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! 

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  • 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.

  • Devin S. Turk

    Highlights of a tiny art collection I received from awyn!

  • Devin S. Turk

  • Theo Nelson

    Tiny Art!  Goodness, how did I miss this group?  I am rather fond of tiny art.  I make a lot of Twinchies, 3 x 2-sies, Threechies, and ATCs.  Here are some recent 3 x 2-sies.

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    Beautiful art,Theo! Teenie tiny landscapes are fab!

    We had a group of tiny art:

    Arty Slides International

    And Val in Sigean, France had an exhibit in 2012

  • Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)

    After eye surgery, lens replacement, 

    my ol' eyes can no longer make tiny art,

    but sure love seeing it all!

    (ah, the fun of making tiny art ten years ago:)

  • CUTandTEAR

    I also love working small! :-D

  • awyn

    Two tiny paintings received from Theo Nelson in Alberta, Canada.

    Thanks, Theo!

  • awyn

    More tiny art pieces from Devin Turk!

    Thank you, Devin. 

  • Hélène LAGACHE

    Happy to join you and exchange with you

  • Susan Gnaedinger

    original zine 2 and a half inches by 3 and a half inches in small envelope 3 and a half by five inches...sorry don't have a metric measureent.

  • Carien van Hest

    Little booklets from Susan Gnaedinger:

  • Susan Gnaedinger

    Fun tiny art from Devin

  • Susan Gnaedinger

    Received multiple tiny art from theo nelson. I was trying to scan the envelope too, but that didn't work out. I don't know how he created the envelope....maybe laser printer?

  • awyn

    Received from Devin S. Turk--a prototype of a zine featuring favorite artist trading cards he's made.

    And thank you also, Devin, for the tiny acrylic paintings!

  • Juan Petry

    some samples of TINY ART inside the project MUARCOand inside the project of ARTSURPRISE.

    with contribution from greece!

    more background information...

  • awyn

    Received from Susan Gnaedinger today!

  • Hélène LAGACHE

    Received from Devin S. Turk

  • Juan Petry

    thanks to clover for this very nic contribution for the social dada project. you will make it to the MOMA - i am sure. :)

  • Juan Petry

    new relpies for the MOMA project - little art at its best... thanks to all!

  • Juan Petry

    another very interesting path to manipulate the given shapes. great work and very inspiring. it will have a big impact on long term all these beautiful interpretations of the social sculpture dada. thanks a lot to reisegern.

  • Juan Petry

    The tiny art project "Social dada" is slowly picking up speed. The first returns are viewed and documented. If you would like to join, I invite you to read the article and send me a short email if you are interested in joining the project. All information for interested artists is listed here.

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  • Juan Petry

    hello mail art news - i like it another unique piece, great. hope it will find its way! saludos juan

  • Juan Petry

    i am so touched by this mind behind the work. i like so much to take a like creative impuls and transform it to something so powerful... i want to do more of this...

  • Juan Petry

    powerful initiative from rebekka to add a lot of value to the project social dada! thank you so much!

  • Juan Petry

    the universe always surprises you. You start a participatory social art project and are happy about the first results... and then... you can gratefully learn that the creativity of others goes far beyond your own imagination. thanks to eberhard janke for pointing out that there is much more to do! very good! very good! thank you for enjoying the discovery...

  • awyn

    A wonderful little mini-zine received from Lau Wilmet (Belgium). Here are all the pages:

    Merci, Lau!

  • Juan Petry

  • Theo Nelson

    A Twinchie...

  • Theo Nelson

    A Twinchie...

  • Theo Nelson

    A Twinchie...

  • Juan Petry

    new art works for the social-dada - project. check for more on: http://www.petry.eu/social-dada

    enjoy!

  • Juan Petry

    new tiny artworks for the project social-dada from the catalan artist sonia eva domenech - thanks to sonia for the big contribution!

  • Juan Petry

    and...

    great art works for the project SOCIAL-DADA - for more check out http://www.petry.eu/social-dada - and join the project till 31.12.2023 ! write me an email and be part of a big social mail art sculpture.

  • Juan Petry

  • Juan Petry

    new artworks for the project www.petry.eu/social-dada from an event in the city gallery WORDSPEICHER in Quedlinburg Germany

  • awyn

    Received today from Devin Turk.  (Thank you, Devin!)

  • awyn

    Mini-zine from Devin Turk!

  • Carien van Hest

    Christmas wishes on a tiny garland in a tiny envelope from Steven Kennedy: