Mail came from a new correspondent today - Fonda Portales (Idaho). I glanced at Fonda’s (like Jane) profile page, and it appears that she is new to this IUOMA platform and to mail art. I discovered that she is a collector and curator, so I guess you can say we are kindred souls.
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Today I received mail from Sabela Baña (Spain).
I always appreciate Sabela’s art. The envelope contained a whimsical postcard featuring a kitty cat playing with a Christmas ornament. A Christmas tree is in the background. (We no longer have cats in our home, but I certainly remember how they were drawn to the Christmas trees and ornaments. Houseplants were always a target, too! Haha!) On September 22, 2019, I wrote a BLOG POST about Cascadia Coffee Clutch...
Yesterday I received the newest issue (January 2020, Vol. 2, No. 1) from Jack at Cascadia Artpost. Katerina Nikoltsou sent me the second piece of m-a this year... It is a lovely Christmas postcard, complete with her Keith Bates reindeer!
Thanks so much, Katerina! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Welcoming in 2020 with the very first piece of mail-art is Mr. Jon Foster (Winston-Salem, NC). Jon Foster is one of my FAVES when it comes to m-a correspondents. He is a talented artist, a giver of ‘great shit,’ and an all around good guy! Jon has a great sense of humor, which is evident by the’ random pieces of paper’ he creates. He uses his own likeness in a number of the pieces he circulates, so it appears he does not take himself so seriously. I like that! In the photo above we see a ‘THANK YOU For Nothing!’ card featuring Jon’s head, along with a printed note (Yeah, I’m a mail-art super buddy!). His note made me laugh, and I will say it is a terrific way to kick off 2020.
More mail from Ilya Semenenko-Basin... The enclosed postcard was adorned with Ilya's signature postage stamp art. Beautiful!
October and November brought two postcards from France. Pascal Coupechoux (Chablis, France) usually adorns his cards with original drawings. Ephemera scraps are used as collage elements.
Received two lovely postcard from Cherub Ayers (Oxford, OH) in July: The first postcard features sea life (the postage stamp matches perfectly). I love the texture and 3D elements. Cherub used decoupage, watercolor, ink, label and sealant to make the card.
Back in February (geez, where has the time gone!) I received my very first mail from Allison Leonard (Hutchins, TX). It is a postcard featuring a glossy photo of a St. Francis garden statue.
Thanks, Allison! In this last quarter of 2019 I received two postcards from the talented Tim Collapse (Altamahaw, NC). The one I’m featuring in this blog post was received in September. It is a vintage postcard of the Chicago Creek Road (Colorado) which has been altered with four strips of paper, each a different color and design. With the scenic postcard picture still visible, Tim’s add-ons give it a whole new texture. Stay tuned for a post on the second card I received from Mr. Collapse. Thanks a bunch, Tim!
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