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WHO KNEW MICHAEL VOO DOO?

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Informal Art Exchange

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Mail-Art Projects List

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Hand-Carved Rubber Stamps

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Gyotaku anyone?

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Gyotaku anyone?

Started Feb 12, 2019 0 Replies 2 Favorites

I wonder if there might be enough interest in Gyotaku, Japanese fish printing, to have a group or maybe a sub-group of Ruud Janssen's Rubber Stamping group?Y'r ol' Bud, FikeContinue

Tags: japanese, gyotaku, fish, stamping

DeepDream [online image transmogrification]

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kathy Barnett Mar 14, 2019. 16 Replies 1 Favorite

DeepDream! Wow! This is an online, image manipulation service which takes your file input and changes it according to arcan rules [???] apparently using imagery it finds online. So far it seems to…Continue

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tsundoku

as one so afflicted, here's a group for people who use books for mail art purposes or even just labor under the yoke of book addiction, those yearning masses who amass books intended for reading but which, mostly just pile up.See More

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"ATCFrom Private World [igh]."

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Farmer Klein's Market

"Amazing!"

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Mail Art Martha commented on Ficus strangulensis's group tsundoku

"We are self isolating! Soon may be obligatory. At last I shall work through my pile of To Read Books!"

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Carien van Hest commented on Ficus strangulensis's group tsundoku

"Joining this group already relieves me. Thank you for this initiative, Ficus."

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"That green inked stamp was made by Stampland (Picasso Gaglione and Darlene Domel) from a photo of George Maciunas, Fluxus guy (he died young from pancreatic cancer though he never smoked or drank). Check him out on Wikipedia!"

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Nancy Bell Scott commented on Ficus strangulensis's group tsundoku

"Yes, but no doubt a lousy job on my part. They looked like photocopies (the paper can't have been good enough for one thing) and get used very rarely. Those in your photo look exquisite. Acrylic transfer turned out somewhat better for me than…"

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'doodle' from latest MusicMaster incoming

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Ficus strangulensis commented on Ficus strangulensis's group tsundoku

"I don't imagine it will help -- but -- before I discovered HP 4x5" glossy photopaper [which they make for refilling their photobooth printers] I used to print cards on 4x6", unlined index cards. both inkjet and laser printed."

Feb 28

Mike Parsons commented on Ficus strangulensis's group tsundoku

"Frank Ching 1975 book - "de rigueur when (Heide) was in school." - a bit of a sacred texts for design students. Has anyone else copied an image onto cardstock (instead of cannibalizing the original) ?"

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"I like this series, Ficus strangulensis "

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Mail-Artist since:: 1990

My Website (without http://):: http://the 'blog' here at IUOMA

Why I am involved in Mail-Art:: I like to see what people are doing as art and share what I am doing. I like to meet people and get to know them. [DISCLAIMER: tho I am called a mail "artist", I 'cannot' draw due to a lack of proper mindset.]

My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail): 538 Hanson Hollow Rd.
Charleston, WV 25311-8025 usa

ficus@suddenlink.net

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At 12:08pm on February 25, 2020, Li Araki said…: Loved the wonderful art Fike--many thanks!

At 2:59pm on November 27, 2019, res nullius aka. "res" said…: Dear Fike, Your envelope with charming letter and three beautiful pictures -- Fluorite, Deep Dream Flowers, and Fish from Deep Dream Crik -- arrived! I love them. Posting to Envelopes group.

At 10:19am on November 2, 2019, res nullius aka. "res" said…

At 8:36pm on October 29, 2019, Cascadia Artpost said…: I had to go see the eye doctor on Main Street in the Cascadia Diorama after viewing this envelope...

At 4:00pm on October 9, 2019, res nullius aka. "res" said…: I got Fiked, and I liked it. Thank you for the amazing envelope + letter, documentation, echinacea & psychedelia. I will post your piece to "Envelopes" group asap. The "World Peace through World Trade" 8-cent stamp made me cry for the Rust Belt. Sending snail mail batch around mid-month when the new Halloween stamps drop on the 11th Oct. ⍣ <-- Wittgenface.

At 12:54pm on September 29, 2019, Li Araki said…: Really enjoyed receiving your cool art--thanks so much! It will be a little while till I can reply because I'm in the middle of a few projects so please don't think I forgot. My husband Dave (also on this site) liked your work so much he posted it on IOUMA Facebook. I too am sad about Steve Dalachinsky--today, September 29th, is actually his birthday...

At 10:15pm on August 12, 2019, Adam Roussopoulos said…: Wonderful letter in the mail! Thank you

At 12:31pm on July 25, 2019, Alan Brignull said…: Greetings, Fike. Yes, I've been with IUOMA for years — still prefer real mail, though.

At 6:09pm on June 7, 2019, HilgART said…: Good to be back in touch since the old days when I was in Huntington! Keep watching the mail--I predict something coming your way...

Tom

At 11:24am on May 27, 2019, Mail Art Martha said…: Thank you Fikus for the new mailing. I have come back from two weeks Holiday and hope to catch up and blog soon and respond next week to everybody. I did a lot stuff while sunbathing!

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The Deepest Depths of the Burrow

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LIVE-ED alters fike image card based on DKA artistamp image of fike.

Posted on October 8, 2019 at 5:33pm 1 Comment 2 Favorites

First [in my very porous memory] fikeCard altered by LIVE_ED Giecek

I have a blog???!

Posted on July 14, 2018 at 12:34pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites

I guess I do. Or at least, that's wot the clicky-button said on the previous page. from which [by clicking] 'I' got 'here'. [virtually].

Currently [re]reading all of William Gibson, at least the novels and a wonderful read he is! Taking a break with Thomas M. Disch's "334" over these past few nites, charging up the ol' memory B4 lites out each eve. Richard Brautigan awaits also.

Soon we start ripping out the floor of the computer 'den' at strangulensis Manor.

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quaint drawings

Posted on June 15, 2016 at 11:43pm 1 Comment 1 Favorite

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If you like to use old US postage on your mail art envelopes...

Posted on October 4, 2014 at 5:01pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites

Karl Anderson's a good source who I've used for several orders over the past few years.

His current list and very detailed information on requirements for ordering from him are found at:

http://www.andersonstampandcoin.com/Pricelist.pdf

Currently, he is selling mint US 3-cent stamps from the 1940's-50's for very little over face value.

Y'r Ol' Bud, Fike

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