January 2011 Blog Posts (189)

For The Love of Cats - Mail Art

Not to be forgotten and much much to do!  I have many pieces to scan and get up on the blog ... but wanted to

thank those who contributed and to let you know there is a little pile next to the computer that needs revealing!

Thanks everyone ... keep em comin'  !…

This little piece initially had me stumped.  It measures 5" x 3.5" and I was scared to try to open it.  So I carefully cut the tape holding it closed and got one end open. 

Inside I found this adorable little monster yelling HEY and on the other side this fluffy little sheep.  

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New Haptic envelope and collage from Erni has arrived in Greece and they are both full of wondrous areas for exploration!

a very dizzy mail deliveryman brought this packet yesterday...amazing images! and we all

know that Erni is really a lovable guy!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Valentine Mark Herman (SigeaN, France)

January 12, 2010 - Still digging out from the avalanche of holiday mail, I was pleased to find this large post-card size piece from Val. He is a…

That was delightful Number 1...when Marilyn interfered ;-)

Then came the PUZZLE...scramble...complexity...choices...THANK YOU for this…

My scanner be damned again, I don't think you can fully appreciate the textures of this card, unfortunately. This is the second mail I was lucky to receive from Angie and Co, and if I'm not mistaken it is a "give what you get" in answer to my…

THIS IS EXCITING!

Austin has sent me many works over the last several months.  He developed a beautiful signature style that is all his.

But I received a piece yesterday from Austin and it blew my feeble mind!  A rainbow of high intensity colors all mixing together!

And the piece has scrawled across it (with bright orange), "PAY ATTENTION".  The whole piece is alive and pulsating.

I love this path your on Austin.  Yes, I promise to PAY ATTENTION.  Thanks much…

Thank you Angie for your lovely Mailart!…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois)

January 11, 2011 - After her meteoric rise to success in mail-art with the controversial Roadkill Club, Diane Keys became concerned she was a one hit wonder.…

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Mail Art received first week January 2011.

So here's the thing.  You DONT want to meet a chrysalis like this.  But, whats the point of a pupa? To change -  to move from one form to another. In Julian's World Town I'm guessing that people could be born in Pupa's :-)  And, living in Africa means I get an immediate connection to masks. This takes me to Picasso's 1906/07 period too, where he was influenced by African masks and Iberian sculpture. Julian is America, and Picasso was Spanish…

I took some step-by-step photos of my painting/drawing process for Mailart piece #017. I thought I'd share them here.

I started with tracing paper over a photo. I knew I wanted three different colors: a pale brown, a darker brown, and blue for the sky. I drew the borderlines that would delineate each area.…

An envelope with the Art Nation stamp is always a promise of something mind blowing, and I think this is one of Karen's very best. A simple cardboard offcut turned into the most beautiful piece of art. Well, I don't think it happened just like…

I received this beautiful complex piece from Angie.  It's a real gift.  Took a lot of work...and love.  Thank you Angie!

Here's the 3 layers.…