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Are you a mail art maven?

From the lens Mail Art.

  • thatgrrl Apr 2, 2012 @ 11:46 pm | delete
    I wrote a lot of penpal letters when I was younger. I got into mail art and sending friendship books with art then.
  • jimmyworldstar Dec 5, 2011 @ 2:56 pm | delete
    I've read about this phenomenon before. It's a really clever way of getting art to people and making it popular for the masses. It's compact, you can spend as little or as much time as you want on it too!
  • EMangl Oct 3, 2011 @ 4:16 pm | delete
    :-) In the 70th i put stickers in telephone houses "reserved for clark kent - mailart was here"; in the days without pc and internet i and some friends sent each other crazy things by snail mail, some things never arrived - possibly some postman has a big collection now of weird stuff :-))
  • paintingsgalore22 Aug 27, 2011 @ 1:04 am | delete
    i have been hearing about mail art and do not know about it. thanks, this is very informative.
  • Close2Art Aug 6, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete
    This is a legal way to make graffiti, I love seeing the faces of the postal workers when I bring in a really neat piece...thanks for sharing this, great lens....;)RWJR
  • Michelle77 Jul 22, 2011 @ 9:32 pm | delete
    new to me~ very intersting!
  • RitaK Jun 20, 2011 @ 3:22 pm | delete
    Mail art is really cool! I love the look...thanks so much for such an interesting read!
  • vallain May 30, 2011 @ 7:48 pm | delete
    Hmm, I was totally oblivious to this. Thanks for showing me what it's all about.
  • FunkyJewelleryUK May 18, 2011 @ 9:39 am | delete
    Really interesting lens. I've not heard of mail art. Thanks for introducing me! :)
  • artyfax Mar 26, 2011 @ 11:38 am | delete
    I very nearly got involved with this once or twice, I was sent postcards and envelopes that had been artified but I was too busy creating the atc's for the inside of the envelopes. Thanks for this lens, It is interesting to see a little of the history of this gendre.

    I do believe, I may do something along these lines for my next swap.
  • djroll Mar 15, 2011 @ 12:19 am | delete
    Enjoyed your lens. I've never heard of mail art before. Thanks for the post.
  • yourgoldenfuture Jan 13, 2011 @ 12:02 pm | delete
    great lens... did not send much with snail mail anymore...
  • Chinajoy Dec 19, 2010 @ 6:27 pm | delete
    Great lens. I love sending postcards using my drawings to friends and those who have supported my work in China over the years.
  • jasminesphotography Dec 9, 2010 @ 4:54 am | delete
    Great lens you have here. Thanks for linking over to my Postcrossing lens.
  • WildFacesGallery Oct 19, 2010 @ 8:15 pm | delete
    Yet another very cool artsy fartsy lens of which I knew nothing about. Very cool!
  • d-artist Jul 16, 2010 @ 10:28 am | delete
    Taking time today from my "SAB" so that I can check out lenses by my fellow Angels. For many years I have done mail art, but never knew it was something others did...interestingly enough lots of my mail never reached its destination...this a great lens! a ~"Squid Angel Blessing"~
  • Jul 24, 2009 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    This is a super lens. Thank you so much for putting the work into it. It will take me a while to visit all the sites referenced here but you can be sure that, in the meantime, I'll be tweeting about it. Five up!
  • Ramkitten Jul 24, 2009 @ 10:03 am | delete
    I'm off to tell my husband, a Twitter mail artist about this now. Great lens!
  • Evelyn_Saenz May 19, 2009 @ 11:31 am | delete
    I had never thought of mail as art before. Cleaver idea.
  • homecarediva Apr 9, 2009 @ 3:00 am | delete
    Now that is cool! This lens is invited to join The Cool Lens Group - where EACH lens gets VOTES from the admin and gets FAVORITED too. Hooray, one of the coolest and busiest groups is reopened.
  • karanta Apr 5, 2009 @ 7:19 pm | delete
    Interesting lens!
  • aniaArt Jan 26, 2009 @ 7:01 pm | delete
    I've hosted an ATC swap and am hooked on mail art. At the moment I'm working on a March MS Awareness Postcard campaign.
  • heehaw Nov 20, 2008 @ 2:19 pm | delete
    this is an interesting art!
  • CleanFace May 17, 2008 @ 7:48 am | delete
    Nice lens! 5 stars given! :)
  • spirituality May 14, 2008 @ 1:42 am | delete
    Like the lens, but I'd love to see more examples.
  • enslavedbyfaeries May 13, 2008 @ 7:31 pm | delete
    This is such an interesting subject...I received mail art in the 70's when my dad would write me letters with elaborate watercolor artwork on the envelopes. I still treasure them and love the art mixed with the old stamps and postmarks. Beautifully done lens. 5*'s
  • Clairwil May 13, 2008 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    You're up for Lens Of The Week!

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    Well Done on a great lens, now don't forget to vote.
  • aeliason Apr 18, 2008 @ 11:38 pm | delete
    Very nicely done! So much information and it makes me want to join in! I like the idea of fun serious art.
  • voodoomama Apr 15, 2008 @ 3:50 pm | delete
    What a great lens! Once again you have honed in on an area in the art world that is deserving of attention.

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