Mah Nu's Blog – November 2020 Archive (9)

After about a week of no mail,

I opened up my mailbox to this lovely haul!!

♡ Thanks, everybody ♡

About to open these now!

(Individual "Received Confirmations" to…

The aftermath of a weekend collaging 

I just uploaded three new pieces of

work to my Instagram @mahnu.art 

featuring some outgoing correspondence art 

Have a look! :D 

A new addition to my hand carved stamp collection. Feeling grateful for the workers today and every day♡

I'll make sure to include a few of these stickers to my outgoing mail frequently so we can all thank our mail workers, bringing us joy and necessary supplies to us everyday♡ Thank you Thank you Thank…

Sending this ATC to someone who returned some A&P's (her addition included) with an apology that she didn't have anyone to pass them along to :( 

I suggested she check out IUOMA for contacts, as well as included a couple address stickers a couple of you sent me to share. Hopefully she joins us on here and gains some collaborators!…

I've been really enjoying the slow focus that carving stamps requires. This is my current collection of handmade stamps soon to continue growing! Preparing for a long correspondence art session I'm about to begin today, I wanted to lay out my stamps and supplies and reflect on my progress so far…

sent off a collaboration tape today to

my dear friend (and legendary Chicago musician and performance artist), Dr. Charles Joseph Smith. He will add some spoken word and,once returned to me, I will add some soundscapes! 

¿¿Do you have a way to record onto cassette and an interest in experimental…

texture, process, room for error...

testing some new stamp ideas,

a warm-up before responding to some 

mail, and initiating some potential correspondence…

"After ruthlessly stealing Millie's boyfriend, Freda offered up a ham."

~ Thank you, Bonniediva for this hilarious collage! This quote you wrote on the back has me cracking up everytime I read it and see the image lol

***received late October I believe...catching up on some past scans...***…

Thank you, Fast Eyes for an intriguing and cathartic postcard!