Donnerstag, 20. August 2009

No. 83 - arriving mail art "small preciousness" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)



No. 83 - arriving mail art "small preciousness" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela has decorated the envelope with old stamps, incl. a Bismarck stamp and a rubberstamp I have sent to here, inside she puts another Bismarck (the small preciousness) in a little bag. The real valid postage stamp is on the backside and has not been canceled. Thank you very much.
Angela has a mail art call on the theme Amy Winehouse - that's why she puts inside as well some mail art call sheets.

Mittwoch, 19. August 2009

No. 82 - arriving mail art "inventory numbers" from Torma Cauli (Hungary)


No. 82 - arriving mail art "inventory numbers" from Torma Cauli (Hungary) - a computer animated collage of a map of the Bismarck Archipel, combined with a war ship and palm tree. Torma has used as well on of the Bismarck stamp. Thank you very much.

Montag, 17. August 2009

No. 81 - arriving mail art "Hello Mr. B" from Katerina Nikoltsou (Greece)


No. 81 - arriving mail art "Hello Mr. B" from Katerina Nikoltsou (Greece) - Katerina has worked out two little theaters with collages of Bismarck images behind the curtains. Thank you very much.

No. 79 & No. 80 - arriving mail art "The Bismarck Queen" & "Otto und seine Kinder im Schokoladenmuseum" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)




No. 79 & No. 80 - arriving mail art "The Bismarck Queen" & "Otto und seine Kinder im Schokoladenmuseum" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - two more computer animated collages. The first with the war ship Bismarck combined with images from the well known movie by John Huston, African Queen from 1951, with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn (here with a little mistake because Wolfgang mixed it up with Audrey Hepburn). On the backside he used a stitched banana artistamp by Angela Behrendt and a Bismarck stamp I have sent to him. The other shows Otto together with his kids which seem to be worked out in chocolate, standing next to a chocolate bar. Thank you very much.
see his page at iuoma: http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/WolfgangSkodd

No. 78 - arriving mail art from Nicole Eippers (Belgium)


No. 78 - arriving mail art from Nicole Eippers (Belgium) - a collaged portrait of Bismarcl with little paintings around.Thank you very much.
Nicole has mail art calls about pigs and about noah's arch:http://piggyonemailart.blogspot.com/
http://piggy-noaharchmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 77 - arriving mail art "Bernkastel Kues Bismarck" from Eggi, Lieschen, René & Martina (Germany)


No. 77 - arriving mail art "Bernkastel Kues Bismarck" from Eggi, Lieschen, René & Martina (Germany) - a modified commercial postcard from Bernkastel-Kues with an Bismarck image and the notice that Bismarck has resided in one of these buildings, which is obviously a lie. Thank you very much.

Freitag, 7. August 2009

No. 76 - arriving mail art "Bis-Mark-4-Street" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)


No. 76 - arriving mail art "Bis-Mark-4-Street" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - a collage with a map of Aschaffenburg where you can find the street called "Bismarckallee" and the ship from war calles "die Bismarck". Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://arttowersmailart.blogspot.com/

Donnerstag, 6. August 2009

No. 75 - arriving mail art "Berliner Pfannkuchen Bismarck Jellyfish" from Adamandia Kapsalis (USA)


No. 75 - arriving mail art "Berliner Pfannkuchen Bismarck Jellyfish" from Adamandia Kapsalis (USA) - she combined in her drawing a Jellyfish with the body in the shape of a Berlin Pfannkuchen (doughnut) and the typical spiked helmet. Thank you very much.
see: http://a-fishy-requisite.blogspot.com/

No. 74 - arriving mail art zine "circulaire No. 43" from R. F. Côté (Canada)


the official call on Otto von Bismarck

here are some Bismarck stamps

No. 74 - arriving mail art zine "circulaire No. 43" from R. F. Côté (Canada) - the new issue of circulaire arrived, inside some Bismarck stamps which I sent in as well tha official anouncement for my mail art call about Otto von Bismarck - that's why I post it here. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://circulaire132.blogspot.com/

Mittwoch, 5. August 2009

No. 73 - arriving mail art from Don Boyd (USA)




No. 73 - arriving mail art from Don Boyd (USA) - Don has sent me two of his typical (closed-eyes, I suppose) drawing which got a nice effect because the drawing lines seems to drift apart. Inside he puts as well a fluxus portrait of himself. Thank you very much

No. 72 - arriving mail art "speaking Bismarck" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)



No. 72 - arriving mail art "speaking Bismarck" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela combined here an original graffiti she has found in venice and which she transformed (as always) into an embroidery, instead of some word inside the speech bubble she stitched a little silhouette of Bismarck. She used as well a historical postage stamp with the portrait of Bismarck. Thank you very much.
Angela has a mail art call about Amy Winhouse.

No. 71 - arriving mail art "Der wird in die Geschichte eingeh'n..." from Fraenz Frisch (Luxembourg)


No. 71 - arriving mail art "Der wird in die Geschichte eingeh'n..." from Fraenz Frisch (Luxembourg) - a funny comic drawing of Otto von Bismarck leaving a little boat while he has his fishing pole over his shoulders. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://www.mailart.lu/

No. 70 - arriving mail art "OTTO" from Denis Charmot (France)


No. 70 - arriving mail art "OTTO" from Denis Charmot (France) - Denis has used a portrait of Bismarck and did some paintings around, as well he sticked some thick silver chromed plastic letters on it. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://denis.charmot.free.fr/

No. 69 - arriving mail art from Thorsten Fuhrmann (Germany)


No. 69 - arriving mail art from Thorsten Fuhrmann (Germany) - in this case I got the postcard already from Thorsten once, I sent it modified back with the Bismarck multiple on it and now he has modified it once more. As far as the Bismarck multiple is still visible I post this mail art here and it will become one of the collection. Thank you very much.

No. 67 & No. 68 - arriving mail art "Otto und der Fisch" & "wem die Stunde schlägt" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)






No. 67 & No. 68 - arriving mail art "Otto und der Fisch" & "wem die Stunde schlägt" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more mail art sendings: In No. 67 he used an image of a mail art from Angela Behrendt, the broken hearts. The sending was damaged by the post and had been laminated into a plastic bag. The second one it a copied version of No. 51. Thank you very much.

No. 66 - arriving mail art from Dr. Brignone (Italy)


No. 66 - arriving mail art from Dr. Brignone (Italy) - collaged postcard using a portrait of Otto von Bismarck on the shoulder of someone else. Thank you very much.
see blog: http://creaturesmailartcall.blogspot.com/

Dienstag, 4. August 2009

No. 65 - arriving mail art "This conductor has a face like a Hering" from Peter Dowker (Canada)


No. 65 - arriving mail art "This conductor has a face like a Hering" from Peter Dowker (Canada) - Peter has recycled a postcard he got from Bruno Chiarlone and modified it for my call, he used f.ex. some of the bismarck stamps I have sent to him, but he also "authorized Bruno Chiarlone to act as master of Rollmöpse". That's really funny. Thank you very much.
see his blog where you can find the former status of this mail art as well: http://flipflopmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 64 - arriving mail art from Mailarta (Canada)



No. 64 - arriving mail art from Mailarta (Canada) - a transparent envelope filled with several paper material, as well a nice both sided collage with Bismarck on it. The other material I will post on my other blog. Thank you very much.