June 2014 Blog Posts (204)

Great envelope, great contents.  Thank you!…

05.06.14 Dare Ms. Diane K., That stuff that fills the plastic bubbles is called "Trash Champagne." Sin sincerely, Richard Canard

David Stafford need not sign his name anywhere, no return address,

we know who does this :-) Always great humor!!!

And a fun card inside, too:…

This lovely envelope was waiting in the mailbox as I returned to Greece.

And inside, another watercolor art piece by Bill Porter:…

Meow! RED cat on beautiful BLUE! Çok güzel !

Always a joy to see something from Istanbul in the mailbox!

Meral does fascinating art,

and has a very active group of mail artists in Istanbul : "Arts-In"…

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Also in my mail box as I returned to Greece, Fike sends fractals:

...like "diamonds"!

So happy to see these…

The paper is sqashed and mashed and crumpled :

and it is absolutely fantastic, Rebecca!

So like the stampings that are added..tea time?

Great texture, great colors!

Thank you so much!…

Received a big beautiful package full of goodies! Only from Claire ;)

Thank you,…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Rebecca Guyver (Cranberry Island, Maine, USA)

June 3, 2014 - Is it a reflection of the global economy? Will mail-art become a pastime only of the affluent due to escalating postal costs? I'm not…

Here is the fantastic veil:

And the instructions and testimonials....

A Thing of Beauty!  Thanks…

                                  INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT 2014  

“I’M A WALNUT TREE.” (*)

(*) Quoted from “Walnut Tree” poem of Nazım Hikmet.

Yes, walnut tree is watching us.  Is looking at what we do,  with a shock in its eyes…

Because….

We doomed our cities to purely concrete squares, treeless streets and soilless parks.

Air is polluted, water is polluted… Fish have gone away; migratory birds are…

Beautiful card arrived in Greece from France, while I was in France!

Just gotta love the elegance of the writing!

Richard sends some Dali "hot time":…

Once upon a time I did try to send mail art to H.S.H. Harley...

So happy to see that something super-colorful has arrived in Greece from this very special place!

and now I can gladly reply ...summer TIME soon!…

From Argentina comes these amazing stampings by Claudia

These are A4 in size and full of wonderful rhythm and movement.

This one with letters that float and turn about...

A second sheet has beautiful BLUE stampings with green…

Mail-art (asemic eyeglasses) by IUOMA member meeah williams (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

June 2, 2014 -meeah williams sent me an extraordinary package with an asemic theme that includes designer asemic eyewear,…

Lucky is first, Bob second.

In 2013 the Outsider Art buildings created by Robert Prudhoe [Boinga Bob] attracted the attention of  the Curator of Sydney University’s “Self Taught and Outsider Art Research Collection” [STOARC]   whereby the Boingaology…

Participación en la 2ª Exposición Internacional de Mail Art "Water", realizada en Estambul, Turquía.…