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Nadine sends the most wonderful characters on her envelopes - we KNOW people like them :-) 

The back of her envelope reads - I hate puzzles. Well, I'm puzzled I confess.

Inside was a beautiful boekie - It reads:

Dear Cheryl,

This is from an old 50's cube where hip people put pictures in and set it on a coffee table, or perhaps a curio…

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

March 5, 2012 - Even as Trashpo and the D-Kult are enjoying an unprecedented surge of popularity in the mail-art world,…

This year's Skull Appreciation Day 4 June 2012 event will be held at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, USA.  I'm talking with the Skull folks about doing another mail art call, with the work displayed at the Museum. What do you think?

exquisite and delicate. beautiful and haunting. 

Made with printed tissue paper and bound with threads tied in small knots. 

Marie's poem is as follows: 

"the sight of a reason,

the same sight slighter,

the sight of a simple

negative answer,

the same sore Sounder,

the intention to wishing,

the same splendor,

the same furniture."

my oh my. a graceful and bewitching boekie Marie. I love it.…

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mail received from Angie (& Snooky), Diane Keys, CZ Lovecraft, I'm a Superhero, Nuno + Nela, Karin Greenwood, Guido Vermeulen, Fleur Helsingor, Nick Johnson, Michael Goetz

by CP and friends. Cheryl hits the bullseye every time with her covers and text. A certain virtuosity here.

Altering this image has become…

visit Simon Warren's mail here

Thanks Carlos!

As the winner of Lisas secret contest I'm in charge to blog the next question - and I'll try to kill two birds with one blog, because I really don't know who send me this!

First of all, there was this card: 

On the back a small package:…

Another new friend, Emmy Verschoor, made me smile this week: Thank you!!

New friend Carina Granlund from Finland sent this wonderful postcard with the title "the art of catching a butterfly", it's fabulous!!

Received this beauty which only Diane Keys can manage to get through the postal system (or maybe it shouldn't look this way?), threedimensional card with one number barely holding to the card, absolut wonderful trashpo!…

 As I said in my previous blog post, im now making some changes on my Mail Art website (…

Thank you everyone for your wonderful words, encouragement, and the hugs sent my way.  It really helped and I have been working on art as often as I can.  I am sending a piece to everyone who responded to my post.  This does not obligate you to respond but if you could please let me know if you received the pieces that would be a great help!

Happy Art to you all and many blessings

Nikoya

A few Weeks ago Cheryl blogged this gallery of Monas featuring several of the works she received for her mail-art call, a masterpiece like only RCBz can do them. I remember commenting on her blog saying that I wouldn't be surprised if the tiny postcards on the rack by the museum shop were also made with Monas that Cheryl received, made microscopic by RCBz's…

Thank you, Sarah Churchill! Very creative!!! Embroidered hair in my mailbox!

How big are the canvases and why Mondays?…

 Becouse im now making some changes on my Mail Art Web site, this is the new link www.artinthemail.pt.vu, i decide to create there a specific space to all Mail Art that i received so far, you can go there and click on the navigation bar botton with the name "RECEIVED". Post all the pieces there will take some weeks,…

Two great works from Michalis Kotsaris reached me one etching and one sketching. Great work on fine paper thank you very much for the art!…