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Mail art by IUOMA member Robert Ridley-Shackleton (Oxford, UK)

February 19, 2016 - Musician Robert Ridley-Shackleton’s compelling (anti-)art has captured the fancy of the Eternal Network where he is…

Stunning torn strips as only Jay can do

I removed the address, to see the full effect...

...also revealing a mysterious drawing underneath:…

Pastel drawing full of color!

A cup overflowing...

Thank you, Pascal, MERCI!

Something in the mail to you ...it's on its way!…

I'm definitely for the Paper Man.  Come on everyone, sing along; "The Paperman, The Paperman, I am for The Paperman, The Paperman, The Paperman, who lives on Darwin Way."

     Thank you Marie, if the Paper Man can, then I can.

FYI: At the risk of appearing to be a mean s.o.b. (I've been called worse, so, pfft), I am not here to piggyback umpteen little causes. I am not a college kid with ridiculous amounts of energy. I am an artist who, while trying to think as young as possible, realistically, is at the foothills of old age. I'm here to "drink beer (and) kill war" as Bukowski said so eloquently. Mainly, I am here to make great friends without pressure of any sort, to create mail art on postcards, envelopes, and…

And when is rubber stamp day, while we're at it?…

Look at all this stuff!…

For more info, see: https://trashbubblesandlifeslittlebits.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/a-piece-of-the-puzzle/

After my recent creative destruction of his destructive creation, Dean the inSeine has sent a metallic postcard: does he imagine that this is proof against further remodelling?

Royal Mail delivered it despite the dangerous-looking circuit board attached to the back, and the fact that it was understamped (over 100g, more than 5mm thick, should have cost £1.19, not…

Number are my thing.  The total of all the number here is 952,858 and the average is 79,405.  But that's not exciting.  Exciting is when you take the standard deviation of these numbers and it falls exactly at 186031.06.  (You guess it, the number of minutes until my next…

That's right, the David Bowie Exhibition is now in Amsterdam and I hear the closing date is being extended.

     This Mail Art is not about Ziggy Stardusk and the Spiders from Mars.  It's about the Old Boys Band.  It could be The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Village People, The Fingers, or that new group, No Direction. 

     I'm having trouble spotting the lead…

Always an excellent documentation from the projects of Eberhard Janke:

...a few of the participants:…

List of participants:

and my contribution...

It's Greek to me and not quite the "bitten apple" of APPLE,…

Ex Posto Facto sends more funny money!

Always organized and tallied...a real accountant :-)

An add 'n pass was…

Yes, Ladies & Gentlemen, send from Greece without an envelope.  It can be done!  The only thing is that it took ten days to get to Paris.  But that might be the Greek strikes.  I hear that even the Greek Goats are refusing to be milked now.…

During the past week Richard C. has been on a tear! He's sent me these three poems, one in an envelope and two as PC's. I think they're all brilliant, but I have to say the one with the little intestinal tract guiding the reader is my fave. But then, there's a lot to be said for "It feels like I must have cut myself talking."…

Kim sent me a big package with two very nice collage cards, a valentine card, and a little envelope FULL of wonderful images on notepapers! Thanks, Kim!…

Here is another really lovely envelope from Richard B. He quotes a poem I sent to him which pleases me a bunch!

Another really nice piece--great color and textures. There is a quote "The real  is what resists symbolization absolutely." J.L. I'm still too new to this to know all the references--who is J.L.?

Peta sent me this lovely card. The different shades of purple and blue paint over the text are very effective, almost like the text is submerged under water. Then the white dashes and circle are something really thick and shiny and they all look like they're rushing somewhere. I love this.…