July 2021 Blog Posts (196)

Mail Art from Italy. The artist Giorgio Termignone, who lives in Milan, sent me a postcard-sized abstract work,…

Yay! Kansas postcards for 50 States of USA postcard collection,

as they sing in "OKLAHOMA":

"Everything's up to date in Kansas City

They gone about as fer as they can…

I am involved with an open exhibition, the theme is 'Water'.it will 

be displayed in our local Lavoir (Wash house).

If you would like to participate, please follow the link in this post. would be great to see your postcards. …

Mary Poppins and ...Meow...Khat is here:

with Tales of SNAILs...…

This is documentation from a "CAT" project,

a nice little boekie,…

I thought this was a particularly good distillation of why I like mail art. (We still don't know why it doesn't like me but that's for another day).

this old man once knew how yall were getting images up of what you'd received but i kept putting mine up on photos instead of blogs, so having finally (re)understood the difference in posting a photo & a blog, at least for now i understand how this world works; hence, all might enjoy "NG BEAR" collage by Thea, rec'ed a few weeks back.…

"how the world gets shaped" (a perhaps title) made it across country & I'm glad for it!

...and i got the message. see you in September!

My very first mail was sent to POMO Mail Art Exibithion 2021, Selçuk Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi (Turkey).

Mixed technique: cardboard, hot glue, markers, etc.

Physical exhibition: September 2021. Selçuk Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar Fakültesi, 42130, Selçuklu, Konya /…

The other day we addressed a long term problem with our dripping taps.  They were getting worse - one in particular - in the bathroom hand basin was almost a constant flow - like water torture!   Anyway, we gathered the tools and washers etc. and took the tap apart in a similar manner to the Will's cigarette card depiction here. They are old taps - probably…

Joel Cohen has discovered DADA...

well some time ago, but now spreading the word on stickers, 

and sending other goodies, too!…

A nice TrashPo boekie came from Neil,

fun map pages,…

I thank the artists Justynn Tyme, Susan Weisberg, Thomas Brown, Stephen Rife. Mail Art from the USA!

Justynn Tyme sent me several small watercolour abstractions and a pen drawing (photo 1 - 2).

Susan Weisberg sent a collage of subtle work on the theme of the poem 'A Hand' by Jane Hirshfield. The poem itself is printed on the back of the collage (photos 3 - 5).

Thomas Brown from Baltimore, Maryland, sent me a stamp in several colours; the piece came in the mail as a…