October 2012 Blog Posts (176)

Thanks Pascal Coupechoux and Svenja Wahl!

Thankyou from top left Jose Nogueira, Granny Eliane, Alicia Starr, Suus in Mokum and Jay Block!

New friend Ria Cabral sent me this gorgeous piece. It was returned to her with an apologetic note from Dave the postie to add more postage and a customs declaration.

I appreciate the effort Ria,…

Alicia Starr sent this great holiday greetings, thank you, Alicia!

Carina Granlund informed me, thanks a lot, I love it, Carina!!  Does DK know about this?…

mail art

Shimamoto Shozo Imagine Peace

A poet-friend of mine sent me a collection by Anna Adams.  This poem seems so relevant to all we do in mail art/ visual poetry, trashpo, etc... I keep reading it love the way it sounds and thought some of you might like it too:

BLURB

Think of caseworms in their streams

     gathering stray bric-a-brac –

     sandgrain, leafscrap, broken stick,

to disguise their tender forms:

Binding tesserae of trash

     close, to make a…

I received the asemic book below in July - rather "out-of-the-blue," as it were... Christopher had just joined IUOMA and I didn't know his work yet. Needless to say, my mind was quite blown by this m.a. - the beauty of the artist's design of course, but the fecund imagination which thought of and created this piece - it was an exceptional one indeed!…

Today I met my first fellow mail artist, the wonderful and kind Richard Canard. We spent an hour talking about mail-art, Ray Johnson, and a host of other things. Learned a lot and had a great time. Decided to honor the meeting by making a lot of new things to send out, like 18 new things. Hopefully this will be the first of many meetings with inspirational mail-artists.

Here's what he handed me, a fake Ray Johnson.

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Sea monsters are sea-dwelling mythical or legendary creatures, often believed to be of immense…

The exhibition is finally up and running.  I have done an on-line catalogue of HOPEFULLY (!!) every artists work I have received.  The catalogue is available for free download: 

I came home from work today and found this great postcard from trick sensei waiting for me!

It was so loud and beautiful at first glance. This is my first piece of MA from an IUOMA member, so I was stoked! And it just got better when I turned it over.…

After The stamps for inside the Netherlands, there are now also postagestamps for Europe and Worldwide. They will be used for the outgoing mail-art…

From Diane Keys, Illinois, US. A envelope within a envelope from US Postal Service!

Diane's envelope was a little damaged so I'm happy it arrived safely, thanks to PS.

Inside I find a classic trashpo à la Diane including Managers Special, little bird…

There are so many marvelous aspects to this mail art--the blue images on the front, the stamps, the cancellation marks, and most of all,  the message on the back, dated 10-6-66. Thanks,…

Just as Katerina was going out the door, the cheese arrived.  What great timing Erni.  Kräuter vs Sahne, who will win?

  We Katerina enjoyed the Chocolate the night before.

Going…

Ronnie Regan, Tonto, Edith Massey, The Egg Lady and Harry Dean Stanton's character Johnnie Farragut in the film 'Wild At Heart' and three redheads. Thank you dear heart. Love it. Who is the guy on the back? …