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Mail-Artist since:: Childhood, though I didn't know it until mid-life!

My Website (without http://):: http://-

Why I am involved in Mail-Art:: For the love of snail mail, to support the free exchange of art, to connect with other artists and to have my mind expanded.
The art I make is small (very small!), unplanned, mostly a series of experiments and done simply for the joy of creating it.

My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail): Laura Hughes
Unit 19
Old Fire Station
Rochdale Road
Todmorden
West Yorkshire
OL14 7NA
UK

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William M liked Laura Hughes's blog post Gratefully received July 2023

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Gratefully received July 2023

From Zack:Debra Mulnick: a gorgeous zine which looks incredible opened out flat...Lulu Flanagan:David Stafford:…See More

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Experiment inspired by David Stafford

"Awesome art"

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Experiment inspired by David Stafford

"Oh, so FABULOUS!!!"

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Experiment inspired by David Stafford

I was inspired by David who has been adding colour to a couple of my drawings.A4 size, black ink and watercolours, which looked a psychedelic mess to me, so I toned it all down digitally.

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A batch of mail art received June 2023

A big thank you to Devin S. Turk (I love the texture in the lower piece):Zack (a thick envelope with stickers galore):Coco Muchmore (a lovely watercolour which looks like it got dark "birds" added to it on its journey):…See More

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Gratefully received July 2023

Posted on August 1, 2023 at 4:49pm 0 Comments 3 Likes

From Zack:

Debra Mulnick: a gorgeous zine which looks incredible opened out flat...

Lulu Flanagan:…

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A batch of mail art received June 2023

Posted on June 15, 2023 at 4:57pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

A big thank you to Devin S. Turk (I love the texture in the lower piece):

Zack (a thick envelope with stickers galore):

Coco Muchmore (a lovely watercolour which looks like it got dark "birds"…

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from David Stafford 050523

Posted on May 9, 2023 at 4:59pm 2 Comments 4 Likes

Many thanks to David for the Speed Queen and smiles. Is that a washing machine and mangle combined?? And for the fabulous, personalised stamp which he has sympathetically and thoughtfully coloured and created from one of my black and white drawings. …

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from Nancy Bell Scott 260423

Posted on April 26, 2023 at 6:13pm 1 Comment 5 Likes

Gosh, thank you so much Nancy for remembering and sending this! As soon as I opened the envelope I felt it was familiar and seeing it and holding it brought back the joy of the vertical lines, the delicate wisps and balance.

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At 5:48pm on September 29, 2021, Debra Mulnick said…: Hi Laura! Lovely to meet you here. Look for something from

me in your mailbox soon. Your work & comments are a welcome addition to

the IUOMA community. Cheers, Debra

At 3:48pm on August 19, 2021, Thea Hollister said…: Thanks Laura, I finished deck - total of 48 cards. I’m working on the description sheet of each card should finish today. I use them like a tarot deck. They seem to be accurate according to my friends :).

At 1:34pm on April 21, 2021, Richard BAUDET said…: I went to the post-office yesterday ...dear friend , keep an eye on your box !

( forgive me for the mistake ! )

At 11:53am on April 12, 2021, Ilya Semenenko-Basin said…: Hi Laura,

thank You for Your initiative! This supports me in difficult times... I will try to send You my collage by mail tomorrow.

Best wishes,

Ilya

At 9:20am on April 12, 2021, Carien van Hest said…: Welcome to the IUOMA, Laura.

At 7:53am on April 12, 2021, Richard BAUDET said…: Welcome Laura !

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