June 2017 Blog Posts (189)

Someone in Seattle was kind enough to send me this elaborate overlaid series of drawings plus an angry rabbit. There's a lot to parse here so I gave the viewer three baselines to choose from. Thank you, kind stranger.

Meeah of Brooklyn and points west sent me this droll comic a long time ago but its message is evergreen.  Thank you, Meeah. (I've got a few ideas I'd like to bounce off your Dad when he has a moment).

Eric found the perfect paper bag to send me.

Keith scored a Hermes 2000, a Swiss-made typewriter circa 1952. Some historical background:

In 1952, Hermes came out with the 2000 model which was a black, glossy typewriter with ubiquitous round keys. The Hermes model 2000 was considered to be the absolute best of the immediate post-war typewriters, and the best looking. Later iterations of…

Carina of Petsmo sent me these helpful suggestions in case we are attacked by a large green monster. So far, "Buy a Finnish Dictionary" sounds like the solid winner though "Eat some cake" is also appealing. I will mull my options. Thank you, Carina.

Thick "trashpo" card from F. Schneider arrived in Greece...

Rare old "Jugoslavija" postage!...highly "confidential" :…

Peaches and summer colors,

Esther creates  a beautiful printed card.

...with the words of the Greek…

The Keys Family Acrobats sent me this game that is sure to catch on (once we assemble all the pieces. Still missing: the Scottie and the Lead Pipe). The premise is simple: Find the outcast in this grouping. Central to that task is the Googlie MandEYEla, (demonstrated below by certified Googlie Eye Handler Fred X ((not his real name)) ). Unfortunately, in the…

A Trump in a Box...less said about him the better for our purposes...but here the artistry is mingled with craftsmanship in a way that communicates sincerity of belief and, in true to life fashion, the T in the Box lies dumbly upon opening. Alicia was kind enough to dismantle the digital sound chip but I'm told…

From the catalog essay by Mikal Fobgrist:

No one does Bar Code art like a Lad in Seine (ALIS). No one has the patience, the fortitude, the drive, the moxie, to nail Bar Code art to the wall and let it sit there wriggling and gasping for breath. No one but a lad in Seine. (cue echoing trumpet solo from Patton).

Just to be…

Mail art by IUOMA member Gin (Knoxville, Tennessee, USA)

June 12. 2017 - Over several years, Gin has become a wonderful correspondent via snail mail and online. Her respites from the Eternal Network are lamented by all. Her…

A striking Sephora bag from Eric, with a stunning Chagall stamp.

Little known Kinks/Ray Johnson collaboration! sent by Kosmo Vinyl

Thanks Sky City!

Wise owl in beautiful BLUE...

brought a packet full of goodies from Heleen de Vaan!

Envelope has nice pics…

Have to fill this in to let Heleen know what I think of her latest sending.…