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Janus sent out cards with a hole in 'em...

(That is the "Hole" that was cut from the card I received)

I added the Greek mail pigeon and returned:…

Mail art by IUOMA member David Stafford (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)

September 16, 2015 - This great piece by reigning mail art satirist David Stafford graces my humble blog today. The visual image on the front of this…

It's part of the Match Box Art Project. 

This is aka Gina Geo match box. 

She explained the guys on the stamps and the book are famous Greek musicians. 

Nice fold book that fit right in the box.…

She sent me her painting.…

Here is another on going project, just started which I may send some of your mail art.... 

I just sent this to Renata Solimini in Italy.

Whatever I draw people it will looks like me... lol

Another side…

Besides (or along with) my stamp carving project, I am also interested in doing printmaking. 

I get the idea based on a book, 642 Things to Draw, Chronicle books.

http://www.chroniclebooks.com

I draw first and then make stamps or do printmaking.…

Keiichi used to send me many postcards of copy of his collage.

envelope…

Mail art by Annette Kesterson (San Francisco, California, USA)

September 15, 2015 - I admit that I had begun to think of my diligent West Coast correspondent – Annette Kesterson – as a mail art formalist (more of less). See if…

A new chess game: CIRCULAR CHESS.

The board consists of two circles.

Here is the circle for the white and brown pieces (side and aerial views):

This is the circle for the black and white pieces (again side and aerial views):…

... it is collage poetry. New blog here ->

SPAZIO OPHEN VIRTUAL ART GALLERY 2.0

Mail art by IUOMA member Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

September 13, 2015 - Erica Durante is proving to be a faithful and consistent correspondent. Given that she is the president of the battered New Jersey chapter…

What could these be on the envelope from Darko Vulic?

Stampings from mushrooms? Looking like ???? What do you see?…

A very large A4 packet arrived last week from "Saint Clown", no name however... :-)

That the ZIP code and postage tag is for Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA, helps to know who sent it!

Soooo, is it from RCBz...oh, yes,and his "Allegorical…

A page of blue-circle prints on black paper:

became a fantastic Vispo boekie (a TLP) with John M. Bennett's creative additions!…

Mystery mail – can you help?

September 12, 2015 - An unidentified mail artist sent me this card depicting Eeyore. Not long ago I shared a story on Facebook about how when I was a child my mother made me burn my prized, stuffed…

Above is the envelope and the backside of a letter I got from Juana today. It took considerable effort to get this package to me due to postal machines misreading the back of the envelope as the front, and thus returning the mail to her! (See her…

I got this beautiful pen drawing from Trey Moore last Friday on a handmade 4x6 postcard. It's inspired me to experiment with some pen work for some future projects. Thanks, Trey!

Last week was a tough week for me so when I opened my mail box yesterday and pulled out some mail art it immediately put a…

So fine, so minimal,Laurence sent this special postcard,

and she attached this "crystal" bead, too.

Delicate "watermark" impressed:Happy September :-)…