March 2012 Blog Posts (283)

ZALO

ZALO – the mathematical letter value of FLUXUS words.

A= 29, B = 48, C = 2, D = 17, E = 21, F = 34, G = 47, H = 98, I = 49, J = 88, K = 75,  L = 66, M = 65, N = 60,          O = 35, P = 77, Q = 9, R = 3, S = 52, T = 8, U = 11, V = 21,  W = 56,  X = 1,  Y = 12,  Z = 4. 

ZALO therefore has a numerical value of 134.

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A new contribution arrived yesterday to TAKE1 Mail Art Call, the first project of the portuguese COMA collective.

For more informations about this call please go to…

"Strangling fig", is this something common in Australia? I am interested in plants as an amateur, but this kind of fruit tree have I never seen! How lucky I am to live in Finland (?) I am familiar with blueberry and apple trees... Thank you Vizma for this…

Yesterday I received one of sherri's "I dream in Black & White" series. The dream has a beautiful texture, a room with a view and stars, it's just to step into the dream,…

Sometimes I create a piece of Mail Art and I know instantly who to send it to but most of the time I can't decide who to send it to.  Who will like it?  Want it?  There are times when I am just tempted to post it up and have the first person go "Me Me Me."  But where is the surprise of that?

Any suggestions?

Nikoya

A few weeks ago, I made a comment that if there was a television program made of my life, it would probably be called "Hipster Mom Stuck In The Suburbs And Constantly Waiting For Her Son's Bus". Truth is usually stranger then fiction. Anyway, dear Angie (and Snooky) sent me these two lovely cards. The first is a a very Steampunk Snooky helping me wait for my own bus…

From By Golly Engineering comes the "Steam Machine", a vehicle after my own heart! Drive one of these and nobody will ever steal your parking spot ever again. Looking forward to seeing more of your "Steamy" creations, Deb!

This is some kind of wonderful piece, because it's done on a film-type material. It looks different every time I look at it from all angles; back and front, held up to the light, etc. which is why I'm posting 3 different photos of it. In fact, this is so lovely that the photographs cannot really do it justice. Really "Gotij", Cheryl! Thank you.…

This etegami from Japan arrived in Greece today!

What a joy to see the art of Dosankodebbie again.

This is a cow's tail...yep, you never know when it will come in handy:-)

Deborah Davidson (dosankodebbie) is no longer a member at IUOMA

but you can see all her etegami art at:…

Just half the size of a postcard (7 x 10 cm) a little "boekie woekie" arrived in Greece today.

Thank you so much, Imelda, it is really very special!

"ART" stamped on the front and "boekie woekie" written on the back

tells us…

Once upon a time...

Katerina was very fond of her cookie tree. she was also very (selfish) generous....

She was just about to eat a cookie, when all of a sudden she saw a friend coming: the Cookie Monster!

Too funny,…

Nadine sends the most wonderful characters on her envelopes - we KNOW people like them :-) 

The back of her envelope reads - I hate puzzles. Well, I'm puzzled I confess.

Inside was a beautiful boekie - It reads:

Dear Cheryl,

This is from an old 50's cube where hip people put pictures in and set it on a coffee table, or perhaps a curio…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

March 5, 2012 - Even as Trashpo and the D-Kult are enjoying an unprecedented surge of popularity in the mail-art world,…

This year's Skull Appreciation Day 4 June 2012 event will be held at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, USA.  I'm talking with the Skull folks about doing another mail art call, with the work displayed at the Museum. What do you think?

exquisite and delicate. beautiful and haunting. 

Made with printed tissue paper and bound with threads tied in small knots. 

Marie's poem is as follows: 

"the sight of a reason,

the same sight slighter,

the sight of a simple

negative answer,

the same sore Sounder,

the intention to wishing,

the same splendor,

the same furniture."

my oh my. a graceful and bewitching boekie Marie. I love it.…

visit new mail here

mail received from Angie (& Snooky), Diane Keys, CZ Lovecraft, I'm a Superhero, Nuno + Nela, Karin Greenwood, Guido Vermeulen, Fleur Helsingor, Nick Johnson, Michael Goetz

by CP and friends. Cheryl hits the bullseye every time with her covers and text. A certain virtuosity here.

Altering this image has become…

visit Simon Warren's mail here

Thanks Carlos!