November 2011 Blog Posts (225)

Nancy Bell Scott (USA) sent me this wonderful envelope with beautiful IUOMA stickers on and in it. I will use them on the outgoing mail-art for sure. ALready sent her back an answer. I am a bit behind in answering my mail-art. Actually I can't even answer all the mail I get in. Not with the time and money that is available...... …

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Highland Park, Illinois, USA)

November 12, 2011 - Last week's mail brought an unusual reply piece from dearest friend Karen Champlin. For me, Karen is a master…

Today some cards are sent out the traditional way. Making the IUOMA visible to others as well.

Mail-art by IUOMA member Kerri Pullo (Tucson, Arizona, USA)

November 11, 2011 - Scans of Kerri Pullo's work I have seen in the IUOMA gallery reveal her talent for collage, a subtle and deeply refined sense of color…

Received this great piece of mailart from Miguel. I've done a response riff in regard to the spanish revolution which I will be posting soon.

See, a yellow Pooh stick, and a black one, too! Along with the Pooh sticks came special banana and fruit stickers for our Anna Banana Bingo project. And also, there is one of the  special "slide art" pieces that Valentine Mark Herman is making, this one announces his exhibit.

There are some dear friends on Val's envelope:…

Human Artist Vending Machine LTD sent us a great package of art this week. We loved every piece and it was co great to see your technique in person. Thanks again and see you in the mail very soon friend. 

Thank you arttower for your envelope full of goodies we received this past week. It was a treat to open and we really enjoy your work. Such fun. Thanks again and see you in the mail! 

Hi there everybody! As you may or may not know I launched a mailart competition in conjunction with some new Royal Mail stamp entitled "A-Z of the U.K." which were issued in the middle of October.

Unfortunately to date I have not had any entries so I am writing this today to ask you to take 10 or 15 minutes and try to make something for this competition and send it in. All the details are under this link and you could win some great prizes:…

The Haptic Werewolf and Herr Haptic Erni greet the postal clerks as they hunt up a package that arrived today at my Greek post office. It is a sturdy box measuring 12x14x18 high in centimeters, or if you prefer: about 5x6x7 high in inches. Now a box like that has 6 nice sides...and Erni does a grand job of filling those sides both outside (on the wrapping paper) and inside (on…

I just sent Jimmy and Karen mails yesterday.

Here this is for Karen.

What more could a trashpo executive ask for? Diane wrote that this is the first low-budget certificate of nomination for the TrashPo-litzer, but perhaps "executive" is too glorious a word for the mere manager of the claims department. I should be more humble, and this card she included helps with that (note the VOID): …

Lindall put up a series of asemic cards in photos recently, and I loved them instantly. That is the one from the series that Lindall sent me, and it happened to be my very favorite, what excellent luck! Thank you so much--this piece is an asemic wonder, in my…

She led me to believe she'd sent something silly, and then a crowd of intriguing minis shows up: and the calmer but nice back: In this art batch in plastic sleeves there are Svenja's animals, asemics, interesting compositions even on slide-sized cards, and always…

It's hard to pinpoint why, but Neil's asemic envelope--which IS the art, with just a sliver of grocery bag holding it together along with an abundance of clear tape--stole my heart. I asked him, with hope that the answer would be no, whether I need to open…

This two-piece art from Marie wants to hang by its delicate threads: I know it does! yet haven't figured out yet how to do it well. And that's fine, because just holding it is enjoyable, and calls up many associations aside from the wonderful ways Marie uses text: there is also the swimming aspect in this work, and that movement is mesmerizing. I love it, as I do the book that…

Stan Askew's multi-faceted mail art was a most interesting surprise: It's my first MA from Stan, is thought-provoking, and I appreciate it very much. Thank you, Stan, MA from me on its way to you soon.

Marni Zainodin's gorgeous and definitely asemic-leaning…

From Skybridge Studios and Thom Courcelle (lateness my fault): Thom did a major mailing for Halloween, and included this year's annual Halloween poem he wrote and a copy of one from another year. This year's has been blogged, but the one from 2007 may not have…

This recent asemic style of Catherine's has captivated me: Wonderful--I love it! The thickness and spirit of the asemics are strong and dramatic.  Catherine also included a poem she loves, called "Klem," by Flemish poet Eva Cox. Catherine translated it "as best I could" (bravo, the humanity comes through clearly), and also included an exceptionally graceful drawing she made…