July 2018 Blog Posts (121)

A golden card in more than one way! Thank-you!

Blocks an artist’s book of concrete-visual poetry by IUOMA member Rebecca Resinski (Conway, Arkansas, USA)

July 25, 2018 - Rebecca Resinski is an Asemic Front contributor, and I am thrilled to be able to share her artist’s book Blocks, a superb collection of traditional concrete poetry released under her Cuckoo Grey publishing imprint.

I emphasize the artist’s book…

2 Orange group cards sent today.

It is from Mike's Wisconsin trip, Goat Cheese :-)

and a very soft "envelope,baggie"...and fun characters in a CIRCLE:…

Everyone check your mailing list,

Sticker dude has a new art space in NYC!

And of course there were stickers inside the envelope, too:…

As only Neil can create...FAB bits and pieces,

 a trashpo beauty with our favorite theme :TEA!

both sides are multilayered intriguing textures and papers, luv it!…

“Homage to John Gayer’s Outgoing” by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

Visual poetry by IUOMA member Chris Wells (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

“Sunlight through trees on water” by IUOMA member Rebecca Resinski (Conway, Arkansas,…

How cool is this?! Diana says this is "Carrick Bend No. 5" and it's really beautifully done. I would love to be able to tie things like this! Thank…

These two pieces are just fantastic. Both on completely recycled materials, and the middle and last one are two sides of the same…

"Thistle in Provence" linocut on handmade paper. Beautiful. And thank you for the addresses, the postage stamp, and other bits I love the print!

I'm so glad you wrote "not actual stamps" on this--it might have confused the post office! I adore Jackie's Toothbrush and I'm going nuts trying to remember where I've seen the brown and blackish paper before--maybe I sent it to you in the first place! Thank…

This one absolutely speaks for itself. Danke Uwe. I love it!

This one absolutely speaks for itself. Danke Uwe. I love it!

Brent in PA does many series of watercolor paintings on postcards,

and sends them out in the world to random places,

and to IUOMA mail artists, too.

He asks that you simply photo his art with backgrounds of where they…

Mail by Stephen Perkins (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

July 19, 2018 - Stephen Perkins using the moniker Janet Janet was a central figure in the great mail art surge of the 1980s. Those who participated or have studied correspondence and zines from that era are likely to recognize the Janet Janet persona even if they are not familiar with Perkins, who has also achieved a distinguished career in the above-ground art world.

Janet…