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Here's the latest collaborative poem from Richard and tonipoet. The handwritten lines are his, of course, the typed lines are my adds. I love responding to Richard's work this way--I hope he likes it!

I don't know how she does this. It looks so clean and pretty. Pop-up books were my favorite things when I was a kid back in the Jurassic Period.…

A monotype collage that arrived today from Carmela Rizzuto. I'd been admiring her work here on IUOMA for awhile and very glad to find a piece from her in my mailbox.

A readymade/pop art inspired card that arrived in today's mail from Ruben. I especially like the Duchamp inspired rubber stamp.

Has it been nearly five years already?  My last exchange with ArtTower was in November 2011 when he sent me this same post card of his Head project.  I'm sure you've seen them before as they are everywhere on this website:  Just search "ArtTower".  I believe they are a…

Actually, the postman came at noontime, not at dawn...

but, here's a fine reminder: "all good things evolve"!…

When I started doing this mail-art thing a few months ago (!) I had the great good luck to become a correspondancer with Richard C. He has written a number of poems on plain white postcards and sent them to me. He said he wanted to exchange poems with me, so I, being completely ignorant of how illustrious Richard C is, decided I would turn his poems into collaborations. Since he keeps sending me poems, I have to believe he doesn't mind too much. Here's one I added to his "...a tearible…

The uploader doo-hickey is behaving strangely (probably the effects of the Metro Transit Alien: Anyway to continue:

Gnome, I am forever in your debt for opening the secret world of Metro Transit Alien to me. Believe me, folks the photographs do…

ALSO in the package with "Another Crappy Mini Zine" was this bizarre and wonderful boekie, hand-decorated, stamped, blued, painted, and even sewn, made from a little pocket doo-hickey originally intended by the well-meaning Minneapolis Metro Transit company to help riders use their buss passes. Little did they know....…

first, the envelope. made from a fast food bag (he has a video showing how he does this). It even has nutrition information on it.

next, the Crappy Mini Zine itself, a thing of rare beauty, or, as the Barnes & Noble review exclaims: "A waste…

Here is side A of the envelope.  This MAil Art will go down in history as the mask of Guillaume.  My postal lady was shaking when she gave it to me.  I thinks she…

Heleen beautifully combined two mail art interests here. The beautiful hand painted card has hand lettered stamp perforations (the patience it takes to do that!) and a wonderful curious crow looking up at the clock, which has no hands. The flip side of the card has clocks (& chickens, one of whom may be a "Crow-ing" rooster?) and the envelope is covered with clocks. Love the thought that went into this piece.…

...ah but I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now....

Holiday greetings from Lynne, 

It is a Star...a fun folded card by Edge, with happy critters:

and this too,…

Is it a red rocket ship? A red folded flower? A red and white pointing arrow?

NO...it is a Holiday SANTA! Of course :-)

"Santa" came along with many "mail art omens" in the envelope from Tomoe,

beautiful stamps:…

Beautiful BLUE stunning envelope,

with "mail art on the go",and this fun stamping, too:

...an original…

Really stunning the way John "marks" his art,

It is Bay Area Dada from SanFran :-)

The back is also amazing with the perforations:…

Just have to say I am constantly amazed by the creativity and insane talent shown by so many IUOMA folks! Checking the recent blog posts with art from Meeah, Stripygoose, Marie, Carina. Wow. Just wow. And Fast Eyes and Grethe and Minneapolis Gnome. Amy Irwen. Now I'm in one of those Academy Award loops where if I forget to mention anyone they're going to be insulted. Well, don't be. I'm in awe of everyone of you! Richard C., that means you. You all are keeping the light burning in my little…