Ruth Giles

Ruth Giles created a variety of animals in a variety of ways. The Comb Jelly she drew on black paper, which has an effect as amazing as the real illuminating animal must have (this scanned picture shows less than half of the bright light her drawing has).

Meanwhile this Right Whale has been drawn in a different way, and he or she swims in an interesting environment.



And look at this rubberstamp printed Crow!



And the wonderful Cavias (Guinea Pigs), of which I'm wondering how she stamped these.



The envelope shows more interesting and well-known animals, on both rubberstamps and postage stamps.



Thank you very much, Ruth!

Margit

The Sloth is an amazing animal. Fortunately I am not the only one who is fascinated by this slowly moving animal. Margit created a great rubberstamp, and she was so kind to send me a print of it. Alas the card never arrived, and seems to have been lost in the mail. But she printed an other one, and I was so happy to receive it!

Update: this card appears to be the first and only one! Amazing how the Sloth has traveled as slow as no human is able to do.
Margit told me yesterday that the card has been sent on 29th of February. The Sloth must have thought it a big journey, as he first rested in the Post Office or Briefzentrum before he finally had the energy to cross the border to the neighbouring country (mine). After getting not a 29 February postmark but a 21st of October one!

Thank you very much, herzlichen Dank, Margit!

Tonipoet (3)

These gracious flying Swallows have been created by Tonipoet. Also (to be) published at the 'Whom or what is she staring at?' blog.

Thank you very much, Toni!

Alain Cotten

Some time ago I created an Ostrich (hiding a Rubik's cube under his wings) for one of Alain Cotten's mail art projects. Not long after that, Alain pleasantly surprised me by this wonderful bird collage.
It looks like someone from the Swallow family, but which one? For his/her grey black colour this one reminds me of the Swift, and then it would be even more wonderful, miraculous! Because Swifts almost never are sitting, but they live, sleep, eat and do anything while flying high in the sky. While this one obviously has landed!

You can see more works of collage mail art by Alain Cotten on his website.
And if you are interested to join one or more of his ongoing mail art projects (the one on ostriches, or 'black and red', or 'rebel people', or 'angels vomit devils'), please check his call for entries.

Thank you very much, merci beaucoup, Alain!