mail art & a bricolage for a friend ...

recent mail art ...

a kindred spirit was found ...

'a kindred spirit was found'

©Nikki Soppelsa 2012

mixed media collage

Me & Musta Fior ... A Collage Kit Collaboration

Collage Kits received from Musta Fior in France and the collages made by me

and sent to him along with kits from me.

Kit #1

 'Seating Arrangements ~ M'

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

 'Seating Arrangements ~ N'

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

 'Seating Arrangements ~ O'

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

 Kit #2

 'The Golden Orb Maker'

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

 'Somebody's Orbit'

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

 Kit #3

 'The Bedroom'

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

 'Through the Bedroom Window'

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

Kit #4

 'A Separation of Body & Mind'

~Remembering That Fatal Day~
...a diptych...

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

 'A Separation of Body & Mind ~ Part A'

~Remembering That Fatal Day~

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

 'A Separation of Body & Mind ~ Part B'

~Remembering That Fatal Day~

©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

Kit #5

'Life ~ The Last Performance'
(a diptych)
©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

'Life ~ Birth'
©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

'Life ~ Continue'
©2012 Nikki Soppelsa

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH ... Seattle 2011

'Dealt ... Played'
for:
A Book About Death Seattle
Nov 11 - Dec 10, 2011
at the Quetzalcoatl Gallery (WA)

(two pages from the exhibition catalog 2012)

'they're all out of the picture ... now'

a collage by 

Nikki Soppelsa ©2012

'Paper & Book' ~ A Bricolage

'Paper & Book' ~ A Bricolage

(sent to Jean-Pierre Comes~Limoges, France)

07.2012

©Nikki Soppelsa

Untitled ~ A Bricolage

Untitled ~ A Bricolage

(sent to Carl Heyward 'Knee(jerk) Project)

05.2012

©Nikki Soppelsa

'a case of ... UPPER case'

'a case of ... UPPER case'

©2012

Collage 'Kit' Exchanges/Collaborations

Fragments sent to me by Caro Ma (France)

The following collages were made by me from the fragments & then sent to Caro

along with a kit of fragments from me.

The collages are postcard format ...4"x6"

 'Arrangement'
collage by Nikki Soppelsa ©2012
(Kit #1)

 'Front View'
collage by Nikki Soppelsa ©2012
(Kit #1)

'Guards Seats'

collage by Nikki Soppelsa ©2012

(Kit #1)

 Kit #2 from Caro Ma

'just another day in a small town'
~a diptych~

collage/s by Nikki Soppelsa

©2012
(Kit #2)

 (2- 4"x6")

ANOTHER COLLABORATION:

 Collage Kit #1 sent by Wendy Erman/USA

'Past Tense ~ was'
(Leaving Your Mark)
collage by Nikki Soppelsa ©2012
(Kit #1)

'Past Participle ~ been'
(Leaving Your Mark)
collage by Nikki Soppelsa ©2012
(Kit #1)

mailart w/fragments Kit #1

Kit #1a

'O-SPHERE' ~ A Bricolage
©Nikki Soppelsa 2012
(Kit #1a)

'eX-OSPHERE' ~ A Bricolage
©Nikki Soppelsa 2012
(Kit #1a)

Featured today on Mel Kolstad's blog ...Ephemeraology

a make-believe rememberance

a make-believe rememberance

06.2012

fluid ...

'fluid ... '

(completed 06.02.12)

A 'small' collaboration ... (4x6 postcard)

 Mim Golub Scalin sent me this 

and I sent Mim this 

A C O L L A G E

A  C O L L A G E

(4"x6")

04.22.12

~Distance and Time~ Life at The Arch continues...

~Distance and Time~

A Collage Collective

of

Seven Days

of Life at The Arch 

(Book II)

Created for the Brooklyn (NY) Art Library, this Limited Edition Sketchbook Vol. I will be on exhibit in NY. One spread of this book will be published in the first of a series of art books printed/bound by the Brooklyn Art Press.

'Fingers crossed'

 'STOP LOOK LISTEN'

 'Life on hold'

 'Sightings'

 'Sky diving'

 'Falling stars'

 'Amusements'

 'Storm of Tranquility'

 'Collagiste...companions & tools'

 'T I M E'