July 2014 Blog Posts (220)

I got lucky in the lottery at GRO and am now on the Annual Box Show list until I ask them to take me off.  Woohoo!  I love Box Shows!  

I finished my first box for the show (opening will be on August 3rd) and will take it over to the gallery tomorrow.  I really like how it has turned out and, if no one else buys it, I certainly will.  The annual Box Show is a fundraiser for the gallery so the boxes are bid on over a 6 week period.

Here's an image of my box - Blue Forest…

Envelope full of good things arrived from Vittore! This special altered postcard:

...with a special stamp with the two "greats":…

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

July 26, 2014 - Actually, I can’t claim a Victorian DaDa Revival is happening; but this FAB work by Gin makes me feel like a revival in spirit. In my first blog of…

This is side A, but side B is actually the Wild…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Carmela Rizzuto (Sunnyvale, California, USA)

July 26, 2014 - Carmela Rizzuto sent me this gorgeous mail-art. While I am well-aware of the visual arts dimension of the work, I read this primarily…

Vizma asks if the #1000 blog is still celebrating? Definitely!

And 'love her card and message to her TORmentor (me:-)

Vizma has a #1000, too! Congratulations! Yay!…

Always fun to receive stamps made by Alan. These are "minimal" nice!

And also there is an Add 'n Pass from Celestial…

What a fantastic clock!

Beautiful green and painterly effects, too!

"LIBERTY" says she knows Richard…

Almost longer than an A4, this did not fit in the mailbox!

On an old accounting file card, Laurence added a mystical vintage image...and her stamp:…

Lady Van Halback sent this very nice card from Joblin, Missouri USA.

And surely it is entitled to yet another mail art reply!…

Sketchy mail art in my mail box in Thessaloniki from Thomas Brown :-)

Scibble-scribble-scribly face!

And 'love the name: Naterina Kikoltsou ! hahaha!…

Announcing a Mail Art Call for this old building : MALERWINKELHAUS:

Seems it is an inspiration for many artists:…

By far the most minimal mail ART card received in Greece this summer!

well, the other side says something :-) ...and it is ART:…

Breezing in from Wisconsin, comes this card from Matthew Stolte.

Wine from Spain?

And Black Cherry on the…

Is it for the Zodiac? Or another mysterious wheel of fortune?

Maybe the Queen know? Who Made Who?

Val…

Some things just don't fit on one blog:-)

Silky scarf/hankie with little ORANGE mice...

and a little ORANGE mouse (on my BLUE):…

Fantastic orange packet arrived n Greece,

along with an envelope with greetings too, lots of ORANGE from Heleen der Vaan!…

Beautiful deep and dark from Rod Summers,laminated card, so a bit of a shine,

and flip side has a faded receipt me thinks?…

Very nice greetings in black and white,

Breton style from TiAr!

Always a treat to receive mail art from…

You know the famous, mystic shapes and meanderings

and writings... and Atte Ourie's name is always there..

just never an address. So where to send a reply? Nowhere :-(

Or, somewhere in Suomi....with wedding rings :-)…