All Blog Posts (36,121)

This past week I did a short presentation about mail art where I teach. The school is a small community college in a rather rural part of North Carolina. Art is not much of a community focus here. Underneath my presentation was the focus on the international element of mail art. Basically the series of lectures is about international events, issues, etc.

I had my students that attended (about 50 did) to send me a quick email about what they learned, what stood out to them the…

Cover of PhotoAsemic LandScapes by IUOMA member Borderline Grafix (Austin, Texas, USA)

October 3, 2014 - Borderline Grafix - perhaps best known at the IUOMA as President of DKult Texas (DKULTX) - sent me a package…

This was stamped by John on the envelope: Shallow Moon? 

Then John Bennett added it to a stamped brown mail art card I sent!…

John Bennett sent this nice collaboration:

It's a gem...DKult Trashpo meets Vispo!

The boekie is  15 x 20 cm,…

Nancy Bell Scott...is making and sending from her new (old) home, yay!

Beautiful deep BLUE envelope and this delicate art work inside,…

NOT Kim , who is from Korea, is visiting in Japan, but so is someone else!...(NOW, not at Xmas :-)

and the secret sender sent an envelope full of mail art "omens"...goodies:  Trashish Trashpo!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member David Stafford (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)

October 2, 2014 - I am thrilled to share with IUOMA friends an instant classic by mail-art master of witticism David Stafford. Many of you are doubtless…

Jon has an amazing tape transfer style that has multiple depth with out being 3D....On this piece Jon has created another dimension by etching a design in or underneath the tape (can't quite tell) enjoyable piece to keep your eyes wondering this lovely collage...

I did take an actual photo of this piece which caught the underlying design...I will find it and post later..…

or is that Bhomas Trown?

Actually there are three cards...a few "NOT made, but sent" :-)

And some empty labels...mail art omens

(as ye send , so shall ye receive?)…

From Jan Hodgman comes this mail art card:

"leftover" from a teapot painting!...enjoying the details muchly:…

Mail Art Martha sent me two cards and repro cigarette card.  The theme seemed to be horses with one card for the Year of the horse, and a team of horses on the cigarette card. Horse stamp on the envelope too.  Thanks for the sketches of your time on holiday.  …

Val sent me a lovely drawing, some encouraging words, and a card with finger knitting (my guess anyhow) and a floppy disc clip attached.  How creatively cool!  I love the reverse of the card.  The heading is "Watussi und Zulus".  It reiminds me of the song lyric, "do the Watussi.."  My fave is the smiling red stamped face.  Thanks Val.…

Another card arrived today with a thanks for participation

Remember the fun "ZOO ART"? It was all about recycling!

Many from IUOMA are on the list!

It was nice of Maura to send this documentation.

Many thanks to you,…

Very nice card arrived today from Thess to Thess :-)

Georgia sent a "thank you" for her donate-to-IUOMA project: 

exchange "faces"

'most welcome, hoping many…

Always a treat awaits me when I see a 5 blanks envelope in the mailbox.

This one is made on what is likely the hole of a mounting board.  I wonder what they do with their doughnut holes?…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Stan Askew (Pasadena, California, USA)

October 1, 2014 - This is the first mail-art I have received from Stan Askew in California. I offer many thanks for this fine package of wonderfully crafted…

Or as the saying goes, if you can't beat them, join them.

I looked up tuhkaksi, but it didn't help me.  But the cartoons and Paris map will…

You see these tantalizing textures?

Bits of color smashed and re-smashed somewhere on-the-road of…