July 2012 Blog Posts (233)

Lovely Books and Notebooks!

It is never late to say thanks! :)

Stephanie Blake's work taped on my window, looking at us!

Stephanie has a very orignal style and don't fear various forms and edges of her art work, love it! Thanks Steph.

BREAKING NEWS: Blue godzilla has been seen at Rockefeller Center!!…

There's something about finding priority mail from Finland in your mail box that's terribly exciting. A year ago I would never have dreamed of having any kind of mail from Finland let alone priority mail. But there it is. Carina's Nancy Drewesque illustration with thoughtful query overlay (courtesy of Manya Pletsch of Zurich).

This is the kind of  open-ended…

Love the muted characters with secret maps hidden within...thank you arttower…

this, no. 140, is the other birdie (139 goes with a first-class stamp) to send with a second class stamp for the BBC Radio 4 first-class post vs second-class post experiment...

this one is a mystery...my husband thinks it is a guinea pig!

haha...any ideas?  thank you Susan for this mail art piece *!*

Thank you all. Will blog soon.

Promotional material for MinXus-Lynxus Solar Festival 2012

July 19, 2012 - The MinXus-Lynxus Solar Festival…

Roland Halbritter lives in Germany and continues to be a Mail Artist without being on this website. 

     At first I didn't think that this would be legal, so I checked it out with the European Regulatory Agency who told me I needed to see the European Medicines Agency.  They deal with Scientific guidelines, but also Regulatory and procedural guidance.

     I called; "Mail Art?" they said.  "Oh yes, that would be in Volume 10,256, page…

Here’s a UK postal experiment that I’m going to send two mailart birdies to (139 and tomorrow's 140) ... anyone else want to join in?

You and Yours, BBC Radio 4 would like your help comparing the delivery times of first and second class post. --> http://bbc.in/MsGHrB



We’d like you to send two letters or postcards, one with a first class stamp and one with a second class stamp, to:



You and Yours, Dock House,…

It just so happens that I love mysteries and I love this Nancy Drew piece. The overlay seems to be some kind of tissue paper with Amy's original text on it. A nice ghostly effect. Thanks, neighbor!

"Deceit" by Amy Irwen, USA. I really enjoy Amy's collage stories, she pours love into her work with the help of an imaginative mixed media technique. Thank you Amy!

Humor, strong colors and fine lines are characteristic for Suus in Mokum, the…

Mail Art Show

“Anything Goes — Everything Shows”

 Call for Entries — Deadline September 1, 2012 (postmark)

Artists and (non-artists!) are invited to submit non-returnable artwork for the 7^th annual Anything Goes, Everything Shows mail art show. There is no submission fee. Our mail art show title says it all! ALL submissions will be exhibited in The Courtyard Gallery, from September 15 – Oct 27. Artists are encouraged to demonstrate or explore imagery of any…

wow this guy dean marks is bar-code-crazy. this is fantastic thank you!

a moment in time in the rain caught by claudia mcgill - love it. and close up you can see the brush strokes. thank you claudia.