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Comment by Sarah Churchill on February 18, 2013 at 5:14pm

Hi everyone

As some of you are aware, I started a YouTube channel a few weeks ago, where (among other things) I'll be making monthly videos to showcase the mailart I receive. (The first one can be seen here http://youtu.be/kh3Bcm9xWRI)

I'd like to create a special one-off video around my birthday (14th April) full of 'Unusual' Mailart. I'm thinking the type of stuff you see on the 'Extremem mailart' group (plastic toys, bits of wood, found objects etc), but the interpretation is up to you. If you don't feel confident posting your art 'naked', I'm happy to receive things in packages, but naked would be good ;)

I'll still be doing a monthly video as usual, for all the postcards, boekies etc, but anything that I (or you) think is particularly unusual or extreme will go into this extra special video. My hope is that I can spread the word of the network, mailart in general, and of course show off your amazing efforts to the world while entertaining my subscribers :)

If you'd like to take part, please send your unusual pieces to:

Sarah Churchill
23 Laura Street
Pontypridd, R.C.T
South Wales
CF37 1NW
United Kingdom

REMEMBER I will be making the video on/around the 14th April, so post at the end of March to be sure of reaching me in time.

Thanks in advance! :)

Comment by Gary Davis on February 11, 2013 at 6:54pm

Thanks Michael,

New to all this, but looking forward to getting stuck in.

Comment by Michael Leigh on February 8, 2013 at 3:33pm

Welcome Gary and all new members I may have missed.  Look forward to seeing your work online.

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 17, 2012 at 11:00am

New book just out compiled from 80's and 90's festive  nonsense I used to scrape together each year for family and mail art friends. The best of which now in full colour in 124 page book on Black Scat Books and Amazon. Please write a review if you can- much appreciated!

Comment by Mail Art Martha on October 15, 2012 at 3:31am

Thank you, Rebecca. Sorry but I have only seen your question right now. I process the photos and other illustrations in PhotoShop  and write the text in my Desk Top Publishing program, Serif Page Plus, where I add the photos and organize it all. Then I save it as a pdf file. After that I go to Issuu.com upload the pdf and they produce the eBook all for free. It can be done in Word too and I am sure many other programs as long as you can save to pdf or another of the formats Issuu accepts.

By the way you so not need to make a book to join Issuu, you can join just to read books or in preparation to make them. When a few of us have joined I will form a mail art group there.

Comment by Rebecca Guyver on August 26, 2012 at 4:31pm

Martha, I love your ebook. What programme/website do you use?

Comment by Mail Art Martha on August 26, 2012 at 12:11pm

Following Michael's comment I am in the same situation. I have done many shows and initiated many projects as you can see in

http://issuu.com/mailartmartha/docs/stg_story?mode=window&backg...

Now I am trying to combine the SnailMailart with the eMailart. I put the art work I receive in my blog which you can see on my page here and next summer I shall make another eBook. I also send a piece by snailmail to each artists when I receive their work so it is an exchange the old fashion way also. This eBook business is great as people outside the mail art community gets to see the work and they love it, going by the number of hits.

Comment by Sarah Churchill on August 24, 2012 at 10:50am

I think maybe it was too thick? That would probably make it a '2nd Class Large'. It was only 19p short, but the evil-doers charged an extra £1 'handling fee'. It's ok though, the Ninjas probably killed them all ;)

Comment by andytgeezer on August 24, 2012 at 10:23am

I realised just when I got to the Post Office that I had numbered it wrongly, as 268. I've not even got up to 268. I think it was 238

Comment by andytgeezer on August 24, 2012 at 10:21am

Oh no you had to pay! I'm so sorry Sarah! I can't believe they charged you £1.19, it was just a standard letter and that stamp was new (they ripped it off another mailart piece hence the tears which I lovingly disguised with sharpie)

The Quilled stars were of course Elena's touch

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