February 2023 Blog Posts (327)

Mardi Gras from Kathy Barnett

...and in Greece, we begin celebrating this week!

Cute doggies on the envelope ready for "Carnivale" until March 6th.

Kathy sent one of her super special "kinetic" creatures,

a fun CAT,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 17, 2023 at 10:11am — No Comments

Fine Art in BLUE from Karen Champlin

What a joy to see Karen in the mail again,

Fabulous collage cards,

with vintage bits and pieces.

"Nothing" but fine work:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 17, 2023 at 10:10am — No Comments

Letter arrives 105 years after being posted (extracts from an article in today's Times [of London])

How late has your post been recently? A few days? Weeks? Maybe a month? Strike action may be causing significant delays at present, but they are nothing compared to the time taken for one letter to make it from Bath to Crystal Palace which has finally arrived 105 years after it was posted.

It was originally sent by a Christabel Mennell, who seemed to be racked by guilt and wished to…

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Added by Valentine Mark Herman on February 17, 2023 at 8:40am — 4 Comments

From Italy mail art arrives "fast"!

In B. C. times (Before Covid),mail fromEurope arrived in 48 hours, ;-)

now it is "fast" if it comes in 10 days, sigh, here from Solamito in Italy,

Mail art does eventually arrive, and always a…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 17, 2023 at 7:25am — No Comments

Margaret Killgallen (b.1967 - d.2001)

I can always see the line waver and I think that's where the beauty is - Margaret Killgallen

Added by CtlAltDel on February 16, 2023 at 11:00pm — No Comments

All the way from the States of America

By the hand of James Chester:

Thank you

Added by Carien van Hest on February 16, 2023 at 10:21pm — No Comments

Word and Movement / Wort und Bewegung

My artistic challenge today is to make something for the Word and Movement / Wort und Bewegung exhibitions in Tübingen and Stuttgart (Germany). I've been looking at Muybridge photos for inspiration:

Added by CtlAltDel on February 16, 2023 at 8:21pm — 1 Comment

I received mail art of Karen Chew from USA

Added by Sabela Baña on February 16, 2023 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Recibi Revista Circular Ensamblada idea y Elaboracion Alfonso Aguado Ortuño (Mislata-Valencia)

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Added by Sabela Baña on February 16, 2023 at 7:54pm — 2 Comments

found a BEAUTIFUL at least to me Deep Dream at wikipedia

Added by Ficus strangulensis on February 16, 2023 at 4:56pm — 2 Comments

BLUE lake territory form Mim

A map fragment of the lakes in Ontario, Canada,

is a little envelope filled with mail art omens,

like the circle selvage, punched circles, circle cards,

Rothko art, vintage photo! …

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 16, 2023 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Blue flowing from Sonia Eva in Spain

A BLUE mark on the envelope,

and a fabulous collage card with a HEART on the back.

and a poem inside too:…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 16, 2023 at 2:43pm — No Comments

A lot of stuff from the Haddock

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Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on February 16, 2023 at 10:41am — No Comments

Mail art from David Stafford

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Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on February 16, 2023 at 10:39am — 1 Comment

Mail art from Manuel Xio Blanco

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Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on February 16, 2023 at 10:38am — 1 Comment

Artistamps from Snappy

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Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on February 16, 2023 at 10:36am — No Comments

Mail art d'Annick Serpault

Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on February 16, 2023 at 10:35am — No Comments

Returning to Mail Art

First started Mail Art back in the 1980s - well before the Internet. Everything was by snail mail. You'd send off your work into the void and maybe a couple of months later you'd receive a catalogue. As a teenager that was exciting. Now of course connecting is so much easier. And I'm not sure why I haven't reconnected sooner!

Between then and now I graduated from art school, travelled the world, exhibited my work here and there, lived in a shack in the bush of Tasmania with no…

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Added by CtlAltDel on February 16, 2023 at 2:10am — 2 Comments

Incoming today

Thanks to KiKi in Japan and Gerda in Canada!…

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Added by Mim Golub Scalin on February 15, 2023 at 10:34pm — No Comments

I received Circulaire 132 nº 346 from Canada

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Added by Sabela Baña on February 15, 2023 at 10:15pm — No Comments

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