February 2012 Blog Posts (259)

I'm pretty sure that my daughter will now grow up to be a mail artist. She received her first piece from Cheryl the other day, then received a…

GOTIJ, INDEED!!  Some lovely women of South Africa have sent me enough art to roll around in!  No; I wouldn't roll around on it!  But it's plentiful enugh to make me feel spoiled!  Some solo work, and some collaborative...  And amazingly it all of it arrived on the same exact day.  It must have been a plot to overwhelm my ocular senses with artistic delight...

First to suffer the blow of my letter opener was a nice thick envelope from Lesley Magwood Fraser:…

"How?" I ask, "HOW...does she come up with such brilliant, delicate work to send through the mail?" Always so mysterious, so many details to be picked-through... I often want to attach some grandiose meaning or subtext to Marie's work because it so often seems like there is a great Story behind it.  It often feels like a top secret spy document encrypted with shadowy knowledge that will either change or save the world forever...

The relay from Agent 007 containing…

Many fond embraces from beautiful postal friends arrived for the celebration of St. Valentine's Day...

Did those hearts grab your attention?? That was actually a postcard from my Aunt Sally, who regularly sends me creative and unusual postcards... postal surprises must run in the family!

From Pretty Lily Sue, a super beautiful Valentines using…

what's in my mailbox

Lucky Bench for these 3 women. Thanks ARAC

Organization of the 4rth International & Regional Exhibition in Greece 2-22 of May 2012

                                         By the painter Afroditi Karamanli

With intention of establishing a ‘ Gallery of Colors’

On the occasion of the idea to set up an international day of Color on the 2^nd of Mai by the graphic designer Andrea Foudoulidi (in our current grey…

Received this beautiful, vibrant piece from Kerri. she is definately NOT afraid of colors and I admire her bold choices. And I love how she has stamped "Mail Art Loves you"    Thank you…

Need your help, I received this beautiful printing from Frieder a few weeks ago, and I just can't make out what it is. I think it is obvious but I just don't recognize it (like it was on the tip of my tongue, äehm, eye...) Please help. 

Frieder wrote: …

Mail-art by IUOMA member Ptrzia Tic-Tac (Starnberg, Germany); she dedicates the chapter to visual poet Joan Brossa

February 19, 2012 - Every mail-art exchange I have had with Tic-Tac…

Laura, thank you for the "cup of tea"...I LOVE your fantastic cut-outs.... *!*

A wonderful Valentine Card; very touchable with different layers...Thank you Katerina!

Love "the View from Within" .... the paper feels like vellum and is thin and fragile; the words peek out from within the layer of a green wash...You can see where the PO machines took a bite out of the paper as it went through...It kinda adds a third-eye effect...

Thank you Kerri *!*…

Another triple header this week starting with a lovely Valentine from Katerina Nikoltsou....I think this reads Love Again but it could be a Greek word as well. I wish I'd had the time to send out Valentine's this year....maybe next year...Thank you, Katerina...Hope all's well in turbulent Greece.

 Next up: Big Hair from Starnberg...the fabulous Mona Lisa Winehouse from…