What does Cascadia Artpost dream about?

I reckon if it's diorama time, Cascadia dreams about scenarios with giants and minatures, cars and politics in a real world context. Perhaps there is even a little anthropomorphism…  

On the other hand, when it's stamps scanned from other people's ephemera time, perhaps it's franking machines, lost tickets and blocks of colour.

When it's garden time, maybe Cascadia thinks of climbing a sunflower or biting into a giant peach. 

and all the rest of the time I suspect when he dreams he's trying to fix the problems of the world, one rabbit at a time.

Big thanks! Wonderful.
 

Series (6) Ticket! Ticket! - Cascadia Artpost

In Cascadia when it's spring and the sun shines you can probably find Cascadia Artpost in the garden, pruning, tending to a hose, or scattering seeds.  Then, when the weather turns, he turns indoors, to his diorama or one of his many series.  

Ticket! Ticket! is in its sixth life and I have it on good authority that Cascadia Artpost will turn his hand to series (7) in the summer, possibly July. 

I love to adorn my own mailart with Cascadia's stamps but a full sheet, with the play of colour, the intricate design of other people's ephemera.  It's just magic! Inspect it with care.

and I love to see the care with which Cascadia addresses his envelopes, with the stamps he made WITH MY TICKETS / ephemera. that red one is from the Stowmarket beer festival!

 

Ticket! Ticket! Series 5 = Cascadia Artpost

I love Cascadia's Ticket! Ticket! I sent some stuff in and Cascadia scanned some of it in and made some fabulous stamps from the tickets and ephemera I sent. Cascadia tells me that 33 participants contributed and he still has some leftovers for series 6. You can get in touch with Cascadia if you want to contribute in the future. 

I will use my extra sheets to bedeck my mailart.

I wll also use this public forum for a round of applause for his successful recent hip replacement and a big thank you for including me in this project.

Cascadia used some of the ephemra I sent in to make stamps that he used on these envelopes!

 

Ticket Ticket! Boleto! Boleto!

Each of Cascadia Artpost's tickets does a few things at the same time. Jack scans each ticket he receives, chooses lettering and a background colour.  The result is a beautiful colour study.  These stamps are at first graphic. 

Cascadia explains in his note that each ticket is also 'bits of evidence from daily life…reminders of our past experiences and lives.' They are memorabilia, and stamps from a parallel universe. And then they are wonderfully practical.  Cascadia sent me a double set of stamps.  He knows that I archive my mail art and won't use things because they alter the mail art. So now Cascadia sends me some extras to use. I love that and Iam coming to the end of the last double batch he sent me.  Cascadia's stamps are often the crowning jewel on my own mail art. 

Thanks Cascadia and so appreciate the extra stamps and two beautiful envelopes.

Ticket! Ticket! more on the horizon(tal)

If you have collected tickets or ticket-like-ephemera and aren't sure what to do with it, my suggestion is that you put it all in an envelope and send that envelope right to Cascadia!  Let me tell you… what you get in return will be very satisfying, indeed!  I contributed a handful or two of tickets and similar from way back when (that I found, combing through my collage box) and in return I have umpteen sheets of these beautiful stamps to lick and use as I see fit.  

Of course, I archive them. But each time I hold them and look carefully at them I think, maybe I could use them just this once!

Cascadia's record keeping must be impeccable and his generosity is always astounding. All I know is I am lucky to have got on his mailing list. 

Check out the front of the envelope to find my stamp.