August 2015 Blog Posts (160)

It's amazing mail art that Kim JungYoun creates with her washi tapes

Great variety of colors, shapes, lines  and visual effects

She generously sends many washi tapes , and just as I am running low ! Yay!…

More recently I received a packet of Tie Stories, RCBz's response to a mail art call from Cheryl Penn. As I've come to expect from the man from Saint Clown, they are masterful collages and the stories that accompany them are just as witty. To wit:…

Way back in April? I received these two car cards. This one, I believe, is from Indiana Rogers, currently on the move in San Diego. Thank you, Indiana. Let me know when you settle.

And this one from RCBz. Impala with Polar…

...in a fun ORANGE envelope of course :-)

from The Republic of Whimsy:

Gotta admire the outside before…

Always good to see ArtTower in the mailbox!

...with his many-faces and characters :-)

The card is "altered" and deep RED and great fun:…

This large card arrived in Greece,

dynamic, and yet minimal: " at the end of my city"!

String, no...rubber bands, and varnish effects, much to the pleasure of my mailman

who said he enjoyed the "feel" of it.…

Thanks for all of you who sent mail to my daughter Hope at camp.  She won the contest between her friends with 35 pieces of mail!  Thank you to the following; Angelica Paez, Otto Sherman, Mim Golub-Scalin, Moan Lisa and Mom Katerina Nikiltsou.…

It's an art box with a wonderful "bubble" cover, limited edition:

FluXus POPS!...pop, pop!

...a few details…

Making another blog for TicTac's Zine-in-a-Box!

Here are a few more contributions:

by TicTac:…

Continuing to post these most fascinating "pages" of TicTac's Zine-in-a-Box:

by Kazunori Murakami:

an extremely beautiful, and  a rare original watercolor mail art piece…

Just amazing minimal!

Plus sparkling universe and more!

'Lov 'em both!

Thank you, Erin!

See…

OXI...let's just say: "NO"

Wonderful card from res, a surreal octopus with Lord Byron in Doric order :-)…

Very lovely mail art arrived in Greece from Mercedes...an oriental envelope:

opened fully to see the page the hand made envelope was made from...…

Remember those "No Time" and "Make Time " times?

Angela saw this and could not resist but to send it here:…

Mail art by IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

August 7, 2015 - This Richard Canardesque card I received from Ruud Janssen is very thought provoking in terms of some of the Eternal Networkers whose work I follow…

End of July I received an other special piece of mail art from Shellie Lewis. I was so lucky to receive two zines made by her. Aren't they beautiful! And thank you for the kind note. I also think your mail art is wonderful. Thank you for being my mail art friend.…

Mail art by IUOMA member Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

August 6, 2015 - Erica Durante is an awesome correspondent, especially given her gargantuan responsibilities as President of DKult New Jersey…

Always fun to see a collage card from The Off Scene Akademie of Hamburg.

This has Kurt a-whistin' (Kurt Schwitters, you all know?) with a lovely lady..

and on the other side: KUNST SHOW!…

I'm always amazed at full time artists who have energy and wit left over for mail art. Wenchkin of Albuquerque, not only does both but she also runs an international business concern with offices across the globe including our beloved Petsmo. (Waitpinga and Wakoshi pending). This is a nice grouping of Wenchkin's work which is defined by a high level of craftsmanship, elegant…

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

August 5, 2015 - Chepin’s reputation as a gifted and active correspondence artist precedes – in my awareness – the arrival of her work in my post office…