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I Was a Bone of Contention (no bone to pick) - from Cheryl Penn

Bone (n.) 1. The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.

 

One fine day a mad but oh so talented woman in South Africa decided to make a book of bones. This has to be one of the greatest books ever…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 21, 2011 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments

6 SEASONS

Send to  the Mail Art Call, titled " Little Big Stories - Big Stories on Small Paper ", the Exhibition will take place in Pimlico library in London, UK, for 2 weeks, and will start on March 2011. The organization has the idea to produce a book of all the stories which will go on the shelves of Pimlico library, but this isn't yet confirmed.

 

Helder…

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Added by Helder on February 21, 2011 at 6:44pm — 2 Comments

The SA connection and the Case of the MOMA art thief! A Jackson Pollock by cheryl Penn

And so, a small piece of one of my bloved Pollock paintings has found it way

to Greece, and now occupying an honored place along with a certain ninja yelling…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 21, 2011 at 2:00pm — 9 Comments

RECEIVED: Cryptic Mail-Art Vispo Puzzle from Atte Ourie (Helsinki, Finland)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Atte Ourie (Helsinki, Finland)

 

February 20, 2011 - Could there be a mail-artist more mysterious than Atte Ourie? These colorful cards are appearing across the globe. (Finland is finding a place on the…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on February 21, 2011 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

Itaca (Buonanotte Regina) - from Alfonso Filieri

I am the very lucky owner of two Ithaca/Itaca booklets. You remember the first one by Katerina Nikoltsou, pamphlet of paper and sand. This one is from Alfonso Filieri and I was equally blown away when I opened the envelope.

Alfonso's work with paper is just amazing. Crumples and scratches and subtle layers of wax give so much depth to an already beautiful thick…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on February 20, 2011 at 10:54pm — 5 Comments

?!WHO?!

Send to  the Mail Art Call, titled " The Face of Jesus Christ", this project is part of Angles & Art-International MailArt Gallery Exhibition, that will take place in Haverhill,USA and will start in March 2011.

 

Helder C. Dias

!namaste!

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Added by Helder on February 20, 2011 at 7:50pm — No Comments

NO BORDERS mail art project

Hello to all the mailartists wich are sending and exchanging good energy and vibrations throught the mail service and the simple daily actions.

i enter last year in DODODADA network - the italian one- and i've really enjoyed in this corrispondance with the people i've "met" till now.  it's difficult for me to be "massive", but i'm going a little deep inside with the first conctacts i 've felt a good feedback. FREE AND FUN!

now i'd like to enjoy also with the international…

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Added by Sarah Grasso on February 20, 2011 at 4:18pm — 2 Comments

Received from Lesley Magwood Fraser, South Africa--Durmail

Leslie presents a strong sense of place by focusing on a Zulu woman, which I like very much. Her sketching, stamp and collage work communicate to me… Continue

Added by Bifidus Jones on February 20, 2011 at 3:43pm — 3 Comments

MAIL-ART CALL: Coffee Project from Sergio Della Giustina (Italy)

 

Mail-art Coffee Project Call from Sergio Della Giustina - IUOMA members send your work!

 

February 19, 2011 - I received this interesting call for mail-art from Sergio in Italy. It seems just about everyone in the…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on February 20, 2011 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Receive from Georgia Grigoriadou-Greece. A beautiful Digital Print!

Added by Michalis Kotsaris on February 20, 2011 at 1:26pm — No Comments

Greek Islands

Thanks Katerina for whisking me away to the Greek Islands just before the foot of snow landed this weekend. This is quite a captivating piece!

 

Added by Kris Naylor on February 20, 2011 at 1:49am — No Comments

Cardboard Rules!

I love the colors, the design...well I love everything about this piece from Karen Champlin.

 

Added by Kris Naylor on February 20, 2011 at 1:45am — No Comments

Reproductive Earth

This is such a COOL piece from Jon Foster.

 

Added by Kris Naylor on February 20, 2011 at 1:41am — 1 Comment

My Very 1st Postcard!

Okay.  I'm trying this again. I think I have it in the right spot now.  I am so laughing at myself. Thanks Jon Foster for my first postcard.

Added by Wendy Barber on February 19, 2011 at 10:54pm — 1 Comment

Blog Post for De Villo Sloan Letter A - Project 26

Mail Art received third week of February 2011

In his discussion on  letter A, De Villo Sloan wrote that  “Chapter A is about artifacts and archaeology. Many of the images come from out-of-print books about New York  State Native American artifacts. Most of them were made by the Iroquois or related cultural groups. So the real contributing artists here are prehistoric Native Americans".…

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Added by cheryl penn on February 19, 2011 at 4:38pm — 7 Comments

Receive fro Prosthet -Canada. Welcome at the graveyard! Just love it...

Added by Michalis Kotsaris on February 19, 2011 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Receive from Morissey-Usa. Music- dancing figures!Beautiful.

Added by Michalis Kotsaris on February 19, 2011 at 1:36pm — No Comments

Receive from JJ Alltheway Australia- Homage to Australia! Nice idea!!!

Added by Michalis Kotsaris on February 19, 2011 at 1:22pm — No Comments

RECEIVED: Documentation for PTRIZIA TIC TAC's Chapter T in the 26 Mail-Art Collaborative Book Project (Starnberg, Germany)

Mail-art book chapter by IUOMA member PTRZIA TIC TAC (Starnberg, Germany)

 

"the archaeology of a thought (through the relativity of time)"…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on February 19, 2011 at 1:00pm — 12 Comments

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