Allison Baker Sends Something "Fishy"

Riddle: What has scales, is weighed on a scale, and on a scale of one-to-ten ranks as a twelve?

Why that would be Allison Baker's first mail art piece to me! Allison didn't hold back at all in testing the limitations of the post office's mailing parameters for dimension, size, or shape. This fishy-shaped cardboard mail art piece is about 10 inches long (or so). It looks hand-drawn, but I can't tell if it is a print, or Allison's own artistic hand, so I'll have to let her confirm whether this is her own image. But regardless, it is still an amazing piece...

The address side of the irregular-shaped mail art piece contains postage in an irregular spot, and is hand cancelled with a black marker! There are also an abundance of expertly self-carved rubber stamp imprints, which I particularly like and admire. Lookit this one closer:

WhooooOO-WEEE!!! Impressive and delightful!! All-in-all, an exemplary specimen of what can be sent through the postal system and a beautiful example of mail art... Thank you, Allison!

Tags: Allison Baker, Unusual-shaped mail art

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 17, 2016 at 4:08pm: "Classic" Snail Mail print!

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