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Mystery Mail

Sometimes with mail art you receive mystery mail — it is all part of the process. This week I received an altered postcard from the U.K. as well as a collaged postcard with my address nearly hidden (the back is blank). The British one does not have a postmark, the other one was sent from Grafton, Vermont in February — so it…

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Added by Tofu on February 20, 2021 at 9:04pm — No Comments

Year of the Ox — Year of the Cure! (soon)

It is still a week away but I am ready for the rats to be gone and for the ox to rush in and take charge. To celebrate I am mailing postcards with hand carved rubber stamps — the Ox vs. Covid-19. Happy New Year!

Added by Tofu on February 6, 2021 at 8:49pm — No Comments

My latest series

Been taking a break from mail art, and back to that soon, but I have painting mine and my friends' bookcases. They often display mail I art I receive!

See more at https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2020/08/pandemic-chaekgeori.html…

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Added by Tofu on August 25, 2020 at 12:45am — No Comments

Old Postage Stamps to New Artist Book

You may have contributed to this one when I peeled off the postage stamps on mail you sent to me!

more photos on my blog…

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Added by Tofu on May 10, 2020 at 12:49am — 1 Comment

Little Collages from Postage Stamps

I continue to use up my vast horde of old postage stamps. I’ve spent the week cutting, gluing and making small little collages — each from two or more postage stamps. Here are some examples.

Added by Tofu on May 2, 2020 at 12:08am — 2 Comments

Sheltering in place and using up my cancelled postage stamps

Ugly Postage Stamp Art

Added by Tofu on April 27, 2020 at 8:57pm — No Comments

Can you make rubber stamps with rubber bands?

https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2020/02/can-you-make-rubber-stamps-with-rubber.html

Added by Tofu on February 24, 2020 at 4:11am — No Comments

Greek Aerograms

Last fall I received some aerogram-themed mail art from R.F. Côté in Canada. After seeing my post, Katerina Nikoltsou was inspired to make some aerogram-inspired mail art herself. She started with color copies of original aerograms. Ones she had mailed to an aunt in Chicago years…

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Added by Tofu on January 21, 2020 at 6:58pm — No Comments

Layout - a 2019 Artists Book with Mail Art and More

https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2019/12/part-1-layout-artists-scrapbook.html

Added by Tofu on December 6, 2019 at 5:20am — No Comments

Aerogram Memories

https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2019/11/remember-aerogram.html

Added by Tofu on November 13, 2019 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Fingerprint Postcards

Was down in Long Beach last weekend at the Museum of Latin American Art. The Gráfica América show has some mail art making.

https://molaa.org/grafica-america

Added by Tofu on August 23, 2019 at 7:52pm — No Comments

Remembering the VW Bug - a new Add-n-Pass

It saddens me that Volkswagen has decided to cease production of the Beetle. I have lived in San Francisco for nearly 30 years without owning a car. But I have fond memories of zipping around in that orange, 1973, VW Super Beetle during college. That car was so fast. I actually have dreams where I still drive that car. After a trip to Europe, I plastered the back of the car with stickers in various languages, mostly…

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Added by Tofu on July 12, 2019 at 6:51pm — 1 Comment

Can you mail an old sock?

https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2019/07/can-you-mail-old-sock.html

Added by Tofu on July 1, 2019 at 8:33pm — 1 Comment

New Mail Art Call from Russia "Train No. 1"

https://tofuart.tumblr.com/post/184394299963/russian-mail-art-yesterday-an-exotic-envelope

Added by Tofu on April 23, 2019 at 8:33pm — No Comments

Mail Art Breakfast

https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2019/02/mail-art-breakfast.html

Added by Tofu on February 2, 2019 at 8:35pm — 1 Comment

A True Postal Ghost Story for Halloween

https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-postal-ghost-story.html

Added by Tofu on October 11, 2018 at 12:20am — No Comments

Awesome mail art from William Mellott makes me realize we need to start exchanging play money.

http://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2018/09/play-money.html

Added by Tofu on September 14, 2018 at 6:48pm — 3 Comments

Send a Letter/einen Buchstabe

http://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2018/09/t-is-for-tofu.html

Added by Tofu on September 10, 2018 at 7:42pm — 1 Comment

Reminder: The Pink Mail Art Deadline is October 15

More and more Pink is arriving (we have nearly 200 so far). Here are the latest pieces: http://tofuart.tumblr.com/post/151390881538/pink-pink-and-more-pink-here-is-the-latest-batch

Added by Tofu on October 5, 2016 at 7:51pm — No Comments

Remove-n-Pass

http://tofuart.tumblr.com/post/140284547033/remove-n-pass-as-a-mail-artist-i-have-participated…

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Added by Tofu on March 1, 2016 at 7:00pm — No Comments

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