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"A Circle" and a challenge from Marie Wintzer

"A Circle" is a poetic and very beautiful book sent by Marie:

This book is a thought-provoking reminder that it was Marie's work I first saw the day I stumbled into IUOMA over a year ago. It was in a blog by Thom Courcelle, and her work…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 11:22pm — 3 Comments

Rustic concoction from Susan McAllister !

She might have found this, as is, for all I knew, but she tells me she put it together: It touches me that Susan made this inventive art piece in honor of my love for rust. She even tried to make the middle part rusty--spraying it with water for quite a while, she said--but it wouldn't cooperate. Rust never sleeps, but now we know it isn't everywhere. And no matter. I love this…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 10:53pm — 4 Comments

Something old and something(s) new from Hamburg

First the old from Erni, of course--a great found paper, mounted on cardboard: That part of this paper is rust-colored is yet another sign of the thoughtfulness of Erni Bar. But this isn't all! In a small round cheese box the following contents arrived: Clay…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 10:42pm — 3 Comments

Rusty lid from Greece, YES!

Katerina found and sent me this great rusty can lid: It's a beaut. It's a young one--probably hasn't reached adolescence yet--so its rusty and rusting journey through life has a marvelous freshness along with the telltale signs of time and exposure.

Does Katerina send only the lid? Noooo. She made a (blue) art card incorporating her own originally designed rusty-can-lid…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 10:11pm — 4 Comments

Ahmet Demir's Marilyn envelopes via the faithful Katerina Nikoltsou

Each envelope is really interesting by itself, too. In fact the first impression was that these were abstracts by Katerina herself: Very thoughtful of Katerina, as I'd admired Ahmet's Marilyn and still do. But Katerina didn't send these empty. She never would! Each contained a very nice blue (!!) card from her: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 10:02pm — 2 Comments

Groanings from David Stafford and The Institute for Lowered Self-Esteem

If you get to receive detritus from David's desk now and then, you are lucky too: David says this is from circa 1992. David's history continues to prove that he didn't just grow an imagination yesterday. This thing had me in stitches, and my only complaint is that the "informal evening of frank, open whining about life in Santa Fe" was restricted to life in Santa Fe. Why not…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 9:53pm — 2 Comments

Card from Dean Marks and IUOMA friends Mail Art Martha, Andytgeezer, and stripygoose

This blog makes obvious how far behind we are here in OOB. I enjoyed this anarchic card, and thank you all! …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 9:32pm — 1 Comment

"Trashpo Ephemera Folio--with Pockets": elegance and enchantment from Claire Dinsmore / Cleo

Receiving this folio (and more) was like winning an art lottery I didn't know I'd entered, so unexpected, beautiful, and big in impact:

With a trashbook that takes the aesthetic trashbook to new heights: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 9:20pm — 2 Comments

"In the Snow Storm" from Guido Vermeulen

Guido's sense of color is wonderful, and now I know that includes a fantastic way with blacks, whites, and grays:

Wow! I should probably share this with Roberto, but sorry, it isn't going anywhere. Also enclosed is a poem/vispo by Guido, "Rain and Tears," full of meaning, "around a drawing by Saha Khosravi from Iran": …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 7:08pm — No Comments

A gallimaufry from Cheryl Penn

That is what Cheryl calls this splendid book, a book "sort of about current things, and things a little past": …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on August 8, 2012 at 6:30pm — 11 Comments

Carina is back?

Now that we have that impression (true or not), here is a card gratefully received from Carina last month:

The written side explains the personal exclamations--all due to Erni's influence on Carina, of course, and possibly many others…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 15, 2012 at 10:57pm — 2 Comments

David Stafford's life

These two cards, from very different moments in David's life, are just the tip of the iceberg: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 9, 2012 at 9:27pm — 6 Comments

More from Nadine Wendell-Mojica ...

... and the unusual, winsome, and talented Morley: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 9, 2012 at 9:04pm — 9 Comments

Enticing trashpo bubble from Lynn Radford, with words of wisdom

Lynn sent me a wonderful and original trashpo piece, part of a short series, and it is an honor. Much thought, inspiration, and work went into it, and the shape of no other mail art I've seen matches it:

Please excuse poor camera quality in…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 7, 2012 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments

A favorite from Katerina: blue sticks

Katerina Nikoltsou is so prolific, and so generous, that she is beyond amazing. Her blue art in the mailbox is always a sight for sore eyes, but this one stole my heart specially and immediately:

Why? I have no idea. The crookedness? The dots? The pick-up sticks feeling even though they look to be in nature? I just love it, and it was love at first sight. Thank you…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 7, 2012 at 9:07pm — 5 Comments

Can Erni get more diverse? Bread art, interactive drink art, wash art, crushed-can trashpo art, and more from the Haptic Werewolf

All in a nice (flowery, I might add) box, one of many to join the studio collection here as functional mail art:

That is scanned bread art. Each is marked on one side as bread art, and on the other side we have "part one" and "part two." They are ordinary, and hard as rocks. In person they are like quietly celebratory beacons with souls of their own. Erni posted a fine…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 7, 2012 at 8:49pm — 4 Comments

Delicate beauties from Kerri Pullo--plus wonderful envelope

These came from Kerri in two separate mailings. The effect in the works is delicate, but you can sense strength behind them: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 7, 2012 at 7:32pm — 1 Comment

A sea of semi-circles from Suus in Mokum

Colorful, with definite presence, making a strong statement: The beautiful blue is actually darker and richer than the scanner is able to show. Thank you so much, Suus--mail art headed your way soon!

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 7, 2012 at 7:15pm — 3 Comments

Thank you, Eduardo Cardoso!

Eduardo's minimalist style is a favorite of mine, and I was delighted to receive this envelope with several works: …

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 7, 2012 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

Thom Courcelle does it again

He knitted and sent me a bag, in colors that I especially love:

It was like winning a prize to open the box and find this, because who…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on July 7, 2012 at 6:00pm — 4 Comments

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