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Thanks! Danke! Hundreds of pages of mail art from Wolfgang G.

"Millions of years ago, when all the countries were gigantic birds, the Maryland Bird thought, and thought, and thought. She became so very wise that she was able to create a reflection of herself and double her wingspan."

-Stripy Goose, via Royal Mail…

A lovely painting came to me recently.  Thank you

A fiber collage that is amazing in presentation as a package and as a tactile/visual sculpture.  I thank you for this amazing piece of work.…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jay Block (Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)

December 15, 2015 - I am very pleased to share this postcard-size work from Jay Block in Massachusetts.…

Hello Ruben

Thank you for your artbymail.

What do you mean by saying "just detach the ATC"?

Greetings

Birthe

Dear Suus

Thank you very much for your lovely mail art with beautifull colours.

Dear Juana

Thank you very much for your fine coyote. I like it very much.

Dear Pascal

Thank you for your two mail art. "The kiss " on the black background. Very delicious.

And the other one with all the figures, which seemed to tear along.

I like them. :-)…

Thanks to Diana for this lovely mail art.

Mail art by IUOMA member Thomas Brown (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

December 13, 2015 - I am thrilled to receive mail from Thomas Brown. A once faithful Baltimore correspondent seemed to have gone…

Per flattering request, this blog entry is about how I reuse fast food bags by turning them into envelopes. 

After reading it, you may want to start saving your fast food bags, paper bags from the grocery store, the paper they put on your plastic tray while eating in and any paper sandwich wrappers which come out clean enough.

The basic jist of what I do is this:

1.) I cut the bag from top to bottom along the seam.  The seam is where they've glued it…

Brooke sent me this fun piece of mail art…

…inside this excellent homemade envelope.…

Next up, mail art with paint chips (paint samples) with a big thank you to Meral Ağar in Turkey for the inspiration.  More about that here: 

http://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2015/12/inspiring-paint-samples.html

... island-birdy transformation art... New blog here ->

Mail Art Martha altered part of what I sent her for the LPC and returned it. The hive layer on the bottom is mine, and the rest is new. There’s even a bee… 

Philip is going to be riding the waves of happiness into the New Year on his new toy.  Or is it just an imitation game?  Or even just Smoke & Mirrors? No…

Great surprise from Eva, a black and white envelope, stamps and card.

The postcard shows a cod fish shop! And Eva bought it in Portugal 18 years ago - I am amazed she kept it this long and managed to part company with it.…

thank you, thank you Mars for this wonderful collage postcard...love the images, the blues and the birds in the background...I have been a follower of your on FB...

and, I got the biggest kick out of your political cartoon...super!!!

 wish we…