* PS: Grigori, talking about photography, I got your Essay in a Box and will post pictures soon! I first thought it was a pack of cherry pies and took it to work for my afternoon break delicacy, and then..
:-)))
This is a piece of Artist Insane Mail Art I got the other day. Eleven burnt out graduates. Or are they? ... Well, I don't know about you, but I'm counting one! What ever happened to the 10 other fellows?
My investigations led me to the original card as it was sent out, and it looks like those chaps went on a voyage of discovery alright! Makes you wonder. Did they all leave at once, or are the they scattered between Paris and Wakoshi like Tom Thumb's bread crumbs? Who's the boss of them? Why did the fat one decide to stay? Such an interesting piece of mail art and great visual poetry as well! Thank you Dean! (and maybe that glue stick has expired?).
As an homage to the great poet who was David Bowie, this is a re-post of a collage I made a couple of years back. David, wherever you are, and maybe on Mars, thank you for the show!
And for all David and The Little Prince fans, a special treat from Jarrett J. Krosoczka
This is what happens when you visit the Tokyo City Flea Market in Oi Keibajo. You go totally nuts.
I was hunting for cheap vintage jewelry to tear apart for a new project of mine, and man oh man, do they have what I was looking for. Some treasures there and I didn't spend more than 3000 yen (25$).
Beautiful gemstones, pearls, chain maille, and a lot of bling. All of this is going to be dismantled and.. well, you'll see.
Love those golden squares!
That flea market is held every Saturday and Sunday of the year. Oh dear. I'm gone…
The first thing that ended up in my bag in Jimbocho wasn't a book but an old record. I didn't know 1910 Fruitgum Company at all, I just liked the label and the design. Very seventies.
I did get curious about it as I got home. There is really nothing you can't find on YouTube. This is the band and the song in question.
This is a book relating the adventures of some captain in Hokkaido. The cover and pages are perfectly aged. I'm going to use this one for an altered book, probably painting over some of the drawings even though they are quite nice.
My favourite comic store was gone but I found this interesting Tarzan comic, quite politically incorrect inside, but they could get away with that in the 50's. The other one is a magazine for housewives.
A bunch of loose book covers from that messy store. Love them. I wanted red instead of yellow but it wasn't the day for red, apparently.
Sheet music for the Tennessee Waltz by Redd Steward and Pee Wee King. Too many gems in that cover, a present from me to me.
A movie magazine (1960).
This is a long accordion book inside a bookcase which I'm also going to alter in some way, at some point. I love the closing system with the two hooks.
Well, that's it for this trip to Jimbocho. Very happy about my findings. Now I need to start making something with them. Like chopping them up :-)
