Mail from China - A 3D printing pen

Sadly enough also paperwork from the local government attached. Taxes of over 18 euro have to be paid to receive the package.....

Mail Art from China arrived

The first Mail-Art from China since the start of this blog arrived. Above the Air-Mail stamp they use in China. Below the envelope in which the card was sent. The original postcard was refused by the Chinese Postal Office because it was NO POSTCARD. The size was not confirm the regulation. Putting it in an envelope helped, and it made it safe to Breda, Netherlands. Notice the new China postage stamps. They have nice theme's too. Glad the contact is established. More mail-art from and to China will be no problem now.

China Post Forms

Oh forgot. When needed, fill in one of those lovely chines declarations that it is just Mail-Art and can be sent into the world without any special costs.

Chinese Mail-Art - Translation

在5月4日我開始了這個小研究计划。 在哪裡中國郵件藝術家？ 首先我必須问問題。 我做增加&的Als; 通過我將送入網絡的紙。 什麼我盼望是連接到一些中國郵件藝術家和集成他們全球网络。 在80ies我有與中國藝術家的有些聯絡。 並且，因為從美國的藝術家工作了在中國裡面並且安排了有些聯絡。 現今hina增長，但是在我們的全球性郵件藝術網絡的连接未被建立。 可能這個小項目將帶來一些變動。 我在发生了什么，並且什麼將保持您被更新這研究通过blogging帶來所有關於什麼發生，在我開始了這個项目之後。 Ruud Janssen， 2010年5月3th日

Start of a research project

On May 4th I started this small research project. Where are the chinese mail-artists? First I have to ask the question. Als I made add & pass on papers which I will send into the Network. What I hope for is to connect to some Chinese Mail-Artists and integrate them into the global network.

In the 80-ies I did have some contacts with Chinese artists. Also because artists from the USA worked inside China and arranged some contacts. Nowadays hina grows, but the connections in our global Mail-Art network have not been established. Maybe this small project will bring some changes.

I will keep you updated on what happens and what this reserach brings by blogging all about what happens after I started this project.

Ruud Janssen, May 3th 2010