De Villo Sloan's Blog – May 2011 Archive (12)

RECEIVED:Mail-Art Vispo Collage from Eduardo Cardoso (Sines, Portugal)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Eduardo Cardoso (Sines, Portugal)

May 28, 2011 - The first mail-art I saw from Eduardo Cardoso immediately impressed me as being excellent visual poetry. Clearly he works in other areas as…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 29, 2011 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

RECEIVED: Mail-Art's 6th Generation from Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

Mail-art by the IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

Part 2 - Ruud Janssen's Mail-Art

Especailly if you find the scans difficult to…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 21, 2011 at 3:09pm — 1 Comment

RECEIVED: Fluxus Word SPOLICE (Sand Police) from Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

Mail-art by the IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

(Part 1 of a 2-part series on work by Ruud Janssen)

May 20, 2011 -…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 20, 2011 at 10:30am — 9 Comments

RECEIVED: Diane Keys - Life After Roadkill? (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

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

May 16, 2011 - What do you do after you've become a mail-art legend? Diane Keys (DK) has pioneered roadkill mail-art, re-birthed an obscure practice called Trashpo,…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 16, 2011 at 1:30am — 2 Comments

RECEIVED: A Perfect Match - Fluxus Affair + IUOMA Mail-Art from Test Tower (Centralia, Washington, USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Test Tower (Centralia, Washington, USA)

May 15, 2011 - A good friend to many of us in the network, Test Tower has released this incredible large post-card size piece that is part of his ongoing Fluxus…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 15, 2011 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

SENT: Letter of Apology to Cheryl Penn for Unauthorized Expulsion from the Sandpo Movement

Thanks to Katerina Nikoltsou for Sandpo, Asemic, Zalop, and F\Luxus stamps

Added by De Villo Sloan on May 14, 2011 at 2:30am — 15 Comments

RECEIVED: TEXTile Mail-Art and AMAZING Paper Weaves from Cheryl Penn (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Cheryl Penn (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)

May 9, 2011 - The image above by Cheryl Penn is easily the most intricate and beautiful text-weave I've ever received. This is part of a chapter for a…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 9, 2011 at 11:00am — 9 Comments

RECEIVED: Asemic Readymade Poem from Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illusion [sic], USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Champagne, Illinois, USA)

May 6, 2011 - Richard Canard sent me this asemic poem (above). I am SO glad to be the recipient of his mail-art. A response to him is forthcoming just as quickly as I can produce something I…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 7, 2011 at 10:40am — 11 Comments

RECEIVED: Clearly Jen Staggs Is Now A Member of the Postage Due Club (Dallas, Texas, USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Jen Staggs (Dallas, Texas, USA)

May 5, 2010 - Have you ever fallen into some kind of network black hole with a mail-art friend? This has been happening to me and Jen Staggs, probably for two months.…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 6, 2011 at 2:40am — 26 Comments

RECEIVED: In-Your-Face Mail-Art Collage from Jon Foster (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Jon Foster (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)

May 5, 2011 - Jon Foster is creating some fantastic collages. I was thrilled to receive this new piece. He seems to be constantly experimenting with…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 5, 2011 at 11:15am — No Comments

RECEIVED: Mail-Art on the Dark Side from Marie Wintzer (Saitama, Japan)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Marie Wintzer (Saitama, Japan)

May 2, 2011 - In addition to all her other talents, Marie Wintzer is an excellent photographer. I think she has been very successful at integrating this work into her…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 3, 2011 at 8:30pm — 10 Comments

RECEIVED: Hand-Painted Envelope & Fluxus Word "Polut" from Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

Mail-art by the IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

April 30, 2011 - Another Fluxus word by Ruud Janssen has found its way through the network and fully into the world. Many mail-artists are receiving…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 1, 2011 at 12:00pm — 9 Comments

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