November 2011 Blog Posts (225)

Galloping into my mailbox and rocking my world... or is that rocking into my mailbox and making my heart gallop?... was a stunning, double-sided, tri-fold accordion piece from Lesley Magwood Fraser.  One side depicting a block print of some creative invention--a black beauty on rocking arcs, and embellished by some intricately cut-out cartoons of a [less than] graceful, but comic, dismount.…

After moving to my new home I received a lot of star-art, thank you all for this wonderful welcome here!!

Guido Vermeulen send this wonderful envelope, I love the way the tiny (newspaper?) papers are worked into it...

Judith Heartsong sent this great card along with hundreds of small stars who lie now everywhere on the desk and…

I received the most wonderful mail from Diane yesterday. Kraft paper envelope rubber stamped, and filled with two of her famous trashpo works, and a piece of charred paper with a mysterious  RE-PRINT label on one side... 

What a great surprise when I received a bigger than usually package from Nadine...my walk back to the house was filled with anticipation...along with alot of feeling and squishing of that oversized package...

I can not tell you how my heart filled with warmth and love when I opened that special gift; all wrapped up in colored tissue and string...

Let me share with you what was inside....…

Soft colours and beautiful design Zalop art mail by Cathérine Petré

Cover: July 2011 issue of the DKULTNY (DKULT-New York) fanzine

November 25, 2011 - Posing as an adoring fan injured in the infamous D-Koder Ring Scandal, I infiltrated the D-KULT (a mail-art…

"eyes on you" by Laura P - #185 of 365 Mail Art Group...Thank you so much for this creative PC...

Received these two abstract pieces in the mail from Cheryl. The color and texture are evocative of Africa.

Two studenst (Hakim and Tim) from GAAV|Design designed these three concepts. What do you things of these. Give feedback on which you like most and what alterations you would like?

CONCEPT A

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I say this every time, but Svenja makes stunner envelopes . This one comes with vintage drawings of scenes of daily life in traditional Japan. Beautiful!…

Augusta overlooking the roofs of Tiny Town, a beautiful collage based on a painting by Maurice Utrillo,Street in Sannois. Thank you very much Mim!…

Melissa thank you for the wonderful ATC, your work on the envelope and the nice letter you enclosed....Keep up the creativity!

Will post on the REBEL ATC group also...

We were sitting around the enormous hearth at Klavworster’s Grotto when the subject of ghosts came up. “Africa is filled with ghosts,” old De Toit said. He closed his eyes and we watched as he conjured the spirits he spoke of. I closed mine too and felt the racing of the dead, human and animal, across a cave painting, the endless hunt, frozen in time. We were all…

Thank you for the mail art....

Karin, such great mail art...thank you! and the envelope has my favorite dragon!!  HUGS..

and, you would think that was enough...but...NO! on the back was a beautiful poem about the "Blue Bird"   :-)…

Mail-art by RCBz (St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA)

November 24, 2011 - A look back into my IUOMA blog posts will reveal that I have consistently praised mail-art I have received from RCBz. He certainly does not…

Received my first mail art from Michalis Kotsaris with his famous red sweater. It's great!! Thank you!