100 years of DADA - part 1: the envelopes.

2016 (or 2015, depending on your definition) is the centenary of the birth of DADA, an anti-art, anti-bourgeoise, anti-establishment movement.

I attended an exhibit of Noah Purifoy's work titled JUNK DADA. I often use catalogs and promotional material to make my envelopes. This time I grabbed two full museum handouts to create 8 envelopes.

The back and front:

The centerfold:

This also includes my final bicycling stamp.

Sunday Stamps - cycles - bi, tri and motor

I originally didn't have a post for this theme, then this morning I remembered this strip of setenant stamps from USPS issued in 2012.

I have used three of them on mail art, two were for a mail art call on bicycles.

To see more bicycles, tricycles and motorbikes, head to Sunday Stamps.

Envelopes 430 & 697 - bicycle series part 2

A delayed series, but a series nonetheless.

To review: in September 2013 I sent this one to Jean. She blogged its arrival here.

Last month I sent the next two in the series to Mim, who has a mail art call on bicycles because the UCI Road World Championships is coming to her home town September 19-27.

She's hoping for a lot of mail to display in two locations where spectators can see her exhibit. Apparently over 400 000 visitors are expected during this time.

Here's what I sent her.

Envelope 430

And envelope 697

There's one stamp left, stay tuned in 2017 for that one.

Envelope 127

This is from a new batch of envelopes - so 20 years between sets, not too bad.

Envelope 127:

I really didn't ever think there would be a perfect envelope for one of the cycling stamps, but a local magazine proved me wrong. The orange helmet on the stamp and the envelope are almost identical. Of course the stamp cyclist is going the opposite direction...

I stuck the address on in a speech bubble to match the rest of the text on this one. I love the fact that there is a passage bemoaning the loss of courier work to email. It was tough to get the printer to print a clear font, for some reason the text ended up a bit blurred regardless of settings. 

And, as always, the back view.