August 2023 Blog Posts (296)

A Bevy of Beautiful Board — Postcards from Afar and Farther

Hand-made postcards from amazing artists...

(from top left, clockwise...): James Chester's (California) astonishingly beautiful botanical gel plate print; a cut-and-collage geometric "postcard quilt" from Zack in France; Tyler Hannigan's (New Mexico) hand-colored Linocut print "Flight #2"; and Coco Muchmore (Kansas) finds her political voice with a very creative use of rubber stamps…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on August 18, 2023 at 2:00am — 4 Comments

Something's Fishy...from the Netherlands!

Margreet Beemsterboer sends FLUX FISH...I'm glad she used a photo as the subject for her amazing hand-drawn sketches (quite special!) because otherwise it might have been a rather stinky art project!! Below is the original inspiration and the lovely envelope she created:

It has been so wet and rainy (with major flooding) here…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on August 18, 2023 at 1:42am — No Comments

Is Frida Kahlo Stalking Me?? The Secret Mysteries of Mail art from Melissa Wand and the Artist inSeine

Serendipity should never be ignored. Carl Jung had much to say about it. And who am I to argue with the mysteries involved in multiple pieces of mail art being received that presented me with the surrealist and magnificent woman artist FRIDA KAHLO??

Melissa Wand shows me the way through the proverbial rabbit hole (literally) by sending a photo of inter-dimensional portal #0692:…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on August 18, 2023 at 1:26am — 1 Comment

Canard Communications: A mysterious marking

Richard C, did you add this cancellation mark? Or was it a bored, but creative postal employee?

It's not part of the stamp design, I double checked. It looks good though. …

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Added by Mail Art News on August 18, 2023 at 12:25am — 4 Comments

Do You Want a Mail?

Added by jon foster on August 17, 2023 at 1:34pm — 10 Comments

Art from Ed Giecek

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Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on August 17, 2023 at 12:02pm — 1 Comment

Two Zines from Orlando Nelson Pacheco Acuna

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Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on August 17, 2023 at 12:01pm — No Comments

an enveloppe from Kurt Beaulieu

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Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on August 17, 2023 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Merci Helène Lagache

Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on August 17, 2023 at 11:59am — 1 Comment

Artistamps from Diane Hale

Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on August 17, 2023 at 11:58am — No Comments

add & Pass from Opal Moiety

Added by Jean-Philippe Gilliot on August 17, 2023 at 11:56am — No Comments

All the way from Canada

Mail art from Awyn:

thank you!

Added by Carien van Hest on August 16, 2023 at 7:27am — No Comments

Incoming Mail Art from C Mehrl Bennett

Added by Carolyn Hasenfratz on August 15, 2023 at 8:23pm — No Comments

Received from Ed Giecek (Washington, USA)

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Added by awyn on August 15, 2023 at 4:05pm — No Comments

Received from Thom Courcelle (Vermont, USA)

Thank you Thom!

Added by awyn on August 15, 2023 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Postal Art from John Held Jr.

Thank you John Held!!…

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Added by G. Diaz on August 15, 2023 at 1:34am — No Comments

Received from Cascadia Artpost (Washington, USA)

Thank you…

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Added by awyn on August 14, 2023 at 9:53pm — No Comments

Received from the Sticker Dude (New York, USA)

Thanks, Joel!

Added by awyn on August 14, 2023 at 9:52pm — No Comments

Incoming from Brazil/Ana KAWAJIRI

Ana sends me her "poema dada" in response to mine.

Obrigada Ana.…

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Added by Hélène LAGACHE on August 14, 2023 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Incoming: Circulaire 132 NO. 369

Selections from issue 369 of Circulaire 132 assembling zine:…

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Added by William M on August 14, 2023 at 1:21pm — 1 Comment

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