October 2016 Blog Posts (204)

Unknown mail artist seeking the Miss Noma Fun Club (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)

October 13, 2016 - What would the…

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Elsa von Freytag-loringhoven, long dead, sent me this instructional manual on how not to draw a cat as well as an invitation to friend this jolly Brooklyn realtor (done and done). Elsa's quotes are reprinted here for the benefit of those who, like me, have trouble seeing: "Why isn't Santa Fe in Arizona?" A very good question, Elsa and one I'm looking into.…

Number nine, Number nine, Number nine.  Sound like a Beatles song!  Well at first I thought this was from Katerina as she can never throw away the stamp leftovers. …

Some of you may have received an envelope that contained a red balloon with instructions? This is my version. I liked how it turned out for the most part though I look more like a hunch-backed Freddy Krueger than I'd like. (My stylist gave me bad instructions.) Anyway, just before I got the assignment I had scanned this wonderful old illustration from a 1937 Popular Mechanic magazine. Suddenly it all clicked. However, in order to make the illustration come alive I had to invest $34 in a…

Remember that old song: South of Waitpinga? Me neither. Vizma sent me this highly caffeinated envelope which I was afraid to open for two days. Finally I got up the courage…

Yes, friends, it's true...she has stolen my…

Paulo Bruscky is a pioneer mail artist in Brazil.  He's been working since, I believe, the 60's.  He's active to this day and I was thrilled to receive this card from him.  I was sent in March 2011.…

Svenja sent this amazingly generous boekie filled with her witty collages and all wrapped in an old Kodak picture folder from Tacoma, Washington. That's like gold inside of gold. Thank you so much, Svenja.…

Wasn't it Gertrude Stein who said: "An artist in Seine lives mainly on the Plein"? Maybe not. Anyway, here is our Paris correspondent's latest offering. The caption reads "The Vallée-Francaise seen from Col. Saint-Pierre." That's Col. St. Pierre in the foreground though he may need to turn to see the best view of the Vallée. Thank you,…

A girl, a bird and a postage stamp.



Front of the book cover that has been collaged on. The big white circle is an embossing of Laurence's address. My scanner couldn't pick it up very…

Thank you Jack.  It all looks much clearer…

Back in May of this year, Shellie Lewis sent me some beautiful mail art.  Now that I'm uncovering my mail art and slowly trying to get back into the swing of mail arting again, I wanted to write a long overdue blog about it so everyone could enjoy it.

The large picture of gently swimming koi is in ink, painted by Shellie on a piece of recycled paper I had made for her.…

I received this great postcard on October the 7th.

I'm a fan of Robert Ridley-Shackleton.

Thanks Robert!

Postcard sent by Dean Marks aka Artist in Seine in July 2012.  I'm afraid some bits and pieces fell off of it, but it still looks great despite being incomplete.  I love that the electronic circuit could survive the trip intact.…

Mail art by IUOMA member Rebecca Guyver (Suffolk, UK)

October 10, 2016 - Another innovation the “DKult Industrial Complex” has given the Eternal Network is DKult Doodle Therapy (DKDT): Collaborative comics that often achieve…