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Mail art by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

December 27, 2015 - I will take full credit for popularizing the acronym SSP (Shameless Self-Promotion) in the Eternal Network.…

Jason sent this provocative post card.

Thanks to Lucky Pierre for originally sharing this!

Beginning is January 2016, the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art in South Carolina (USA) will feature an exhibition of correspondence art by (our own) Richard Canard, Bob Ray AND Ray Johnson.

More info:

http://halsey.cofc.edu/exhibitions/correspondence-art-john-mcwilliams/

Congrats to Richard C!!!

http://www.diekunterbuntekatzenseite.de/blog/mailart-no-115

http://www.renateblaes.de/blog/water-mailart-nr-26/

Above are some great stamps on an international holidays greeting card from Katerina Nikoltsou. I have had some ideas for artistamps but have created just two so far. This card inspires me to create more.

Here is the other side of the card--a really nice mixed-media piece of stars. It seems quite Christmasy to me:…

Here's the front of a very nice collage postcard I received from Melissa Wand. I am enjoying the technique of partially obscuring text with thin, transparent colored paper. The quote on the back is worth thinking about as well:

Thank you,…

Claire has moved into an historic site called Grandview Chapel in Wernersville, PA. She sent me some great scans of old postcards and current photos of the place. Above is one scan and below is another.

These were not the only images she…

I received some wonderful pieces from Matthew Stolte this month, including the above mixed media piece. Mixing some kind of prints/stamps in with my vispo has been one of my goals; so far they've been mostly separate. This has given me some ideas.

I also received the piece below:…

Bonjour!

Season's Greetings to y'all.

Great Big Collage #17 is a Special Herman End-of-the-Year Multi-Piece Great Big Collage.

Here it is:

Superbe, n'est-ce pas?

OK, so now you might be asking why 'Sex Bomb Sabotage'? Well look closely in the top left hand corner and you will find this:…

Great black and white envelope from Eva, sent this summer. Clever green highlights on the address to match the stamp.

thank you Rachel...so nice to hear from you...have the Best New Year...

Received from De Villo Sloan are these two 8.5 x 11 inch propaganda "flyers" that depict the queen of trashpo and some appropriated DKULT signage, or maybe, just maybe, they are signifiers?

This one I will title, 'New Plaster'.  And the next one:…

Mail art by IUOMA member Stan Askew (Pasadena, California, USA)

December 24, 2015 - Without further delay, I am thrilled to document two pieces by Stan Askew. These are large (approximately 3.5 X 6…

A cool collage on another piece of Emily's hand made paper...Thank you very much Em...

a wonderful collage piece from Justin...love the comp and colors all on a library index card...

 thank you Justin...have a wonderful Christmas and New Year *!*

Christmas mail art from Momkat. And a beautiful origami bird on the stamp.

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