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Incoming from C Friesen

Wild stuff

Added by Mail Art News on May 31, 2024 at 7:11pm — No Comments

Mail Art News is looking for sexual / sensual mail art for blogpost #69

So...if you have any examples of sexual or sensual mail art in your archives, email them to me at mailartnews@gmail.com along with whatever info you can provide (sender, date, etc). 

No need to snail-mail them to me anything because they might not get to me by next week. …

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Added by Mail Art News on February 23, 2024 at 5:49pm — No Comments

Resuming mail art duties effective immediately

Nov and Dec were way too busy at work, so I had to put many activities on hold, but now that the December commercial holiday of the ancients has come and gone, I can once again devote some time to mail art activities. 

I'll be scanning all the incoming mail I got in Nov/Dec and doing some additional work on the Ruud J interview…

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Added by Mail Art News on December 26, 2023 at 3:25pm — No Comments

Canard Communications: A mysterious marking

Richard C, did you add this cancellation mark? Or was it a bored, but creative postal employee? 

It's not part of the stamp design, I double checked. It looks good though. …

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Added by Mail Art News on August 18, 2023 at 12:25am — 4 Comments

How does that place stay in business? Casey Rubber Stamps in NYC

mmmm rubber stamps

Added by Mail Art News on July 21, 2023 at 6:27pm — 5 Comments

Pen Pal Packs...kind of mail arty

Seen out there in the wild, while visiting a local craft-thrift store called Scrap Bmore. They've been selling these basically mail art kits for $5 for a while now. Well, it's the first time I've noticed because I usually only look for the rubber stamps when I go there. Of course when it comes to mail art, free is the best, but a $5 entry fee to get…

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Added by Mail Art News on May 25, 2023 at 10:09pm — 3 Comments

The writer strike has forced me to use ChatGPT

Would you watch this movie?

Me typing to ChatGPT: I want a movie synopsis for a movie called "Mail Art, The Movie". One of the characters is named Robert Stamper. This movie will glamorize the mail art lifestyle. It will contain elements of comedy, romance, drama, science fiction, and travel. It will take place mainly in the…

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Added by Mail Art News on May 18, 2023 at 9:13pm — 4 Comments

What's all this, then?

What's all this? Find out at Mail Art News. And don't be afraid to email…

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Added by Mail Art News on May 4, 2023 at 1:58am — No Comments

Incoming. Baltimost Post.

(nonlocal variable)

(katerina)…

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Added by Mail Art News on April 26, 2023 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Correspondence Art (1984)

Was able to borrow a copy from the library. The price on Amazon was $125. Libraries...there's still a place for libraries in the Internet Age. So far, just thumbing through, it's full of images and very entertaining. Good for ideas.  …

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Added by Mail Art News on April 21, 2023 at 11:42pm — 6 Comments

The Brain Behind Japanese Mail Art

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Added by Mail Art News on April 21, 2023 at 6:54pm — No Comments

Search M|I|C/A's Decker Library

Doing some serious mail art research? You can take a look at the titles in the Maryland Institute College of Art's Decker…

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Added by Mail Art News on April 20, 2023 at 3:13pm — No Comments

Mail Art News #17: Incoming 4/19/2023, Fear No Mail Art

Incoming from: Lunar Mail, G. Diaz, Joey Patrickt, Erica Durante, Mark Johnson, Lord Fugue, Mim Golub, W. S. Paley, Luke McGuff

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Added by Mail Art News on April 19, 2023 at 11:23pm — No Comments

Not interested. Thank you anyway.

Could have been cool to get mail art from Buddhist monks!

Added by Mail Art News on April 15, 2023 at 3:14am — No Comments

MAIL ART NEWS #5: Stardust and Water, with Adam Blackshaw

Join us on a trip to Australia, Berlin, and Bangalore. 

Link: Interview with…

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Added by Mail Art News on April 5, 2023 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Take me home Saturn Return, to the place I was born

From Discoflux. There's a West Virginia postage stamp on the envelope (not pictured), but just look at the Earth stamps and the Saturn stamp. Far out, indeed! If you're trying to win or keep my mail art friendship, then rubber stamps is the way to do it. …

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Added by Mail Art News on March 30, 2023 at 11:48pm — No Comments

I can't believe you altered my work!!

I like it! Haha. Just some clickbait to get attention.

Altered postcard, titled "HAZMAT: your taxpayer dollars at work," which in effect is an add and return, from Franny Wahinehae of The Milky Way, who added the chemical clean up worker to my op art rubber…

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Added by Mail Art News on March 30, 2023 at 11:38pm — 7 Comments

fish and gelli plate from Amanda Becerra

A nice gelli plate composition. One or two people I follow on instagram regularly make gel plate art and it's always eye catching. The one time I bought a square of gel it had a strong chemical smell,…

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Added by Mail Art News on March 29, 2023 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Early Halloween from Carol Rogala

Added by Mail Art News on March 27, 2023 at 3:24pm — No Comments

Celebrating 13 Lucky Years of Anagrams with Discoflux

And a decade of mail art friendship. …

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Added by Mail Art News on March 27, 2023 at 3:22pm — No Comments

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