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Well I never get mail art from Paris, so this is my first!  What a nice surprise from down the block, .. by bus.  I never think of putting French phrases on Mail Art, but this is a great phrase!  What will be, is what will be!  Thank you Mim

Living 9 months of the year indoors makes people talented, and Minnesota is the place to be where you have 9 months of winter and 1 month each for the other seasons.  Check out Dave's website; bluffecho.com and you can hire Dave & his French horn for all your events, and he can draw.  Thank you Dave, warm thoughts for you.…

Lovely and interesting piece from Cheryl Penn.  Sewing, story & envelope all in one.  I like the story but these are a few faults.  Women who hold up the world ... say anywhere you want to be and they will take you there.  However, recently I have notice a lot of women wandering around parking lots looking for where they parked thier car.  Is there a time limit on how long…

I AM OPENNING A MAIL ART CALL NAMED "VIEWS OF DEATH"

DUE TO JULY, 2012.

IT`S NECESSARY TO BE AN A4 FORMAT,

A THICKER PAPER TO BE RESISTENT,

YOUR CHOOSE OF TECNIQUE,

WORKS WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLINE AND BE PART OF AN EXHIBITION, BUT I NEED AT LEAST 30 PIECES SO IT CAN BE DONE.

So, send your mail arts. Hope u all can participate!!! Brasilian Kisses , Carol

Eco-Asemic mail-art by IUOMA member Nancy Bell Scott (Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA)

February 13, 2012 - Since she became a member of the IUOMA last summer, Nancy Bell Scott has…

I was super excited to receive my first mailart.  I got cool mailart from Austin Wills James from Dallas.  He sent me a Bob Marley card with a note and a CD with cool music.  

I love the board he made.  It has a ninja on one side and a Cabernet Sauvignon label with buttons.  …

I was so excited to receive this from Samuel-it has a little bit of everything from trashbits, to a little mini blank book,…

Received this beauty from #Karen Champlin--love the fabric and stitching, and she says "The grungy stuff is 26 year old rug backing that my dogs chewed up.". It's actually beautiful and glistens. I'm glad she told me what it was because I could not tell. The angel card is really a nice touch and I like how she has the edge torn off as though it was also chewed.Thank you for…

I feel bad exposing this wild child side of KDJ, but DKult strives for transparency in all things and we must be held accountable for our  actions, as well as of those we love and care about. KDJ is currently sequestered on a desert island at an undisclosed location. What doesn't kill us, just makes us go crazy and at that point-who really cares?.DeVillo has created his first ever trashbook and made it into a fanzine and I am honored to receive it. I don't know how he knew it, but I have…

Received this minimal piece from Svenja> I'm so intrigued by the man in this photo and wonder what his story is. It keeps wanting me to add a caption of some sort. Svenja thanks me for the cookies and super crumbles. I take this to mean my saltine cracker mail arrived in Germany but maybe it was so pulverized that she didn't know what glutenous substance they were. thank…

I received this excellent envelope from Alicia--trashpo made from an old datebook, my very first Valentine's of the season, and a special treat--a photo of her and Nadine!! Always good to put a face to a name. She also sent me the only list she has ever found and her husband's first trashpo find--a delicate little beaded bracelet that I gave to my daughter. Love every delicate layer of this mail art-thank you Alicia--still your biggest fan…

Can anyone guess who sent me this!  Yes, that is fresh Mayonnaise on our kitchen cupboards, and wait, there is more, and more, and more.  Up to 2 meters (6 feet) high up the walls on the other side of the kitchen as well.

I went into shock and had to be rushed to the MAYO clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.  My wife was left behind to take pictures of the crime…

This is a horrible scan, but Nadine has sent me the most wonderful piece of trashpo/mail art. It came in a little jewelry box and she has written Trashpo Rocks on a beautiful smooth beach rock. The woman (or man?) on the rock looks a bit ambivalent about supporting trashpo though. I have never received a rock in the mail and been so happy about it. Thank you…

Sent to Luis Couto, the musician behind " The Joy Of Nature " music project, this ArtWork will be for the upcoming 2012 record.…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Alicia Starr (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)

February 11, 2012 - I notice when mail-artists write to each other they frequently refer to being in the process of "organizing…

From Cheryl Penn- lovely art studio lacquer fumes upon opening. Mmmm! Gotij and nice stamps! Cheryl, I can't find my bit of painting in the photo! Help me out! Maybe the fumes are blurring my vision.…

This beautiful envelope from Viviana was well hiding its game. I couldn't tell from looking at it through its protective transparent package that it would unfold in this wonderful multiple way. This is a one-piece card plus envelope, geniusly folded into a square. And filled with great mail-art, of course. Fantastic idea, Viviana, thank you for…