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Asemic writing – it belongs to the post literate genre, right?  Free floating, mind unbound,  experimental, abstract. It hints at meaning, whilst denying specific content.   It may use visual language structures whilst negating language concepts in its illegibility.  It certainly free floats in the avant-garde, rooting itself (sometimes) in the earliest forms of writing.…

No. 26 of 40 handmade prints and it is elegantly RED! (and black).

The printing inks are rich and thick, adding to a haptic texture that this scan does not register.

It is necessaryto have it in own's hands  to Feel the Art!

It came well…

While on-the-road recently, Mim continued to make mail art for her 365 project...one-a-day-for -one-year.

And making an overnight stop in Ohio, near Athens, Ohio,...she created this special art card. And i so love maps!

Minimal elements, minimal…

Well, "GENERAL"...hate? It is a multi-layered tape transfer image, full of "characters" , some smiling in a vintage-postcard-ad way! Other image is a first-aid "helping hand". One has to not pass over art by Jon lightly. As multi-layered are the imageds he uses, so multi-layered it the art with meaning!…

You know it is going to be great when you see those fish stamps on the envelope in your mail box!

"Heart Matters" on the outer envelope...and a really-red envelope was in that envelope:…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Cheryl Penn (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)

May 9, 2011 - The image above by Cheryl Penn is easily the most intricate and beautiful text-weave I've ever received. This is part of a chapter for a…

Mail art received 1st week of May, being officially Autumn.  It was my lucky day that I welcomed Frieder to the collaborative book group.  He sent me a Leperello. 

Leporellos are  small folders almost,  which open out  to a large format.  An accordion bound book is a typical example of this type of book .  Frieder wrote in between his drawings that he uses paper as…

Three-fold sand books, with blue sandpo, on-the-beach by the Aegean Sea, Halkidiki, Greece

Mail art added to the sand for Sand Book, Greece, with far right driftwood from the Haptic Werewolf.…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Champagne, Illinois, USA)

May 6, 2011 - Richard Canard sent me this asemic poem (above). I am SO glad to be the recipient of his mail-art. A response to him is forthcoming just as quickly as I can produce something I…

Sarah Pender m'écrit de la prison pour femmes d'Indianapolis.

Elle m'invite à participer à son appel à projet autour des mains(qui cuisinent,jardinent,peignent,etc...)Invitation aux dessins,collages etc..

Date limite 28oct 2011

L'adresse:

Art For Humanity P.O. Box 36244 Indianapolis, IN 46236 USA

Le site: http://holdinghandsforsocialjustice.blogspot.com/





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