Ilya Semenenko-Basin's Blog (504)

A miniature collage by Amy Irwen who lives in Fernley, Nevada, USA.
Thanks, Amy.

I am grateful to Thea Hollister and Fleur Helsingor for sending me the art!

Last summer I received some artwork in the mail, and it is time to post the photos on the Internet. Photos 1 - 4: an art envelope from Thea (the Bering Strait, Alaska and Chukotka are clearly visible); a photo collages etc.…

Mail Art came from USA, Texas, from Heide Monster. The handcrafted art envelope contained two art pieces, notably a green dog print, as well as a gift of postage stamps.

Last spring I also received a Mim Golub Scalin piece in the mail, dedicated to Banana Day, celebrated in April. At the start of autumn, it's nice to remember the mood of the past…

Thanks to Margaret Jeddry for Mail Art!
Two collages came by mail from a Canadian artist living in Nova Scotia.

Mail Art from the USA. I am very grateful to Iver Zinaver for his Mail Art, inspired by the power of imagination!…

A letter arrived from the Brazilian artist Ana Kawajiri, who lives in Sao Paulo. Ana is following the Potato Art theme: elegant collages in a bag, very fine work - and a great mood.…

Zack from the commune of Cotignac in the Var in south-eastern France sent in two small works and the artist's stamps, colourful miniatures.…

Mail art from the USA.

Envelopes came in the mail from Ed Giecek,…

Thanks to Anna Banana for the Mail Art.

At the end of last winter, that is, quite some time ago, an envelope arrived in the post from one of the veterans of Mail Art - the Canadian artist Anna Banana. In the decorated envelope I found several blocks of Anna Banana's stamps and a detailed letter. It's a nice event!…

Thanks to Carolyn Oord (a. k. a. Kerosene)! Time to remember the letters we received this past spring. A miniature a little bigger than a matchbox in an elegant envelope - a memory of the winter chills of early 2021!

Cascadia Artpost sent me several envelopes this spring and first half of summer containing his original postage stamps and newsletters.…

During the past spring I received several envelopes from Joel Cohen (a. k. a. The Sticker Dude), a printmaker and publisher of socially-oriented pieces. Typically The Sticker Dude combines images with song lyrics, with aphorisms, cartoons and various symbols, his printed works take the form of stickers, postcards, posters etc. Among the things I received you will find a book with lyrics by him.…

Mail has arrived from Vilnius. I thank the Lithuanian artist Mindaugas Žuromskas.…

Mail Art from Norway, the Netherlands and Italy.

Norwegian artist Gunn Nordheim Morstøl sent me a collage in an envelope, also decorated with collage.

From Jurrien Wouterse (a. k. a. Flying Adventures Weesp) a collage-book.…

Art postal de France. Mail Art from France.

The artist Jean-Charles Boilevin, who lives in the Endre-et-Loire department, sent a very unusual circular work made on a disposable plate - on one side an address, a postage stamp, on the…

I am very grateful to the artists who keep up the art communication with me.

There is an American living in Bath, Ohio, under the pseudonym ' The Introverted Post'. I like the pieces of this craftsman, but I do not know his real name, whether he is a man or a woman, or how old he is. Another message from 'The Introverted Post' is directly on the envelope…

Mail Art from Italy. The artist Giorgio Termignone, who lives in Milan, sent me a postcard-sized abstract work,…