August 2019 Blog Posts (144)

Make that "until OCTOBER"...however, these cats got here:

Ok, so I had someone pick up any "no mail art" pieces

and deliver them to the seaside shack....meow meow:…

You never truly know someone until you see their heart bared... Or they send you some first rate self-composed poetry along with their mail art...

Earlier this year I sent out some of my own trite verse that noted how quickly the seasons and months flew by. The most that might be said about my meager composition was that it cleverly rhymed...

But some of my creative mail art correspondents took it as an opportunity, or challenge, to send some of their own…

Loving this!

mail art going out to: lynne larkin, jan hodgman, stephanie dodson, norma soulet, amy irwen, bonnie diva, and richard baudet ..  thank you all for your much appreciated incoming mail art and patience!

Love all the mailart received today from Kayenderes and The Olathe Post, including this beautiful watercolor on the cover. Coming your way, Carolyn!

More from South America! Goodies from Argentina,

Lovely mail art always from Claudia,…

Way back n the beginning of the month, goodies arrived from Brazil,

and it is so nice to have mail from far away South America,…

I really need to get my act together. This month I recieved such great mail art. i am behind in scanning and posting but I want to acknowledge  and thank you all. Thanks to Yayoi,Bonniediva, Ruth Giles,Steph Dodson, Jack Cascadia Artpost, (my ol bud) Ficus, and    (H.R.H.) Mail Martha. ♡♢♧♤☆♡ Judi

Hi!

I'm totally new here, trying to understand how it's work. Any suggestions?

Bruno Manfredi

Ptoosinthewind project

Torino

Italy

Hi!

I'm totally new here, trying to understand how it's work. Any suggestions?

Bruno Manfredi

Ptoosinthewind project

Torino

Italy

Was down in Long Beach last weekend at the Museum of Latin American Art. The Gráfica América show has some mail art making.

https://molaa.org/grafica-america

Add-a-Head Add-n-Pass (Feel free to download these images and make standard copy-sheet size—8.5 x 11 inches)

Add a head…or two…or five…and pass this along to another…

I've been working hard on a new collage.  I covered a sheet of paper with random pieces of magazine, no real thought, just following the fancy.  I had three copies of the same issue of a supermarket give-away and, for some reason that I will probably never fully understand, a picture of a humble bath-brush caught both my eye and imagination.  I tore them out, halved each in a different way, then added them to the work in hand; and that was as far as it went.  The muse left me and my creation…

Henry Miller visited the Greek island of Hydra,80 years ago,

and Henry visits Hydra often, too.

wonderful commemorative artistamps,

many thanks!…

From 2015 meeting, Yuri sent this postcard recently,

It was a nice DADA event..

Yuri in Russia has a fun postcard exchange,

sent and ye shall receive:…

Excellent postcard arrived in Greece some time ago,

from a "serial asemicst"

but not sure WHO is the sender?…

Mail art by IUOMA member Kathy Barnett (O Fallon, Missouri, USA)

August 22, 2019 - Making and distributing Fluxus Bucks is another long-running activity that is currently experiencing a revival in the international mail art network.

I have especially enjoyed seeing images of Fluxus Space Bucks displayed at IUOMA-Ning. Mail artist Kathy Barnett kindly sent me this wonderful example. This also marks Kathy…

Mike makes extraordinary envelopes, brilliantly colorful, sewn, and cheerful. And there's always a very nice personal letter inside. Thank you dear friend!