I was very surprised to find spontaneous mail in the post last month. Philippe creates incredible works of art on envelopes based on the stamp. He came across one of my envelopes to Eric B, and sent me this beauty.
Philippe's note was written on a postcard one of his pen friends had made from one of his envelopes.
And Philippe's signature stamp on the back.
I love the stamphead! I always want to do that, but I don't dare with the stamp of the king in Morocco... It could be misunderstood!
ReplyDeleteTrue! But who would know if you put them in a posting box with no return address?
DeleteFor a lot of fun stamp head ATCs take a look at a challenge at Mail Me Some Art from earlier this year:
http://mailmesomeart.blogspot.com/search/label/stamp%20heads
Maybe nobody would notice. Just "maybe", because in a little city like this one, with a low rate of international mail "everybody" knows my letters :D
DeleteThings work in a different way in this country, it's long to explain... But I can try from Spain, sure.
Thanks for the link. Some amazing works!
I am sure they (the postal service) do have some idea that a lot of the interesting international mail is from you. I think we all develop our own signature style, although every now and again we break out of that and try something different.
DeleteYes, send them from Spain!
What a beauty indeed. Phillipe C always creates wonderful pieces of mail art. I m glad if I played a small role in this.
ReplyDeleteI think you played a big part in this - if we weren't exchanging mail, and you weren't blogging about it, Philippe would never have sent me anything. One of the great things about the internet is making connections - so thank you again.
DeleteWOW! What a beauty -- very nice Stamp head.
ReplyDeletePhilippe's work is amazing.
DeleteWow, also from me.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful drawing to Dumas' stamp!
Philippe is so talented - he can draw like this, and then of course his abstract work is amazing as well,
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