Transsexual Transformers

I was watching the Transformers movie last night with my son and thoroughly enjoying the macho, robo action. It occurred to me that things would be different for the robots if they were a little mixed up and had been born womenbots trapped in menbots bodies.
I'm doing an Odd-Ball Art Doll swap over at ATCSForall.com, I decided that I'd make a transsexual Transformer doll that could be both pre-op and post-op. In true Blue Peter style, I whipped out a cereal box and my marker pens and here is what I came up with.

Pre-Op


Post-Op


Uncut sheet


Uncut sheet coloured

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.

"A Patchwork Of Flesh" painting

Here is a new painting I have just finished of Frankenstein's Monster called "A Patchwork Of Flesh". I will be submitting it for the Beecroft Gallery's Open Exhibition this summer in Southend. I used spraypaint and stencil, acrylics, Sharpie, white pencil, watercolours and collage.

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.

Thee Pinhead Jookbox #3

From Toronto 1977, here is Canada's most furious blast of punk yelping, "Screamin Fist" by The Viletones. Sounding like Iggy fronting "Spiral Scratch" era Buzzcocks, play it five times on the trot and you won't get it out of your head for days.



The Viletones - Screamin Fist

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.