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Learning new vocabulary about hair, with David Stafford

And had you saved your bouffant? - David Stafford…



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Added by Rebecca Guyver on December 10, 2015 at 9:15pm — 1 Comment

More Opi from Jude Weirmeir - graphic score maker extraordinaire

This scratch and listen card arrived from Jude a day or two before the personal note from the composer (below). After…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on November 18, 2015 at 8:20pm — 1 Comment

It's what inside that counts - Jay Block sends amazing mail!

Inside this inviting, whimsical and yet ever so slightly unremarkable envelope - it makes me hungry for jelly beans -  is something equally…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on November 18, 2015 at 8:18pm — 2 Comments

A Baggie Boekie from MomKat

 I've always wanted to make one of these but never done it and Katerina has chosen the perfect bag to make the baggie book with!…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on June 17, 2015 at 10:03pm — 1 Comment

What object do you think when you think of...

Who are we?  What vibe do we send out? I love the fact that we carry each other around in our heads on the…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on April 9, 2015 at 9:29pm — 1 Comment

Brook Cooks is using maps to armchair travel!

 

While some get sad when…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on March 16, 2015 at 7:49pm — 2 Comments

Barbie themed? Mail art from J Block, Betha Greschak and David Stafford

In the space of a few days, while getting 'Spirit of the Forest' mail art up for the exhibition in Colchester,…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on February 13, 2015 at 3:35pm — 6 Comments

Very special woodland from Nancy Bell Scott

Here is a sneak preview of Nancy's response to my Spirit of the Forest mail art call!  She tells me she was inspired by the theme… these peices are a balancing act of light, line and colour that doesn't put a foot wrong!

To see the other equally if not even more stunning collage and Nancy's spooky envelope as well as the blogs visit:…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on January 14, 2015 at 8:59pm — 4 Comments

a big package arrived from John M Bennett

And it had a slew of collabs and John M Bennet 'solo' pieces!  

A HUGE thank you to John for a stuffed envelope full of collaborative bookies! I've chosen a page from each to entice you with! I hope to add to this blog when I have a bit more time and scan them in their entirety. Treasures.…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on November 2, 2014 at 4:45pm — 3 Comments

Susan McAllister's trashtapestry arrives even more perfect

Maybe it's a Zen Garden… whatever you want to call 74 1601, as far as I'm concerned it's an aesthetic triumph that beat it's way from California, taking TEN days to arrive as a postcard! Mail Art!

Added by Rebecca Guyver on October 24, 2014 at 5:11pm — 4 Comments

If you don't know Herman Kamphuis' work, you should!

To see more from…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on October 15, 2014 at 9:27pm — 1 Comment

Maybe you missed these pieces I blogged at the Postal Ledger!

Anna Banana's envelopes are always such a joy to receive!  she also sent me her wonderful banana rag and a a few stamps from 2005.  To see the whole blog and some of the contents of the envelope visit: …

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on October 10, 2014 at 6:00pm — 4 Comments

Asemic Vispo for Rebecca 9.27.2014 (DeVillo Sloan)

Received this beautiful asemic vispo from DVS.  I am re-reading the essays in the last VISPO book that someone in my family gave to me last year, the year before? One of the essays (book by bedside in other space) directs the reader to look at the whole first.  Intuitively I did that and noticed various things that I won't mention i case it interferes with another reading. …

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on October 10, 2014 at 5:44pm — 5 Comments

Don't miss classic after summer read from Mailart Martha!

Martha has been to France.  Did she see Dean?  Did she eat croissants? To find out, read the whole of mailart Martha's boekie ont my blog!  …

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on September 22, 2014 at 8:27pm — 2 Comments

Exquisite original watercolours from Guido Vermeulen

FOUR original beauties from Guido arrived a few days ago. Inside Guido's envelope I find these radiant 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch watercolours. I see Janine has also had a wonderful gift from Guido! Three is a tryptic, what do you call four? I call them beautiful, inspiring, wondrous and I will enjoy them for a long time.…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on September 1, 2014 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

Surprise deluge of Maritime Mail art and more!

Here is a list of the people who I received wonderful mail art from on my return from Maine:

Dam Batai Graphitismes (France)

Rosa Gravino (Argentina)…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on August 12, 2014 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

I have been blogging like mad at my various blogs and barely dipping into IUOMA but wanted to post a few pics of some of the work I've had for Maritime Mail Art from IUOMA members!  You can (of cours…

I have been blogging like mad at my various blogs and barely dipping into IUOMA but wanted to post a few pics of some of the work I've had for Maritime Mail Art from IUOMA members!  You can (of course) see all the work I've received at the dedicated blog.  In case you don't know, I am having two exhibitions of work I receive in England and on Cranberry Island.  The first one will be next Wednesday, running for a week at the Cranberry Island Historical Society.  I carried the pices I received…

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Added by Rebecca Guyver on July 18, 2014 at 3:11am — 5 Comments

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