Celebrate the end of daylight savings with your copy of Coffee Clutch!

The Coffee Clutch has it's finger on the pulse and is highly relevant to all things mail art, obviously. Here I am in England, just a few hundred miles from York, and who knew there was Hannah Hoch birthday box? It took Cascadia artpost to send me my November edition and some BEAUTIFUL PINK artistamps featuring Hannah Hoch for me to discover my own 'local' news.

And what's the Toast for Post? Is it whole wheat, white or rye or is it in a glass? I love the horoscopes, but I'm a capricorn and not sure what my motif means. 

Also, can I send my news in?  The only thing I can think of at the moment is the pumpkin glut in mid suffolk.

Another brilliant mailing! 

Collage starts from Svenja for Der kleine Tierfreund

Svenja has a new project and I enthusiastically agreed to take part. It was just before I went to Maine that I said yes and then I wasn't here when it arrived and now I am slow to get started again and I certainly hope Svenja isn't waiting for my contribution! It will come soon!

The new project is called "Der kleine Tierfreund“ (The little animal lover).and Svenja sent me one of the covers and she hopes I will add, modify and collage onto it.

Svenja's start has given me ideas and I am itching to let them express themselves! I feel like I have just entered a Hannah Hoch time machine.

Herman Kamphuis, Herkalux, classy trash collage and doodles

Herman Kamphuis (Herkalux) Voyageur Postal is (WITHOUT A DOUBT) A big fan of the Hannah Hoch Fan Club.  Me too.  Last year's show at The Whitechapel Gallery was a stunning triumph IMHO.  This stuffed envelope from Herman, in fact every envelope from Herman ,is every bit as special, equally unique and just plain fantastic to receive!

Sometimes Herman sends his collaged envelopes through the post uncovered.  this time he found an envelope big enough to hold a treasure trove of stuff, including one of his characteristic collaged envelopes.  I was the girl balancing her head.  How did Herman know?

The back of Herman's envelope hints at the contents I will find inside.  Hannah and a Hannah inspired doodle...

 Herman always sends me a note in his mailings.  This time he has made his own version of trashpo, what I will call, 'classy trashpo collage'. He has found me some special pieces of fine paper that apparently I can use! I will post all the clippings and paper at the end of the blog, but first, here is Herman's doodle book, what he calls 'colab doodles', I feel like Carina looking at tuba man.  Herman even makes classy dooddles!

And as if that wasn't enough.  Here is the rest!  Huge thanks from Herman.