February 2014 Blog Posts (328)

Amazing mail from Elisabeth. I am a terrible insomniac - and in the middle of the night,when all through the house not a creature is stirring...I can hear an owl hoot if I am lucky. I've never seen it, but it sounds close. It is such a beautiful sound - like a wind instrument in a low register. But better. much better. It doesn't quite make up for the sleeplessness, but its something! So I especially loved this mail.…

Can mail art get any better than this???

by Grisell Color (Mexico)

http://www.quequen.unicen.edu.ar/mailart/?p=370

by Grisell Color (Mexico)

http://www.quequen.unicen.edu.ar/mailart/?p=366

received this from Valery Shimanovsky in Russia. Thanks so much!

I am shamelessly harassing the blessed father with mail because I so love his stamps. and the photo on his page with him in an apocalyptic barn-like structure. reminds me of Cormac McCarthy and No Country for Old Men'. and because I feel an affinity with his sacriligious nature. Also (maybe most of all) I get a kick out of addressing mail to "The Blessed Father'.…

What a beauty this is...Theo created a "Booklet of Offcuts: Trees (1)"

(I am hoping there will be many more in the future)

Each page presents a most stunning tree form:…

Yes, there is an "inside" to this, but the "outside", both sides, is elegant!

Each corner is swirls and flowers,…

A not-so-large envelope arrived "real mail" with washi (yay!) and stampings and stamps from Margurite.

'Liking this very much,

and inside was most  wonderful goodies:…

Lovely layers of deep blue sea with warm, very warm, weather in Australia?

'Liking the "cool" feeling and the floating clouds.

...a bit torn at the corner from its travels through the post:

Already mentioned how thrilled I am…

Claudia Garcia in Argentina sent a beautiful wood-cut print titled "Movement",

using multi-colored tones to create this wonderful print.

It is in a protective folder with cording...stunning!

And her envelope was…

'Had to make a special blog just for the postage stamps and artistamps

that are on the envelopes of today's mai art. From Candadadumdum:

A small Canadian stamp with wonderfully interesting artistamps by Theo Nelson:…

Check out the blog post http://skulladay.blogspot.com/2014/02/bonus-skull-mail-from-romania.html

to see the wonderful drawings from Mariana Serban's students.

Mail-art by IUOMA member Moan Lisa (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)…

At the moment it is about 36 degrees C - in the shade (day). Frigging HOT!  So it was weird to see Yulia's photo of ice nearby her house...