Winterful Mail

Time to get caught up and sort through all the mail art I received in the last few months.    It is nice to hear from folks I have not received anything from in quite a while, which is understandable with all the pandemic mail delays.  And a few artists, sent me mail art for the first time, including some nice ATCs from Tim Collapse as well as a bit of a mystery from Portugal (no return address).  Here is a list of the artists shown in this batch:  

1. Jennifer Utter – California
2. Maureen Forys – California
3. Jean-Phillippe Gilliot – Belgium 
4. Sandra Lefever – Florida
5. Dori Singh – California 
6. Carolyn Oord (aka Kerosene) – Québec/Canada
7. Rebeca R. – Portugal
8. Cuan Miles – South Africa
9. Jon Foster – North Carolina 
10. The Sticker Dude – New York 
11. Maria Quiroga – Argentina 
12. Kathy Barnett – Missouri
13. Tim Collapse – North Carolina
14. Marina Salmaso – Denmark
15. Heather Ferguson – California
16. Mindaugas Žuromskas – Lithuania 
17. William Mellott – Taiwan 
18. Jerome Jacobs – California 
19. Serse Luigetti – Italy
20. Meral Agar – Turkey 
21. Roger Mulford – Massachusetts
22. Gina Visione – California
23. MiM – Virginia 
24. Wabi Sabi Sews – California 
25. Fleur Helsingor – California
26. Peter Müller — Germany 
27. Gregg Biggs – Museum of Unclaimed Ephemera – California

The Year of the Tiger

The U.S. Postal Service has come up with a great commemorative stamp for the lunar new year. The Year of the Tiger is my favorite one (guess why).  I thought the best way to celebrate was with some mail art.  After making some hand-carved rubber stamps, these postcards are on their way around the world.

Franked, Stamped and Stamped

I had a stack of old, unused franked postcards from the USPS.   You can still purchase these, but nowadays they are pre-stamped with forever postage.  After rubber stamping these, I then needed to add additional postage from my box of unused, vintage postage stamps

Last Call for Mail for 2021

A trip to the post office after Christmas found my box crammed with cats, dogs (including an altered Calder postcard) and some various characters in various altered states — including the latest movable piece from Kathy Barnett.  Below is a list of the artists shown in this batch:

1. Sally Wassink – California 
2. Gregg Biggs – Museum of Unclaimed Ephemera – California
3. Susanna Lakner – Germany 
4. Fleur Helsingor – California
5. Bettina Pauly – California 
6. Eugenie Marek – California
7. James Cline – California
8. Kathy Barnett – Missouri
9. Skooter Fein – California 
10. Bonniediva – Illinois 
11. Meral Agar – Turkey 
12. Margarete Miller – California 
13. Jean-Philippe Gilliot – Belgium 

December Mail Art

It is that time of the year and I have started receiving some holiday mail art — including a beautiful hand-painted card from Margo Hill.   After sending out my brain series I am starting to see brains in the mail back to me (I love when things like that happen).   And if you wondered if an overside playing card can be tuned into a postcard, well, the answer is yes!  Below is a list of the artists shown in this posting: 

1. Deble Faulkner – California 
2. Dori Singh – California 
3. Jennie Hinchcliff – California
4. Margo Hill – California
5. Jon Foster – North Carolina 
6. Wabi Sabi Sews – California
7. Jerome Jacobs – California
8. William Mellott – Taiwan 
9. Fleur Helsingor – California
10. Debra Mulnick – Idaho
11. Maria Quiroga – Argentina 

Celebrate the Rain

My holiday-themed card/mail art is usually unconventional, and this year is no exception.   But what better thing to celebrate in California than with a good wet winter.  So far, we are well on track.  I spent a rainy weekend indoors carving rubber stamps and printing these handmade postcards.   Happy Holidays!

What Time is Your Flight?

 A new commissioned piece for a couple of travel buffs who are collectors of airline ephemera.  They spared some of their old airline timetables and allowed me to cut them up to create this collage.  While I have a long history of travel-themed art and this is one of my familiar quilt-inspired patterns — this is my first time working with schedules and timetables.