October 2020 Blog Posts (256)

awesome collaboration with patches lee!  "midnight painting/poetry"  et al!!  love it!!

In 2018 my husband started collecting tea tags for me on a whim. Then I added to the collection by emptying and drying tea bag papers. So was born this interactive collage, postcard series. Each card is 4.25 x 6 inches. Layers of papers/imagery were loosely glued together and an inspirational text added—usually hidden under one or more layers. Materials used include hand-painted papers (sometimes painted with tea), tea tags, tea bag papers, ephemera, and stamping depicting a steaming tea…

Fun kitty from Spain, stay clean, stay safe!

and this lovely fish card, too.

Gracias, Sabela,…

Always a joy to see Martha's fold-a-way :-),

inside was a golden card!

Good news about Clemente Padin in Uruguay,…

love this wonderful mash-up!!

Lovely collages, beautiful metallic paint! Love the franken envelope, too!

Thank you, William! Love the handcarved stamp on the back of the envelope, too.…

Great envelope, more vintage postcards, andthat wonderful sheet of masked stamps that I had been coveting when others posted it.…

 Magnificent  fishes

I love this guy's stuff and way of thinking, what can I say? He sent me some stuff, I sent him some back and here today I get in the mail a full size 'zine made up of more of his great stuff, plus a lovely postcard and a kind and friendly note. How does he do it so expediently and yet not miss a beat quality wise? I can only hope to measure up one a these stinkin' days it takes me forever to achieve a fraction of his precision...! Thanks again Carl, right back at you in good time...H.…

Another random mailing? Have I been touched by something? Thank you so much, Thea, for the collage postcard, I received it some time ago but as I've mentioned have been a bit backed up. Love those rounded corners, btw!!! I'm a sucker for that stuff the details shapes forms etc. but also I like how the card you made was so large and sturdy, gave me ideas I should quit it with the xerox paper and bulk up! Carboard rules, you know? Thanks again, I'll be in touch!…

Not only did I enjoy the mail art but I love the banter. It's fun to exchange when you're doing it with someone with such a keen eye for the utterly laid back no frills sense of humor sort of candor, I love the work done so meticulously with the old machinery, you've got something cool going here I believe you once referred to it as the Hedgehog Press? Keep it up and keep it coming and thanks again, Alan!…

Again, this one I received some time ago but it's taken time to catch up...BIG THANKS to Carmela Rizzuto for another subtle display of an incredible grasp she has on color with a quality of airiness I just adore! Making piles for you as we speak, thanks!…

I received this packet of MA quite a while ago but it hasn't left my mind and was quite possibly the most friendly piece of art I've gotten since joining IUOMA, thanks Heide! I love the little 'zine especially, kind of a hybrid letter-'zine-intro to who you are and what you're about, love it! I've got stuff in the works as always but I'm slow, I'm slow, forgive me! …

Thank you Maria

Not the best quality, but here you go. A sticker I made in 2019, updated to 2020. The first version had light blue background, but due to lack of color ink cartridge in my printer I printed it in white.

Hello people. I've got a makings page where I share the things I make. I like to share the things others make to. If you want to, you can click "like" and view those makings. If you have no interest in seeing those makings, it's cool, I'll keep going.…