Chris wells's Blog – October 2015 Archive (5)

interesting IUOMA stamp - Juana Almaguer

When I was going through my mail art pieces, I came across this stamp from Juana and wished I had shared it before. So, here it is - a blog post devoted entirely to Juana's stamp. This is about 1 inch in diameter.

Added by chris wells on October 25, 2015 at 8:43pm — 1 Comment

Rec'd from Helle Pollas - October 2015

I received this card from Helle Pollas the other day. The card came in somewhat dented and damaged, and I was not sure if it was intentional or if it was due to a "collaboration" with the international postal system. In any case, what I received was a piece with a glamorous (and tragic) star contrasted with discarded/found elements ("trash"?) and paint splatters that…

Continue

Added by chris wells on October 25, 2015 at 8:39pm — 1 Comment

Rec'd from Stephanie Dodson - October 2015

I received this wonderful collage postcard from Stephanie Dodson the other day. It was the first thing I received actually in the PO box following the fiasco I mentioned earlier. And I loved the surprise! Very interesting and creative use of color, text, pen, etc. I hope to received many more works from Stephanie in the future, and I will definitely…

Continue

Added by chris wells on October 25, 2015 at 8:24pm — 1 Comment

Rec'd from Jan Hodgman - October 2015

The two postcards above were received from Jan Hodgman. They are asemic in nature and the last is specifically conceived of as a minimalist/post-minimalist work as well (I never know which term is more appropriate nowadays).

Here's a bit of…

Continue

Added by chris wells on October 25, 2015 at 8:00pm — No Comments

PO Box issues - resolved (I hope)

IUOMA friends, those of you, known and unknown, who have sent mail to my PO Box:

Unfortunately I learned today that my name was never actually put on my PO box, so it is due to a couple layers of mistakes that I have been receiving mail in it sporadically at all. The postal clerk said he would personally correct the issue today. I'll be pinging myself with a postcard this week to test it out.

If you got mail returned from my PO box, as of today it is supposed to be fixed. If it…

Continue

Added by chris wells on October 13, 2015 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Latest Blog Posts

Monthly Archives

2020

August (1)

2017

November (3)
August (1)

2016

December (1)
August (4)
July (1)
May (6)
April (6)
March (3)
February (2)
January (11)

2015

Welcome to
International Union of Mail-Artists

Sign Up
or Sign In

Support

Want to support the IUOMA with a financial gift via PayPal?

The money will be used to keep the IUOMA-platform alive. Current donations keep platform online till 1-july-2024. If you want to donate to get IUOMA-publications into archives and museums please mention this with your donation. It will then be used to send some hardcopy books into museums and archives. You can order books yourself too at the IUOMA-Bookshop. That will sponsor the IUOMA as well.

Bewaren