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Marie Wintzer: Vizpo, Holism, Poetry, more....

Lucky me, I received a bright yellow envelope from Marie with wonderful things inside to delight my senses!

Loved the graphics on the outside of the envelope...the back had artworks with collaged orange fruits to announce the MinXus Solar Festival 2012.  They looked like little tarot cards to me... the three of pentacles and the six of pentacles (?)…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on July 7, 2012 at 11:16pm — 11 Comments

Janine Weiss Envoie une Histoire du Monde

...And the world is full of all kinds of magical creatures--bandits, ogres, and sorcerers!

This gem arrived in a thick wad of plastic wrap, noting on the outside the delectible contents that awaited inside, and the ominous instructions: "Open carefully; GOOD LUCK!"…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on July 7, 2012 at 10:07pm — 2 Comments

Recruiting Material Arrives from DKult Headquarters

Now I will have to put on my starched white shirt and dress slacks and go door-to-door to pass out my pamphlets and discuss the saving grace of DKult [art]...

All of this paraphernalia arrived stuffed in a Kane County Jury Commission envelope--repurposed and re-addressed to me. (I hope our DKult leader isn't shirking her civic duties by sending her jury summons…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on June 24, 2012 at 7:48pm — 7 Comments

Carina Granlund asks, "Are You Pretty?"

You better believe it!!!  But so, also, is Carina's amazing artwork sent to me!

This is definietly a mixed media piece. I think it is collage with quite a lot of tape-transfer technique imagery.  But there are some hand-penciled embellishments, too.  Overall a stunner!  Thanks bunches,…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on June 17, 2012 at 8:08pm — 1 Comment

Lesley Magwood Fraser Life Studies

This piece is a response from Lesley to a New Yorker article I read and sent to her about figure drawing.  (Lesley is always terrific at working on a theme or quotation that we happen to exchange back and forth--she is a great art conversationalist in that sense!) I suppose this piece of mail art could have been included in my post of recently received Book Form artworks, because it is an accordion-style piece. But it works as a single artwork when opened up as well.  It's hard for…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on June 17, 2012 at 7:49pm — 2 Comments

Art in Book Form: Sally Wassink; Katerina Nikoltsou, & Cheryl Penn

Several have been received of late.  The most miniature example of the collection was a brilliant one from Sally Wassink (California, USA) and arrived in its own minature envelope...…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on June 17, 2012 at 7:01pm — 5 Comments

Sweet, Sweet Jam -- Blog Jam, that is...

Trying to catch-up and recognize some wonderful artists who've blessed my mailbox over the past couple weeks...

Sandra Pinon (France) send an amazing collage piece naked through the postal service:

Got my first trade with Vizma Bruns (Australia), and she was the sweetest sweety-pie to make it fiber-themed!  Notice the crocheted eyes and lips!  They are…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on June 2, 2012 at 5:44am — 5 Comments

Amy Irwin Sends a Little Bit of Sunshine My Way

Amy and I have been creating artwork for each other lately that incorporates little nits and scraps we've inluded or sent to one another in earlier mailings.  Some yarn skein ends that she sent in a package were turned into a knit gift bag that I sent to her... and in the bag I included some scrap cloth ribbon ends, which she has brilliantly turned-around and sewn onto a fabric mail art piece I just got in the mail from her this weekend!…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on May 10, 2012 at 4:43am — 4 Comments

Wondrous Colors from M. Nidham

Wow--I feel blessed to have received this artwork from M. Nidham of the Sultinate of Oman...

After admiring this artist's work for some time on this site, what a joy to hold a sample in my hands.  The ink writing from the hand of M. Nidham can be called nothing less than the markings of a master calligrapher. Mesmerizing and beautiful.

I took a second…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on May 10, 2012 at 4:29am — 1 Comment

Two ASTOUNDING Art Mailings by Nancy Bell Scott of OOB

Often Nancy sends me things in pairs. Maybe she thinks of additional treats she meant to send in the first envelope, so she sends a second.  Or maybe she sends things separately so the weight doesn't coast her an arm and a leg to mail the stuff.  I don't complain; it means more presents in my mailbox to open!

Mailing number one came in this envelope:

and…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on May 10, 2012 at 4:11am — 9 Comments

There MUST Have Been a Sale on Blue Paint in Greece!

In the most JOYOUS OF WAYS possible, Katerina Nikoltsou of Thessaloniki fame has let the tide of BLUE PAINT flood the postal systems around the world and the happy mailboxes of IUOMA members.  My face crinkles in a wider smile every time a see one of her white and blue-edge stiped envelopes in the mail box, and her trademark "BLUE" and "MAIL" and "ART" carved rubber stamps proudly announcing the theme of the envelopes' contents (all with their own variations: "Zalop"; Trashpo"; etc.).  I can…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 30, 2012 at 2:06am — 12 Comments

Arte Correo from Cernjul Viviana--the colors of Argentina

Someone else who constantly amazing me by the diversity of art styles that she explores... Cerjul Viviana Marie from Argentina recently sent me this multi-dimensional-layered art piece, sent in a clear plastic/cello envelope, it had the effect of stained glass!!…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 29, 2012 at 10:18pm — 2 Comments

Nadine Wendell-Mojica: 'Post No Bills' Over This Beauty!

I'm continually impressed and inspired by Nadine's character studies... her latest gift to me was no exception:

Nadine admirably finds reason to detail the people and characters that she comes in contact with or with whom she interacts on…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 29, 2012 at 10:02pm — 6 Comments

Boo Cartledge Throws the First Pitch of the Season!

Spring FIBER ART SEASON is upon us.  There have been some quilting league upsets, some sewing machine contract trade-ups, some promising rookie youths entering the fray... But Boo Cartledge--a hometown favorite--will always make the team!!

On this fiber mail art piece by Boo, some young feller from the Indiana Braves graces the front--I daresay that this work is hand-stitched!…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 29, 2012 at 9:19pm — No Comments

Blog Jam / Blog Barf

Many of you would laugh to see me sitting here on my sofa, typing this blog, SURROUNDED by mail art in layers and piles on every remaining inch of the upholstery that my butt is not taking up. I wanted to make sure that I had it all nearby as I tried to describe it.  I am having to use Nancy Bell Scott's recent invention of the "Blog Jam," which is, I think, an iteration of a tool used by Cheryl Penn in the past, and undoubtedly by others who've been overwhelmed by the blessing of mail art…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 29, 2012 at 8:26pm — 12 Comments

Only Once in a Quadringentesimus Does Something Like This Come Along...

A light fell upon him as he contemplated the great Shroud of Elgin...

At first the light burned a little...

Then he was filled with the spirit of Trashpo, and De Villo Sloan felt compelled to share with the masses the miraculous…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 22, 2012 at 7:44am — 43 Comments

Dharma DaDa Erni Bär [Vegetarian] Mail Art Cookbook Series--Part deux--"Is it hot in here?" Edition

In celebration of a fabulous IUOMA posting day yesterday--did you catch all the DKult action happening here yesterday??--and in honor of Lisa and KDJ's collaborative tattoo project arriving in my mailbox, I decided to have a celebratory dinner.  So I dove into the stash of tins that Erni sent from Hamburg, and whipped up a new dish! It is photo documented here for your salivating delight...

Many folks seemed to like the first recipe posted and some even sent themed artwork in honor of…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 21, 2012 at 6:30am — 14 Comments

It's Finally Here--the Dharma DaDa Erni Bär [Vegetarian] Mail Art Cookbook Series

A couple of months ago, Dharma DaDa sent me an amazing package of foodstuffs with a special "task." The instructions were: "Prepare a meal using the [food enclosed] and do a little documentation for IUOMA to show those guys what real EAT ART is... Good Luck!"

Here's a clip from that original blog post:

An AMAZING PACKAGE that arrived from Dharma dada Erni Bär... Whoa.  If mail art provides me with…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on April 1, 2012 at 4:22am — 18 Comments

Feeling Blue Never Made Me Feel So Happy!

There has been an abundance of blue in my mailbox.

A WHAT!???!!

You mean THIS???

No, No!... Not a Bun Dance in a Tutu...

Maybe THIS???

No, NO!!... Not THAT kind of a bun dance!

I mean the kind of…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on March 13, 2012 at 5:19am — 3 Comments

Amy Irwen Disguised this Trashpo Boekie as a Treasure Scrapbook

Long overdue for praise is a Trashpo Boekie of magnificent standards from Amy Irwen... Changing the clocks for Daylight Savings Time made me realize I'd better do some postings--bad form to be so tardy with one's thank yous that the seasons change first--heaven forbid!!  

Amy's piece doesn't need much commentary; it's elegance in pictures will suffice pretty decently...  But for some background, her minature boekie is a "fatty"--so crammed with scrap-making material and goodies, and…

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Added by Thom Courcelle on March 13, 2012 at 4:41am — 4 Comments

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