June 2012 Blog Posts (224)

Received this great piece from Kerri. The paper feels like canvas. It looks like she created these shapes by blowing the yellow paint as opposed to dripping it. Fantastic and unexpected color scheme. I was also amazed that she sent me this card from Esoteria.…

Beautiful mail art from beautiful Istanbul !

It is like the Tree-of-Life!

Thank you ,…

This lovely card arrived in Greece yesterday from Japan.

Debbie does etegami and this card is an exception,

as it has a historical note about the indigenous people of her island, Hokkaido.

The oral tradition of the Ainu is…

Aus Hamburg! Double sided Mail Art. Erni, where do you find these interesting pictures with jumping/floating people? Thank you…

A beautiful (as always) card from Kerri Pullo.  I just love the subtle textures and colors in this one - with the splash of white violating (what I interpret as) a peaceful desert night - almost like it's jumping in front of the camera waving its "arms" and shouting "see me...I'm here - right here!!!"

I have these little snippets of occurances going on in my head sometimes...…

Nancy Bell Scott! Unbelivable!!

Nancy wrote that she put this together by gathering ephemera in her study during an hour, punching a hole in it and putting a rope through it. Supergreat one-hour-art, Nancy, I LOVE…

Diane Keys sent this trashboekie with a theme: beast, animals, goats, lions, catfish - hard to believe what she creates out of trash. Thank you, Diane, that's very special for the animal-loving Svenja!!…

Another great piece from Guido. I have been studying his Mail Art and it is still a mysterie how he does it. This piece is called 'A cascade of dreams ending in a Dutch poem'. In the dream Guido is looking for his cats... in colour.

Thank you Guido.

Mink of the Tangerine Oncoming by De Villo Sloan. How delightfully scrambled shades of red can warble  when mixed with a kind of pulp-fiction old movie poster and garrulous words. Free Verse in action.

Somehow, I’m going with Christopher Smart and a turn at Mr Potters asylum and a change from curable to incurable.  I know I may be talking in code, but this is…

ART OF MOVEMENT project

is a project on the relations between art, movement and space.

Free medium. Postcard size creations. Deadline is August 25, 2012.

Street exhibition will happen in September.

Mail contributions to

Adriana Cordero - Colabortorio Arte…

MYSTIC ECONOMY

is a challenging project to reflect on the relations between men, labor, the economy, nature, the spiritual and the divine.

Free medium. Maximum size is 25 X 30 cm.

Letters on that topic also welcome.

Deadline is 15 September 2012.

Mail to SPAZIO STUDIO, Mystic economy, attn of Patrizia Gioia, Via Paolo Lomazzo 13, Milano, 20154 ITALY.

Inspired by DK's recent trashpo videos and the discussion which broke out on my previous blog post, Oh! For the Love of Trash! (which can be found here: http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/oh-for-the-love-of-trash?xg_source=activity) Moo and I set out to see what we could discover of the remains of an old trash pit out…

This really takes me back to childhood. I always loved scratch paper and Claudia has made her own. Love this piece-thank you Claudia! And it has legs, but isn't a chair!

Mixed Media Mail Art from Claudia! I love it and the chairs really give depth to the piece of art. Thank you…

years ago as i've just been wrecked at Global Village i designed this city gossips trashcan , i rediscover  today

Svenja Wahl and I have been sending this collage back and forth, adding this and that.  I'll be sending this your way soon, Svenja!

Theresa sent me this amazing fan - "Fan of Ray" (Ray Johnson).

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Some of you may be familiar with artilkeart's Simon Warren - Release the Birds Project. This is the 4-color flyer that she put together - everyone who took part in the project got one.  THANK YOU ARTLIKEART!

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What a surprise! MailArt from MailArtist that I don't know yet. Mim4Art sent a collage with a US Postal Service Certified Mail Receipt. Sounds very important, thank you Mim. Jon also sent a beautiful collage with a rather sad little boy, I think. Thank you…