April 2011 Blog Posts (245)

A lame title for this blog, sorry about that, it doesn't match the fabness of the card. My brain is not functioning properly these days, if…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany)

April 11, 2011 - Erni Baer and I have been friends for what seems like a long time. We have exchanged different types of mail-art. This is the first time I have received…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Katerina Nikoltsou (Thessaloniki, Greece)

April 11, 2011 - Katerina Nikoltsou is a prolific mail-artist. I have been receiving tremendous asemic and haptic work from her regularly as well as…

The Sketchbook Project

I have a book in this and perhaps some of you do too!  If you're in the U.S. check out the travel for this exhibit...if it's coming near you, go see!  Ask to see my book ... I'll get an email telling me you did!

Thx!

Nikki Soppelsa

Just found it this morning, I like it a lot.

* - New radioactive leaks are now very unlikey

 - Oh, finally some good news!

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A great card from Heather today..... all black and white with a diagram carefully drawn by Heather. Is it a computer chip? No. Is it an architectural plan? No. Is it an asemic map? Who can tell. Maybe the barcode stuck onto it has the answer?

The Latin botanical names may be the clue..... Thanks for the puzzle Heather!

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This beautiful handmade Japanese envelope is an artwork in itself, I didnt want to open it, but after carefully cutting the top open I found this very fragile piece of handmade paper inside, Marie says it is about her state of mind....Marie has stuck sand onto it, and a shred of japanese newspaper. This work says so little, yet SO MUCH. Thankyou Marie for sharing your state of mind. I see with horror on the news the continuing earthquakes, it must be terrifying for you, so I continue to keep…

What a fluffy ball of fur this Daisy, so cute! Angie, I don't know what you're talking about, she doesn't look a thing like a monkey :-)) I was wondering, does she have special skills like Snooker the amazing mail art dog? Is she also a canis scannus? This soft nuzzle is oh so welcome, thank you so much Angie!

(sorry for this unnecessarily dusty scan)

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This work from the author RSBz, but no address.

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This is a Sand Book, only 7cm square, about 3 inches. It is part of a project/event that Marcela in Argentina is having in May. From "Sand Book" discussion at Haptic group, Marcela writes that she will:

"...be making a Sand Book by the Paraná River, at Rosario´s public beach in May.There´s a Perfomance meeting 5, 6 and 7 th May and I´ll be writting along the riverside…

New cards from Atte, and I'm still at a loss. Have been scratching my head all day :-)) Thanks for playing the game Atte!

(does anyone know Atte's snail mail?)

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