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Well what do you know, an envelope with life changing artwork by David Stafford arrived in my postbox today. It was in response to my last letter concerning the 57th step.

the front cover of my proposed epic Gothic poetry book.

reverse side…

I have fallen behind blogging all the wonderful mailart I have received. Well what do you know? A mail art rescue helicopter courtesy of XX Jones arrived to sort that all out.

high concept mail art by XX Jones

From left to right:…

Christine's post has always been a delight and full of colour. Here's some mail art I got from her in celebration of Valentine's Day. Love the 'heart-shaped' glass. Those stamps complement the envelope too.

back of envelope.…

Phew! With all that walking we're tired. We need to find a bench or somewhere to rest. Don't worry boekie, I have a plan and it doesn't involve a dark forest.

We're nearly there, just to the top of the hill.

Time to turn around and see what's…

Yes, it's into the dark, but don't worry it's what's on the other side that counts.

It's very dark. Boekie doesn't know what's going on, I think it wants to be back in hot summery Australia. But look ahead there's a light! We're nearly out boekie, don't worry.…

After numerous attempts to photograph and film Vizma’s boekie I gave up. The reason for quitting was due, in most part to bad lighting which led to poor focus. So I had the bright idea to take my camera and the boekie for a walk and photograph our adventures. I was certain I could find more light…

I must make a New Year's Resolution and that is I must blog my incoming mail art more regularly. Though, I must say just keeping up with all my replies is a big enough feat in itself. So here goes in my quest to keep more uptodate with my postings.

I want to show off my first bit of post from Dustin (breaks into an Irish song and dance). I got a wonderful envelope…

Finally my last batch of mail art done for the year - at least before Xmas. I've sent around twenty off. Phew! Time to celebrate! Not only do my IUOMA friends keep me busy but also others outside of our circle. But busy is not bad, no busy is great! It's great to keep creative. I've hidden them so you can't really make out who I'm sending these envelopes to. Now off to…

Archiving mail art sent and received is quite time consuming. I got two bits of mailart in the post today and decided it was time to do some catching up with blogging all the wonderful art I've received from some very decent IUOMA members.

Here's s a postcard from Claudia McGill I love the colours:…

I was delighted to get another little boring, blank, white envelope from Suus. Inside a little colourful card from her and a wonderful surprise of a postcard project from Tofu The project involves a mail artist filling in a segment of the card. I was kindly given layer five to do - the last layer. It was a lot of fun and…

Check out the mail I got from Vizma - my first I might add. Lots of great stamps on both sides of the envelope and two cards with a delinquent chicken, Prince Harry misbehaving and an admonition to party on while you're young! I really like her humorous style. It proves that mail artists are great comedians too!…

Theresa told me I should be expecting something in the post so I was waiting with eager anticipation. Today I received a package from her:

The William Carlos Williams stamp was a nice touch. Maybe a relation Theresa? And inside:

Theresa was very…

I got a wonderful, large, colourful envelope in the post a few days ago from Christine Coppa.

front

back

And inside the envelope:…

Quite the mailart…

I just got some mail art! I got a postcard from Carina and some art from Richard. I like the IUOMA friends and the colours. Thanks…

Guido gets his own blog post today. I don't know how he does it. A large amount of mail art leaves his door and all great quality too. Here are…

I draw, paint and sketch most of my mail art. Here are some of the things I use:

Photo One (l to r): Colour Staedtler pens (tripuls fineliner 0.3mm), Staedtler Lumocolour (permanent 0.4mm, 0.6mm, 1.0mm, 1.0-2.5mm), Stablio Watercolour Pencils, Derwent…

I've been bad not publishing all the mail art I've received. I hope I can change that starting today.

From top l to r: A card to be viewed any which way by Susan Mc Allister, Don't be Afraid to be Alone Because Death is a True Companion by Guido Vermeulen, Advice from a Pigeon by Stripygoose, and a collage by Tina Wittmer. Thanks! What's wonderful…