January 2011 Blog Posts (189)

Great synthesis Stefano ! The blue horse art…

i received this delightful card from Katerina Nikoltsu today, my first from Greece.

you will observe that the stamp on the left side of the card bears the message "JAN 21 2011". you will also note the motif of straight lines, made curvy on that same left side. the opposite side gives greetings for the Chinese New Year, year of the rabbit.

very…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

January 17, 2011 - Karen Champlin has done a stunning new series of postcard-size asemic letters with stamp images, and I was very pleased to receive this…

I just received this in this afternoon's mail from  Michalis Kotsaris

It's a monotype print and it's so lovely that I can't stop looking at it! …

Camel sent one of his cut out tags to Angie to complete. You may not be able to see it but the tag is attached by a strand of Camel's hair!  So I guess he will be walking around with a big bald spot in the middle of his head for a while. Now that's dedication to art!!!!…

Mail Art received 13th January 2010

You know, I dont know how she does it!  That Jen ACTUALLY gets her envelopes to my door!  In real life, here, these excellents would NEVER make it.  So I'm guessing she has some sort of enveloped control?

Jens distinctive, well made, thoughtful work is always a real pleasure to receive.  1913. That was long ago. That was First…

Mail Art received second week January 2011.

This is the first mail art I have received from Lancilotto Bellini - of Recycling Art fame.  How glad I am it is for the World is a Town project.

May I just quote you some words by T.S. Elliot?

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock  

There will be time, there will be time

To prepare a…

Mail art call.

Until May 15th, 2011: Flying Carpets

Size A4 maximum
Free style and technique
Visual documentation on the blog."atelierpostal.over-blog.com"

This week I got a bit richer. Grigori sent me these very colorful Fluxus Bucks. I had to check out what they actually are, and found a whole world of arty bucks. As you probably know there is a group dedicated to them on IUOMA and hosted by Ruud Janssen, check it out here. These seem to be from Julie Jefferies aka. ex posto facto, miss Fluxus Bucks herself. A couple of them seem pretty "done", I might send them back to…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Test Tower (Centralia, Washington, USA)

January 15, 2011 - New IUOMA friend Test Tower sent me a spectacular package to start our first mail-art exchange. As you can see above, the reverse…