April 2011 Blog Posts (287)

 The Tale of The Cave of Crowetjie Fistak

 Karen’s instantly recognizable fantasmical winged creatures are very familiar to artists who have corresponded with her.  As a recipient of Karen’s meticulous, well crafted work for over a year, I was so pleased to  receive an answer to my request for an alternate fairy story.  The invented world of Karen is presented from her envelope right through to  her title page – The find of a cave begins with what’s in there.  For SURE!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Sue Bowen (Norfolk, Virginia, USA)

April 30, 2011 - Sue Bowen has joined the ranks of mail-artists creating text weaves.…

  Sent to I.U.O.M.A. (International Union Of Mail Artists) with inside Membership Form signed by me with my address and the date when i start to involve in Mail Art.

{Acrylic and Permanent ink on envelope; 16.6x23cm; 2011}



For a better view of the Mail Art visit the link below:…

On wednesday (April 27) i received another great mail art piece, by FRIEDER SPECK (Germany) The work comes in a nice…

Test Tower

Gabby Cooksey

On…

Ancient Asemic Text.

Heather always sends thought provoking artworks – this is no exception. An asemic textual fragment, aged and shadowed.  I am reminded of Phoenician Alphabet scrips from the 5^th century, the marks here embedded in paper instead of basalt.  Maybe its not paper. Its feels like a coating, the skin of a wall. …

TWO great mail art card from the Trashpo Queen: Diane Keys, came within two days!

"No.6" is just as-it-is-found and glue down, a bit torn by the postal machines but

looking great! Also nice overlays that don't show so well in this scan, but "feel" good!…

Nice finger clouds on deep blue sky and linear prairie from Theo Nelson. He also made great use of the stamp sheet, I really like the layout of the back of the card. And such a beautiful handwriting.... Thank you Theo!…

"Sweet Joseph" Part One came in a small package about 10x20x5 cm, 

"Sweet Joseph" Part Two is a flat package 33x33 cm square..both…

I received these 2 fabulous boekies on Tuesday, Laurie's contribution to Windmills of your Mind project. They are excellent - the colours in the blue photographic fairground one are so crystal clear - AWESOME! And the red one feels like leather, the paper is so textured and heavy, with a Stonehenge image inside. So different to the other but both beuatiful. Thankyou Laurie, it was worth the wait!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Matthew Stolte (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

April 27, 2011 - This intriguing mail-art sent to me by visual poet Matt Stolte is apparently…

WORK IN PROGRESS

Rosario (Argentina) Paraná riverside...7th May. We`ll be writing on the sand. 

Come and join me:…

Sent to the Mail Art Call titled " A Book about Death (ABAD) " the exhibition will be on May 2011 in Willo North Gallery, Phoenix - USA.

http://abad-phx.blogspot.com



p.s. This mail art piece its a tribute to the sweden Orthodox Industrial music…

The postal service in Decatur, Georgia, delivered a gift of the mind and soul from Karen Camplin in Highland Park, Illinois. It is from Karen that I receive the first "enveloped" mail art, which adds an entirely new dimension to mail art for me! Layered visual communication! The "feel" of the envelope is love, frivolity, attendance to image, a presence in the form of a finger print--is it Karen's?

Then inside, there is something more quiet, more layered--profound and warmly…