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i received Mail Art from William M

because stamp artist Donald Evans made an 'appearance' in my blog (thanks to P.M. Wilson), William -- very well-organized apparently -- sent along this card he picked up a few years ago in Seattle. stamps (watercolors) were produced by Evans 1967-1973, and are from Children's Issues/Vocabulary Lesson series. sincere thanks for this…

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Added by Zack on November 20, 2023 at 5:51pm — 1 Comment

i received Mail Art from BonnieDiva

this glossy collage makes me wonder what Bonnie's laugh sounds like...? love all the lines and texture on this card. and of course the envelope also contained a Bon-zine (Scream-zine, lucky 13!) as well as a generous 'Trick or Trash' bag filled with mail art omens...…

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Added by Zack on November 20, 2023 at 5:41pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Mail Art Martha

The Foldi 25 arrived last month, along with two little bookies handcrafted with care in the queendom of Retailia. Chaos Mailarting? i must admit i was not aware of any other kind ];-)

p.s. no matter how much you push the envelope, it's still stationery.

thanks for all this and for the recent blog post too; see you in…

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Added by Zack on November 20, 2023 at 5:33pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Michael Spence

clean lines of beauty on these oversize/overweight collage cards from Toronto; nice work!

Added by Zack on November 16, 2023 at 4:56pm — 3 Comments

i received Mail Art from KS

trick/treat - some Mail Art hocus pocus for Halloween

Added by Zack on November 16, 2023 at 4:52pm — 1 Comment

i received Mail Art from Carien van Hest

fall memories take the form of cleverly captioned collages.

and a dada boomerang - the gift that keeps on giving ];-)

thanks Carien - that sneaky Velazquez girl is headed your way again, so be on the lookout.

Added by Zack on November 16, 2023 at 4:49pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Sarah Roe

this Audubon swan flew over here for International Postcard Day (Oct 1).* now that i know, i'll have to get my act together next year to join in the celebration. 

*yes, i am significantly behind in posting my incoming...

Added by Zack on November 15, 2023 at 12:41pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Fleur Helsingor

detail from the "Rare Bird" mural by Thomas C. Haag (Oakland) -

- mounted with attractive ephemera.

merci Fleur

Added by Zack on November 15, 2023 at 12:34pm — 1 Comment

i received Mail Art from Ricky Long

these darling square pieces imply a quilt in the making, and reflect l'idee oulipienne of working within constraints, as they arrived tucked snugly into a cardboard CD mailer. i especially like the 'photomural-stamps'. thanks Ricky; i dropped off some mail for you at the post office this morning, so see you…

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Added by Zack on November 15, 2023 at 12:27pm — 1 Comment

i received Mail Art from Penny Reinecke

inside this official Australian Postal Service envelope, i found a postcard with a boomerang king-of-hearts sticker, and this very intricate collage assemblage. what you can't see feel is the stitched shapes which add another dimension to the card.…

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Added by Zack on November 6, 2023 at 8:42pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Karen Champlin

that feeling when you open an envelope and a meteor shower spills out onto your desk ];-)

the thinking person's confetti?

thanks for all this; the ATCs are cool and have me wondering about your technique...

Added by Zack on November 6, 2023 at 8:37pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Coco Muchmore

thanks for this many-layered pop/gop-art to celebrate International Postcard Day (Oct 1)

[who knew?]

yes for sure too many guns; great way to channel your anger.

see you in the…

Added by Zack on November 6, 2023 at 8:30pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Juan Petry

more EGGS!

a little hard to see, but 'art is ridiculous free' (yes!)

so many QR codes - so little time.

also included, a recycled photo-triptych -

also, a cool boomerang-envelope [FREE…

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Added by Zack on November 2, 2023 at 6:00pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from William M

the envelope makes me wonder if there is a Nessie-related cryptid in Taiwan...?

thanks a lot for this pair of handcrafted postcards; super, man!

Added by Zack on November 2, 2023 at 5:52pm — 2 Comments

i received Mail Art from Nancy Bell Scott

i'll have the usual (3x3)*xNBS in fall colors, thank you ];-)

*three three-scrap collages

plus a side of postcard --

your technique always conjures delight.

thanks, too, for your…

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Added by Zack on November 2, 2023 at 5:46pm — 2 Comments

i received Mail Art from MomKat

divine visitors showed up in my mailbox!

the snake goddess of Crete (sporting a cat on her head) arrived by way of Athens --

-- along with a serene visage and, naturally, Athena

thanks…

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Added by Zack on October 18, 2023 at 10:11pm — 1 Comment

i received Mail Art from Melanie Reed

"Things I Forgot"

this fantastic collage kind of reminds me of the paintings of Neo Rauch (similar forms and palette). 

and the envelope it arrived in calls to mind the dream sequence in Hitchcock's  "Spellbound" -- look! Dali himself showed up to check it out ];-)…

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Added by Zack on October 18, 2023 at 10:02pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from Cascadia Artpost

a panel of 'red rage' stamps!

and in the same envelope, a CAT [Crevicist Aptitude Test] (from Nonlocal Variable) --

as well as an excerpt from the summer edition of The Eastlake News --…

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Added by Zack on October 18, 2023 at 8:06pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from C Mehrl Bennett

now this envelope, from the Blue Bunny Club, was very gratifying to open, as it contained --

several copies of the booklet "Birds of a Feather", a three-way collaboration (Mindaugas, CMB and me) - what a lovely surprise!

[sideways shout-out to Katerina, who recommended i send altered pages from Mindaugas to CMB - what a functional…

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Added by Zack on October 15, 2023 at 6:30pm — No Comments

i received Mail Art from James Chester

finally posting these intriguing squares, which arrived last month...

i wonder if they are cut-up se(le)ctions from a large image, perhaps a map of another green world?

Added by Zack on October 15, 2023 at 6:29pm — No Comments

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