Long awaited ERNINESS arrives in Greece! Mailed April 22, in Hamburg, may be the

looongest delivery time between Germany and Greek ...but it is HERE!

Always a fun adventure to get a postal notice that a parcel is awaiting to be picked up

at the Greek post office. The postal clerks are now very familiar with the "Smiling Doggie"

as they call…

*Thank you" again, Claudia…

Huh? Who wouldn't want to be there when Alicia cleans up? My hand is staying down. This is a stunner: 

This so-called clean-up hits a home run in my view. And it's hard to portray via scanner, but the central face in this piece is a translucent overlay on the faces lurking underneath. A Lady of the Lake. It is an intelligent, humble, searching face, with depth literally…

His First Day of Issue mail arts are extra special:  A notebook here, sitting somewhere between many other notebooks on the shelves, has many Edith Wharton quotes in it. I hope it turns up again before I'm dead. In the meantime, I love having this beauty from Bifidus. On…

This first piece from Keith arrived a week ago, and what an elegant yet whimsical beauty it is. Did he know I have a thing for dots? Probably not. But everything about it works, not just the dots--other composition aspects, great colors--and waxy textures, which I'd love to hear about if you're inclined.

*Thank you,*…

That is one gorgeous, colorful, laughing man. One of your many finest, Frieder. I embarrassed Frieder a few months ago by declaring in someone else's blog post that "I like everything he does." He then sent this, probably thinking it's nothing if you read the back, but as usual I think it's really something:…

with a velvet finish. Repurposed direct mail never looked this good. Gorgeous Claudia. Thank you.

They speak for themselves. Rebecca is multi-faceted, as seen in these two very different and appealing pieces, both from this past winter: 

and the other side: 

Plus one of Rebecca's fused plastic and bits of trash stitched pieces (it really is a…

Angie and I both love the show Portlandia. In one fabulous episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XM3vWJmpfo)

they find a crafty way to craftify things. This mail art made me laugh out loud. It's an excellent piece without the birds too. Thank you!…

Carmela tells me that her beautiful organic, meandering, haptic memory has been germinating for some time.  To see her poem in a book, made for 'Memories are made of this' (which will be holding a new pop-up exhibition in Suffolk in late June) visit:…

Mail-art by Lisa Iversen (North Manchester, Indiana, USA)

May 17, 2013 - A friend to many at the IUOMA, Lisa Iversen has…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Claudia McGill (Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA)

May 17, 2013 - The mail-art (above) showcases Claudia McGill's abilities for textures and layering. You can see asemic…

朋友 = friend

It's a true…

Wish You Were Here 12: A.I.R. Gallery’s Postcard Show! Call for Artist Submissions

New update to my "ART IN THE MAIL" project, sent to the Mail Art Call titled " PINK & BLUE ", the exhibition will take place at city of Paderborn (Germany) in 2013...…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

May 16, 2013 - Diane Keys (aka Queen of Trash) sent me this great piece about Trashion, which ranges from constructing clothes from…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Moan Lisa (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)

Documentation of our extensive Moan Lisa Collection continues at MinXus USA. We are thrilled to share with you this recent acquisition, which we find exciting…