August 2013 Blog Posts (180)

If you have ever had the pleasure of being ENCARTED by Aristide, you will be able to imagine how each layer offers a new…

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I had the opportunity to visit Land's End yesterday (the most westerly point in mainland Britain). 

While I was there I posted some mail art in the first/last postbox. I asked at the nearest post office and unfortunately there is not a special postmark applied to post sent from there. If you receive something from me postmarked Penzance then it was sent from Land's…

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http://arteverywhere.org.uk/

Mission accomplished: Art Everywhere has launched!

22,000 poster sites, 57 works of art, 2 weeks – this charitable art project has transformed billboards and poster sites across the UK into great British masterpieces chosen by you.

Val made me smile!

Hugs and…

a lovely calm piece of mailart : > )

Interesting texture - and the beermat's been franked on the arty side not on the stamp as far as I can tell! :>)

summertime sandpo - a lovely seasonal contribution to my letterbox - thank you

Two lovely envelopes from Melissa. The gocco-printed one reminds me of a suitcase I just saved from ending up in the local rubbish dump. I was told it belonged to Margaret who was 105 years old :>)…

Always nice to receive unexpected mailart and that's just what this was - from Emily in Plymouth - thank you so much! : > )

Hello Martha - thank you (belatedley) for your ma - I met this seagull in Brighton last week! And... when I went to St Ives a seagull dive-bombed my icecream and carried it off in its hefty beak. Love the card and the regal portraits. It would be so nice to meet up sometime again - thank you for cheering up my letterbox…

A very explosive torn-paper collage card in a hand-made envelope.

Very "haptic" to the touch...various paper textures:

and the inside of the envelope had also an amazing image:…

Ah, beautiful Heidelberg!

and the other side of the tag...lovely!

Svenja creates a fun card, pop-art comics (learn the language :-)

and veggies! :…

Besides this card from Alex, he also sent his "Documento Obsoleto"...with poetry,

and a very unusual add 'n pass:…

What a great zine that Jon has made...enjoying it very much!

And also included was Jon's " fun typing movies" ...very fun written!

and a Pink Pig??? fun, fun, Jon.."sad jokes".

Always happy to…

 My mail box was bulging from all of the great mail art.  Take a look everyone! Thanks for all the happy mail  everyone!

Dan Mouer - "Foto Flip" image 

Dan sent this beautiful photograph which is was constructed from two 4x5 negatives. His process is complex. He manually manipulates the film, paints the film and then builds the image digitally. Does it…

Rachel has sent me this very clever card...I did not find Rachel on the IUOMA member list, but wanted to blog anyways...card front...

card...one way...

card...second way...…