So, as many of you may not know, my Aunt Debbie is a mail artist of the Japanese art of Etegami, based on the fusion of words and picture (you can read more on her blog, located on the sidebar).

The Letter Side.

She oftentimes asks for other mail artists to send her a letter, and she recently asked me. I wasn’t exactly sure what to send her, for as opposed to In Fridge, It wasn’t so much an ongoing correspondence, but rather a response to mailing theme (in my case, Autumn).  So I began with the first word: Mail. Mail is a communication, so I wrote a letter to my Aunt on five separate notecards. However, much like there is little point in sending a package that is supposed to be opened, there is little point in sending a letter that is meant to be read. So I cut up the five notecards, and stitched them together into one.

The Picture Side.

I then expanded on another ongoing motif in my body of work: I decided that I would take that notecard, and sauté it with olive juice. After that I let it dry off for a couple of days to get rid of excess grease (don’t worry, it still smelled like olives).

I then cut out some images from magazines and drew little pictures on it, all corresponding to what I think of when I think of autumn: October, Halloween, and Wonder.  Then I sealed it in an envelope, and wrote a series of messages on it (mostly apologies that the letter was coming so late and after the mailing deadline).

Hello Postman!

I must say I’ve been enjoying sending strange letters and packages to people.  So, if you’d like a letter or what-not, just let me know your address.

Until next time.