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Good Mail Day

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Price: $19.99
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Item #: QM0889


ISBN: 9781592535378
128 Pages
Dimensions: 8.5 x 9 inches

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Make Every Day a Good Mail Day

"What is a Good Mail Day?"

A Good Mail Day is a day when, instead of just bills, catalogs, and advertisements, your postal carrier delivers artful, beautiful, personal mail from friends and acquaintances all over the world.

Mail art is a collaborative art form with a long and fascinating history populated by famous artists as well as everyday practitioners. 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 truly international activity and 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!

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction
Make Every Day a Good Mail Day

Chapter 1
From Dadaists to Dilettantes: Mail Art Is for Everyone

Chapter 2
Make the Mail Carrier Your New Best Friend: Guidelines for Getting Started with Mail Art

Chapter 3


You Can Take It with You: The Traveling Mail Art Kit

Chapter 4:
From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Gleaning Inspiration and Materials from a Walk around the Block

Chapter 5
Judging the Post by Its Cover: Decorated and Illustrated Envelopes

Chapter 6 From a Single Sheet: Paper Folding, Texturing, and Pattern Ideas

Chapter 7
Outside the Box: When It’s Too Big, Too Strange, or Too Wonderful to Fit in an Envelope

Chapter 8
Beyond the Flag: Faux Postage and Artistamps

Chapter 9
Correspondence Charm School: Refining Your Handwriting, Finding Pen Pals, and Developing Your Postal Personality

Chapter 10
DIY and CFEs: How to Start a Mail Art Project and Become a Seasoned Networker

Chapter 11
Mail Art Mailbox: Artwork from around the Globe

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About the Author

Jennie Hinchcliff has been an active part of international mail art circles and communities for over a decade, has curated San Francisco mail art shows, and produces the quarterly mail art zine Red Letter Day. She teaches book arts and bookbinding at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Carolee Gilligan Wheeler teaches popular classes on bookbinding at the San Francisco Center for the Book.

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