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Babies in the Mail!

Started May 27, 2017 0 Replies 1 Favorite

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EYES

January 1, 2022 at 6pm to June 30, 2022 at 7pm – TBA
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A Island Far Far Away Tristan Da Cunha Project

January 28, 2024 at 6pm to January 26, 2025 at 7pm – Tristan da Chuna South Atlantic Ocean
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Jun 21

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The Oak Woodlands are one of my favorite spots in Golden Gate Park. One of the few spots in the park that looks much like the land did before the park was developed. There is no gift shop and no postcards, so I have made a series of my own. I was tempted to protect these hand-painted cards by sending them in envelopes. But part of the risk and magic of mail art is letting what may happen in postal…See More

Jun 13

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Juggling Mail Art

Sometimes you receive a piece of mail art where the envelope is as in incredible as what’s inside. That is what happens whenever I get something from Kathy Barnett. The envelope is great, and I love the champagne drinking head juggler (you can move and adjust the little heads).…See More

Jun 5

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Tofu commented on Gwendolynium's blog post Received from Lubomyr Tymkiv in Ukraine, mailed before the war

"I received one last week too"

May 2

Tofu is attending Sharon Silverman's event

EYES at TBA

January 1, 2022 at 6pm to June 30, 2022 at 7pm

Send Paintings, Drawings, Photos, Recycled Magazine Photos of "EYES" I will create a Surreal Piece of Mail Art with whatever is sent to me. I will sign it and send a piece of Mail Art to you. No fees, No ReturnSize : No larger than 4x6 inchesPossible creation of hard cover book at the end of the project. All finished work will be posted online on my Facebook page and on my IUOMA page Send to "EYES" c/o Sharon Silverman P.O. Box 1212 Haverhill, MA 01831 USASee More

Apr 2

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Brain Cell Brains

https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2022/04/brain-cell-brain.htmlI am not sure if I was supposed to preserve all of Ryosuke Cohen’s brain cells in my overflowing mail art archives forever. Using one of my hand carved rubber stamps, I did a series of brain cell brains. All applied to unused Hungarian franked postcards that end up in a collage fodder box. The brains are on their way back around the world.…See More

Apr 1

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Feb 1

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Year of the Tiger

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Feb 1

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Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) left a comment for Tofu

"Thank you, Tofu! arrived Friday 12 Nov.2021!"

Nov 15, 2021

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Mail Art to Remember the Dead

Covid has kept me home and I have not travelled to Mexico for two years now. Ideally, I’d be there for the Día de los Muertos celebrations — it is one of my favorite holidays. Instead, I will make my ofrenda at home in San Francisco. And this past week I have been carving rubber stamps and making some mail art for the holiday. These postcards are on their way locally and around the world.…See More

Nov 1, 2021

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10th Anniversary Artist Stamps in San Francisco

The first time I went to a San Francisco Correspondence Co-Op meeting was the group’s first anniversary party — back in 2012. Here we are nine years later, and the co-op is now 10 years old. We missed having our party in 2020 and finally had out first in-person gathering las month, safely, outdoors in a quiet, park.Every time we meet, one of us does an artist stamp to be shared with co-op members. Many keep their stamps in special passports. For our 10th anniversary we did something…See More

Aug 6, 2021

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Tofu posted a status

"Decades of my postcard collecting is now an artist book. https://tofuartsf.blogspot.com/2021/07/collage-dreams.html"

Jul 21, 2021

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Tofu commented on Tofu's blog post A Duke Ellington Landscape on the way to Spain

Jul 9, 2021

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A Duke Ellington Landscape on the way to Spain

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Jul 9, 2021

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Tofu is attending Lars Schumacher's event

Collage Collaboration at Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin [Weather Station House 104]

August 5, 2021 at 4pm to August 8, 2021 at 8pm

COLLAGE & COLLABORATION (Mail Art) • due date 2021-07-15• theme Collage & Collaboration (two become one)• show 2021-08-05 > 2021-08-08• show address Tempelhof Feld (Airport Berlin Tempelhof, Weather-Station, House 104)• submission addressLars Schumacher Mittelstrasse 37 D - 31303 Burgdorf / Hannover Germany• info larsschumacher[at]okok.de• kid friendly, maximum submissions 3• maximum dimensions 210 x 297 mm | 8.3 x 11.7 porträt - format• information: an open call for submissions for…See More

Jul 9, 2021

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Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) left a comment for Tofu

"Thank you,Tofu...the OX has arrived in time for Easter! Ah, the joys of USPS in this Covid Era :-) xxx Katerina"

Apr 5, 2021

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Mail-Artist since:: 2011

My Website (without http://):: http://tofuart.com

Why I am involved in Mail-Art:: I appreciate thoughtful and creative mail art and enjoy making and sending it. Please note, if you wish to include me in any add-n-pass projects, please make sure they are something with a theme and not simply an excuse to mail flotsam and jetsam around the world. I have receive too many add-n-passes that feel like old fashioned chain letters. When those arrive, I am no longer adding and/or passing.

My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail): PO Box 170681
San Francisco, CA 94117

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New UK Cat Stamps

Posted on June 21, 2022 at 6:26pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites

I hope I get some mail art from the UK with these.

https://www.collectgbstamps.co.uk/explore/issues/?issue=23103

Mail Art Book #1

Posted on June 20, 2022 at 8:36pm 0 Comments 5 Favorites

There is a finite amount of space in my archive boxes, but I strive to save all the mail art I receive. Many artists include various ephemera, stickers, and other materials with their mail art. Things I might use in pieces I create myself. Many of the envelopes are works of art in themselves. Starting in January 2020 I began to use much of this material for a new artist book. I repurposed a large…

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Painting and Mailing the Oaks

Posted on June 13, 2022 at 8:27pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites

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Juggling Mail Art

Posted on June 5, 2022 at 8:00pm 0 Comments 3 Favorites

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At 12:50pm on November 15, 2021, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…: Thank you, Tofu!

arrived Friday 12 Nov.2021!

At 9:51am on April 5, 2021, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…: Thank you, Tofu...OX arrived in time for Easter :-)

see the blog:

Year of the OX from ToFu

At 9:33am on April 5, 2021, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…: Thank you,Tofu...the OX has arrived in time for Easter!

Ah, the joys of USPS in this Covid Era :-)

xxx Katerina

At 7:16pm on October 22, 2020, Sabela Baña said…: Thanks Tofu

At 8:50am on November 23, 2019, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

At 8:49am on November 23, 2019, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…: Found a few very old aerogrammes that I used to send from Istanbul and from Greece,"back-in-the-days".

So a few on their way to you, perhaps they were the earliest form of my "mail art", as there were no greeting cards to be bought back then, so I had to decorate aerogrammes!:

Thanks for the memories :-)

At 5:33pm on November 21, 2018, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

Thank you!

Hope you enjoyed your travels in Mexico!

see the blog:

Hot time in Mexico from ToFu

At 9:41am on May 11, 2018, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

Beautiful BLUE!

Thank you so much,

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BLUE from Tofu!

At 3:22pm on March 4, 2018, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

Woof!

Many thanks:

Year of the Dog from TOFU

At 9:18am on October 25, 2017, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…

Thank you, Tofu...'lovin' the ATCs, fantastic colors!

something on its way to you soon.

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Halloween skeleton from TOFU!

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