January 2020 Blog Posts (222)

Tofu sends a fun rubber stamped piece and an "Art Fact".



Tiny Whisk sends this…

In (some time ago) from Amalgamated Confusion aka Keith C

Was a day of joy for me last December. I received mail art from Lithuania, Canada, Italia, USA, Germany, Euskadi, Russia, España, Italia. Thanks,

Mindaugas Žuromskas

Anna Banana

Giovanni e Renata Strada

Julie VanBortel Matevish

Lars Schumacher

Mikel Untzilla

Станислав Молодковец

Ferran…

From Zero to Infinity! I received a document from Pier Roberto Bassi certifying my participation in the project. The collage is placed on an endless line under the number 1906...
Pier Roberto, ti sono molto grato!

They are Add/Pass...one came some time ago,

and the latest one is already added to and sent on :-)

Great fun, Thom, Happy 2020,…

FeMail Art...Women in the Post :-)

and also another one to be used often on my mail art, of course:…

Always a "big bunch" of IMAGINE PEACE add 'n pass pages from Moreno,

The SHOZO head originated years ago in Japan,

and spread through the mail art network.…

Kristen Hermanny (Illinois) is another artist I enjoy. I may have mentioned this in an earlier post....Kristen and I were first acquainted on Instagram. I admired her envelope art / decorated covers on that platform, and I became curious about who she sent them too. Kristen is the person who introduced me to IUOMA, and I am so glad she did!…

Mail came from a new correspondent today - Fonda Portales (Idaho).

I glanced at Fonda’s (like Jane) profile page, and it appears that she is new to this IUOMA platform and to mail art. I discovered that she is a collector and curator, so I guess you can say we are kindred souls. Fonda made a card featuring part…

Today I received mail from Sabela Baña (Spain).

I always appreciate Sabela’s art. The envelope contained a whimsical postcard featuring a kitty cat playing with a Christmas ornament. A Christmas tree is in the background. (We no longer have cats in our home, but I certainly remember how they were drawn to the Christmas trees and ornaments. Houseplants were always a target, too! Haha!)

Sabela made two tags / bookmarks for me. The large one (pictured…

On Friday, I was tickled to see on Informed Delivery that something from July Staroscik was on its way to me.   It didn't arrive as scheduled, so I assumed it would show up Saturday.  No Dice!  Today, nothing.  Your MA is MIA.  Ahgh!

Always a joy to see Phil in the mail!

And he sends the strangest of Holiday "animals"! a Llama?

and an octopus ...…