January 2015 Blog Posts (247)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Tomoe Nakamura (Osaka, Japan)

January 15, 2015 - I have followed work by Tomoe Nakamura and communicated with her online off and on for five years now. This is the first paper correspondence I have…

FAB collage card arrived from Amy! Full of fantastic details:

Once upon a time I sent a blank postcard and a little…

John is back from Venice and sent this special A4 piece,

..."who wonders what it is all about"...

Even the other side is minimally haptic:…

With Snail Mail, the holidays continue :-)

Stars and pine trees on the mountain, stunning print by jjalltheway (Jennifer)

Trees...in homage to our dear Guido:…

OH Ya, that's a real book cover.  Brilliant. But I'm sure there are more books in store for the same fate.…

Those chickens get into more trouble then a hen in a rooster's den.  I love following their story.…

Hey there kids. I thought I'd update all of you guys about the ongoing Tucker project that many of you have participated in. I'm just starting to roll out a bunch of the images I've collected of my friend and "art muse," Tucker. He's a good sport about this by the way, somehow finds it funny or entertaining. If you want to see everything, I'm going to post it all through a…

      Oh oh oh! I am behind in getting all of my lovely incoming mail-art posted for others to see.  I feel pretty bugged about that until I can take care of it.  One of my kids gets corralled into doing the scanning ("Didn't I already scan this one?! Twice?!") and it all goes through in one fell swoop.

     On one of the YouTube videos about mail-art, someone said something about mail-art requiring an element of faith; just making something I love and tossing it out into the unknown.…

Here is a sneak preview of Nancy's response to my Spirit of the Forest mail art call!  She tells me she was inspired by the theme… these peices are a balancing act of light, line and colour that doesn't put a foot wrong!

To see the other equally if not even more stunning collage and Nancy's spooky envelope as well as the blogs visit:…

Mail art by IUOMA member Ficus strangulensis (Charleston, West Virginia, USA)

January 13, 2015 - In 2012 acclaimed otherstream writer and artist Ficus strangulensis participated in a mail-art project involving collaborations…

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Thank you, Emily!

Yes, on the Greek island of Santorini, too..

Raphael'L sent "TIME"…

Thank you, Cauli!

wonderful hand drawn leaf to start the New Year...

and a goose collage on the back...

Happy New Year Stripygoose  and thank you…

An altered magazine photo 

and a wonderful Exhibition Book for a South African Fiberworks show "Major Minors IV"

so glad both arrived...something soon coming your way...Thank you…

An unusual card from David and his lovely and charming sidekick.  Not too many people know it, but she was once one of the girls on "The Price is Right".  I'm sure some of you already guessed by her pose and sexy smile.…