Received from Helen in England, July 2012.
Helen is doing her Master in Art practice and besides this she also have the time to do charity for MENCAP.
She is living with her lovely partner and there little kitten Conker.
Helen have the most wonderful blog trees and what not with the most pretty photos.
The whole letter from Helen with a lot of handmade items.
Helen have made me a plantholder in macrame. I love the pink color together with the strong lime green.
I remember this technique from my schooldays and when I have been in Peru, the young men are making the most wonderfuls bracelets. I want to try again.
A bookmark, knitted.
A little ponch. I have put my magnifying glass in it, which I have with me everywhere.
Helen have used her typewriter to write her letter to me. It makes holes, but she loves them, just like me.
Dear Helen, thank you so much for your letter. As you can see from my post here, I have already start using your little ponch.
Received from Evdokia in Greece, July 2012.
A wonderful letter came to me in the beginning of July from Greece. Evdokia is a grapfic designer, who also likes to work with ceramic, which you can see on her etsy have a kookie page.
I like the way her blogname have got the name! On have a kookie she writes:
"my family and friends are calling me kokie.
...& because i enjoy eating cookies
i made it a little bit sweeter ;)
so have a kookie!
A little while ago I send my letter to Evdokia, which can be seen here.
The whole letter from Evdokia. I'm in love with the little pressed flower.
A mobile with small origami boats which she has dyed with black tea, to give them the sepia color and painted afterwards.
I simple love the torn paper!
Evdokia have send me this beautiful photo she has taken on the Naxos Island. Like her, I love the shadows the lamp gives in the picture.
Pieces of different kinds of textiles and handmade paper.
(NOT ONLY) TEXTILES
Love it!
Dear Evdokia, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your mobile with the folded boats is hanging in my window at my studio.
Received from Laura in the U.S.A., July 2012.
Laura is known as suburbanpenpal on flickr and she love writing letters and makes the most beautiful envelopes. On her blog you can see some of them.
She is a Master student in art history at San Jose State University. In her thesis she would like to write about mail art.
My letter from Laura is full of pretty details.
A beautiful embroidery in cross stitch. Love it!
Beautiful shades of pastel colors.
Details of a tag, a little drawing and a quote.
Laura's pretty handwriting.
A little envelop of a Japanese design with Laura's personal stamp. I like these kind of old stamps.
Shnelly Mail!
Dear Laura, thank you for your lovely letter to me. Your embroidery is hanging in my studio.
Received from Amanda in Canada, July 2012.
Amanda have spoiled me for the third time with the most pretty postcard from her trip to New York.
Soon I'll be going on a little holiday with my lovely husband and a postcard will be on it's way to you. From where will be a surprise.
My first and second letter from Amanda.
From MOMA, artist is Laura Owens. Cut-and-pasted colored and printed papers, watercolor and pencil on paper.
A very pretty card, like a family tree. Love!!!
Received from Erin in Australia, June 2012.
Erin is such an amazing artist. She makes the most wonderful pieces of porcelain /ceramic. Her objects is like a fairytale and very fragile. Please have a look on her etsy page Erinswindow. Her mother Tokiyo makes the most beautiful garments of old vintage kimonos and I'm dreaming away to another place when looking at it.
Erin is from Japan, but is living in Brisbane with her daughter. They like walking and looking at things. Every night they sit and play or make things, as they do not have a tv. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
Erin have been living in Paris, and she always loved to take black and white photos of tree and old buildings.
You can follow Erinswindow on facebook for updates on her work and her blog for work in progress.
Erin have send me a letter where green is the main color.
Yarns in kasuri, also called ikat. I simple love this technique.
A sample of Chirimen kimono.
Two samples in green. To the left a wet felting sample made by Erin and to the right a linen kaya.
Like me, Erin is in love with the moo cards.
Dear Erin, thank you so much for your fantastic letter. The kasuri threads is hanging at my studio and one day I hope to be able to use them, either in my work or as inspiration.
Received from Claudia in Austria, June 2012.
Claudia from Wide Eyed Tree have spoiled me again with a new letter full of treasuries. I'm so happy.
My second letter to Claudia with some of my old wipes can be seen here and her first letter to me here.
The beautiful letter from Claudia.
A handmade chain with a cross made by Claudia many years ago.
One of Claudia's cards. She makes the most beautiful stamps and I think I'll soon going to purchase some.
In my first letter to Claudia I send her a catholic postcard from Peru. Now she has send me one back and I like it a lot.
Dear Claudia, thank you so much for your lovely letter. Your handmade cross will I put on my computerloom at my studio, as I like to have beautiful items hanging on it to give me good luck, when weaving new designs.
