. Technical and support free (envelope or not, volume, paper, cardboard, wood etc ...). Receiver and stamp on the exposed face. Deadline: May 31, 2012 before my second show scheduled for June 2012 in Echillais then in Rochefort-sur-Mer.

The list of works will be sent to each participant by mail or Mail-Art (INCLUDE in your send YOUR E-MAIL please) .

Photographs of works will be on the blog: http://plus-beaux-les-echanges.over-blog.com.

Call 1: WATER worldwide in liquid, solid or gaseous. It is: Source of life (or death when it is polluted) and source of inequality. It is purifying ritual, original, precious but not inexhaustible: we must preserve it ... and post it now!

Call 2: Animal or vegetable (or both, it depends!) The fauna and flora (real or imagined) are welcome in our Postal Ark (of Noah)

Call 3: A Votre bon coeur Messieurs Dames! Who rubs it gets stuck! Draw, paint or paste-matter there must be a heart in your shipment. To you to put your own or just when your soul!

Call 4: Taste and Travel (distant relatives or ...). Dream destination or destinations of dreams, mail art elsewhere. Share with us your meals experiences , traveling (whether in the bakery next door or across the end of the world) and for once odors can mix the colors of your creations postcards. Yum-yum !

Call 5: Freedom-Peace: two strong messages to post today!

Call 6: Means of transport. On foot, horseback, car or even faster ... all at the speed of a letter mailed.

Call 7: Fire first of all but also his friends : Metal, Water, Wood and Earth ( The five elements ).

THANKS to all those who are willing to respond to these calls !!!!!!!

THANKS also to talk about you. See you soon!

Call 8 : Santa Claus and his friends ( Mother Christmas, goblins, elves, toys, reindeers....... ) for an exhibition planed in december 2012 at Echillais's Post Office. I hope that everybody from 1 to 100 years old will enjoy it!

Call 9 : A Book, some Books, a Writing, some Writings...different ways, all this in writing or in pictures or both as you like ( drawings, stamps, collages, calligraphy... ). Deadline : 31/12/2012.

Received from Guido Vermeulen

2012-01-30T12:00:00.000-08:00

A very nice cover from Guido Vermeulen.

Guido's personnal blog: http://guidovermeulen.blogspot.com

Received from Michèle Courtois

2012-01-29T01:31:00.000-08:00

Very nice creation from Michèle. Here blog is at : http://michadoucementtimbree.over-blog.fr/

Cover puzzle from Ahmet Demir

2012-01-17T13:00:00.000-08:00

A new cover puzzle from Ahmet Demir.

Received from Kerri Pullo

2012-01-15T20:19:00.000-08:00

Very nice mail art received from Kerri Pullo.

Carte de voeux (Wishes map !)

2012-01-07T10:30:00.000-08:00

Nice cover received from my friend Philippe with a very nice "carte de voeux" (with a play between "card" and "map").

A new cow cover

2012-01-03T00:44:00.000-08:00

Thank you Claudette Essiembre for this sending.

Cow cover from Canada

2012-01-01T12:00:00.000-08:00

A new contribution from Raymond Furlotte for my Cow mail art project.

First card for 2012

2011-12-31T05:20:00.000-08:00

My first card for 2012 received from Richard. Very colorful!

Black and White : Cow skin

2011-12-25T05:11:00.001-08:00

A mail art I sent to myself as a trial for a "black and white" project. A cow skin, to stay in one of my favorite subjetcs!

The letter A

2011-12-22T19:00:00.000-08:00

A first contribution to my new project : illustrated ABC. Here A for "Alpinisme" (in French)

New mail art from Oizy

2011-12-02T14:00:00.000-08:00

A very nice new mail art from Sandra (Oizy)

Frog cover from Belgium

2011-12-01T11:15:00.001-08:00

A nice frog from Belgium sent by Johan. Nice idea to have mirrored the design on the reverse side of the cover!

Artistamp

2011-11-24T11:02:00.001-08:00

Superb artistamp from Eni Looka using the Milka cow!

New mail art from a new mail artist

2011-11-08T11:58:00.000-08:00

A cover from Richard Baudet.

Tribute to the French rugby team

2011-11-07T11:25:00.000-08:00

A cover that I sent to myself. It went through without cancellation.

Cover sent: Rugby

2011-11-02T08:16:00.001-07:00

Cover sent to Michele for a rugby theme.

Cover sent : Birds

2011-11-02T08:15:00.001-07:00

Cover made of a picture I took in London and worked a bit with Photoshop.

Cover sent: Bird cage

2011-11-02T08:14:00.001-07:00

Cover sent to Sandra for the birds cages project.

Cover sent: Blue Horse

2011-11-02T08:13:00.000-07:00

Cover made from a picture of a funtain I took in Paris, then worked a bit with Photoshop.

Cover sent: Snake

2011-11-02T08:11:00.001-07:00

Cover sent to Guido Vermeulen for the snake project.

Famous cows: Marguerite

2011-09-26T05:22:00.000-07:00

A cover from my friend Philippe picturing a famous cow, Marguerite, from the movie "La vache et le prisonnier" (The cow and I) with Fernandel.

Etegami from Japan

2011-09-25T05:18:00.000-07:00

A very nice etegami from Japan from Dosankodebbie picturing both a cow and a frog. It is inspired by the haiku by Kobayashi Issa : a frog squats on the head of a sleeping cow.

Find all her very nice creations at:
http://etegamibydosankodebbie.blogspot.com

Who has the longuest tongue?

2011-09-10T14:00:00.000-07:00

A cover from Philippe Charron.

The Trojan Cow

2011-09-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

The Trojan horse legend revisited by Philippe Charron using a nice cow. ANd yes there are stamps embedded in the design! Look closely!

Rugby

2011-09-08T08:03:00.000-07:00

A nice cover from Philippe Charron about my favorite sport. I like the way Philippe has used the FRanch rugby stamp.

Philatelic puzzle

2011-09-03T10:39:00.000-07:00

The philatelic puzzle, expalined by my friend Philippe Charron. Yes, all pieces of the stamp are there ;-)

Eastern Lattice

2011-09-02T10:37:00.000-07:00

Photo card from Douglas Galloway.

Mouse and Frog

2011-09-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

A nice creation from Michèle Courtois. Her blog is available at:

http://michadoucementtimbree.over-blog.fr/

Cover from Raymond Furlotte

2011-08-31T10:30:00.000-07:00

Recto and verso of a cover from Raymond Furlotte (Québec).

Nice card from Sandra

2011-08-30T10:26:00.000-07:00

Very nice creation from Sandra.

The zombie frog

2011-08-29T10:18:00.000-07:00

A very nice painted cover from Guido Vermeulen picturing a Zombie frog, the queen of swamp.

Guido's personnal blog: http://guidovermeulen.blogspot.com
Guido's project, the book of Ann: http://thebookofann.blogspot.com

Frog card from Clotilde

2011-08-28T10:00:00.000-07:00

Clotilde seems to like my frog theme! Don't forget to check her blog :

http://clo-ciseaux-pinceaux.over-blog.com/

Another frog cover from Clotilde

2011-08-27T06:16:00.000-07:00

Another nice cover from Clotilde. Her blog:

http://clo-ciseaux-pinceaux.over-blog.com/

Frog cover from Clotilde

2011-08-06T06:49:00.000-07:00

A very nice cover from Clotilde. Her blog :

http://clo-ciseaux-pinceaux.over-blog.com/

Painted cover from Guido Vermeulen

2011-07-24T06:22:00.000-07:00

A very nice painted cover from Guido Vermeulen called "désir d'évasion" (desire to escape).

Guido's personnal blog: http://guidovermeulen.blogspot.com

Guido's project, the book of Ann: http://thebookofann.blogspot.com

Another frog cover

2011-07-24T06:07:00.001-07:00

Another frog cover that I realized using a design from Philippe Charron.

Butterfly on a puzzle from Turkey

2011-07-16T04:54:00.000-07:00

A puzzle made of four covers from Ahmet Demir (Turkey). The covers bear artistamps picturing the same butterfly.

Frog cover with personalized stamp

2011-07-16T04:51:00.000-07:00

A frog cover realized by myself using a design from my friend Philippe Charron. The stamp is a personalized stamp (Mon Timbre à Moi) reusing the same design.

Three cow puzzles

2011-07-14T02:32:00.000-07:00

Three cow puzzles from my freind Philippe Charron.

Cover from Strasbourg

2011-07-11T11:57:00.000-07:00

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As a spin off of my "frog of the world" challenge, here is a cover that I sent to myself from Strasbourg with a frog carrying the colour a Strasbourg, another one carrying the colour of Alsace. In the bottom right corner the coat of arms of Strasbourg.

Mail art catalog - En toutes lettres

2011-07-03T06:07:00.000-07:00

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Mail art catalog for the project "En toutes lettres" organized by "Lettres et Images". My contribution is also published in the catalogue. More on the blog : http://entouteslettresetimages.blogspot.com/

Frog puzzle from E

2011-07-03T05:53:00.000-07:00

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Frog puzzle from E, ambassador of Utopia.

E's projects:

MAILART PROJECT N°1: "SEND ME YOUR SOUL !"
(Souls will not be sent back and will remain the property of "E")

MAILART PROJECT N°2: "IS THERE LIFE BEFORE DEATH ?"

NO DEADLINE.

FORMAT AND TECHNIQUES: FREE

ONE CONSTRAITE: YOUR WORK HAS TO CONTAIN SOME RED AND BLACK COLOURS.

DOCUMENTATION ON HIS BLOG : http://insomniesetartpostal.blogspot.com/

Mail art from E - Ambassador of Utopia

2011-07-03T05:34:00.000-07:00

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Certificate for the reception of my soul, my contribution to E's project: send me your soul.

Click here to see my contribution

The two projects from E:

MAILART PROJECT N°1: "SEND ME YOUR SOUL !"

(Souls will not be sent back and will remain the property of "E")

MAILART PROJECT N°2: "IS THERE LIFE BEFORE DEATH ?"

NO DEADLINE.

FORMAT AND TECHNIQUES: FREE

ONE CONSTRAITE: YOUR WORK HAS TO CONTAIN SOME RED AND BLACK COLOURS.

DOCUMENTATION ON HIS BLOG : http://insomniesetartpostal.blogspot.com/

The milky way

2011-06-25T07:36:00.000-07:00

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The milky way, a view from my friend Philippe Charron.

Colored cows

2011-06-25T07:33:00.000-07:00

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A nice cover from my friend Philippe Charron.

Dissection of a frog

2011-06-25T07:31:00.000-07:00

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A mail art view of the dissection of a frog, from my friend Philippe Charron.

A cow lies well

2011-06-25T07:26:00.000-07:00

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A "lying" cow from my friend Philippe Charron.

Cows from Isabelle Paris

2011-06-18T07:55:00.000-07:00

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A nice contribution to my cow project from Isabelle Paris.

Frogs from Isabelle Paris

2011-06-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

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A very nice contribution to my frog project from Isabelle Paris.

Red frog

2011-06-13T11:16:00.000-07:00

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A nice red frog from my friend Philippe Charron. Loke closely to find the stamp...

Ready made mail-art

2011-06-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

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A ready made mail-art from my friend Philippe Charron. A tribute to Marcel Duchamp.

A rose on a mail art puzzle from Turkey

2011-06-13T11:11:00.000-07:00

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A nice puzzle (made of four covers) from Ahmet Demir.

A butterfly on a cover from Turkey (II)

2011-06-13T11:09:00.000-07:00

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Another butterfly from Turkey from Ahmet Demir.

A butterfly on a cover from Turkey (I)

2011-06-13T11:08:00.000-07:00

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A butterfly from Turkey from Ahmet Demir.

Frogs in Europe

2011-06-12T07:20:00.000-07:00

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A tribute to Europe with its 27 countries pictured by frogs!

Mozart

2011-06-12T06:31:00.000-07:00

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A frog inspired by Mozart, fromg my friend Philippe Charron. I like the way the stamp is integrated into the design of the cover.

A genetically modified frog

2011-06-12T06:17:00.000-07:00

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A frightening GMO: a frog with a rhinoceros head! From my friend Philippe Charron.

A scientific frog

2011-06-12T06:13:00.000-07:00

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A scientific frog observing human being under its microscope... From my friend Philippe Charron.

A bird on a cover from Turkey (III)

2011-06-12T06:07:00.000-07:00

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Another bird from Turkey from Ahmet Demir.

A bird on a cover from Turkey (II)

2011-06-12T06:06:00.000-07:00

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Another bird from Turkey from Ahmet Demir.

A bird on a cover from Turkey (I)

2011-06-12T06:04:00.000-07:00

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Here is a nice bird on a cover from Ahmet Demir (Turkey)

My first photo montage

2011-06-06T11:44:00.000-07:00

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My first atttempt to mail art, a photo montage using two frog pictures.