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How wonderful, a Happy New Year greeting from Martha.  The scan doesn't show it too well, but the bananas are glued on.…

What is Mail Art? Where is Mail Art? Why to make Mail Art?

Deadline: October 31, 2016

Sendo to: Caixa Postal 5331…

THEME: LOVE ... AND ITS THOUGHTS & STORIES

Please send a love object* and some explanation (your beliefs about love, personal meaning of love, thoughts, experiences and others, in 1- 500 words).

(*Liebesobjekte = love objects, objects d’amour = souvenirs, gifts, art works and handicrafts created out of love or for a…

From Brooke Cooks in Seattle, Washington. Dry-brushed ink collage note card with cool rubber…

From Jon Foster in Winston-Salem, N.C. Incredible add & pass request package with loads of ephemera.

From…

From Michel Goodman in West Jordan, Utah. The entire page is from a U.S. National Parks atlas or photo book.

From Katerina Nikoltsou in Thessaloniki, Greece. Reversed business reply envelope with Jerry Garcia/Grateful Dead artistamps…

Postcards and such showing the State of Wisconsin's iconic red barns, black and white cattle, The Great Lakes and icy cold winters.

March 19, 2016 - I recently received this great collage – in a state of decomposition – that presents asemics with a Trashpo vibe. I am guessing this is part of the recent mystery batch released by Jay Block (Massachusetts, USA), but I am not entirely sure. Here is another…

Is it just my imagination or is Erni's Mail Art becoming more aggressive.  The last one had a horrible fierce dog and now this.   By the way Shakshuka is a popular Middle Eastern breakfast dish and one of my favorites, but I don't know how Erni would know that.…

Well, not from Houston...but from Paris?

or maybe from London? That is Her Highness on the stamp in the left corner, yes?…

I don't know what it is, but my hand starts to shake when I see Mail Art and instructions.  I'm still working through the 268 page TV manual just to prove that the Smart TV isn't smarter than me.  So far I'm losing the battle.…

Some of the stamps fell off and I did a poor job of reattaching but it looks pretty good again.  Thanks!

On the back it says"Happy Leap Year".

Mail art by IUOMA member David Stafford (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)

March 18, 2016 - A current…

Comes this smilin' fella:

and also a colorful collage on the flip side of the envelope:

Fun!…

A lovely Mail Art piece from EJ Vest. Love the green tones.  The Ozarks?  Isn't that the place in Deliverance a 1972 American film with Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty  where they play "…

Lovely BLUE in today's mail,

Super Full Moon, too!

...as in a dream:

Thank you, Esther!

I am…

Granny Elaine, in France, recently had her 80th birthday,

and she sent this nice hand-out, fold-out: 

a…