Jack Oudyn's Blog (15)

Japanese influence

In searching for some artwork done in Japan , I came across a series I did a while ago while living in Tokyo called "Tokyo Diaries". and some later drawings from last year. Even some of my current work seems to have a Japanese influence, something which has happened quite naturally whenever I start using inks. These…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on November 2, 2014 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

shrine card

Great to hear from my friend Vizma with a very unique card inspired by a shrine in Japan. I assume she's been there on holidays, in Kyoto amongst all the culture and temples. I'll have to send her some Japanese inspired mail in return.…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on November 2, 2014 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

new mail from South Africa

Thank you Petropetal for your beautiful hand made cards.…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on October 31, 2014 at 11:37am — No Comments

Stan Askew arrives down under

Thank you Stan for the surprise card and mail art. It is always great to be surprised when visiting the letterbox. I'll be very sorry when the postie is a thing of the past but fear that that's where we are headed very quickly.

So make the most of snail mail while we can!!!…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on October 31, 2014 at 2:10am — No Comments

work from DVS

Added by Jack Oudyn on October 28, 2014 at 12:06am — 4 Comments

facing

Back in June I received a little…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on October 4, 2014 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

age marks

Just finished another little artistbook "age marks" . The stained,waxed pages were made by Trace Willans a little while ago and I have been slowly transforming the pages according to the messages already there in the stains. There are more images on my websiteif you are interested.…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on September 14, 2014 at 9:48am — 1 Comment

Freund Marsh Thoughts

One of the main reasons I joined this group is, I love being surprised by unexpected good mail. I received such a beautiful piece of mail today from Marni Webber in USA. It made my day and spurred me on to make something in reply.…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on September 10, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

facing

As promised, I will post a few more drawings that were stimulated by a response from Mim a few weeks back. This cover for "facing "was a recycled linocut from another project mounted on Kraft paper like the rest of the little bookbook.…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on August 26, 2014 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

MIM arrives down under

A great handmade envelope from Mim , filled with this wonderful card on watercolour paper and delicious bits from old French books, personal photographs, and of course the signature discs of paper arrived in the mail a few days ago.  I intend to use some of the contents together with some of my own papers to make a special little book of collage and drawings.…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on August 17, 2014 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Just by Chance

Helen Malone and I have been working collaboratively on a little book of drawings "Chance" which we have just completed. It was inspired by two German artists Ulrike Stoltz and Uta Schneider who work together extensively as USUS. It was their delightful lecture that inspired us to continue in the areas of collaboration. Our collaborative drawings in the book icluded some…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on August 3, 2014 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

new mail

Thank you Adrienne, for the great envelope and beautiful contents. Your collages are superb! Love the bears bum! Unfortunately we only have cuddly koalas here. Jack

Added by Jack Oudyn on July 21, 2014 at 8:00am — No Comments

Heleen's art mail

Thank you for making me so welcome and your lovely envelope and postcards. As each different IUOMA member sends me stuff I am inspired to expand my repetoire of images,stamps and ideas around my original idea of what mail art is. Thank you!

Added by Jack Oudyn on June 6, 2014 at 8:37am — No Comments

Jenny Davis collage

Today I received a great little package of art mail from Jenny Davis and a beautiful little collage. I'm new to IUOMA and still learning how to move around the site so please forgive obvious mistakes. Earlier I received my first mail from Vizma Bruns and posted her on my other blog because it was more familiar. So far I have been very impressed with the speed at which friends have responded. What a BUZZ!…

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Added by Jack Oudyn on May 31, 2014 at 12:26pm — 1 Comment

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