New Mail Art package from Dr DJ Toast

Here's the return package I got from the esteemed Dr DJ Toast as a trade for the Blondie 7" that I mailed him.
As well as the collages and personalised stickers I got a blinding Halloween CD featuring a mix of obscure monster songs and a selection of the good doctor's own tunes. To download some of his music for free, go to: www.archive.org and search DJ Doctor Toast.

obviousfront Mail Art

Here are a couple of fantastic pieces I traded with obviousfront at atcsforall.com. Both are thick plastic postcards which obviousfront has made and engraved himself.
The orange one was made for me and the yellow one was made in 1993 and was returned to sender after sitting in the San Gabriel, CA post office for 13 years.

These Industrial Strength postcards created some problems for the US Postal System. Several branches refused to accept them after an automatic sorting machine was damaged trying to process one.

The third photo shows the engraving machine being used to create my orange card.

Mail Art for DJ Toast

Seeing as DJ Toast sent me such a cool bundle of goodies, I thought I'd send something back. Rather than work on card or paper I fancied trying something a bit different, so I dug out an old Blondie 7" and using stencils and spraycans gave it a makeover. I popped stamps on it and stuck it in the postbox, no packaging, and wondered if it would make the transatlantic crossing in one piece. It did, old vinyl was made to last it seems, no chance of getting a song out of it anymore though.

Dr Toast Mail Art

Getting something in the post that's not a bill is always a treat, whether it's a little snip from Ebay, a record, a CD, a book or a mag you subscribe to. That's why I like making and swapping artist trading cards or mail art. Here's a cool envelope and contents I received today from postal artist and DJ Doctor Toast. Go here: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=dr%20toast to check out some of the good doctor's music.

A Patchwork Of Flesh

Check out my new blog http://apatchworkofflesh.blogspot.com/ it's devoted entirely to my mail art Frankenstein Monster ATC project.

Frankenstein Monster mail-art money up for grabs

I created some "Franknotes" for Wackystuff's Money Mail-art call. They are one-sided and are made by Photoshop remixing a toy banknote with a Frankenstein Monster drawing that I did a while back. Anybody who would like to get their hands on one is welcome to trade for an ATC or similar, just leave a comment with details.