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Hi IUOMA Artists,

    Tonight I had the idea of making up a few kits for making a piece of mail-art, using the kinds of material I already have lying around. This time I'll make 10 (or up to 25 if there is more interest), and anyone who is willing to use this grab bag method to create art can have one of the kits. Ooooo! That sounds like fun to me!

     If you had a kit of junk from a stranger, would you willingly post the art you made from it? I think I would, but it would…

Hello kids.

This is the last time I’m going to post this. A lot of people have been interested so I thought I’d put it out there again.

So my friend has started a printing company and looking for jobs to get the business going. I immediately had an idea to…

As anyone knows,  Natine's mail art brings a smile and definitely excitement whenever it arrives. I have two to post...the first postcard is of a bygone era of the Santa Monica Beach...note the beauty...

and the back side always a warm note and of course the smile...…

with digital code inserted!

thank you David *!*

Mail art by IUOMA member Linda Faye French (Two Harbors, Minnesota, USA)

January 7, 2015 - Linda Faye French of Minnesota sent me some wonderful mail art. This piece, approximately 4 X 6 inches, is painted (or otherwise…

What a fantastic hallmark: Heleen designs stunning postage stamps...postcard size!

and here with BLUE and  GREEK YOGURT!! "KATHAROS" = "Clean" and "Clear"  = Pure :-)…

So good to see Neil in the mail box! Yay!

It has a BLUE ...circle of fun from Florida!

...and some interesting details:…

This is a fantastic photo-art piece!

and is perfect for Georgia Grigoriado's mail art call:

Photo Based mail art exhibition 2015

It has…

Stampsheet of the formal logo....

This arrived for the New Year 2015...lots of KEYS and a bit of pink washi.

At first I thought it might be from Buz Blurr and his "Ford Folly" project...…

This original painted canvass postcard arrived safely in Greece before the New Year.

It has wonderful texture, and deep, dark colors...a touch of BLUE, too...…

Oho! Here he is...a Ray Johnson Bunny on a T-shirt!

And Edmund Hippo was more than happy to "wear" it :-)

A bit too big for Edmund, but perfect fit for MomKat. Thanks, Jon!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

January 5, 2014 - Erica Durante in New Jersey has been a consistent correspondent. I am proud to post her first piece for 2015. Although it is dated 2014, it…

Received this wonderful Gelli Print from Terry today...just lovely...

Thank you so much Terry!!!

Yes we are still celebrating the Holidays in Greece, 'tis the Eve of the Epiphany tonight,

the Tree is still all lit up, and now there are "Suus Snowflakes" on it! THREE!…

Always beautifully calligraphic on the envelope,

Richard created a nice RED Xmas Tree and sent

this tiny, lovely, little card ( 6 x 7 cm):…

Great card from Chuck Welch with his piece at MOMA exhibit:

We all remember Crackerjack, don't we?

Now on mugs…

This arrived with the last mail delivery of the old year

'Gotta love the stamps and stampings on the envelope:…

A larger than A4 envelope arrived at the end of the old year,

full of great postage from Positively Postal: Royal Mail!

and it had this fun collage created by  Scott:…