Well, all our recent Neslons & Mandelas, which are being exhibited at the Cafe Jenze in Maastricht until the end of August;

Here are some photos of them.

(Sadly you cannot see the Neslons in the passe partout frames that we ordered for them, because the frames were of the wrong size. So we had to make do, and make what we could of unadorned Neslons. The Mandelas are properly framed, and look goooooooooooooood!)…

all the people listed below who have sent me postcards in the last week or so.

On July 2nd I posted a 'Help!' message saying that I had 920 postcards and was desperate to get to 1000.

Your response has been magnificent -- 24 days later I now have 1089.

Which means that I've received 169 postcards in just 24 days.

I'm claiming this Exhibition to be one of the largest ever (please tell me if you know of one with more Mail Art), and it's all thanks to…

...in the Beeldentuin Heerdeberg in Cadier en Keer, near Maastricht in the Netherlands.

A 'Sangoma' is a traditional healer in Southern Africa

This sculpture was made on Monday 22 July, 2013.

It started with a 17.5 kg (38 1/2 lbs) piece of Zimbabwean stone, and ended as a Sangoma.

I was helped by Zebb Chakawa (who comes from Zimbabwe).

Here are pictures of Zebb, the original piece of stone, and the finished Sangoma.…

The Beeldentuin Heerdeberg is in Cadier en Keer, near Maastricht in the Netherlands.

The stone sculptures are from Zimbabwe.

The Polo is from the packet in my pocket.

Here goes.....…

* Anna Usiva

* Nico van Hoorn

* Janna K

* Amy Irwen

* Karin Hofvander

* Monika Macken

* Taidgh

To you, and everyone else who has been kind enough to send me postcards, here's your invitation to the Exhibition.

Do come!…

Bonjour Boys and Girls!

I am on target to reach 1000 postcards.

Today my Mail Box was stuffed with Post Cards for my forthcoming exhibition

And so today's THANKS/MERCI BEAUCOUP/BEDANKT message is to:

* TicTac (Toe?)

* Dimitra Papatheodorou

* Extra Terrible

* Nico van Hoorn

* Andreas Horn

* Jan Theuninck

* PO Box 831544 Ocrla (?) FL 34483 [Who's this? Miaou]

* Simon…

Thanking IUOMA's Founding Father on 16 August 2013

Ruud is IUOMA's Founding Father;

He told me that the first mention of IUOMA was on 16 August 1988.

For IUOMA's 25th Birthday I propose, that we all send a piece of Mail Art to Ruud

Send some Mail Art -- anything goes, but something birthday-themed would be very appropriate…

Bonjour,

Disney Studios are considering making a new version of '101 Dalmations'. ("What's wrong with the old version?" asks Snooky).

They have approached ME because they have heard of my 1001+ Post Card Exhibition -- "L'Art de la Carte Postale/Post Card Art".

(And they saw the fantastic "Do Not Open!" video that Jinny Pearce made which I wrote. Hi, Jinny! You get a plug too)

I'm waiting for Walt and his friends to come back to me.

In the…

1. Start here, because 'I have always something important to tell you' [although 'I always have something important to tell you' sounds better to me]…

My latest Exhibition  -- jointly with the Copenhagen portrait photographer, Henrik Bronsted, under the name Den Danglish Duo -- "Samantha's Polaroids" opened at le Maison de l'Artisan in Sigean last week.

It features 13 large photos of Samantha and about 20 different Polaroid cameras.

There was supposed to be 13 original Polaroid-size photos of Samantha, but unfortunately  they got left behind in Denmark.

Here's Samantha, the Polaroids and some photos from the…

Bonjour!

Look at this Massai Warrior piece of pottery I made, and then I will tell you my story:

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.

In my penultimate year at Grammar (High) School, when I was 16, I took an optional (A level) course in Art.

There were 4 reasons why I did so:

i) I was hopeless at Art ( 'You still are, Val'.…

HELP! please.......

This is one of the Exhibitions that celebrates IUOMA's 25th Birthday.

I have received about 920 postcards

I'M TRYING TO GET TO 1000 CARDS

Please send me 1, 2......... or even 80 cartes postale/post cards.

Details of the Exhibition are below.

Thank you/Merci Beaucoup.

Val

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“L'Art de la Carte Postale”/“Post Card…