Alphabet Booklets

Re-Start of Project

2011-09-04T00:28:00.000-07:00

Because of too much distraction into other directions, this project has been asleep for almost a year. I hope tp pick up the project again soon. Some booklets have come in which I still have to scan. Some new booklets will go out starting next month. The project has no deadline, but the collection will form a part of the TAM-Archive and will exhibited when the occasion occurs.

So, thank you all for being so patient. Life has many surprises, and sometimes that means setting priorities differently.

New booklets arrived

2009-11-13T05:45:00.000-08:00

Some new booklets have arrived but the time to scan them and publish them online isn't there yet. Expect some new documents soon. Every month a few more booklets are sent out and the collection will evolve as well as the goals of the project.

R - Roland Halbritter - Germany

2009-06-25T09:17:00.000-07:00

Roland Halbritter from Germany returned the R-booklet. He made an artistamps booklet out of it documenting some of the works he has made. On the 85th birthday of his mother he sent it back to me. Thank you!

O - Wolfgang Skodd (Germany), Diane Bertrand (Canada), R.F. Côté (Canada), Wilma Duguay (Canada), Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2009-06-13T23:04:00.000-07:00

This booklet got s special dust cover made by Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) and also travelled quite a lot....

A - Annamaria Danes - Italy

2009-06-12T23:33:00.001-07:00

Another A booklet returned!

A - Emilio Carrasco - Mexico, Henk van Ooijen - Netherlands, Ramon Gruces - Spain, Luigina Solamito - Italy, Manuel Sainz Serrano - Spain

2009-06-12T23:23:00.000-07:00

Emilio Carrasco from Mexico returned this booklet with the A.

U - Guido Utermark (Netherlands)

2009-02-24T07:45:00.000-08:00

J - Collaboration of Ruud-Bruno-Torma-Henk-Markus

2009-01-04T00:24:00.000-08:00

The J-booklet arrived without an envelope. Because of the special rates that are made during Christmas and Newyears time in the Netherlands, the booklet could travel to me for only 34 Eurocents. Here is the complete scan of the booklet as it returned. Not all addresses are included in the booklet.

G - Annamaria Danese - Italy and Guido Utermark and Mededeler - Netherlands

2008-12-28T02:32:00.000-08:00

A collaborative contribution by Annemarie Danese (Italy) Mededeler (Netherlands) and Guido Utermark (Netherlands).

Envelope in which G arrived

2008-12-28T02:31:00.001-08:00

Envelope in which S arrived

2008-12-28T02:10:00.000-08:00

S - Marina Salmaso - Denmark

2008-12-28T02:06:00.000-08:00

Marina Salmaso from Denmark returned the second booklet after completing it.

O - Marina Salmaso - Denmark

2008-11-22T08:13:00.001-08:00

Envelope in which O arrived

2008-11-22T08:11:00.000-08:00

You can ask for a booklet

2008-10-26T01:42:00.000-07:00

In case you would like to join this project, you can ask to receive a special Alphabet Booklet. Request can be sent through e-mail or snail-mail. This Alphabet Booklet project has just started. New aspects of it will be reveiled as the project continues. If you request a booklet, you will always get a new one. The booklets that are returned are considered being finished and they join the growing collection.

X - Angela Behrendt - Germany

2008-10-26T01:30:00.000-07:00

Booklet X returned by Angela Behrendt, The first booklets that arrive back seem to be made by just the sender and receiver. The booklets that take an alternative route via unknown mail-artists will take a longer time to arrive back.

Envelope in which booklet X arrived

2008-10-26T01:28:00.000-07:00

Envelope in which booklet A arrived

2008-10-26T01:26:00.000-07:00

A - Torma Cauli - Hungary

2008-10-26T01:17:00.000-07:00

Another booklet returned. The second one, the A, was returned by Torma Cauli from Budapest in Hungary

An A- and X- booklet returned.

2008-10-20T13:34:00.000-07:00

Two more booklets returned. They arrived in my P.O. Box when I was in Germany last week. Soon I will scan them and will publish them on this blog. It is the first fase of this Alphabet Booklet project. More phases will follow and information will be published about the next steps on this blog. About 20 booklets have been sent out so far. More will follow.

Collages for new Alphabet Booklets

2008-10-04T09:47:00.001-07:00

A - Nico van Hoorn - Netherlands

2008-09-30T22:12:00.000-07:00

The first booklet arrived back today. Nico van Hoorn (Netherlands) decided that after his addings the booklet was full and returned it to me. Below you find the result of the first Alphabet Booklet that returned:

Another Alphabet Booklet went out

2008-09-28T06:11:00.000-07:00

This is a page of another booklet that was sent out today. I already noticed one booklet on a blog somewhere. Will be funny to see when the first one gets returned. This blog will be the first place to let you know.

Stamps Collage

2008-09-20T23:33:00.000-07:00

I made this special page for one of the booklets that goes out. I also posted this image on the http://iuoma.blogspot.com website, so it will get a bit known that I started this new project.

Sample of content in one of the outgoing booklets

2008-09-20T23:05:00.000-07:00

In one of the fist booklets I sent out I made this collage.

Start of the Alphabet Booklets Project

2008-09-20T22:59:00.000-07:00

On September 12th 2008 the first booklets are sent out. Not that many, but every week a few. In each booklet I have already worked a bit. Dangerously, because someone who receives it might want to keep the booklet. On the cover one letter. The whole alphabet (in many variations) will be sent out.

On the backside of the booklet this text. As the booklets come in I will have the letters to form words with. Randomly I will see what the mail delivers. Each letter goes to a person connected to that letter. Eventually this blog will form the documentation of this new project. If possible another form of documentation will be made as well.

I only hope that several booklets will make ik back to me. I know from past projects like these that the booklets become collectors items after a few additions. Therefore it is always a risk to start a project like this.