May 2013 Blog Posts (244)

Cristina kindly sent me the little altered prayer card which she offered a little while ago. Prayer cards have a long history and most likely are the predecessors of more modern collectables, like baseball cards. I love this little image of the Mother Godess, who is said to have appeared to three children in Fatima. Following my new and…

collage pieces made from flashcards and a white gelly roll. 

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Beautiful creation from Heleen,

....the envelope:

and its stamp...

she used the pattern from my "butterfly" eraser stamp.…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Jen Staggs (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)

May 10, 20…

From Vienna comes a great IUOMA-25 Years envelope and instructions to make Fan Club art!!! Yay!

xxJones' stamps are perfect for a future IUOMA background, yes indeed:…

Swiss BLUE!

And LOVE!

Big mail art delivery, after the Greek Easter holidays.

And TWO half A4 envelopes from Janine in Switzerland. Wow!

The BLUE collage is stunning with relief details and just wonderful:…

Cristina sends many aliens on her A4 envelope,

and inside ...TWO wonderfully splashed painted papers!…

Well...Yestarday was a big day for me. Because we had the opening of our first MAİL ART EXHIBITION in our gallery. Everything went perfect. So here are some impressions from the camera of our dear friend and host Meral Agar. She has been the engine behind all this organization. So, thanks to her!!! 

...the following people for the Great Mail Art they have kindly sent me (with apologies for this being collective, but I'll never get round to thank everyone individually and properly, so my excuses).....

* Nico van Hoorn & the Altijd Nijmegen Radical Phone Box Collective

* Ti Ar Raden & the Martinique Beach Side Phone Box Crew

* Mute Sound 4 the Spanish Phone Card (it didn't work in France -- nor did the Last Surviving Phone Box I found)

* Carlule…

Mail-art by Grigori Antonin (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

May 8, 2013 - The great Grigori Antonin of Minnesota USA kindly sent me one of his iconic Off Scene Akademie…

I do not know who sent me the scannerpo from Amsterdam and I know it's not from XX Jones.  So thank you XXXX. Rebecca is on fire with these trashquilts made of a beautiful array of melted plastic bags. I don't know how she does it, but these just get better and…

This appeared in the post along with 2 postcrossing postcards which is bonus I only get the same amount to ones sent. it's complicated I'm aiming for 25 so I can send more. I wish they would appreciate handmade postcards.

The envelope, ATC and goodies is from Judy Stariscik, she makes a good use of washi tape and matches the stamped zig zag wave. I'll send something…

Yesterday I received this JOYful card from Suus-in-Mokum in "my" current colours, Pink-Red-Yellow-Orange (see http://wimpletproy.blogspot.de/)…

Not that any Mail Artist needs a template, that I know for sure, but there's one that someone you might know might like. Check out this post for a template to download.

Skull Appreciation Day 2013

Mim

Greetings from Portugal,

COMA mail art collective, would like to invite you to be part of the second Mail Art Call organize by us, here is the information for this new event:

THEME: THE BULL, MAN AND THE MYTH…

I make my own envelopes from anything I can find magazines, flyers and leaflets. If I get more time I often decorate them.

This is was a few days ago and feels like more of crafter's style with eclectic and touch of distress. In saying this I haven't received a richly decorated envelope from crafters. I find that Mail artist have abstract, minimalist style yet full of…