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envelope painting....thanks again!

by Constança Lucas (Brazil, São Paulo)
http://www.quequen.unicen.edu.ar/mailart/?p=437

At 1st glance, I thought this DKULT mail was from Diane Keys...

But no, the sender was Bad Becky!!! No value? I beg to differ!!

This oversize mailing had to be collected from the post office...…

A delightful surprise arrived in the form of a Luftpost letter from Alan Brignul from the UK. It included four lovingly designed cards (or pages of a zine called "The rambling Urchin"), as I understand, created on an old fashioned block printing machine.

Also i received  a beautiful handwritten personal letter.…

I am a big fan of David's mail stories and he knows it! Lucky me, I have received quite a few. Here are two recent ones. Firstly, an interesting report on recent siren sightings. David, I am very glad you pointed out to me the danger of siren extinction, as I they are very dear to me! Save the Sirens!…

A lovely collage composed of various bits of paper rescued from the street (I suppose) by Diane. Exquisite composition, delicate monochrome colour scheme juxtaposed with the frivolous message: Work schedule: Week of the stoner. Diane, you made me laugh! …

Erni is such a prolific mail artist, so I have missed posting quite a few of his mailings. Here is one:…

A huge envelope arrived from Grigori Antonin - what a surprise! It contained a large double sided collage.

I am only showing a part of the two collages, because it is to big to fit in my A4 scanner. Lots of fun and mysterious messages to read and…

I have to apologize to Helen for not replying earlier. She was so very kind to send me not only a big bag of fun foam letters, including special packages with my name, but also a blobby postcard. 

I love this image (is it a print or a stamp?) with visual instructions for handling mail on a separate piece of paper and on the envelope too.…

A first mail from La Marchesa, with a lovingly assembled collage of a green town watched by a musical moon, or is it the dutchess' country estate? Thank you, Marchesa your card arrived safely!

I received two mailings from Moan Lisa, which included in total two invitations to mail art calls, two postcards, and a print of the stamp that Moan Lisa made, referring to an up-and-coming mail artist.…

I realize that blog behindedness has become something like a chronic condition with me, and decided to embrace it. So I am trying to catch up with some mail that I received this year, I have not posted everything I received last year! I need amnesty.

Here is a very special lovely abstract drawing by Nancy, queen of rust, on black cardstock. Thank you!…

I was lucky to receive two letters from Katarina this year, in different colour palettes, blue and red. First  a moody blue abstract collage, which I love. The envelope was decorated with a bug blue wave, the ocean being a never ending source of inspiration for K., who is lucky enough to live in Greece! The second letter contained a happy "heart mail art" just in time for Valentine's Day, believe it or not the only Valentine card I received this year. Thank you very much! …

by Nelda Ramos(Argentina)http://www.quequen.unicen.edu.ar/mailart/?p=427

It was wrapped with a rubber-band around Artist-in-Seine's mail art...

but it arrived without a tear or hardly a wrinkle!

Wonderful "envelope" from TiAr, made from a paper bag,…

The postal clerk "assumed" that the paper bag being from France,

must be wrapped with the other item from France...and rubber-band fastened, too.

However, while one might expect a paper bag from In Seine, it was indeed from TiAr…

Well, the book-"ends", at least  :-)

...and Happy birthday greeting for my Feb birthday.

And "books" that are meant to be mail art!

I am amazed how he constructed this "postcard" and even more 

amazed how safely it…

Well this shows the "art" in the mail art package from Off Scene Akademie Hamburg.

Collage cards of course! Full of great images and bar codes and bits and pieces recycled. Yes!…