11: Jennie Hinchcliff co-author of Good Mail Day

This episode is a discussion about the very big world of mail art with Jennie Hinchcliff, co-author of Good Mail Day and author of the website www.redletterdayzine.comGood Mail Day Kaweco SportKaweco LilliputParker 51Schaefer “Lifetime Balance”Travelling Mail Art Kit:Pencil pouchPen PencilEraser Glue stickPostageDouble stick tapeWaxy crayonsMohawk superfineInk padRubber stampsDate stamperEx Postal FactoRed Handed Rubber StampsWhat is gleaning?Having eyes open to ways that you can collect and use things in the world around youCollecting bits and pieces to use for mail art, whatever strikes one’s fancyOld paper, collage bitsCould you describe the difference between a hand-carved stamp and an Artistamp?Hand-carved =’s soft block carving/eraser carving an image of some kind that can then be stamped onto one’s mail artArtistamps =’s a “stamp” designed by an artist/mail artist to incorporate as an embellishment on one’s mail art or as a stand-alone work. Some artistamp makers create stamp sheets to send out to people and that is their form of mail art/way of working.Artistamp makers:Carl Chew / Triangle Post: AARPEX event (artistamp conference, old school makers) in Seattle 2012Anna Banana: Banana Rag; did the perforations for the Griffin and Sabine series, influential artist, performance artist, makerCrackerjack Kid: Eternal Network (mail artist, can download the book for free online)Michael Thompson & Michael Hernandez de Luna: The Stamp Art and Postal History of Michael Thompson & Michael Hernandez de Luna (artistamp makers, book title) Are there artists that you think are doing amazing work that stationery lovers need to know about?Sally Wurlitzer—artistamps : @sallyw3000 (IG)Maureen Forys – Herstorical Women Of Oakland, CA artistamps : @mailbait (IG)Gina Visione – activist/political mail: @ginavisione (IG)RF Cote – Circulaire 132 (assembling zine): @rf_cote (IG)#sfcorrespondencecoop (IG)“Seeing the World in Minature: Artistamps and Their Makers” at the Ex Postal Facto conference (moderated by Jennie Hinchcliff): https://youtu.be/2iiXfiSRpG0My mentors:Postmaster James (CA, USA) – mail artist, postmaster for Burning Man / Red Rubber Tattoo campAnna Banana (Canada)CM Bennett (OH, USA)—fluxus artist, artistampmaker, mail artistChuck Welch (NH, USA)Carl Chew (WA, USA)Picasso Gaglione (KY, USA) – mail artist, one of the founders of the Bay Area Dada groups (SF, 1970’s), owner of Stampland (rubber stamp business) Jennie on the Internets:Instagram RedletterdayJohn on the Internets:John on FPCInstagram@stationeryorbit