April 2011 Blog Posts (245)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Helder Coelho Dias (Coruche, Portugal)

April 20, 2011 - Portugal is producing some interesting visual poetry and asemics these days, thanks to the efforts of Eduardo Cardoso, Bruno Neiva,…

Also got this amazing envelope full of ephemera. there were old stamps, collage papers, a mini oragami crane and tapeless oragami envelope.  Wanda Dean is a new member and I'm so glad I found her here…

I'm in love with IUOMA! I'm in love with David…

VMH himself! ANd this is good stuff.

I have to confess, nobody I had ever heard about has ever before been the fortunate recipient of such a fun, frolicsome bit of flotsam.

Dig this: It's a MENU. So fun and interesting, and artful all the way around.

Thank You, Val, for this lovely, inspiring and surprising extra. I really needed this little…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Austin Wills James (Dallas, Texas, USA)

April 19, 2011 - This recent piece from Austin Wills James (one of two received) seems to be a departure from his music-inspired pieces. He also does…

So I came to realize that I was running out of room on my french memory board that I made to show off the cool art I have received.

So I decided to make my own Mail Art Journal, using one sheet of 22 inches by 30 inches sheet of water color paper and converting it into a 8 by 10 journal with 16 pages. The idea came from Teesha Mores web site on how to create a journal like that. It turned out really nice.

Sent to the Mail Artist Gabby Cooksey (Colombus, Ohio  -U.S.A.)

{Acrylic, Permanent ink and Collage on advertising old posters; 10.5x15cm; 2011}

For a better view of the Mail Art visit the link below:…

New work received today from Pietro Romano Matarrese, Italy!  To see this work, "After the Fire" - a unique piece done with lemon juice on paper - and all of the other submissions to the project, visit the blog here: 

12-12-12 End of the World…

is a project proposed by Thierry Tillier. Charleroi is a major industrial town in the Walloon (French) part of Belgium. I should correct this and change the "is" in "was". It's an industrial graveyard in fact, with high unemployment and huge crime statistics. Okay, not everything is bad but compared to other cities in Belgium it's quite nightmarih (my comments, GV)

Free size and medium. Deadline is May 20, 2011. So hurry with your contributions if you are…

Jen asked me a VERY difficult question last year.  That was to write to her about the processes I use in my work.  My  reward – this boekie. And a Key. 

A key to unlock Jen’s block.  The very kind note reads “Dear Cheryl, Here is a wee boekie you inspired me to make – the quotes are from your letter about your processes.  Thank you for helping me out of my…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Stephanie Blake (Huntsville, Alabama, USA)

April 18, 2011 - Stephanie Blake sent me a sewn, mail-art collage. A dozen different images are juxtaposed on this postcard size work and the same amount on…

I received this very nice piece of photo-poetry from Natercia Tomé. I believe she is not a member of IUOMA but she has a great collection of cards on her blog les folles enveloppes. She also has an ongoing mail art call about windows, so if you are a window aficionado you can send her your favorite one. I really like her choice of (her own) photos for this card, conceptual and leaving a lot to the imagination.

Thank you…

I want to introduce Dr. Keene Japanologist at Harverd Unversity decided to be a Japanese citizen. He thought that the way he can return the will to Tohoku. I think there are all different ways to encourage Japan at the moment depending on their speciality. Please read more in the link.

Keene on path to Japanese citizenship…