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Debra sent me  a large MA  (7"x9") with all sorts of extras attached.  Heck Yes, Debra! Mail carriers rock, and always deserve a big thanks.  

From Sabela Bana- a cute Valentine

From Linda Rogers - a lovely postcard done with a stencil, paste and lots of fun colors.

A bright and shiny butterfly ATC with beads and collage from Linda…

From Richard Baudet and Bill Porter: a lovely watercolor A&P started by Bill with a lovely watercolor vase of flowers. Richard finished it off with a lovely watercolor scene! Thanks to both of you for doing this for me.

Here is Richard lovely envelope with notes to me.…

It’s really unusual and special to receive something as big as 12x18, but Jane sent me this gorgeous encaustic monotype which I really love! I have never done encaustic myself, but I often admired the process.

Not sure if the orientation is correct but maybe vertical like this reminding me a tree?

 Many thanks Jane!…

From David Stafford Santa Fe New Mexico USA

This great superhero envelope did travel quite fast from France, taking only 5 days back in 2018.

I love the idea of a shy superhero...



I also liked how Eric used two reddish Marianne's to…

Barbargirl isn't afraid of color on her envelopes, Fab!!! This one has a interesting tidbit about "Mona".  The contents are bold too (just like Mona)!  Love set of three ATCs.  Thanks BBG…

I absolutely love the abstractions of Yayoi. So happy to get this…

Mail art by Jean-Marc Rastorfer (Lausanne, Switzerland)

March 5, 2019 - I am thrilled to have received this exceptional correspondence art from Jean-Marc Rastorfer in Switzerland (apparently not an IUOMA member).

Jean-Marc is not an artist I recall personally from anywhere along the “long dusty trail,” but I am certainly thrilled to make his acquaintance now here in the New Order of things. Apparently…

Received an Add and Pass from Ashazart and letter from Caroline Cline.

 I just love the snail. Thank you so much. What beautiful work and I like the envelopes too.

This is only my second piece from this Israeli mail artist and I think she's off on a roll! I love this! And she sent me a bunch of funny money, one of which is a "real" Viet Namese Dong. My uncle, who was an "adviser" before and during the Viet Nam war, used to get a great kick out of asking me "wanna see my dong?" It was funny the first 8,000 times…

I love these tiny at works Josh makes, and invites others to make! I haven't listened to the snail music yet but I'll do it soon! 

Received a nice little letter and quite a stash of beautiful artistamps today from Bradford. I think I am going to need a bigger album.

Mail art by IUOMA member Ilya Semenenko-Basin (Moscow, Russia)

March 4, 2019 - This is the first mail art I have received from Ilya Semenenko-Basin. I am thrilled to have this work for the M-L Archives. I adore Russian mail art  which I find vibrant and active. In particular, Russia is a powerhouse of international visual poetry. I would love to receive more!

Lately, I have spotted what I believe is a trend in…