April 2013 Blog Posts (201)

Mail art Received by Jay Block and it makes me consider the graffiti in mail art.…

I lived in Greece : Crete, Mykonos, Athens in the 70s and 80s - we had a design business and hotel in Crete.  I must visit Greece soon!

thanks MomKat!  I will certainly visit Notting Hill - can you tell me your real name and where you live.. and your special interest in this area of London. Yes, I haven't been using this site for a long time....

Always a "special delivery" when mail art arrives from Marie Wintzer in Japan!

...grand mountain...grand wave!

Another hand-made envelope, this one constructed from a Japanese magazine page:

fantastic inside and…

What a great hand-made envelope arrived in Greece from Oz!

...with a few mail art omen gifts from Marie of Japan visiting Oz...and basketball Greek Lover?

What wonderful details, even before I open it!…

My Day Out - I have a request. I am making a bookwork about journeys around London (Zones 1 to 6) and I invite you to send me on a trip to a place that you know, or have memories of, or read about in a  book, heard in a song....Please send the name of the underground station (this is a tube map : http://ning.it/ZNTwaX )and I will visit the place by tube and spend one hour taking photos.  I will then create a bookwork of the place and send you a…

Dean was traveling again, this "Siemens" piece arrived in Greece.

And it is demanding:

"Siemens and ME" ...ha!...Postage from Deutschland:…

I hold in my hand the golden ticket. This is the key to the best mail-art thing like ever, maybe since postage stamps. Probably since postage stamps, at least. Better than boats.

If you say yes to the golden ticket, I will mail you one of these pretty babies giving you a few details about an upcoming mail-art project. I want you to say yes. I want you…

Thank you Douglas! This is the first card I've received through the IUOMA [I'm new here].…

Having moved, my address is now:

Willemien Visser

Fasanenweg 12

261333 Oldenburg

Germany / Deutschland / Allemagne

I have fallen behind blogging all the wonderful mailart I have received. Well what do you know? A mail art rescue helicopter courtesy of XX Jones arrived to sort that all out.

high concept mail art by XX Jones

From left to right:…

Erni sent me this very interesting banana holder.  I just couldn't wait to try it.  With a carrot of course.

And it worked.  I turned a carrot into a zucchini or courgette, it might even be a Cucumber.  I'm not sure, but it's green none-the-less.…

Thanks XX !…

Thanks Erni !…

Another wonderful edition of Guido's ink drawings has arrived in Greece.

There is a listing that accompanies the booklet

and adds to the fascinating art of Guido's portraits

and other subjects. 48 titles and each one a…

Mail-art call: "A wish for Greece"

You are invited to participate in a Mail Art project entitled…

You are invited to participate in a Mail Art project entitled " A wish for Greece". As my country is going through a difficult…

Please take into account that the correct deadline for Mail-art call: "A wish for Greece" is: …