Do you make "mail art?"

Mail Art is a process where strangers (or friends) mail each other their handmade art on the back of a postcard. Often it is done around a specific theme.  Here are some more examples from my blog mail art gallery. 

Also check out Kim's IMGirl etsy store (example below) for some really great mail art.

IMGirl

Halloween Mail Art

I fell in love with Wendy Wallin Malinow's Halloween mail art when I first saw it. What is mail Art ? It is a process where strangers (or friends) mail each other art, and in Wendy's case, "make art" out of mail.

Wendy grew up in a family of artists. Her dad was an architect, but also collected stamps and loved getting things in the mail. Her mom was a calligrapher and loved any kind of hand lettered forms. She has always loved drawing and painting. Early on, she made her own cards and faux stamps. She is an illustrator and has created commericial greeting cards, gift items, and books.

Wendy says "I love participating in swaps and pen pals. I'm currently working on altering vintage envelopes and postcards, mixing them up with vintage stamps and my own stamps. Some of my originals and prints are in my Etsy shop and my tumblr site."


Contact Wendy: 

Wendy Wallin Malinow eyefun@comcast.net
Etsy store: eyefun.etsy.com
Website: inkhead.tumblr.com

Got Mail Art? View or Contribute your own work to the Mail Art Gallery on this blog.

Making Mail Art

I entered this "mail-art" piece into the Milk Gallery Mail Art Show. http://www.facebook.com/MilkArtGallery.

Do you have a piece of mail art? Submit it to this blog's Mail-Art Gallery Page: http://kateharperblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/got-mail-art.html

New Mail Art!

Mickey Baxter-Spade from Colorado sent me her beautiful "mail art" based on my call for "Imaginary Word, Imaginary Definition." Her word is Flutterbying.



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Mail Art: Make a poem from a paint swatch?

How fun it was recently to trade "mail art" with another artist. Mail Art is a process where strangers (or friends) mail each other their handmade art.

Here was her interesting mail art request: Make a poem out of a paint swatch. She sent me a swatch called "Polka Pink" and I mailed it back to her with a spontaneous poem I made up.









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Mail Art Gallery

Do you do "mail art"? 

Mail Art is a process where strangers (or friends) mail each other handmade art on the back of a postcard. Here are some examples of mail art I have received or discovered. 

My Bulletin Board of Mail Art

eyefun /Wendy Wallin Malinow

IMGirl

JessicaHicklin

StreamStitchin
pamholladay.blogspot.com/

 

HeARToftheMagpie 



 

Julia Laing, Materialized

tidbitsandscraps

See more of Mim Scalin mail art here.

3elizabeths

 

HOW TO DO MAIL ART:

 
Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art 

 The term “mail art” refers to pieces of art sent through the mail rather than displayed or sold in traditional venues. Mail artists often use inexpensive and recycled materials including postcards, collage, rubber stamps, and photocopied images. Mail art is a fun way to connect with people in every corner of the globe. Readers will learn to create decorated and illustrated envelopes, faux postage and artistamps, find penpals, make a mail art kit, and much more!