January 2020 Blog Posts (222)

All in black came this envelope from Chuck Welch,

full of great artistamps! Wow! BLUE inside and out :-)…

He is the Fluxus hero,

and on a stamp from Mindaugas, along with other postage from Vilnius,

plus Mindaugas sent a few CLASSICAL heroes:…

The Lyons' Den recently received mail art from Tammy Riggins (Clarksville, TN), a new correspondent and fellow IUOMA member.

A handmade envelope, made from a map, greeted me at the post office. Tammy enclosed an interesting original painting in pastel colors (above). I also got some goodies to enjoy. I especially…

For Veteran Mail Artists and Newbies... here is why I love the Add/Passes:

1. I love the fact that they are COLLABORATIVE.

2. I'm a collage artist: I look at the add/pass and see what needs to be glued and where. I usually use something humorous or whatever scraps are lying around on my desk.

3. Cool to see what other people do to it.

4. I'm happy to send them on. I have a lot of stuff piling up in my studio, so it's nice to mail them away.

5. It's fun to…

Last fall I received some aerogram-themed mail art from R.F. Côté  in Canada.   After seeing my post, Katerina Nikoltsou was inspired to make some aerogram-inspired mail art herself.  She started with color copies of original aerograms.  Ones she had mailed to an aunt in Chicago years…

How sad, how sad...may this insanity never happen:

"American Values" on Cascadia Art Post card that arrived today:…

I received this intriguing piece of mail art from Spain, I think. I would like to respond if I can figure out where to send something. Many thanks.…

January 14 incoming mail included a postcard from Mr. Richard C. (Illinois). 

The postcard was made from a portion of a Lindt Chocolate packaging. Love the FLUXUS comic!

First piece of mail art from Joey Patrickt in the New Year. Thanks for the postcard!

I adore this print! I have to look up how to do these. The colors and shapes are marvelous. So expressive!

SuperHero Games! Indeed. It looks like Superman has the edge, um, well, he needs another little…

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I started making mail art again and trading ATC’s. I feel like my artistic style is totally lost right now, so I’ve been painting a lot of plants and people, while I work in a dinky journal I bought to try and find myself. Nevertheless, people seem to have enjoyed my…

So wonderful to hear from Ruth Giles! The bird is a "Medina" pigeon! and the little slide thingie is really cool and 3 dimensional. Thank you Ruth!