August 2014 Blog Posts (219)

Wonderful envelopes and art from Richard Baudet

The creative beauty on the envelopes!

Each one he sends is…

Presenting a collection of David Stafford of New Mexico with his amazing fashion creations

made from mail art cards I have sent him...thus the House of K. in Thess:…

Going through some ol' archive boxes, I came across these two envelopes/letters

from richard canard in the State of ILLusion (also my Home State: Illinois, USA)

It was a time when richard was not a member here at IUOMA,

but…

From Carina -

A Wonderful packet of art!

...and Spot checking out his reality...

...and, added bonus if I ever need to tie knots while in Finland....…

My friend Christie Green of Radicule asked me a couple of months ago if I wanted to do a show in September (the fifth) in her new gallery. I said sure not remembering that I'm not an artist (in any traditional sense), have nothing to tell people about the topic at hand and in general am…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

August, 3, 2014 - IUOMA members know (some of you correspond with him) that Richard Canard is as generous as he is prolific. In this blog, you see some…

Helen Malone and I have been working collaboratively on a little book of drawings "Chance" which we have just completed. It was inspired by two German artists Ulrike Stoltz and Uta Schneider who work together extensively as USUS. It was their delightful lecture that inspired us to continue in the areas of collaboration. Our collaborative drawings in the book icluded some…

Thanks to one and…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Em (Lakewood, Colorado, USA)

August 2, 2014 - Last week I found this gorgeous, limited edition postcard by Em waiting in my post office box. Em is a veteran mail-artist, and I am familiar with her work…

I received a really great package of stuff from KDJ but I'm going to concentrate on just the photos she sent because they're all of me and I'm extremely Davecentric. No surprise there. Alas, this is not quite the socko thank you that I'd hoped for but it's only my third video.....so next time....

A KDJ…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Pier Roberto Bassi (Castel Mella, Brescia, Italy)

August 1, 2014 - Pier Roberto Bassi is a very active mail-artist (and an IUOMA member) associated with Fluxus. He sent me this great post-card size…

A new mail art twist for me.  Although it maybe a little cheeky, I'll play the game and see where it goes.  My plans are to add something everyday for the next week, and then return it to Jon.

Thank you Jon, Let's play ball !

Although it did cross my mind to…

I have been a mail artist for quite a few years.  I am sadly leaving IOUMA.  There is a certain style of art I usually see here, and a style that I usually receive.  It is a mid century-collage based cut and paste look, which I admire and enjoy, but is NOT what I do.  I just got a comment that said my art was not hand-made, because I started with a print of a watercolor.  This is not a photocopy, and even if it were, who is someone (across the globe, I might add, for which I spent $3 on…

Hi Emily.

Thanks for another unique piece of original work! Love the Tea bag concept and it is most interesting. Yes I am having a creative and fulfilling Summer and hope you are also. Take care!!!

Always Blue, Always You Kat. Thank you for the card and interesting envelope too!!!…

The famous goose is taking a stroll, but this time she is in the Canary Islands.

In the small village of Icod de los Vinos, there is the famous dragon tree which they say is 1000 years old, but it is likely to be only a couple hundred years old.  However a walk in that area is wonderful and the Goose looks happy.

Thank you Sue.  The last I heard was that the city…

Continuing with the last one in the Katerina Nikoltsou series, here is number 10.  OK OK don't get excited.  I know that number 9 has not yet arrived, but mail art life must go on.  This is "No Time" to be waiting around.…