February 2016 Blog Posts (274)

It's a BIRDIE, of course,

came with "banana bands" (rubber bands)

really a great toothbrush birdie with a watercolor background.…

What a creative set of artistamps!

And look at that classic banana:

There is a big dill too, (banana…

It's a fun brown envelope from Finland

and look at the markings,meow! :…

Here comes the Banana Band mailings :-)

This from Finnbadger...it arrived first,a Minion and a banana!

There…

THANKS, A.J.! Toat Laugh Lows is one of my names used that's a play on Tóth László. By the way, Karen, where is he?

Enjoyed the print too. Appears to be threaded grid of a fleshy threaded grid,…

Mail art by IUOMA member Lucky Pierre (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)

February 20, 2016 - Lucky Pierre scores for retro-conceptual brilliance with this recycled chain letter, altered to…

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Now has a face book page...

https://www.facebook.com/events/1688001261421104/"

Mail art by “Aunt Kipsy”

February 20, 2016 - This posting is primarily for those who witnessed the bizarre rise and fall of a person claiming to be named “Kipsy” or “Aunt Kipsy” (and quickly…

It arrived like this.  Yes, this is a real 3D handmade old fashion triangle trivet.  I remember my grandparents having one just like this one.  Unfortunately one day my mean grandmother threw it at my nice grandfather while saying something in German, and it broke.  Then my…

Ti Ar sends CLOCKS, a real clock lover :-)

One clock card was with birthday greetings and this TIME a RED Clock for Feb 14!…

I got this envelope from Finn Badger today. Check out the clock, the spokes coming out from it might be the word "February" in a bajillion different languages!

Unfortunately it specifically states on the back not to open it until Leap Year Day.   Luckily,…

Why am I doing this correspondence art thing? I'm not going to write out my entire life story, but I will hit some highlights.

When I was a younger man, I occasionally gave art away to friends. Somewhere along the way I stopped doing that.

I went to a design school for my undergraduate and became extremely uptight about keeping work in pristine condition... the idea of putting an unprotected postcard with art on it in the mail would've been horrifying a couple years…

I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw this.  Does he know what he sent me?, I thought.  I mean, this is an original vintage Pan Am waste bag. (They use to be called…

Mail art by IUOMA member Robert Ridley-Shackleton (Oxford, UK)

February 19, 2016 - Musician Robert Ridley-Shackleton’s compelling (anti-)art has captured the fancy of the Eternal Network where he is…

Stunning torn strips as only Jay can do

I removed the address, to see the full effect...

...also revealing a mysterious drawing underneath:…

Pastel drawing full of color!

A cup overflowing...

Thank you, Pascal, MERCI!

Something in the mail to you ...it's on its way!…

I'm definitely for the Paper Man.  Come on everyone, sing along; "The Paperman, The Paperman, I am for The Paperman, The Paperman, The Paperman, who lives on Darwin Way."

     Thank you Marie, if the Paper Man can, then I can.

FYI: At the risk of appearing to be a mean s.o.b. (I've been called worse, so, pfft), I am not here to piggyback umpteen little causes. I am not a college kid with ridiculous amounts of energy. I am an artist who, while trying to think as young as possible, realistically, is at the foothills of old age. I'm here to "drink beer (and) kill war" as Bukowski said so eloquently. Mainly, I am here to make great friends without pressure of any sort, to create mail art on postcards, envelopes, and…