Tiny Art

This is a group for mail artists who share an affinity for tiny art!  Original tiny art is a unique subset of artistry because it's often more accessible, more easily circulated through postal services, and cheaper to create than larger works.

"Tiny" is a subjective and not rooted in specific measurements, but let's go with "fits in the palm of my hand" as a general guideline.

Paintings, prints, sculptures, doodles...etc.  If it's tiny mail art, you should share it here! 

  • Bradford

    Artistamps are probably the most prevalent form, but ATCs, and then postcards would follow.

  • Devin S. Turk

    I have 3 sheets of leftover card stock, so I decided to go wild with a rubber stamp I commissioned from one of my late night doodles.  I made about 2 dozen (tiny!) little prints, each stamped with my name today's date on the back.  Some of them will be on their way to other mail artists in tomorrow's batch of outgoing envelopes!

  • Bradford

    I love being resourceful by repurposing materials because I hate throwing anything away.  I save the scraps from white plastic eraser carvings and have made tiny rubber stamps out of what would normally have been thrown away.

  • Travellin Penguin Pam

    This looks like fun. If anyone would like to share art email me at psbpars at ymail dot come. Pam in Tasmania, Australia

  • Carien van Hest

    A little box I made for Theo Nelson:

  • Carmela Rizzuto

    Hi Tiny Mail Artists

    An iuoma member, Josh Ronsen, collects and exhibits tiny mail art. I have several in his wonderful collection. See his projects at

    http://ronsen.org/mailart/

    Here's one of mine from 2013 sent to Josh-a tiny reel of mini-paintings.

  • Carien van Hest

    That is truly wonderful, Carmela!

  • Coco Muchmore

    Tiny art from Christiano Pallara

    I copied this fun page of hand-drawn icons onto sticker paper and cut them up and used the stickers on add & pass envelopes... the art goes on! Thank you CP!

  • Susan Gnaedinger

    Received from Carien van Hest.  She comes up with some pretty good ideas. A mini zine under a magnifying glass.

  • Susan Gnaedinger

    a mini zine and the magnifying glass was very small. Zine is one inch by one and a half inches. Sorry, I'm not good at converting to metric.

  • Linda Pelati


    tiny art is candies for your brain 

  • Susan Gnaedinger

    I received an envelope of tiny art from Awyn. Awesome. Her work is so spontaneous. Some of the tiny art is double sided but I just scanned one side.

  • Carien van Hest

    A lovely tiny zine in a paper cassette, sent in a pretty envelope. Made by Susan Gnaedinger.

  • awyn

    Received from Susan Gnaedinger, two ATCs and hand-painted tiny art on the envelope it was mailed in.