Jon foster's Blog (307)

Collages and Words

I wrote a few words about some recent work. Feel free to play around with the images any way you'd like.…

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Added by jon foster on September 25, 2018 at 5:07pm — 1 Comment

I Wrote a Thing About Kolaj Fest

Hello kids, I wrote a few words about Kolaj Fest New Orleans 2018 that people seem to be reading. Not sure why? Anyway, thought I'd share this with you kind people. My goal was to defend mail-art!…

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Added by jon foster on July 26, 2018 at 4:15pm — 3 Comments

Collab Books?

Let me know if you want your name added to a add and pass book or just a one on one add and return. Send me you address.

Added by jon foster on April 4, 2018 at 1:30pm — 9 Comments

9x9 Project

Board 7/9 is complete. Let me know if you'd like a card to submit your own work to this project. Send me your address if you'd like to submit something. Here's the list of kind folks who've participated. (Only one entry per person).

Heidi Abrassart – Sirault Belgium – Board 3

Artista Daily – Taylor MI – Board 1

Derya Avci – Turkey – Board…

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Added by jon foster on December 19, 2017 at 3:09pm — 2 Comments

9 x 9 Project

Hello kids!

I've been doing a project for the past year and I need your help, if you're interested. I'm looking to fill up spots with 81 different mail artists. Right now I'm close to completing the seventh board of nine. If you're interested, I send you a piece of cardboard in the mail, you add your work (whatever medium you prefer) and then send it back to me. I'll…

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Added by jon foster on November 13, 2017 at 5:33pm — 3 Comments

Envelope Add and Pass Books

Hey kids! I have a lot of old envelopes so I made them into ADD and PASS books. Let me know if you'd like one and I'll send one to you. Add your mark and then send to whoever you'd like. When full, kindly send them home.

Added by jon foster on September 18, 2017 at 3:28pm — 6 Comments

4 x 4 Add and Passes

https://thejonfoster.blogspot.com/2017/09/four-x-four-add-and-passes.html

Hey kids. I wrote a little bit about my 4 x 4 Add and Passes on my blog. Please take a…

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Added by jon foster on September 15, 2017 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

Add + Return Project - 9x9

If you’re interested in participating in this add and return event, please let me know. All you have to do is send me your address and I’ll send you a card. You add to that card and then send it back to me. I will then position your card, along with eight others, in a square frame. Those square frames (five currently are completed) will be positioned together to make a…

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Added by jon foster on September 13, 2017 at 4:33pm — No Comments

9 x 9 Woodblock Project

The first phase of the 9 x 9 woodblock project is complete. These are the first four boards with artwork from 36 different artists from all around the world. Let me know if you want to fill out your own card and be included in this project. If you're interested post your address below or private message me your address. You can…
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Added by jon foster on July 20, 2017 at 6:47pm — 2 Comments

Want to Mail Art Project? 9 x 9!

Hey kids, let me know if you're interested in joining this project. Send me you address and I'll send you a card. You add your work and then send it back, I'll glue it to a block, and then put it on a board. Here's the cool kids that have already contributed.

Heidi Abrassart – Sirault Belgium – Board 3

Artista Daily –…

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Added by jon foster on June 10, 2017 at 3:54pm — 7 Comments

Want Things?

That's right kids, I'm making all new images for the summer, which means I'm getting rid of all the old ones. Are you interested in a mess-load of add and passes, inflammatory political garbage, and idiotic trash? Let me know and I'll mail you a packet. Please PM your address...if I don't already have…
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Added by jon foster on June 1, 2017 at 5:31pm — 5 Comments

Wanna Add and Return?

Hello kids!

So...I'm getting married in June. Something in the back of my head asked, "Why don't you make a mail art thing around this?" My brain answered, "I think I will." Actually I've decided to do two different mail-art projects around the impending nuptials. This is the first. Let me know if you'd like a few of these to put your mark on and I'll get them…

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Added by jon foster on April 14, 2017 at 5:04pm — 7 Comments

The Second 9 x 9 Wood Block Project Is Done / Wanna Help With the Third?

The second 9x9 Block Board is complete. Thanks to Jeremiah Paddock (USA) + Katerina Nikoultsou (Greece) +…
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Added by jon foster on March 31, 2017 at 5:55pm — 10 Comments

The First 9 x 9 Woodblock is Done / On To the Second. Wanna Help?

The first 9x9 add and return project is done. Thanks goes to Laura Hortal (NC), Brooke Cooks (WA), Patricia Landon (FL), Kathy Mcintire (SC), Jan Hodgman (WA), Camilla Post (Netherlands), Angie Cope (WI), Artista Daily (MI), and…

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Added by jon foster on February 21, 2017 at 3:08pm — 3 Comments

Wood Block Project Anyone? (US Only...I'm Poor)



<p>Watch the video and let me know if you want to join the project.</p>

<p>Leave address (sorry but I can only afford to shit in the United States) or private message it to me.</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>



The group is discussing things on Facebook.…

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Added by jon foster on February 2, 2017 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

Interested in an Add and Pass Mail-Art Event?

Hey kids!

Are you interested in participating in a mail-art event? This one centers on...well, "that guy." Leave your address or private message me it and I will send a card to you.

Follow this link to find the 35 entries already posted.…

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Added by jon foster on January 27, 2017 at 12:49am — 3 Comments

Wanna Join a Wooden Mail-Art Collage Project?

Watch the video and let me know if you want to join the project.

Leave address or private message it to me.

Thanks so much!

Added by jon foster on January 5, 2017 at 6:33pm — 4 Comments

Wanna Make Something Together?

Dissillusioned, disguisted? Want to vent your frustration and make a thing? Let me know if you want me to send you one. This is an add and return. All images will be digitzed and posted online. Working a putting a show together. Post your address here or private message me your address and I'll get you…

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Added by jon foster on November 11, 2016 at 7:30pm — 7 Comments

Someone Owed Me Money So I Sent Mail Artists to Collect

http://thejonfoster.blogspot.com/2016/11/messing-with-len-using-suggestive.htmlThat's right, come read the tail of when mail-artists helped me collect 15…

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Added by jon foster on November 7, 2016 at 7:13pm — No Comments

I've Sent My Friend Mail for Twenty Years

Hello.

For some reason I thought it would be neat to see if any of my friends had saved all of the items I've sent them over the years. One friend not only showed me what I'd sent her, but filmed it. I decided to put all of this together into blog post. I have a few comments on my blog...…

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Added by jon foster on October 18, 2016 at 2:23pm — No Comments

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