Ficus strangulensis

82, Male

Charleston, WV

United States

Profile Information:

Mail-Artist since:
1990
My Website (without http://):
http://the 'blog' here at IUOMA
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
I like to see what people are doing as art and share what I am doing. I like to meet people and get to know them. [DISCLAIMER: tho I am called a mail "artist", I 'cannot' draw due to a lack of proper mindset.]
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
538 Hanson Hollow Rd.
Charleston, WV 25311-8025 usa

strangulensis@gmail.com

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  • Mark Rossmiller

    Moan.

    You have mail on the way. :)

  • Mail Art Martha

    Thank you Fikus for the new mailing. I have come back from two weeks Holiday and hope to catch up and blog soon and respond next week to everybody. I did a lot stuff while sunbathing!

  • HilgART

    Good to be back in touch since the old days when I was in Huntington! Keep watching the mail--I predict something coming your way...  

    Tom

  • Alan Brignull

    Greetings, Fike. Yes, I've been with IUOMA for years — still prefer real mail, though.

  • Adam Roussopoulos

    Wonderful letter in the mail! Thank  you

  • Li Araki

    Really enjoyed receiving your cool art--thanks so much!  It will be a little while till I can reply because I'm in the middle of a few projects so please don't think I forgot.  My husband Dave (also on this site) liked your work so much he posted it on IOUMA Facebook.  I too am sad about Steve Dalachinsky--today, September 29th, is actually his birthday...

  • Cascadia Artpost

    I had to go see the eye doctor on Main Street in the Cascadia Diorama after viewing this envelope...

  • Li Araki

    Loved the wonderful art Fike--many thanks!

  • Petrolpetal

    mail out!

  • Jenn Miltenberger

    Thanks so much! 

  • allison

    mail out to you, fike!

  • Petrolpetal

  • stan askew

    hey fike ~

    good to hear from you! thanks for the friend invite. we moved to Hawaii to be close to family, and we love it here. hope all is well with you and yours!

    best ~ stan

  • PAM CHAVEZ

    Hi Ficus! I just accepted your friend request! Thanks for friending me. Hope you like what I sent :).

  • Jenn Miltenberger

    Fike, Thanks for the recent mail. I enjoyed it! Will send something soon :)

  • PAM CHAVEZ

    Hi Fike! Thank you so much for the Mail Art and printed Art Cards. I love them! I like Sci Fi, too, but am not nearly as avid a reader as you are. Hope you are well and staying safe. Best Regards, Pam

  • Judith Dagan

    I love you ('re mail art ) too. I put something in the mail for you last Sunday. Along with 4 more pieces to my M.A. friends. ♡×♡= ♡×♡

  • Vel Crowe

    01/11/2021

    19:55

    incoming V-Mail

    EDA 01/14 or 0/17

    Dodgy Rodger Velcrow

  • Ifé Niklaus

    HELLO FICUS !!!!

    LOOKING FORWARD TO MAIL YOU !!!

  • Mel Anie

    Howdy, meye [new] ol' Bud; weiser I am now. I have received a package from you, today, 15 Feb 2021. The postmark is from last year! You may have received mail from me recently or you will imminently (or maybe in a few months time!). That envelope is not a reply to the mailing that I received today because, as far as I know right now, I am not a time traveller but time and other things may prove differently. I will reply to this one quite soon because I like it a lot and have much to say regarding it. Thank you. Mel Anie (PS. I still can't post or see images on here so you are just getting lots of words from me. Oh dear.)
  • Ifé Niklaus

    Hi there Ficus  ! I've been doing art mail since I was 10 years old, but I found out about IUOMA last December. So happy and grateful about it !!!!! 

  • i'm a superhero

    My step-daughter-to-be wears a pair of Fike brand Nike knock-offs when she's not wearing the actual Nike's I bought for her last week. They always make me think of you.

  • Ifé Niklaus

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FIKE ! I'LL SEE YOU IN THE ETERNAL MAIL !

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    If you like monasteries, Fike, and rock climbing to get to them, a bit of eco-holy tourism in Greece, check out google for:

    Meteora (on-the-rocks):

    and 

    Mount Athos (by-the-sea):

  • Erja Veldhuis

    Hello Ficus!

    That's super nice, thank you! I will send it to you this week!

  • dystatic

    glad you like them!

  • awyn

    Thanks for letting me know the nested birds got there okay!

  • Devin S. Turk

    Hi there Ficus, and thanks for your comment!  I'm looking forward to discovering what you send my way, whenever that happens to be!  I'm adding your address to my list, so you can expect something in your mailbox as well.

  • Gwendolynium

    Thanks for the mail, Fike, especially envelope and letter.

    --Gwen

  • Devin S. Turk

    Hi there Ficus!  Thanks so much for the delightfully decorated envelope of art and your letter!  My reply will be headed your way in tomorrow's outgoing mail.  Happy Sunday!

  • Oscar Yeats

    Thank you for the great mail Ficus. It is truly strangulensis. 

    All hail the Great Panjandrum of Blorchistan. 

  • Gwendolynium

    Thanks for the mail, Fike, hope you are not overeating the polar bear liver! Like pennyroyal, I hear it can be toxic... I am finally getting caught up with mail after being away for a couple weeks. See you in the mail.

  • Bob Jones

  • Coco Muchmore

    I Galoot!! Thanks so much for the octo post!

    Wishing you a great evening!

  • KS

    Glad the mail found you! Cheers ~
  • Marcia Rosenberger

    Dear friend,

    I wish you a brief and peaceful recovery.

    Keeping in touch is enough.

    Greetings,

    Marcia

  • Judith Dagan

    Fic, I sent a message to your iuoma inbox. ♤♡◇♧♡

  • Mail Art Martha

    Fike! those are good news! do not worry about answering your mail we will wait, you concentrate in killing those rogue cells!

    Sock it to them!

  • Gwendolynium

    That is great news, Fike! Woohoo! Keep up the good work and thanks for letting me know. And no worries, the round of mail I just sent out is my first since about March. Turns out I can't garden and do mail art at the same time, forget about walking and chewing gum. My list of correspondents may have to be curated... But I will eventually respond to all.

    In visual news, squirrels carved my jack-o-lantern for me this year. Nature is lit! ;-)

  • Carien van Hest

    Happy birthday, Fike... we miss you

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Happy Birthday, Fike!

    Be well, take care xxx

  • Mikel Untzilla

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Be well, be strong, 

    see you in the mail soon! xxx

  • Bruno Cassaglia

    Grazie!!!! un fraterno abbraccio , b

  • Mail Art Martha

    Thank you Fike For three happy colourful postcards that lit up my wall!

  • Zorica Obradović

    Hello,

    ~•~•~•~•~•

    the envelope

    + letters

    + photos arrived.

    ****************

    beyond expectations...

    much, much, much

    at the high level of the brain.

    + nice

    + I like it

    thank you... thank you... thank you...

    P.S. Picasso is my ideal: to see things like him, but avoid the trap of being such a person.

    P S1 I will post on IUOMA.

    PS2 To me, Shakespeare tells something completely different in the sense of "Much ado about nothing" 🤔 duplicitous man 😅..

  • Zorica Obradović

  • Kevin Geronimo Brandtner

    Thank you! I will send something your way too! I have just finished my studies and am looking for a job. I've spent the last 7 years working with homeless people and people with addictions and mental illnesses.

    See you in the mail,

    K.G.B.

  • Carmela Rizzuto

    Hello Fike, Your mail has arrived. Thank you for the playful enclosures. FYI: my iuoma avatar is made from a mask (2006) decorated with dried flowers and leaves, feathers, snakeskin, and semi-precious stones carvings. It represents Gaia, mourning the destruction of the earth.

  • Mikel Untzilla