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So Much Mail Today...

Thanks go out to Laura Thykeson x 2, Suet, Rhinogirl, Richard Canard, and Cheryl Penn x 2!!! I'm working on stuff right now, both things from my students and my own bits...some of that goes out tomorrow.

Super excited about Rhinogirl's work, one of the first folks to send me something without a prior notification. Such a great suprise and great work.…

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Added by jon foster on November 4, 2010 at 9:17pm — No Comments

Holla! and Gracias David...Received from David Martin Perez!

Thank you David for your BEAUTIFUL WORK! ITS SO ELEGANT! GRACIAS!!!

Added by Michalis Kotsaris on November 4, 2010 at 8:18pm — 1 Comment

Seek - from Karen Champlin



Another piece of Karen's Bad Art closely followed the first one. Just kidding :-)), this is an awesome and very special piece, Karen.

It's funny how cardboard and paper can turn into powerful imagery. I see the search for a Treasure Island. The cardboard sea is covered with grids, calculations, estimates, routes. All of them leading to the Island of K, if everything goes well and the winds are favorable. I'm quite sure I won't get lost,… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on November 4, 2010 at 10:28am — No Comments

Can't find a title for it - for RCBz



I'm sometimes starting something with a clear idea of what it should look like, and then it ends up in a limbo. Like this piece. I now think it might send out the wrong message. Like ugly vs beautiful, man vs woman, western vs asian etc... Even if it is based on a famous Japanese wood print, I'm a bit worried that it might come out as borderline racist. I can assure you that this is not the case (or not my intention). At all.

I… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on November 4, 2010 at 10:23am — No Comments

How big are you in japanese? - for Bifidus Jones

Added by Marie Wintzer on November 4, 2010 at 10:21am — No Comments

Mail-art exhibition news: Documentation now available for John Held Jr.'s Black Mountain College show

November 4, 2010 - Many thanks to IUOMA member Helen Amyes of Australia who sent me a link to some documentation for the Black Mountain College mail-art show in mid-October. Many IUOMA members were involved:

So far it's just a list, but an interesting one - a tremendous show of support from the mail-art community. Thank you again Helen for sending me…
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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 4, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Received: Election season mail-art from Bifidus Jones (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Bifidus Jones (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)



November 3, 2010 - Bifidus Jones sent me mail-art in response to receiving my chapter for Cheryl Penn's…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 4, 2010 at 10:00am — 8 Comments

fREAKIN' OUT OUT THE OLD LADY MAIL FROM Jon Foster

I got this mail. I'm starin' at the address totally freaked. "Why did I send myself mail?.....and what does Jon have to do with it?" Okay, in my defense. I'm on more drugs than most of you have tubes of paint (no, just 8). But it all made sense (thank God) when I turned it over. It was created from my Bad art envelope. Is this kid clever or what!

Thanks Jon. Maybe call me and warn me next time.…

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Added by Karen Champlin on November 3, 2010 at 2:24pm — 3 Comments

Received from Marie Wintzer, Japan--Tanuki Mail

It appears that Marie is well on her way to some eclectic fashion design and perhaps I am her first victim customer. The composition of this piece is a nice balance of written and illustrated collage and the tanuki stamp is the frosting on this dessert. I love the bits and pieces from…

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Added by Bifidus Jones on November 3, 2010 at 2:14pm — 1 Comment

Received: Green mail-art from Lisa Iversen (North Manchester, Indiana, USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Lisa Iversen (North Manchester, Indiana, USA)


November 2, 2010 - At long last I received mail-art from IUOMA friend Lisa Iversen. At first, I thought the main attraction of this package was the striking… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on November 3, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Boy's Day - from RCBz



This is my favorite so far from RCBz. I love the retro atmosphere, cosy and velvety with an underlying feeling of uneasiness (cf the ghostly figure of death in the background).

The original card is picturing Boy's Day, nowadays Children's Day, celebrated May 5th. Families honor their boys on that day with all kinds of treats. Carp-like streamers made of paper or cloth are flown a bit everywhere. Taking an iris leaf hot bath… Continue

Added by Marie Wintzer on November 3, 2010 at 9:21am — 2 Comments

Rosa Gravino received from Carolina Gonzalez

Added by Rosa Gravino on November 3, 2010 at 2:42am — No Comments

Rosa Gravino received from Carolina Gonzalez

Added by Rosa Gravino on November 3, 2010 at 2:38am — No Comments

Rosa Gravino received from Daniel C. Boyer

Added by Rosa Gravino on November 3, 2010 at 2:34am — No Comments

Rosa Gravino received from Nelson Rolando Tamani - Nicaragua

Added by Rosa Gravino on November 3, 2010 at 2:32am — No Comments

Rosa Gravino received from Carolina Gonzalez

Added by Rosa Gravino on November 3, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Rosa Gravino received from Nelson Rolando Tamani - Nicaragua

Added by Rosa Gravino on November 3, 2010 at 2:22am — No Comments

Rosa Gravino received from Nelson Rolando Tamani - Nicaragua

Added by Rosa Gravino on November 3, 2010 at 2:19am — No Comments

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