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Thomas sent me this schematic of a chess game -- I had to figure out that's what it was by the names on the other side, famous chess masters who are listed in Wikipedia. I am learning more stuff on this site!

quite a haul from Mathew...each mail a creative adventure...

postcard and two bookmarks...

check please 

and a cool brown bag bookie...each little pocket holding a treasure of its own....…

A spring walk took me to the north enterance of Highgate Cemetry, London, England. Through the locked gate you can see this intriguing funerary building. With it sharp diagonal lines and triangular rooftops it suggested the energy of mankind striving against the inevitability of death. Contrast this with the organic curves and irregular shapes of the surrounding trees.…

The Haptic Werewolf of Hamburg sends "dirt",

and Kurt Schwitters is a whistlin' for 100 Years of DADA!

The packet contains DADA DIRT: "KOKO TERRA" …

Well, it is really TIME on this collage card,

for SKULL art! And "Changing Reality?"

A very dynamic series that Susan is creating.

The flip side is fun, too, with "Forever Global" MOON postage :…

I am happy to say that pieces for the Year of the Red Fire Monkey mail art call are starting to come in and are showing up in the album I've set aside for that purpose.  Please come have a look from now throughout the end of the year, and beyond!

Red Fire Monkey Call Results

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Mail art by Gerda Osteneck (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)

May 6, 2016 - To the best of my knowledge, this blog entry marks the mail art debut of Canadian artist Gerda Osteneck. She has done some previous work with ATCs, but I do…

Also arrived in Greece, this fantastic booklet from Jack,

And special coupons, too...

which I might send off…

Fantastic baggie envelope from Amy Irwen,

lots of fun on the outside!

and inside...wow:

Full of many…

F A K E  A S  F * C K

a game in which two long jump ropes turning in opposite directions are jumped by one or more players jumping simultaneously

another very cool Sticker envelope from Joel....wonderful stuff...

envelope front and back:

stickers galore:…

For Cervantes...

A very nice program of events

with a special project that included and Shakespeare,…

Bonus spring mail art from MomKat, and a brightly colored little zine. All wrapped up in a classic Greek airmail envelope. Thanks!

11.00 Thursday April 28th 2016 at The Natural History Museum in London. Wonderful to meet as we'd been exchanging mail-art for about four years I think :>)

Publishing day 4.4.2016

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Mail art by IUOMA member Cascadia Artpost aka Jack Lattemann (Olympia, Washington, USA)

May 4. 2016 - The work Cascadia Artpost has done in service to DKult is not what most observers associate with Trashpo. Yet his Walmarth…

Dear Alex Idle, I apologize for having confused you with a correspondent of mine I call the Lone Gunman Neoist. That is just some fun we were having. I am too trusting, and I did not realize something else was going on here. I have removed the blog here at the IUOMA and at M-L. I request you and I have no more contact. I also apologize to IUOMA-Ning for having attracted this vermin. The part of your mail to me that I did not…

Mail art by IUOMA member DSF (aka Dopesick San Francisco) (Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA)

May 3, 2016 - It’s always a thrill to receive and share a postal utterance from DSF (aka Dopesick San Francisco aka Michael…