Ruud Janssen's Blog (300)

Mail from my creative advisor

Heleen de Vaan sent me a lovely package. Included were some PR-materials for me to use. Proud to have such a creative advisor......

A small thank-you note is already sent. Also I am using the rubberstamp she sent (IUOMA since 1988) on all outgoing mail-art…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on May 3, 2013 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Mail to Ryosuke Cohen

Whenever I get a chance, I send a new stamped envelope to Ryosuke. In return he send me his wonderful Brain Cell's , a project that is going on for a long time....

Added by Ruud Janssen on May 1, 2013 at 6:05pm — No Comments

Mail from member #2100

It is allways a pleasure to get mail from Member #2100!

Added by Ruud Janssen on April 27, 2013 at 3:01pm — 1 Comment

Mail from Erni Bär - Germany

Well, new material to test in the rubberstamp archivë. Will have a go with these wonderful items for sure!…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on April 27, 2013 at 2:59pm — 5 Comments

Gift from Heleen de Vaan (Netherlands)

Heleen de Vaan (Netherlands) produced some very lovely PR-materials for the IUOMA.

One of them is this very clever IUOMA self-inking rubberstamp which she donated to the TAM Rubberstamp Archive and which I will be using on the new outgoing mail-art.

Last month was a busy month. Visits, work, and no time actually to deal with all that incoming mail that has…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on April 27, 2013 at 1:51pm — 1 Comment

New logo in the shop

have a look at: http://www.cafepress.com/iuoma for new possibilities

Added by Ruud Janssen on March 23, 2013 at 8:49am — 1 Comment

Mail from Grigori Antonin - USA

Received this beautiful mail-art book from Grigorio Antonin (USA) which documents his Erni Bär Fan Action in Minniapolis 2013.…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on March 2, 2013 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Incoming mail-art 15-2-2013

Sometimes I get a lot of mail-art on a single day. This time a photo of the collection of today in random order.

…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on February 15, 2013 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Outgoing to Cascadia Artpost - Jack Latteman in USA

Received a lot of nice things from Jack Latteman, so time to send him something back today.......

Added by Ruud Janssen on February 10, 2013 at 11:54am — No Comments

Mail from Stephanie Blake - USA

Receiced the Mass Mailing with a very personal touch from Stephanie.......…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on February 2, 2013 at 2:21pm — 5 Comments

Shozo Shimamoto (1928-2013)

Sad news from John Held Jr. today. He informed the network through Facebook that Shozo Shimamoto died 3 days ago. It was 3 days after Shoso turned 85 years old.

John Held is currently working on a Gutai exhibition in San Francisco and that will be a special event now for sure. I met Shozo Shimamoto in 1990 in Köln when he was doing the NetRun, and took this photo…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on January 27, 2013 at 6:05pm — 9 Comments

Gift from Jack Latteman - USA

Two wonderful gifts arrived from Jack Latteman in USA.

Above : the miniature artistamps (gummed) with the logo by Litsa Spathi in an Original USA dispenser.

Below: A car for the…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on January 13, 2013 at 11:49am — 2 Comments

happy 2013!

Added by Ruud Janssen on December 22, 2012 at 2:39pm — 1 Comment

happy new year, the year 2013 is coming closer

Besides sending out my best wishes I am also sending out coloured papers with the logo's like these

Added by Ruud Janssen on December 16, 2012 at 1:19pm — 1 Comment

Mail-Art and Networking

The basic idea behind networking is that US comes before ME.

Added by Ruud Janssen on December 15, 2012 at 6:31pm — No Comments

Mailograms

That is what they are called.

Get yours from Keith Bates, see details on his website:

http://www.keithbates.co.uk/mailogram/

Added by Ruud Janssen on November 24, 2012 at 8:44pm — 7 Comments

IUOMA cards in Seattle

At the stand from Cascadia Artpost in Seattle I discovered some IUOMA cards made it to the USA as well....

Added by Ruud Janssen on November 15, 2012 at 6:03am — 1 Comment

Outgoing cards and envelopes

Some might recognize the part of their address in this batch of outgoing mail-art....

Added by Ruud Janssen on November 11, 2012 at 8:23am — No Comments

When did the IUOMA start

Because I got the question I had to do some digging in the archive, As it turns out I found the starting month back in one of my own publications that I wrote in 1990:

This booklet was published in 1990 to document my first 10 years in Mail-Art. I still have the originals here. In it I wrote about the start of the IUOMA. It turns out to be AUGUST 1988. Later in…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on November 10, 2012 at 10:30am — 8 Comments

Bär mail is always full with surprises: this time NUTS!

Great mail from Erni Bär (Germany) last week. He sent me a typical envelope with his portrait on it and the envelope itself had a special size.......…

Continue

Added by Ruud Janssen on October 27, 2012 at 12:11pm — 5 Comments

‹ Previous
1
…
8
9
10
11
12
…
15
Next ›

Latest Blog Posts

Monthly Archives

2023

May (1)
March (1)
January (1)

2022

December (2)
May (1)
January (2)

2021

December (2)
November (3)
June (1)

2020

December (1)
May (1)
April (1)
January (3)

2019

2018

December (1)
October (1)

2017

December (1)
October (2)
June (3)
May (1)
April (2)
March (1)
February (1)
January (4)

2016

December (6)
November (3)
October (4)
September (2)
June (1)
May (1)
April (1)
March (2)
February (2)
January (3)

2015

December (1)
November (6)
October (4)
September (1)
August (1)
July (4)
June (11)
May (3)
April (1)
March (3)
February (1)
January (3)

2014

December (3)
November (2)
October (4)
September (2)
July (1)
June (4)
May (2)
April (1)
March (5)
February (12)
January (10)

2013

December (5)
November (8)
October (5)
September (2)
August (6)
June (1)
May (6)
April (3)
March (2)
February (3)
January (2)

2012

December (3)
November (4)
October (4)
September (3)
May (1)
April (1)
February (2)
January (3)

2011

December (8)
November (8)
October (7)
September (2)
August (4)
July (3)
June (5)
May (5)
April (5)
March (4)
February (2)
January (2)

2010

December (1)
September (1)
August (2)
July (2)
June (1)
April (3)
March (2)

2009

December (2)
October (1)
June (4)
May (1)
April (1)
January (7)

2008

December (5)

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-august-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