Els

"My doctor is very kind
and even doesn't really
look like a doctor..."

Beautiful drawing made and sent by Els from the Netherlands.

Hartelijk dank, Els, voor deze mooie verrassing!

Postcard (2)

Although this Mail Art blog is meant for works of postal art created by the senders themselves, some printed postcards just have to be added to this Your-Doctor-in-Mail-Art collection.
Postcrosser Darya sent this great cartoon from Russia. This is exact one of the images I had in mind when I started this mail art project.
I hope Darya won't attend a doctor like this (or this, one other creation by the same cartoonist...). Even though the text не болей means 'don't have a pain!', and Выздоравливай means 'get well!'...

The cartoon has been made by the Russian illustrator Владимир Камаев (Vladimir Kamaev), also known as Soamo.
More cartoons by him you can find here and here.
Kamaev's website is Soamo.ru.

Спасибо, Darya!

"E" (2)

Although doctors have to make their patients feel comfortable, sometimes the doctor makes you shiver. "E" sent such a doctor two months ago.
And now the colleague reached this blog!



Still I don't know whether this doctor looks so upset because of the patient's diagnosis, or that he just is overworked and wants to keep new patients out.
Or maybe he's just watching 'Thriller', in his spare time.

"E" has two new mail art projects: 'Send me your soul' and 'Is there life before death?'. More information you can find on E's blog.

Merci beaucoup, "E", pour ce médecin singulier!

Postcard

As an exception on this website I show you a received postcard which wasn't intentioned by the makers as mail art.

This postcard I received from Lidia, and you see a book cover made by Hans Borrebach in 1960. Hans Borrebach (1903-1991) was a versatile artist, as not only an illustrator but also photographer, fashion drawer and cartoonist.
More about his life and work you can read and see on the websites Lambiek.net and Wikipedia (in Dutch language, a short translation you find here).
More book covers/postcards by Hans Borrebach you find here.

The reasons to include this postcard in the Your Doctor in Mail Art project, are the following:
- This was one of the images I had in mind when I started this project, and the image is very apposite,
- This postcard shows Art and this Art is transformed (by Art Unlimited) into a Mail object, so it is Mail Art!
- The sender is an excellent mail artist, see for instance her earlier contribution to YDiMA here.
- On the back side a Real mail art item made by Lidia, this apposite mail art stamp!



Hartelijk dank, Lidia!

"E" (1)

One of the main things which to my opinion are important when visiting a doctor, is that the doctor not only is capable and has knowledge about all diseases and illnesses, but also that he/she makes you feel comfortable enough to have you tell about the reason of your visit.

"E" from Utopia succeeds in creating a doctor who makes me run away screaming (and who makes me think of that movie which I never want to see anymore because it was too frightening).
At least this doctor's got postal brains, so that's positive!
After all I hope "E" will have had good experiences visiting this doctor.



The backside contains a beautiful stamp of the Ambassade d'Utopia. I guess it must have been one mailman who put a line through this and then wrote the address again. As at this other beautiful work of art the back side was empty.

Merci beaucoup, "E", for this wonderful, wondering (and ominous) doctor!

Guido Vermeulen (2)

'The doctor's appointment
or in the waiting room of disbelief.'

Again a beautiful, colourful Friour approved ('Friour' hidden-by-Post), envelope by Guido Vermeulen from Belgium.

In the accompanying letter Guido explains that the picture rather is a self portrait - with fear and disbelief - than a portrait of the attending doctor.
With this knowledge, I must confess that the image and accompanying letter cause certain feelings of despair to me.
Doctor's waiting rooms and appointments are places and situations which better can be avoided, but sometimes it simply isn't possible to do so. A reality of the present days (and sleepless nights).
Wishing you good luck, veel sterkte met alles en ik duim voor je dat er snel een goede oplossing komt!

Thank you - dank voor deze mooie bijdrage!

Don't forget to send entries to Guido for his project / call for mail art: All that Jazz!

YDiMA part of exposition 3: more doctors, in life art!

KNO-arts = otorhinolaryngologist = ear-nose-and-throat doctor.
Thanks a lot, dankjewel, Sander!




'Vrouwtje dokter', female doctor, spontaneously flown from the hand of Bep, thank you, veel dank, Bep!




'Mi médico de cabecera. La vela siempre le acompaña.'
Muchas gracias por este dibujo, Solly!




An unknown artist made this picture of a recognizable scene in the doctor's room. Not that happy Waiting for the syringe to come...
Thank you, Anonymous!




Doctor Who, who does remember this one?!
Thank you, veel dank, Hans!




Inspired by the Real Weird / Existing Odd Animals project, Sofía made this Doctor Lama. Muchas gracias, dankjewel, Sofía!




Inspired by both OneMillionGiraffes and the Existing Odd Animals project, Armin made this Doctor Pablo giraffe.
Dankjewel, Armin!