March 2011 Blog Posts (255)

My good friend out in California surprised me with a St Patrick's Day card. With so many life things going on, I'd forgotten the day was coming up. I looked at the calender and saw I had some time to send her something. So I made her a postcard. After all, she is Irish.

There is one 4 leaf clover in the bunch. Re-purposed cereal box. The yellow circles represent good…

I finally was able to get a set of cards done and here they are. I really liked doing mixed media but am ready to try something else. A fabric card or painting. Cut paper maybe. Too many ideas and not enough time. Oh well, I shall move along, keep going and see what happens. I do like the idea of using up some of my art supplies that have been sitting around. Now I can plan a road trip to get more.…

Umbrellas are of course waterproof items used to protect our heads from bad weather. Jon's mail art, created with the tape and peel technique, is covered in waterproof shipping tape, protecting all the other collage elements beneath. And then there's the postage stamps of Susan B. Anthony and Abraham Lincoln--two American figures who risked it all to protect people's rights.…

Sent to the Mail Art Call titled " Significant Dream " (Theme: Artwork about a significant, memorable or reoccurring dream. On the back, briefly describe the dream or any insights on how you felt when you woke up and include the approximate date of the dream.), the exhibition will be part of a group show in Comox Valley B.C. Summer 2011.…

Can you help ?The booklet is in Japanese funnily enough + i like pic a lot - thank you

Send to  the Mail Art Call, titled " Bread and Peace " the works will become part of art exhibitions in national (Italy) and international fairs with the “Consorzio di Tutela del Pane di Matera IGP” starting from April, 2011. The first art exhibition is dated for “SQUISITO 2011-SAN PATRIGNANO”.…

Never ending or beginning...

like the circles of my mind...

"URGENT" - asemic red and haptic poetry: music to my ears, textures for my touch,

 asemic writings to see...and an aroma of wonderful linseed…

Yesterday I found this very exciting envelope waiting for me in the mailbox.... ejva's letter U for project 26 and some wonderful Chinese documents and a savings book! U's images convey the sense of the world's overpopulation - masses of people, some beavering away on vast production lines, and an aerial view image of housing, an image all too familiar at the moment of Japanese towns devastated by the tsunami and earthquake. Unity? Yes I think so evja.

The savings book?  Add, pass,…

Today i received my second mail art by Diane Keys, its a collage with some paint and asemic elements on card. I can descrive it as a minimal piece with smell, yes with smell, becouse Diane use some coffee as a medium, i dont drink coffee but i like when his …

Yes, on the envelope, Teddy and all clearly are "stamped" by "Off Scene  Akademie Hamburg"!

Reverse side of package, very much approved by the mailgal. Yes, this is a thoughtful,

 "Do Not Kick" (the bucket) composition! Butterflies for…

Also you can see more, including her call for two Russian Mail projects here:

http://goddessy-art.livejournal.com/25702.html

Mail-art by IUOMA member MaryAnne (York, United Kingdom)

March 17, 2011 - MaryAnne makes excellent stamps, a world unto itself in mail-art. These she sent represent some beautiful work, IMHO. Scans of some of these stamps…

I've thought of an idea that I'd like to share with fellow artists.  Perhaps each of us could make one origami "Peace Crane" which we could send to a contact person in Japan. There's a story that's told in Japan which says that if you make a thousand Peace Cranes, a person or persons will be healed.

They're very easy to make and you can find instructions on how to do so from dozens of websites. If you can't find instructions, send me a message here and I'll give you a copy of…

I received this very cool collaged postcard from Amazon59. Apparently, we live in the same state. I don't usually run into folks who live nearby in the mail art world. Kathleen also used a bunch of old stamps, which added to the fun look of the…

I received this postcard a while back from Super Aska in Australia as a part of her "Imaginary Exhibition." She wrote that it is a partial image of one of her paintings. I'd love to see the entire piece and I am delighted to be a part of the…