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Great "fiber art" from Susan arrived in Greece,

"TIME" with a real watch face!

These are ATC (Artist Trading Cards) size, small and lovely:…

My friend owns a gallery and has gotten interested in Mail Art, so much so that she plans to share it with her community.

She's got a Mail Art call now, which I've posted to Mail Art Projects. Send her something! It'll be on display in a gallery!

Here's the info:

Global Landcapes

The Cooper-Finn Gallery, in the…

These were the collages for Svenja Wahl's "Excavations" zine that were lost in the mail ... perhaps one day they will be excavated from the bowels of the postal system. Thankfully, I scanned each collage before sending them off to Svenja. Here's a link to the blog where I've posted them:

The Lost Excavations Collages…

Hello everyone.

Last week I did a forty-five minute lecture about mail-art at my community college. The focus of the lecture focused on the international aspect of the "network." About fifty students attended the lecture and another twenty…

Always a joy to receive mail art from Eduardo,

also a collage envelope...fantastic stamps and details! …

Very nice collage envelope created by Pierpaolo from Bari, Italy.

He adds many bits and pieces of interest: colore!…

Sent for Laurence's mail art call for 'Anatomy'

This was my response to Eric's sick bag.

Mail-art by IUOMA members Jim Leftwich (Roanoke, Virginia, USA) & collabs with John M. Bennett (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

October 4, 2014 - First, there is no right or wrong way to mail Trashpo; the choices rest squarely with…

sure will be interesting to use this new rubberstamp!

Isn't this a "heavy" homemade envelope...Big Guy! Is he juggling?

Opened completely to see the BIG picture :-)…

Karl Anderson's a good source who I've used for several orders over the past few years.

His current list and very detailed information on requirements for ordering from him are found at:

http://www.andersonstampandcoin.com/Pricelist.pdf

Currently, he is selling mint US 3-cent stamps from the 1940's-50's for very little over face value.

Y'r Ol' Bud,     Fike

What an original beauty from Helen Amyes!

Helen is no longer a member at IUOMA since she moved to Tasmania.

Sure do miss her, and so happy to receive this mail art last week.

Yep, the Haptic Werewolf made first contact after a…

Back in June I received a little…

Ideal Love Stories is a…

This past week I did a short presentation about mail art where I teach. The school is a small community college in a rather rural part of North Carolina. Art is not much of a community focus here. Underneath my presentation was the focus on the international element of mail art. Basically the series of lectures is about international events, issues, etc.

I had my students that attended (about 50 did) to send me a quick email about what they learned, what stood out to them the…

Cover of PhotoAsemic LandScapes by IUOMA member Borderline Grafix (Austin, Texas, USA)

October 3, 2014 - Borderline Grafix - perhaps best known at the IUOMA as President of DKult Texas (DKULTX) - sent me a package…