May 2014 Blog Posts (155)

Returning from a month's travel, lots of mail art was awaiting..

but InSeine topped the pile with TEN mail art cards...get ready for a BIG blog :-)

...or better, 10 small blogs?

Here are their stamped dates...and numbers:…

Mudhead & DVS vispo collab received from IUOMA member Chris “Mudhead” Reynolds (Payson, Arizona, USA)

May 29, 2014 - Chris "Mudhead" Reynolds is a visual poet, writer, mail-artist, performance artist and visual artist…

ER och the Blessed Father have teamed up once again to don the world with more humor -

'Censored by Sister Mary' is en samarbete and allt gott!  Thank you!

From an anonymous source in SFO:

Thank…

trans·lu·cent envelopes, 5 in all, covering all the senses with 'thoughts of dandelions'. Gorgeous Claire. Thank you.…

a selfless man, whom/who though down on his luck continues to amuse us with his "forced whimsy".…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Jon Foster (Winston-Salem, North Caroline, USA)

May 27, 2014 - Intrepid correspondent Jon Foster in North Carolina sent me this wonderful example of his ripped-tape collage work: Many thanks! I…

Diane Keys heard I was going through some tough times (It made the Elgin Gazetteer) and so she sent me this piece of toast which she said has helped her through some recent traumas. If you hit your zoom and enhance button you'll plainly see the dim outline of a head. Or the plain outline of a dim head. Anyway, Diane and a few impartial members of her family…

The tables are turned! For once I'm the one searching out an anonymous donor (though I have my suspicions.) This print on fabric was only the cherry on top of a boekie filled with diversions and detours including a list of medications and their dosages, some slides of architectural carnage which may or may not be transmuted into art at a later date, numerous…

PREFIGURATION / Project International 2014

 Some day I'll try a new projekt ...maybe it will be something about FRIENDSHIP and FRIENDS or IUOMA FRIENDS...because friends really egsists...!!!

Thanks a lot Vizma, as allways, nice works from you, dear mail art friend !

Such a nice surprise in my mail-box Dan !

How can you manage your time, my friends !!!???? I have the feeling that time is flying, days are flying and we can't stop them !!!!

I received 3 wonderful ATC's in the mail yesterday from Theo, in a clear plastic sleeve.  The one on the right is entitled, "Silver Octopus Tree V.I.I. Sept. 2010"

Thank you, Theo!

Dadahomeya kits You can find here

Mail-art by IUOMA member Nancy Bell Scott (Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA)

May 25. 2014 - This month I was excited to receive new asemic writing from Nancy Bell Scott in Maine. She has developed her own highly…

I received a lovely piece of Mail Art from Judy and Joey from St. Louis. It had a lengthy interesting note on the reverse but no return address. I feel badly because I can't figure out which Judy this is from. Oh dear. I'd love to respond. Can anyone identify a Judy with Joey dog in St. Louis, USA?

Mail-art by IUOMA member Allegra Sleep (Taos, New Mexico, USA)

(May 23, 2014) - IUOMA members might have already received or seen this piece by artist Allegra Sleep. If not, I am thrilled to share it with you now and to take…

Along with a reminder to send something to Maritime MA, I received two nice notes and a maritime stamp.  The envelopes Rebecca creates continue to be excellent.  Thank you so much, Rebecca!…