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The original Painted Word arrived in Paris.  And that word is Nikoltsou.…

Greetings Friends!

I am finally back from a extended time away from the mail art community.  I want to thank all of you who sent me mail art while I was away from IUOMA.  I have a pile of wonderful stuff, and I will slowly be getting back to you all.   I hope to have pictures taken and uploaded by this time next week.  In the meantime, thank you all for your patience.  It was so much fun to come home from a long day of physical hard work to find your lovely mail waiting for me in my…

Ryosuke sent Brain Cell #924...arrived!

It has my "Orion Soup" design on the flip side of the list:…

Q is for cute.  And yes ladies and gentalmen, that's real paint you're looking at. And indeed you are, and it's fabulous. Loving it!  Those barcodes just…

Bonjour!

Here we are again.

This one is about bikes -- pedal-type bikes, not motor bikes.

Let's start with the Great Big Collage ...voilà!

And now let me introduce you to some members of my Fan Club Sigean Ladies Bike Club. Here are 9 members of the Club getting ready to go for their Sunday morning…

A French kitty ! a, oui!

er, meow! And a muddy leopard, plus fish catch:…

A very funny mail art card arrived from Sue, beautifully painted:

with cat, of course!

Look at that mail…

Mail from Miss Noma (UK) came in.

More details are on the blog: http://iuoma.org/blog_new_2015/2015/10/10/mail-from-miss-noma-uk/

Looks like Ana Kawajiri went back to Brazil and hit it big time in a show.  Another story of Mail Artist to riches. Thank you Ana for the invite.  Of course it…

"My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,

So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?":

Thank you, Janis.

Great Big Collage #12 is about cars, mostly British vintage cars -- many of them made by companies, that hélas, no longer exist.

Here's the Great Big Collage in its great big magnificence:…

From Roland Halbritter for his  "Bocksbeutel" Mail Art Call...

Roland makes fantastic artistamps with the mail art he receives:…

It seems they are "cutting-it-up"  in SanFran today, er since yesterday?  :-)

John sent many goodies and from his stay in Japan, too:…

Several super "Ray Johnson" add 'n pass "portraits" arrived from Chuck Welsh.

Recently, the original add 'n pass by Ray Johnson has become very valuable!…

An interesting Observer article about the current artworld obsession with Ray Johnson. Pieces are selling for between $12,000-$150,000, according to the article.

http://observer.com/2015/10/meet-the-powerhouse-art-dealer-protecting-the-most-famous-unknown-artists-legacy/

Well, first the lovely watercolor painted envelope from Heleen de Vann, with portrait of Hannah:

see, even she has "TIME" ( barely) for mail art:…

Thank you Connie

Here's another one,  folks, based on cartoon comic magazines:

The magazines I used came from Britain, the US, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, China and Norway.

Why is it called "VLADABOM!!! DANDY 100% FUNNY", Fanny? Well, leaving aside the fact that anything of mine could be less than 100%, the title can be found in the bottom left hand…

It is a golden rule (but mail art has no rules?)

that if you get...you send. 

And InSeine abides by this rule religiously!

Let's get together..in a DeeCeeVou in Sigean?…

Always a pleasure to receive Jon's mail art.  Thank you!