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South Africa Connections 1: A Lion that Roars from Cheryl Penn

This golden lion with snakes coming forth is a four-part folded image of the new boekie that

arrived yesterday from Cheryl, filled with the aroma of oil paint and turps. A most unusual

folded booklet, it opens simply and intriguingly develops into an entire…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 26, 2011 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

MINI...MUM from Eduardo Less is more...

This is a minimal blog about a great "mini mum" art boekie that came in today's mail from Eduardo:

calculator.....

diary....…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 22, 2011 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

The SA connection and the Case of the MOMA art thief! A Jackson Pollock by cheryl Penn

And so, a small piece of one of my bloved Pollock paintings has found it way

to Greece, and now occupying an honored place along with a certain ninja yelling…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 21, 2011 at 2:00pm — 9 Comments

Haptic Werewolf of Hamburg strikes again! (actually two times ;-)

Since February 2, the postman has dropped off notices that I should come to the post office to pick-up packages. The notice never says from where or from whom, or what it even…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 16, 2011 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

Alfonso's ITACA a beautiful poetic journey on a raft of paper, with air, cotton,glue,color and...wax.

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 15, 2011 at 6:30pm — 4 Comments

One little, 2 little, 3 little mail arts...4 little, 5 little, 6 little mail arts...7 little, 8 little, 9 little... TEN BIG MAIL ART DAY!

The best medicine when you are in bed with the flu is?

MAIL ART!

First came the boekies: "A" from dear Sloan, "K" of John Bennet's from Sloan, and "T" from TicTac!

Beauties, each one! Amazing, creative expressions of letters for Project…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 10, 2011 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Mail Art FOR arttower (Gunter Schwind in Germany)

This blog is FOR arttower, it is some of the beautiful "BLUE" mail art that he has sent me,and it is a call for YOU to send some mail art to him!

Arttower cannot see this blog because around the end of December he had a computer melt-down. About the same time, I…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 2, 2011 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Part II: Do-it-yourself Haptic Poetry/Art ...from Germany this time

Herr Haptic Erni just sent me ChocoMailArt that arrived yesterday, and whalaa, todays comes yet another surprise package and this time it has a great A4 collage, but that is not all.

Although the collage is amazingly "handsome" and I must get a…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 1, 2011 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Do-it-yourself Haptic Poetry/Art from CHINA

ejva and nsva sent me a most intriguing mail art package that came in my mail box today (along with ANOTHER do-it-yourself Haptic thiing from Germany!) Here is the Haptic packet from China...with instructions:

The green base is really a folded..."something"…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 1, 2011 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Special purple packet from Karen today! Many, many thanks!

Sometimes, when a package like this arrives, you almost don't want to hurry to open it. It is better to linger and spend time with the details of the envelope, the soft refineness of the wrapping...let anticipation built a bit, because you just know that itis going to be something special from Karen!

ART NATION is a give-away clue...guarded through the postal…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 25, 2011 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Herr Haptic Erni sends a collage plus+ It is mmmmmmmGood!

A great package came with two others manila packets today...a good mail art day! Large packet has great reminders of good foodsies! And then it opens to a great collage

The world sticks with UHU! And so does Herr Erni...even GREEK…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 19, 2011 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

Roken is dodelijk or "expose yourself to lower education? Herr Haptic Erni does it again...wonderfully!

New Haptic envelope and collage from Erni has arrived in Greece and they are both full of wondrous areas for exploration!

a very dizzy mail deliveryman brought this packet yesterday...amazing images! and we all

know that Erni is really a lovable guy!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 14, 2011 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

TWO from Cheryl in the mail today, and soooo wonderful to receive! No words, just feelings! ;-)

That was delightful Number 1...when Marilyn interfered ;-)

Then came the PUZZLE...scramble...complexity...choices...THANK YOU for this…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 13, 2011 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

New Year 2011 brings BEAUTIFUL BIRD from Ahmet in Turkey! Many thanks, kardesim!

and envelopes with holiday greetings and stamps, too

Always a treat to have mail art from Izmir, Turkey!

Thank you muchly,…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 5, 2011 at 11:00am — No Comments

And Snooky Dog sends a Haptic beauty from Lake Michigan! Many thanks Angie!

For my collection...Snooky stamps, via Milwaukee ;-)

"Woof!" what fun rubber stamps! And check out that little kitty on the far right, too!

And the HAPTIC card from Angie is super soft fleece! And super blue Lake Michigan.

"Feel the…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 4, 2011 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Greetings for the New Year arrived today from Turkey, Japan, Germany and Adamandia in Chicago! Thank You!

Great art here...and as Adamandia says"

PEACE!

Thank you…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 4, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Tape Transfer from Jon Foster...another EYE-full! Great technique and haptic happy!

"The man with the red s...... is a most......." mysterious message, Jon,

will need help here. But the layers of images are fantastic, and it adds

to my collection of your "eye" art! 'Love it! Thank you!

Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 4, 2011 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

On the Last-day-of-the-old-year-good-mail-art-day! No.3: from Cheryl Penn1

Now, this is AMAZING (because it finally arrived). If I read the postal cancellation correctly, it is stamped December 9, 2010...read backwards, or right to left: 2010-12-09? Oh dear, South Africa and Greece have to wait once-a-month post, while Germany gets mail art before I can return from the post office! sigh...Such is life in our World/Town! Well, the wait is so well worth it! This is Cheryl at her best...wonderfully layers and elegant textures of "rice paper" and hand-made pulp…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 31, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

On the Last-day-of-the-old-year-good-mail-art-day! No.1 from Herr Erni!

'Tis amazing how quickly we can communicate via "snail mail" between Germany and Greece. It shows how "very well organized" they are, and that they are "doing a very good job" at what they do (both postal services...plus the 5-10 daily flights direct to Thessaloniki helps, I am sure!) Well, on this the last day of the old year, it is so appropriate to receive this happy haptic package fro Herr Erni! Needs much study and reflections, and wondrous images appear and then too, many questions…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 31, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

On the Last-day-of-the-old-year-good-mail-art-day! No.2 from Dortmund! An Amazing surprise!

Last year, at the end of 2009 going into 2010, Banana Man was very active here at IUOMA. And I do miss his photographic "portraits" and other "bananamania". So it was with happy surprise that this very "Haptic" card arrived on this very last day of 2010. Many elements have been recycled from other mail artists, and the entire piece is a rare collection and reminder of dear mail art friends. Thank you, Wolfgang!

(and see, the mail service is sooooo quick from (Dortmund) Germany, too!…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 31, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

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