June 2016 Blog Posts (179)

Alzira Ballestero, Liliana Menegali, Renata Ghirolto & Zelinda Jordao

New blog here -> snailmailsuus.blogspot.com

More than a feeling, a statement of "You tell Us".  Such a versatile Mail Artist.  Always a wonderful surprise from Toni.  I'm a fan and inspired.

Thank you Toni

I think this might be my first mail art piece received from Mike Dyar of San Francisco. Anyway, it was a little bit startling and wondrous to receive in my post box. It's very minimalist—a testament to what one can do with a simple shingle of corrugated cardboard—and yet...sort of holds significance for me.

That little blue…

I love how this wonderful book by Frieder arrived in a very modest envelope. The surprise was all the greater when I found what was inside: an accordion-style book with hard covers, size:13 x 16cm, monoprinting, drawings and poems (written on a typewriter). Love it!…

Super cool self-made envelope arrived from Carina Granlund in Finland, filled with cute and humorous fare. She included two newspaper comic strips from a Scandinavian newspaper. They appear to be annotated with dates (1956 and 1957) so perhaps they are clippings from a more classic era of cartooning!…

This "anonymous" postcard arrived providing me with much delight. By the style and humor I'ma gonna say this is a David Stafford creation. Unfortunately, it looks like the postal machinery has once again altered a piece of mail art from the artist's original intention...whatever chaise or tuffet or…

 From his "Cabinet of Curiosities"...…

It has been some time, but here is BEAT ART!

the catalog cover is a Brain Cell from Ryosuke,

and here are a…

Fluxing in Chicago.  Jokie had them scratching their heads in wonder.  And you can get any more Flux than that.

Thanks for the postacard Jokie and happy travels.

On the last count I have had messages that 121 of the 365 birds have arrived safely. Check them out here:  bird arrivals blog

A new 365 has started on this shared blog: the chicken series

1/365.3 stripy…

Beautifully painted mail art card:

Stamps on envelope:…

Thanks David!  Very surreal.

This beautiful blue birdy showed up in my mail box from Toni Hanner.  My youngest thinks it's beautiful too.  Inside was very native inspired, with a vintage photo of Seattle.  If you can see inside the envelope there is a slip of paper - almost like a fortune in…

Dada mail from Katerina, with a 'found poem" to boot.  How lucky am I!  Thanks so…

Ed Giecek sent me a wonderful envelope.  I sent him some ma recently because we are neighbors (at least in a global perspective). He is just north of me here in Seattle. I just love the prints and the color too.  Inside were two ATC's a trashpo note and other…