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Meeah Williams fat envelope full of wisdom and visual delights!
Posted by Rebecca Guyver on December 6, 2013 at 9:58pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Not every piece of mail art can manage to pack enough into it that you could teach a course on mail art, writing and painting with it. Meeah has done that with her fat envelope!…
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ERASER HEED's mail art in Greece
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2013 at 6:00pm 4 Comments 3 Favorites
The envelope from Niklas is a treat in itself.
Always special to see mail art from the Eraser Heed!
Inside was…
Continue Washi tape collage and other cards from Kim in Korea
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 6, 2013 at 5:30pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
This delicate beauty came from Kim JungYoun in Korea.
Kim does lovely cards with her hundreds and hundreds of washi tape rolls!…
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Treats from Erni
Posted by Angie & Snooky on December 6, 2013 at 3:19pm 16 Comments 2 Favorites
Always enjoy Erni's decorated envelopes ... and the dogs know when there's something for them.…
Received from RCBz - Saint Clown / USA
Posted by arttower on December 6, 2013 at 5:16am 1 Comment 1 Favorite
Haddock - Blaster Al stamp via Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)
Posted by De Villo Sloan on December 6, 2013 at 4:00am 2 Comments 1 Favorite
Wild Billy Haddock stamp sent via Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)
December 6, 2013 - I have been a Haddock fan since the Zine Age. Haddock, aka Wild Bill Haddock and Billy Haddock, is a veteran mail-artist who is part of the…
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Grazieeeeeeeeee Alessandro Perini!!!!!! La tua arte è bella.
Posted by Claudia Garcia on December 6, 2013 at 12:00am 5 Comments 0 Favorites
Rod Summers sends his SMILE...and a bit of AUTUMN
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2013 at 5:00pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Rod summers' "VEC" will be 40 years old in 2014! Wow!
Congratulations, Rod, and "many more years" : ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΠΟΛΑ!…
Painted envelope from Guido and Helder's add 'n pass inside
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 5, 2013 at 4:30pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Thank you, Guido!
This is so colorful, made the postman smile
and wanted to know the story .
Very nice…
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Psychodelica from Borderline Graphics... many thanks for the flashback
Posted by Jay Block on December 5, 2013 at 3:41pm 1 Comment 2 Favorites
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Unity in diversity
April 1, 2011 to January 31, 2020 – Greece
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G. A. CAVELLINI / 1914-2014
January 26, 2013 at 6pm to January 21, 2014 at 7pm – Spazio Ophen Virtual Art Gallery
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February 23, 2013 at 6pm to December 31, 2013 at 7pm – Pop up exhibitions Suffolk Uk and possibly beyond
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Valentine Mark Herman commented on Valentine Mark Herman's photoThe Unbearable Being of Lightness, Darkness and Dottiness
"It now has a title; thank you for your suggestions, especially Lorella;
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Rebecca Guyver posted a blog postMeeah Williams fat envelope full of wisdom and visual delights!
Not every piece of mail art can manage to pack enough into it that you could…See More
Mim Golub Scalin left a comment for Marya Dawn"Would love to send you Mail Art. Go to my IUOMA page, use my postal address to send me mail with your return address on it, or use my e-mail address to send you postal address!"
Valentine Mark Herman commented on stripygoose's photo
95/365.2 bird takes a step back
"I've just realised WHY he's taking a step back (and going in a different direction): he's recovering from his last three days experiences of plumage à tryptich"
Claire (aka Cleo) commented on vizma bruns's page washi-holics anonymous in the group Show us your Artspace!!!
"Beautiful! Thanks for sharing Katerina! And: thanks everyone!
Here's another I sent to Katerina:
(I went a tad crazy! %_^"
K.S. Chambers left a comment for Nancy Bell Scott"Oh, I hope my inquisitive nature didn't ruin your fun . . . I've read too many Sherlock Holmes stories over the years and too often want to do the detective work. But again, thank you for the Forgettable Dreams — I love the line,…"
Eraser Heed replied to vizma bruns's discussion Aussie 90cent price rise per item sent."Thats a shame, let history be revived! ;) I see your point, but we are flooding in old stamps here.... We can go back as long as 1858 when the new currency system with kronor and öre was introduced, but I also have my limits how to treath…"
Susan McAllister commented on Diane Keys's group IUOMA MOBMA (Museum of Bad Mail Art)"I agree. Carina should be disqualified from the bad art contest immediately."
Erni Bär commented on Ruud Janssen's group Erni Bär Fan Club"The top one you mention had NOT been one of those food cans but one of spray paint."
Erni Bär commented on Angie & Snooky's blog post Treats from Erni"Ask Angie. I just found the photograph here:
https://www.google.de/search?q=Kunsthund+Snooky&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=yy6iUuCDCZDDswbE44CQBw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1152&bih=517"
Valentine Mark Herman replied to vizma bruns's discussion Aussie 90cent price rise per item sent."That's a great idea Mr Niklas Eraser!
I wonder how many postal authorities would accept such stamps? (I could forsee problems in the UK, for example, where the unit of curreny was changed circa 1970 from pounds, shillings and pence to the…"
i santini del prete commented on Bruno Cassaglia's group performances"ONORE RECIPROCO.
un abbraccio di paceamorecreatività
da i santini del prete"
"Finalmente!!! I Santini Del Prete coi quali avrò l'onore di performare alla Spezia il 21 dicembre!!! EVVIVA!!!"
Eraser Heed commented on Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s blog post ERASER HEED's mail art in Greece"The blue envelope stamp is by Borderline Grafix!"
Eraser Heed commented on Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s blog post ERASER HEED's mail art in Greece"The cookies goes well with a cup of tea or coffee :)"
Eraser Heed commented on Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s blog post ERASER HEED's mail art in Greece"It is me and Schwitters ;)
Thank you for this nice blog, orange goes well against that blue! Got hold of 250 religious prints and could not let them be. All the best to you!"
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Aussie 90cent price rise per item sent.
Started by vizma bruns in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Eraser Heed 49 minutes ago. 28 Replies 0 Favorites
UGH! This week the price of postage has risen by almost a dollar to send International post. Until now we've had a $1.70 price for postcards and 'card only' post. That no longer exists. Any mail…Continue
HELP A MAILART PRISONER BY A LETTER TO HIM!
Started by Bruce Grenville in Mail-Art Projects 11 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
Murray Menzies, an artist who has designed and printed numerous artistamps, is presently in prison in New Zealand (for a "drugs" offence done by his flatmate, who did not confess, so Murray got the…Continue
Mail Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Lisa M Perez yesterday. 331 Replies 12 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
About the infantile nation (2)
Started by Gabriele Astrid Hoppe in Mail-Art Projects Nov 29. 0 Replies 1 Favorite
An infantile societyComedy glut and girlie-Mania, experience delusions and television madness - not only in Germany intensified the trend toward childish, the unwillingness to grow up. More and more…Continue
About the infantile nation (1)
Started by Gabriele Astrid Hoppe in Mail-Art Projects Nov 29. 0 Replies 1 Favorite
K U L T U R The joys of complainingAbout the infantile nation. By Dietrich SchwanitzSchwanitz, 56, was a professor of English language and culture at the University of Hamburg and author of the…Continue
cm's to inches
Started by Kathy McKindles in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Claudia Garcia Nov 25. 1 Reply 0 Favorites
being from the US I'm always confused by sizes in cm. is there a site on the web that converts cm to inches? Thanks!Continue
Best adhesive for collage
Started by David Stafford in Technical Details in Mail-Art. Last reply by David Stafford Nov 21. 32 Replies 0 Favorites
A friend asks: What's the best adhesive for magazine collage that won't wrinkle the paper? I told him Spray Mount...anybody have any other suggestions?Continue
Adresses to exchange mail-art
Started by Trimaliny in Other. Last reply by Lois Richter Nov 20. 4 Replies 0 Favorites
Hi all! I have one question. How do you get adresses to change postcards or letters? I want to send one, but I don't know how...Thanks for answer.Continue
Tittytainment
Started by Gabriele Astrid Hoppe in Mail-Art Projects Nov 12. 0 Replies 1 Favorite
Zbigniew Brzezinski, a Political Scientist and former National Security Advisor to the U.S. President Jimmy Carter and U.S. President Barack Obama, Assistant of the President of the National Security…Continue
ITALY/ UNA MOSTRA A ANNA BOSCHI E UNA GALLERIA TUTTA VIRTUALE ON LINE
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Oct 30. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
La Mail Art e l'Arte Contemporanea in punta di mouse. …Continue
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