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Always a joy to see mail art from Mary, here a splash of ORANGE!

Also some thing about a baseball team? Ha, me a CUBS fan, of course :-)

Some very nice items and an A4 page filled with mail art!…

Real Autumn leaf too!

Lovely seasonal collage from Meral:

Thank you so much!…

Mail art by IUOMA member Gü (Norwich, UK) for Svenja Wahl’s Excavations zine (Heidelberg, Germany) 

November 8, 2015 - Continuing documentation of a mail art package from Gü aka Gina Ulgen, I am pleased to present this…

I received this lovely wax painting from Erin Young a couple days ago. I have done some reading about encaustic painting. Very interesting. Also, there is quite a skillful creation of depth in this piece. Thanks, Erin!

A skillfully-made ink drawing/wash by Trey Moore.

Below is the back of the envelope he sent, which includes some kind of stamp for a roofing company. I assume this must be an old stamp--"asphalt-asbestos roof coating" does not seem to be a phrase in usage nowadays, except perhaps as a concern when removing an old roof.…

I received an invitation by mail to exchange mail art with Pia Z. That seems very appropriate. Above is the nice, simple stamp art on the back of the postcard she sent. Thank you, Pia!

I received this nice collage postcard from Dean, Artist in Seine. It was a surprise, as we have not had a previous exchange. Thank you,…

The Family Herman used to go on holiday from the South of Holland (Maastricht) to the South of France (Argélès-sur-Mer). The journey would take about 10 hours fast driving. Cries from the children "Are we nearly there yet, Dad?" would break out before we had even left the drive of our house -- which was only 4 yards long (the drive, that is, not the house). The journey to France would take us through Belgium and Luxembourg before we got to France. I would manage to keep the kids quiet for…

This is an ongoing piece that I will be doing in this downtown park that has beautiful, evenly spaced trees, and is highly visible. The goal is to have people make their own donations

https://youtu.be/WphmZqZIHp4

..the Mini.

Car, not skirt.

But he might have invented that too.

What he did say that is 'relevant' (I use the word with some hesitation here) is that "A camel is a horse designed by a committee".

Thank you, Sir Alex.

And now this Great Big Collage (# 15 in the series, in case you have lost count) is about animals -- animals of the "Pushmi-Pullyu" type (supposedly, a gazelle-unicorn cross with two heads) of Dr Dolittle.

I managed to sneak a…

"Some, many, most? members of the IUOMA prefer mail art that avoids politics and religion and anything contentious. They seem to think that mail art should be at par with elementary school Valentine's Day cards -- pap from and for the masses..."

--RCBz

Mail art by IUOMA member Gü (aka Gina Ulgen) (Norwich, UK)

November 7, 2015 - I am absolutely thrilled to announce that the three original…

'Gotta luv these birdies!

They came in clear plastic envie, so the postman was happy to see them too!

An original watercolor card included as well:…

It looks good...

but it is FAKE :-(

Lots of fun to see in the mail however, and a stamp-covered envelope (from "Thrace):…

Always nice to open and envelope in Greece and see "funds"!

Very nice, must add 'n pass, 'liking the ORANGE envelope, too!

Also this amazing collage card from Brooke:…

http://www.diekunterbuntekatzenseite.de/blog/mailart-no-104

cat mailart Nr. 104

a great collage by An.U. Its been a while that Annette has participated in exchanges due to family and life. Welcome back AnU....we have missed you *!*

it reminds me that "Winter is Coming"

Mail art by IUOMA member Amy Irwen (Rosemount, Minnesota, USA)

November 6, 2015 - Amy Irwen is a talented and prolific mail artist. In addition to more “classic” correspondence art, she makes image-text collage that is of…