maritime flora - KIrsten Meier

These ingenious pieces arrived from Kirsten.  They are each a stand alone frame and featured on the table in the exhibition - for items that were engineered in some way that might not be appreciated if they had been hung!

Keris' porthole maritime mail art arrived just in time!

Great haptic maritime mail art arrived just in time to hang in the maritime mail art exhibition!  In the previous exhibition her piece arrived a few days after the exhibition came down… so I hung that one too, this time!

Summer tribute maritime mail art - Jake Moss

One of the things we do on this little island (in the summer) is jump.  While the dock, the 'actors' and the buildings have changed I jump, you jump, we all jump when the weather gets warm and the ferry fills with tourists.  It's a little like mail art at the dock. Young people, barely out of armbands and greying versions take the plunge together...

Just think that 50+ woman screaming 'FREE THE BEACHES' might just be me.  Jake's maritime mail art is a nod to this.  Long live the dock.  Long live the mail boat.  Let's jump forever!

Maritime Advice from Gail Cleveland

Gail also sent me a little photo of some of her more serious work.  Of course I hung this at the exhibition but I have failed to scan it in this batch… So here is a link to more of Gail's work.

http://www.downeasthost.com/cleveland/

Maritime mail art sails to Cranberry Island

Maritime mail art in a bottle

Luckily this delicate hand cut maritime offering didn't have far to travel!

Marry Time Mail Art from Figgy Guyver