May 2016 Blog Posts (184)

Mail art by IUOMA member FinnBadger (aka Phillip Lerche) (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

May 11, 2016 - Inspired by an exhibition of work by Noah Purifoy, FinnBadger created this exceptional piece of “Junk Dada,” which he has so kindly…

Not sure how long that sticker is going to stay…

My Contribution to Enrique Fernandez's…

Heh heh. If only.

The envelope from Toni. Note that there is no postage stamp. It appears that there was once one and someone (or something) ripped it from the envelope.



Inside the envelope was this cool A4 sized folded booklet. I had to flatten it to scan it so it's sort…

Mail art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

May 9, 2016 - A few weeks ago DKULT established DKULTJoey: A special California Kulter chapter to honor the achievements of mail artist Joey Patrickt. Joey…

Top row, from left:

Finley Union - very small-scale mixed media works

Katerina Nikoltsou - an erasure poem that reads:"art cut edge / couple / special / conservation, / make / in step / development / operate", with a Dada rubber stamp

David Alan Goldberg - drawing on postcard

Middle row, from left:

Toni Hanner - beautiful collages

Torma…

On the other side, she asks: "What's so funny?"

Mail art by IUOMA member E – Ambassador of Utopia (Guivry, France)

May 8, 2016 - The great French mail artist E – Ambassador of Utopia is an enigma and his work – while masterly – is also a riddle. E disappears from the network…

http://www.renateblaes.de/blog/mailart-nr-47/

Denise sent me this beautiful little book filles with amazingly cut feathers (in the tiny envelope), a beautiful bird, and other wonders. Plus she sent me some "pre-scored accordion book tunnel bindings" which I am going to have fun figuring out how to use! Thanks Denise!…

I always love these vintage undies PC's from Mars Tokyo -- and I'm so glad I don't have to wear them! On this one there's a wonderful series of photomat snapshots of a young woman acting goofy -- I was wondering if that could possibly be Mars herself!…

Thomas sent me this schematic of a chess game -- I had to figure out that's what it was by the names on the other side, famous chess masters who are listed in Wikipedia. I am learning more stuff on this site!

quite a haul from Mathew...each mail a creative adventure...

postcard and two bookmarks...

check please 

and a cool brown bag bookie...each little pocket holding a treasure of its own....…

A spring walk took me to the north enterance of Highgate Cemetry, London, England. Through the locked gate you can see this intriguing funerary building. With it sharp diagonal lines and triangular rooftops it suggested the energy of mankind striving against the inevitability of death. Contrast this with the organic curves and irregular shapes of the surrounding trees.…

The Haptic Werewolf of Hamburg sends "dirt",

and Kurt Schwitters is a whistlin' for 100 Years of DADA!

The packet contains DADA DIRT: "KOKO TERRA" …

Well, it is really TIME on this collage card,

for SKULL art! And "Changing Reality?"

A very dynamic series that Susan is creating.

The flip side is fun, too, with "Forever Global" MOON postage :…

I am happy to say that pieces for the Year of the Red Fire Monkey mail art call are starting to come in and are showing up in the album I've set aside for that purpose.  Please come have a look from now throughout the end of the year, and beyond!

Red Fire Monkey Call Results

You can also see results…

Mail art by Gerda Osteneck (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)

May 6, 2016 - To the best of my knowledge, this blog entry marks the mail art debut of Canadian artist Gerda Osteneck. She has done some previous work with ATCs, but I do…