January 2015 Blog Posts (247)

Seasonal's Greeting. New blog here ->

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Redgreene (Oakland, California, USA)

January 4, 2015 - I am not ready to declare officially a West Coast Mail-Art Renaissance (perhaps the Oakland Renaissance?), but I am thrilled – on the…

...to the following mail artists (I hope I haven't forgotten anyone)

It feels like I'm giving a new years list of honours! Mail art very gratefully received and I will get to work play soon.

The final version of The River.

There were a number of challenges with this piece including dilemmas surrounding negative space, compositional strength and decisive shapes. However, these were offset by the use atmosphere and narrative.

The Album,…

Investigative drawing has begun for a new composition, based on The River. It will be a charcoal drawing of a fisherman on the banks of the River Kennet. I will create the atmosphere of a cathedral from the overhanging greenery of the trees on the banks, which will be reflected in the water of the river. The figure of a fisherman will be back lit so that a halo of…

This drawing took three two hour sessions to complete, three times longer than my usual projects. The results are stunning. I have finally achieved a drawing that works like a painting. I used tone to express the relationships between shapes. Darker tones draw the viewer into the painting and utilise the rules of perspective. Mid-tones were used to create atmosphere…

 got a lot done before breakfast to day . . . maybe i will skip breakfast and go straight to lunch . . . .…

More holiday mail art, and I'm lovin' it!

Stamped evergreens on the envelope...

and on this lovely card:…

Giannis Stamenitis does live on the far opposite West Side of Thessaloniki,

while MomKat in Harilaou is Far East.

So we have to mail art in-the-mail :-)…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

January 3, 2015 - I am absolutely thrilled to venture into 2015 sharing this FAB package of mail-art from Joey Patrickt.…

The first new stamps are made and sent into the network:…

Even on the envelope, Bill painted a nice image:

and inside, a fantastic landscape card:…

What a nice surprise to see Zombie Kitty (Santa)! Scratch..meow

Louise Kiner in Canada sent this happy mail art greeting:…

Kim sends an elegant card and envelope, simple, minimal...

lovely ...with "sheep" for the New Year 2015.…

David Dellafiora from Australia sends holiday greetings

with the latest edition of WIPE:

Here are a few of…

The website for “Infiltrating the Library System - Bookmarks XII” went live this month to accompany the touring exhibition. The images work particularly well on a mobile. The exhibition kicks-off in Bergen, Norway and goes on to visit Scotland, Canada, the US and Australia. There is a write up of the exhibition in the September and October editions of The Book Arts Newsletter