For the Ephemeral Mailbox Museum


For the Ephemeral Mailbox Museum

Originally uploaded by Elaine with Grey Cats.

A quick doodle last night, with the text “Heading home from her morning walk in the hills/she noticed something wrong… well simply different in the tree.” UPDATE: Bah! The orientation of the card is wrong for the call!

I have to admit, i don’t like the pens i bought very much. I’m not sure what possessed me to buy a pack of 12 highlighters. (Bright shiny!) The “summer” color sharpies don’t appeal to me that much either.

I think this is my first use of the Buk stamp*, and the brown ink seemed to work nicely. My rather generic blue ink pad seems to have dried out. I should verify that it’s the only one before replacing.

Anyhow, mail art, first in a bit of a long while, i think. Off it goes to The Ephemeral Mailbox Museum.

I also note that i’ve been using my little glue-to book extensively, stuffing it with the ephemera i’d usually collect and then stuff in bits and places. It seems a much more liberating way to deal with the archiving and documenting instinct.

* The Buk (Charles Bukowski) portrait was produced by Ready-Made Rubber, P O Box, Downieville, CA, 95936 I believe the art is by Rick Geary.

mail art, glue-to books

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