Printing Death Valley

 

I believe the last time I was carving out linoleum and making block prints was when I was student.  Maybe it was the visible geologic time machine of Death Valley that inspired me after last weekend’s trip to the desert.  This one comes from a long morning hike way back into Mosaic Canyon – one of my favorite places in the national park.

The Book is a Friend

Sometimes when you make and send mail art you have to accept that it just might not get there.  All that was left of this copy of Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street, was the cover.  That has been converted into a postcard with obsessively hand-painted bookshelves on the back – it was kind of addictive painting those.   Now, let’s hope it makes it to Russia.

When it Rains it Pours (Mail Art)

After an exceptionally dry February, it has been pouring the last few weeks and art has been pouring into mail box as well.  A few more pieces for Valentine’s Day and a Year of the Dog print from Gina Visione and even a nod to Presidents Day.  A poetic set from e. coles that included some wool from a British Southdown Sheep!  Big envelopes, collaged postcards and some spring time mail art from Greece.  Here is a list of the recent senders:

1. Dori Singh
2. Susan Stewart
3. Jennie Hinchliff
4. Gina Visione
5. Kerosene
6. Julia Crossman
7. e. coles
8. Peter Müller
9. Gregg Biggs and the Museum of Unclaimed Ephemera
10. Katerina Nikoltsou
11. Crackerjack Kid
12. Lours Postal
13. Marina Salmaso