August 2016 Blog Posts (157)

Thank you dear Emily, your works are loved here. They got a temporary exhibition place on my hall . 

And the new one: …

Thank you Liliana for the nice surprise ! 

A very special cat here, too, from Tonipoet :-)

Sitting pretty on that gothic monument!

Yes, we could say that there is a "clock" at its paw...couldn't we?

With a touch of BLUE, on BLUE paper.

Came in a FAB BLUE…

These two, Sheri Rice on the left, David Stanley Aponte on the right, so different, so great. Sheri's piece is very highly textured. All that stuff that looks like lace feels lacey to the touch, and the little piece that says "Dream" is a piece of actual cloth. Lovely. David's piece is paint, I think, on some really nice vintage figure drawings of what might be a train car or…

Another genius wierd naked card from Dean! That reddish thing on the left is some kind of transistor/processor doohickey and it has a big old diamond stuck on it! Doesn't scan very well, unfortunately. But it's shiny! and on the other side, "My Meds from Bangers…

Love love love these ATC's from Finley Union! Great work as always! Hugs! Just as great on the back as on the front. And the little envelope the ATC's came in is…

Isn't this just gorgeous. You have to imagine how the gold shines in the light. It's really like a stained glass window! Thanks Ryusho!

always pithy. Thanks Thomas!

I sent a very sicky sweet ATC starter to Gretchen and Stan -- here, along with an equally sicky sweet kitten PC, is the result! Nice work Gretchen & Stan! And, faboo envelope from Stan!…

I particularly like "we heart...."

He is not inept. He's terrific! Thanks Richard. I heart…

and here are the names: Thanks Ryosuke Cohen!…

Just wanted to say your name twice...

The envelope

Next, the color wheel

And the front and back of the instructions:…

Mail art by IUOMA member Gu (Norwich, Norfolk, UK)

August 21, 2016 - I am absolutely thrilled to share the first Karnival of Trash entry from Britain. Gu is a FAB collage artist known and admired both inside and well beyond…

http://www.diekunterbuntekatzenseite.de/blog/mailart-no-139

http://www.renateblaes.de/blog/water-mailart-nr-61/

First, the cork-popping gumbi-ized front of the envelope. Then, Art-stralia indeed! Sparkles for real! Big package of "real and unreal" postage…

Commodity Civilization IV

Thanks…

Security envelopes come with bills and bank statements...

but are recycled and go out for "window" mail art :-)…

Diane Arbus sent me this cool "HEADLINES SCREAMED" collage, all pasted on a repurposed pizza box which is soooo Diane. She's now 93 and spry as an elderly chicken. For the past several years she's been working at the Hill Country Barbecue in Manhattan where she runs the register and has a quip for every patron. (Mine was emailed to me).  Worthy of note: Diane…