for the mail art world . we use new and old school stuff . Buster Cleveland and Ginny Lloyd who i met at the art com studios for zerox copy show in the early 80's in san francisco .

from public t.v.

January 28 original airdateThe Fine Art of CollectingSpark shows that collecting can be an art form unto itself, when we meet collectors who have turned a casual interest into a lifelong passion. Spend the day with John Held Jr., who saved every scrap of mail art he received, day after day for almost 30 years, as he continues to build his collection, one stamp at a time.

close to the salateen hotel and restaurent

cinema road where i spent many weeks if not months
over the years in the 70's
from the back roads of peshawar , n.w.f.p. pakistan

belly dance on venice beach

the hafla show in san diego with jim boz and the gang . jan. 20th , 21st , 22nd .

spray paint stoves of venice beach

from the venice beach area . these stoves just keep showing up .

hand made hats of afghanistan

hats made by hand . for the men of afghanistan .

marlon vito picasso

mvp
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so i went to san francisco from l.a. . driving in the rain most of the way . i stayed in north beach the first night with an old friend . the next day i went to see rick london the poet . we had lunch at this thai place close to his work . we taslked of the art world and the translateing business . of old times and new visions . it was just what i needed . after the lunch i took off for ROBERT ROCOLA and san leandro . this was a long awaited look at the new studio of the master maker of images . we had a long talk and he showed me many things that he is working on and i got to see the beginning of the rotting paper series . cut outs by the hand of god .
from there i went to the dinner at henry ` s hunan on bryant between 8th and ninth . mail art faces from the past and new talk of the future . driving around after dinner as i took some of the crowd home we stopped at the studio of john held jr . for a visit with dadaland .
the next day is the day of the comic convention at the moscone center . and i spent a few hours hanging around with the artist there . s . clay wilson and spain mostly . i stopped by the last gasp booth and saw baba ron turner , the publisher and victor moscoso and paul mavrides . i took the time to pay victor $10.00 to sign a comic book . the rest of the guys signed for free .
after the show i drove home to the sounds of the jazz masters cd .

robert rocola mail artist and stamp man supreme

the story of the dinner at henry ' s hunan on bryant and the visit to the studio of robert rocola is best told in pictures . this is from the rocola studio . i wish i had photos of the john held studio to show but at the moment i do not . that will have to be for the next menu .