March 2017 Blog Posts (165)

A collaboration from C. Mehrl Bennett and Maralena Howard.

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Thank you…

Stamps which are almost loose but still in their place... Mail from Paris... 

That must be Dean's!

The stamps were added to an enormous box which had succeeded  to enter my p.o.box. Too big for the scanner, so I show it thanks to 'real…

Hedgehogs and sea lions and cat burglar kitties, OH MY!!!

Carina keeps in touch with late-winter greetings...and animals that the groundhog would only see if he hadn't seen his shadow on Feb. 2nd. But indeed he did, meaning six more weeks of winter weather. In fact...there's a snow storm expected to roll in here tomorrow dumping another 6 inches…

As soon as Fiorentina Giannotta came onto the scene of IUOMA, I knew I needed to make supplication for her mail art. I LOVE her portraits...so much color, so much detail, so much whimsy, so many layers of texture... look how she fills the space of her canvas in the piece to the right. And the historical vestments and hair wigs, etcetera, all add to a sense of…

Shelly Tracy sent just what I need (for the next three weeks)...

a good working, beautifully BLUE hand!

She is making a CIRCLE - chain of hands around the world!

Lovely printing and colors:…

One came flying...

another is Spiderman...

and here is Super Super Ipad Dave...

Very dynamic all…

Super-cool Kosmo "Klassical" Vinyl art arrived today--love it!  Thank you! 

Bewaren

Mail art by IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

March 29, 2017 - The volume of mail and considerable time duration involved in the Karnival of Trash meant sidelining some other interesting trends, such as the…

Thanks Bonnie for the very cool birdy, Love it! and the nice note

A fantastic envelope sent from France, made from a paper bag bought in an art shop in Australia.

The USPS Lunar New Year of the Rooster stamp is the 10th in a series by the artist Kam Mak. I really like the series which focuses on different aspects of this celebration, although it has been criticized for not featuring the zodiac animals more prominently.



You can't really say that about this year's stamp, as a rooster on a red hongbao is the main focus. There's also a gold rooster top right.



Here's one on a…

...have glue, scissors...will travel! (and she never ages)

Now for a "fly-in-the-soup"...or maybe it's tea?…

in CUBA! olέ

with a rooster sending greetings,

and a fine view of the famous square right where Fidel…

Mail art by IUOMA member Karalie Vest (Molalla, Oregon, USA)

 March 27, 2017 - After the long ride of the Karnival of Trash there is a certain homecoming feel to resuming "normal" posting. Familiarity sometimes comes as a…

Large envelope arrived in Greece,

and inside:

a beautiful vintage paper with fine penmanship of 'yore...…