August 2016 Blog Posts (157)

Always intrigued with Theo's wonderful artistamps,

but this time he sent an original card...CLOUDS!!!

Big…

One of Rebecca Guy Ver's amazing pastoral quilted drawings, possible comment on Brexit. The backside is a Paul Klee-like dance of zippered leatherette. Thank you, Rebecca.

A postcard of textured banners with a somber undertone from…

Dreaming of Venice?

Thank you,…

This is rare and a real honor, seldom in the mail,

Horst Baur sent this card from Red China...and Changsha region:…

Always good to see Viviana in the mail! Happy Mail:

And a lovely collage inside too, with a piece if security envie:…

Well, we could ponder on that question... and on the reverse an atmospheric watercolour.

This one is delightful - and haunting. Thank you. Sorry for the mix-up. It was the legs on the envelope that fooled me. See you soon in the…

message received with gratitude

Page one of an unmistakable frank smith book - minimalist, to the point and calm. Thank you. See you soon/eventually in the post :>)

My creative offspring have done a book together. It'll be out in the spring of 2017 (but can be pre-ordered on Amazon!)

This is a result of the successful Creative Sprint project, which you can be a part of, if you'd like. I'd recommend it highly. I've participated and it's great fun. It's free. You just have to sign-up for the daily prompts. It starts in October of…

Here is a gallery of some of the wonderful, amazing mail art that has hit my mailbox recently...

Jack of Cascadia Artpost has been generous to me this summer. This is the second in a series that I have received from Jack titled "Commodity Civilization," with some pretty astonishing collage work, and some of the most genius artistamps I've…

I'm a bit tardy adding my shower of applause that is deserved of Gina Ulgen for her magnificent Shakespearean mailing. What was it that Shakespeare said about lateness?

"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."

Oh...wait. That doesn't really describe me. I'm definitely a minute (or more) late with…

I saw these beauties in the photo gallery when Dorina has posted them, and was verily impressed with them. And sweetness that she is, she gifted them to me through the mail. They are just as astonishing and lovely in person.

I had not realized, however, that they were REVERSIBLE! And on the flip side of each piece was a complete other…

Mail art by IUOMA member Annette Kesterson (San Francisco, California, USA)

August 28, 2016 - I certainly have come to look forward to dispatches from correspondent Annette Kesterson in San Francisco. Along with work received…

Interesting postcard from Carina..frightful comics from Suomi, with a"window"

Put that in your pipe and smoke it…

"EBO ART"? This colorful-paged boekie arrived in Greece:

"E Aquilo mesmo"...it's the same?

"Tem golpe todo…

A packet full of TLPS (Tacky Little Pamphlets)

Many more of the MOO! Thank you, need these.

And a few added surprises: RED!…

Jan a super piece...I love the flow that the threads bring....

thank you so much Jan *!*