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Orange from Eric

Fantastic anime stamps...an orange current Marianne... and lovely vintage Marianne stamps where she seems to be blossoming like a flower.

And even more fun, it is made from a French department store paper bag.…

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Added by FinnBadger on January 6, 2017 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Wipe 100

Wipe turned 100 recently. In a special edition, the writing on the front was done in gold (which doesn't scan too well).

Here are some selected pages.…

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Added by FinnBadger on January 4, 2017 at 2:46pm — 2 Comments

Fantastic forest fox from Eva

With great colorful stamps to go with it.

Added by FinnBadger on January 3, 2017 at 3:07pm — No Comments

An art book from Adrienne

Select pages from a wonderful art book sent by Adrienne.…

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Added by FinnBadger on January 3, 2017 at 1:33am — 5 Comments

The three-horned, fire-breathing, stamp-scorching, letter-delivering monster!

From Eva! Check out the very cool stamp commemorating the fire of Santander.

Added by FinnBadger on November 20, 2016 at 9:31pm — 5 Comments

Devil Duck Tape, Marbling & Found Poetry

Yes, William managed to cover all of the above in one piece of mail art.

The envelope…

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Added by FinnBadger on November 20, 2016 at 9:27pm — 3 Comments

Art piece from Chris W

Intriguing art came in the mail from Chris.

Added by FinnBadger on October 26, 2016 at 4:35pm — 1 Comment

Powerful claws

Fantastic collage in from stripygoose.

Added by FinnBadger on October 13, 2016 at 5:03pm — 2 Comments

Plop!

In from Martha, a fun illustrated piece.

Added by FinnBadger on October 6, 2016 at 4:10pm — 2 Comments

But it would never have actually been written

A fascinating collage from Brooke

Which arrived in this cool envelope…

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Added by FinnBadger on October 5, 2016 at 4:27pm — No Comments

A thistle in Provence

Great envelope from Richard with a linocut print

With the postage on the back!…

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Added by FinnBadger on October 3, 2016 at 5:56pm — 6 Comments

Earlier in the year I sent a few 'chevron' envelopes I printed. They were inspired by designs that Alan B made. Fortunately for me he sent me one of them... and turns out he hand painted them using a stencil. Really cool. And Alan included a fantastic printed note.

And an incredible…

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Added by FinnBadger on October 1, 2016 at 1:08pm — 10 Comments

Scanner says no

...to neon.

In from Jon

The scanner did not like the neon on the front…

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Added by FinnBadger on September 30, 2016 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments

Artist in Seine hikes avant garde

And this piece made it all the way to the good old USA swing state of…

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Added by FinnBadger on September 28, 2016 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Asemics from Jason

Asemics on the back and front of this postcard from Jason.

Thank you for this…

Added by FinnBadger on September 27, 2016 at 1:00pm — No Comments

A J.A.D. trio

Starting with a sketch of Denver.

A face.…

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Added by FinnBadger on September 13, 2016 at 1:04pm — No Comments

2B or not 2B, what is this mail art?

I haven't been all that active with mail art recently, so I was surprised and intrigued to find this unsolicited and unexpected package arrive from Gü. I love the Shakespeare stamp from Royal Mail that commemorates the 400th anniversary of his death. And there's even Shakespeare washi tape!…

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Added by FinnBadger on September 3, 2016 at 1:51pm — 2 Comments

Creatures, and forwarded mail art

I admired this piece by JAD when Thomas received it and blogged it.

He very kindly sent it on to me, in this fun envelope.…

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Added by FinnBadger on August 3, 2016 at 8:42pm — 1 Comment

A dozen madeleines murdered for the sake of mail art

Here's one of an occasional series of bags Eric and I have turned into envelopes to send each other.

Bonus points for connecting the quote with the bag.

Thanks for this unusual and very clever…

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Added by FinnBadger on August 1, 2016 at 1:00am — No Comments

SandPo and more

I love how the torn edges look like snow.

Thanks for the scanner warning, Kat!…

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Added by FinnBadger on July 25, 2016 at 2:09am — 3 Comments

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