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Comment by Pam Chatfield on May 15, 2023 at 1:10pm

Thomas, I am a rubber stamp addict.  I will email my answers for your post later today.  I'm working on a project today and I want to include a photo of it with my answers.

Comment by Mail Art News on May 15, 2023 at 11:39am

If I'm forgetting to mail my outgoing mail for a day or two I will put it in a bag on the door handle so I can't miss it again...this morning  mailed two letters to the Make Studio in Baltimore

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on May 15, 2023 at 9:10am

Indeed art is art, and one of the reasons for the mail art to start as an art movement was to protest against the too commercial sides of art, of the ‘established art’ and art galleries, museums etcetera (people who buy art as an investment object, not because they like it, etcetera).

To answer Thomas’ question: to my opinion mail art and scrapbook art can be distinguished this way:

mail art = art, and the maker considers him/herself an autonomous artist / art creator.

scrapbook art = craft, and the maker considers him/herself a creative person who has a great hobby, but does not necessarily identify him/herself as an artist.

I have written an essay on this specific question for a book by Ruud, for the 30th anniversary of IUOMA, alas this book didn’t finish at the time. Hopefully there will be a new chance for a next anniversary :-) (the essay alas is lost on my previous computer so I should re-write it).

Questions and replies about Rubberstamps would match in such a book, too :-)

And yes, I am a rubberstamp enthusiast addict and I both buy (never too many) and carve Rubberstamps :-)

Comment by CtlAltDel on May 15, 2023 at 5:21am

Hi Sarah Roe, one of the big reasons I like Mail Art (and Outsider Art and Street Art) is because it circumvents the art industry. I have every intention of including my Mail Art alongside my other art work...because it's all one to me! Art is art is art.

Comment by Sarah Roe on May 15, 2023 at 4:44am
Comment by CtlAltDel on May 15, 2023 at 3:59am

I have another question which has arisen as I build my website. Under EXHIBITIONS that I have participated in I have included all the Mail Art callouts I've sent work to along with other gallery shows where I've shown my work (solo and group shows). Artist friends of mine don't think Mail Art callouts are as legitimate bc they are open to everyone and anyone, including non-artists (whatever than means), and are not juried. They don't think I should include them as part of my professional practice. What do others think?

Comment by Mail Art News on May 15, 2023 at 2:32am

Thanks CtlAltDel. 

I'm going to post your two questions that you sent, here for other people to answer. 

- why is collage the dominant medium in Mail Art?

- what is the boundary (if any) between collage/Mail Art and scrapbooking?

Guessing it has to do with the availability of extra scrap paper from newspapers, books, and magazines which are everywhere. 

I really don't know much about scrapbooking, other than the fact that I would see aisles at the big box craft stores full of stickers and paper sculptures for documenting memorable events. 

Comment by CtlAltDel on May 15, 2023 at 1:51am

It is a very special hat ;)

Comment by Mail Art News on May 15, 2023 at 1:06am

This will be fun to play with once it arrives. Thank you Adam R. 

I'm making a funny, distorted face, so no, I do not look like this all the time. The hat is only for special occasions. 

Comment by Carien van Hest on May 14, 2023 at 8:20am

I recently tried to cut stamps myself out of erasers. Here are two results:

 

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