June 2015 Blog Posts (190)

Striking bird tangle - thank you Heleen. 

Isn't this gorgeous? Thank you Tiffany :>)

or is it a canary? either way as Feynman said... "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts..."

Anyway, thank you Gail for the collage which I like very much, especially the collection of bird stamps. See you soon in the post, my friend! …

...peaceful, muted colours on this textile mailart from Lorella - thank you. It's delightful!

Coupons (designed keri smith) received from elena hoang (mailartists and ace-quiller) - thank you elena. There's a lot of wisdom on this card and alsoa very nice watercolour on the other side :>)

On June 12th, 2015... My Grand Niece Taylor Roberts and her friend Zoe Noseworthy, were celebrating Taylor's birthday when a horrible accident happened. An ethanol wickless candle holder exploded and both young girls suffered 3rd degree burns to their upper right and left sides. Both girls were airlifted to the Janeway Children's hospitial in St. John's, where the girls were in induced comas for a few days to deal with the pain until the plastic surgeon could reassess them and prepare for…

 I've always wanted to make one of these but never done it and Katerina has chosen the perfect bag to make the baggie book with!…

Card from Bertha arrived in Greece, too!

Mysterious,"love, bee"...in New York!

as there is a return address...she is wanting mail art replies it seems :-)

Good discussion at Adέlε's blog: …

Mail art by IUOMA member Lucky Pierre (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)

June 16, 2015 - Lucky Pierre sent me this absolutely superb artists book, which has a total of six panels. Above is a detail shot of one page revealing…

So this morning I recieved an envelope from Bertha containing two google search image result print outs. One of Elvis images and one of 50's housewives.

I'm really confused. I can't find her on here but when I search her name she comes up as having sent mail art to others too. However is a print out mail art?

I'm new to all this so would appreciate help & advice as I can't find a way to contact her and don't want to ignore that she made the effort to send…

Here is the Haptic Werewolf, visiting Greece today.

Thought I'd share it so ol' friends can see that the Akademie is going strong!

It is a  tiny package and very well collaged... images on all sides..outside:…

This is not mail art but for painting exchange but I want to share here too because I sent keroko to some mail art friends here...

from @Taziana Baracchi I first thought it was a regular mail art but she said it's for the mail art call. looking at again the mail art bunny sheet has a size of the matchbox.

It's do-it-yourself matchbox design... (^_^)…

Jon Foster sent me this bedazzled Tucker postcard. This effect is great, reminds of a 1960s/70s mashup. This is the kind of thing I am not good at. If I tried it, it would end up looking like a dog's breakfast instead of like this.

I always appreciate people who decorate the other side of their mail art, even though I almost never do…

Mail art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

June 15, 2014 - I have praised Joey Patrickt for his West Coast surrealism in previous blogs. In this posting, I recognize his versatility. He sent me a…