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"My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,

So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?":

Thank you, Janis.

Great Big Collage #12 is about cars, mostly British vintage cars -- many of them made by companies, that hélas, no longer exist.

Here's the Great Big Collage in its great big magnificence:…

From Roland Halbritter for his  "Bocksbeutel" Mail Art Call...

Roland makes fantastic artistamps with the mail art he receives:…

It seems they are "cutting-it-up"  in SanFran today, er since yesterday?  :-)

John sent many goodies and from his stay in Japan, too:…

Several super "Ray Johnson" add 'n pass "portraits" arrived from Chuck Welsh.

Recently, the original add 'n pass by Ray Johnson has become very valuable!…

An interesting Observer article about the current artworld obsession with Ray Johnson. Pieces are selling for between $12,000-$150,000, according to the article.

http://observer.com/2015/10/meet-the-powerhouse-art-dealer-protecting-the-most-famous-unknown-artists-legacy/

Well, first the lovely watercolor painted envelope from Heleen de Vann, with portrait of Hannah:

see, even she has "TIME" ( barely) for mail art:…

Thank you Connie

Here's another one,  folks, based on cartoon comic magazines:

The magazines I used came from Britain, the US, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, China and Norway.

Why is it called "VLADABOM!!! DANDY 100% FUNNY", Fanny? Well, leaving aside the fact that anything of mine could be less than 100%, the title can be found in the bottom left hand…

It is a golden rule (but mail art has no rules?)

that if you get...you send. 

And InSeine abides by this rule religiously!

Let's get together..in a DeeCeeVou in Sigean?…

Always a pleasure to receive Jon's mail art.  Thank you!

It is unusual...and a bit big for the letterbox (mailbox)

but it arrived with the support of the Artist in Seine

so not all was lost..a fantastic "lettering" job,…

Just a returning thought?

Imagine begging for barcodes...

or offering barcodes to the less fortunate? Oui?…

This arrived last week from Giovanni Bonanno in Italy

A very interesting project indeed!

and I already added…

Through a clear plastic envelope, yet mysterious translucent, vintage papers...

What is needed here? Add 'n Return? Add 'n Pass Boekie?

(hee, hee, heee, "Keep 'n Treasure" these wonderfully vintage pages!)…

Mail art by IUOMA member Thom Courcelle (Rutland, Vermont, USA)

October 6, 2015 - I am thrilled to have received mail from old friend Thom Courcelle – one of the first wave Trashpoets – and find he has relocated from Seattle,…

poise and elegance

You heard of a door mat, a bath mat, a beer mat, a patty mat, a horse…