#16 Mail Art Received

Mail art such as this makes the trek to the postoffice box worthwhile!

Fr_Viktoria Robinson, Sweden

Fr_ Elaine Arvati, Youngstown, Ohio: Note vintage images.

Fr_TOFU, San Francisco, CA, USA (that is Sutro Tower on the right)

#15 Mail Art Received & Sent

The last visit to my mail box offered up these beauties. This is the 3rd piece of mail art from the prolific Jon Foster of North Carolina. It features his signature use of tape as embellishment. The card from A. Rizzuto ( yes, we're related) is a stamped, embossed, sewn extravaganza. The small attached envelope opens to reveal a congratulatory message. I've been fortunate to receive numerous handmade cards from her over the last several years. I quickly made a few postcards to thank contributors. To keep me from lagging behind, I keep a small stack of painted papers to which are added  hand-painted or printed elements, ephemera and  text. Each postcard I make  is unique and a revelation.

Fr_A Rizzuto showing opened envelope

Fr_A Rizzuto, NH, USA: Showing attached envelope

Fr_Jon Foster #3, NC, USA

to_Jon Foster #3

to_A Rizzuto

to_Angela Gue

# 14 Mail Art Received

I continue to receive uniquely created mail art and, of course, have responded in kind. As I walk to the postoffice each week, I look forward to gems such as these from IUOMA members.

Fr: Lynne Larkin, Joliet, IL USA
Note the overlay of maps in the skirts

Fr_ Edna Toffoli, Brazil

Fr_ Edna Toffoli, Brazil

Fr_ Valentine M Herman, Sigean France

Interior of foldout from Kelly Bancroft Youngstown, OH

fr_ Angela Gue, California

# 13 Mail Art Sent

These were sent this week. The first was made using printed paper tape and white gel pen on black paper. The second two were constructed using gelatin plate monotypes and hand decorated papers. The latter are part of the Dream Series of postcards.

Entry for Shell Knob's Mail Art Project, Music, USA

To Lynne Larkin, USA

To An.U, Latvia

Collaboration with Edna Toffoli, Brazil

#12 Mail Art Sent

Both of these postcards were sent as a 'thank you' for Mail Art received in response to the mail art call in this blog and on my IUOMA page. So far I've receive 11 works and have responded in kind. 

To: Jon Foster, NC

To: Patricio, Celestial Scribe, Brazil

To: Liu Miao, China

To: Faro Movil's  Mail Art Call, Ishuaia, Argentina

# 11 Mail Art Received and Sent

The past few weeks have been busy with receiving, creating and sending out Mail Art to new contacts here and abroad. Documentation is taking more time than I expected, but I'm enjoying the variety of mini-artworks arriving in my PO Box.

To: Edna Toffoli, Brazil

From: Guido Vermeulen, Brussels, "Mountain Poem #3"

From: Jon Foster, NC, USA

To: Karen Alekyan, Armenia

From: K. Alekyan, Stamps

From: Celestial Scribe, Brazil--envelope with selected enclosures

To Larissa Dunn, New Zealand

To: Kelly Bancroft, Ohio, USA

fr_Laura Bucci, Vancouver, Canada

# 10 Mail Art Sent

Two pieces from my Dream series were sent in answer to mail art calls.

Sent to Valentine Mark Herman, IUOMA, for exhibit at the Mediatheque, Sigean, France.
Mixed media collage: ephemera, mixed papers, stamping

Sent to Laura Bucci, IUOMA, for 'This is where I go' Mail Art Call
Mixed media collage: ephemera, hand-painted papers

#9 Mail Art Akademie der Kunste

I created and sent the following to Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany in response to a Mail Art Call. It is a collage using a monotype fragment to which acrylic ink, stamping, ephemera and a painted chipboard bird have been added.

#8 Received mail art

Picked up these unique postcards at my PO Box today. Thank you both for such creative mail art.

From Jon Foster, USA

From Denise Souray, Canada

#7 Received Mail Art

From Larissa, New Zealand 

From Donna Juliussen, Alaska

From Melissa, USA

From Matata, Russia

Painted envelope from Guido Vermeulen, Belgium

One of Guido Vermeulen's collages that was included in the above envelope.

Partial view of Brain Cell # 845  by Ryosuke Cohen, Japan. 
He has been creating these for over 20 years from contributions sent by mail artists from around the world.

From Valentine Mark Herman, Sigean, France

These past few weeks I have been fortunate to receive the above mail art from IUOMA members--the creativity of each sender is evident--quite an array of techniques and media are represented.   Thank you all!

#6 Celebrating IUOMA's 25th Anniversary

This post card was made for Rudd Janssen to thank him and other IUOMA volunteers for developing this network of mail artists. The web site is a testament to their creativity and support for this modern phenomenon.   http://iuoma-network.ning.com/
Crafted using several gelatin plate monotypes, ephemera, colored pencil and stamping.

#5 Outgoing Mail Art

The past few weeks have been busy with making mail art postcards and sending them off to various IUOMA members. They were crafted using a variety of printing techniques, unique papers, stamping, and ephemera.

To Larissa, New Zealand

To T. Makarova, Russia

To Denise Souray, Canada

To Melissa Fletcher, USA 

To Guido Vermuelen, Brussels, Belgium

To Theresa Williams, USA