February 2015 Blog Posts (198)

Anyone else getting little question marks instead of the photos? I can't seem to upload any - is it my laptop or is something funny going on?

Mail-art by IUOMA member The Blessed Father (San Diego, California, USA)

February 4, 2015 - One wing of mail-art involves not simply mailing envelopes and cards but sending a wide array of materials through the postal system to…

Rich and Beautiful Pieces all with Matthews unique style...from stamping to color to hand cut paper collage..

PostCard..."Boca Real Meat"

work on a Small Paper Bag...SUPER!

and "Fish Souffle" on a larger piece of brown paper...it was too big…

Two great pieces of art arrived....this paper bag art is something new Matthew is dabbling in...he has room to expand his great collages *!*

beautiful colors and stamping mixed with his fight for the oceans. You know I am a Fan...

this 2nd piece "Verso" is a Postcard regarding the "Mollusk". The colors always work will with the piece..and on the back ... well you…

Oh My! a beautiful Photo PostCard taken by Fleur...iron/glass/sun with an add of her famous photo sticker flowers..."blue Love-in-the-mist"...Super *!*

and next are two ATC that have numerous effects of separate photos...the backgrounds could be pavement, concrete or everything! Her flowers are just exquisite....…

This beautiful photograph by Dan Mouer arrived last week here in Minnesota. With snow all round and the chill in the air, (cool indoors, too!) "Pineapple" is like a beautiful spring day. So fresh! Recuperating from surgery that keeps him off his feet (until he gets a walking cast), Dan has to limit his photography to whatever he can shoot from a limited area -- very limited.…

I you are in LOVE with old Postcards and wonder about the senders and recipients this book will be a treasure. 

thank you TOFU…

Thank you!  I think the back/front fell off - it was blank white with glue marks.

"Every progression begins with the one before"

Mail art from Guido Bondioli from Mesa AZ

I wanted a pencil sharpener and I found the one that can connect on a plastic bottle and put the dust in it while sharpening. Idea eco goods.

Work by unknown mail artist (Richmond, Virginia, USA)

February 4, 2015 - Lately, it seems, I have been dealing with a greater than average number of mail-art mysteries. Some of it, I contend, has resulted from Meeah…

It is fun making collaborative Tacking-Little-Pamphlets (TLPs) with the Bennetts.

I paint the BLUE, and they do some FAB vispo and additions,

This is by C. Mehrl Bennett: "Singing the Blues"…

It is my BLUE ( perhaps "turquoise"?) and it is John's VisPo! "SOT"?

John did another fantastic TLP (Tacking Little Pamphlet) with my painted paper

and sent several copies, so I may mail out to those who wish a little boekie…

Greetings from FLORIDA! (literally, from just around the corner)

This was sent by TicTac, and it is fantastic catalog by Tiziana Baracchi and Giancarlo Da Lio.

The Cavellini (1914-2014) Exhibit was held in Venice ... "Biennale", 2014.

and here are the contributors :…

Her envelope always full of great stamps and stampings!

...this clever little Banana Artistamp too:…

A lovely BLUE canvass "mail process art" arrived from Bruno, in a small translucent envie,

Very haptic and interesting...fabric and staples...…