John Held - Envelope/artistamps/flyers/etc/.

John sent this recently to Curious Things ex. in Manchester. Read more about him HERE. #mmucuriousthings

Cascadia Artpost - Postcard

Cascadia Artpost. - Postcard celebrating 25 years of Fluxus Bucks from Ex Posto Facto. Oct. 2019

CURIOUS THINGS MMU Manchester

Photos by Jennifer Williams and Hazel Jones. PV of "Curious Things" archive showe at Special Collections MMU in Manchester last week. It's on for 6 months so plenty of time to go and see it - one of the largest surveys of internationals mail art network in the UK ever.

Rod Summers - Postcard/CD

Rod sent the "Mail Art Dada Skank" CD as he thought it might be nice to hear at the opening of the "Curious Things" exhibition. Sadly we had no provision for any audio works - indeed very little on show in the exhibition due to space restrictions. Nice to have though as my old cassette copy is mouldering away somehwere in the coal shed or the loft? Who knows! Read more about Rod and VEC HERE.

Julian Beere - Returned "Curious Things" Invite Card

Julian Beere. Returned "Curious Things" invite card. Sept. 2019 . #mmucuriousthings

David Stanley Aponte - Postcard

David sent this to Hazel recently. Read more about him HERE.

Phil Mead - Postcard

Phil sent this recently. Read more about him HERE.

Richard Cox - Postcard

Rick Cox sent this recently. Read more about him HERE.

Vittore Baroni - Envelope, photo copies, artistamps

New project from Vittore in Italy. Read more about him HERE.

Cascadia Artpost - Postcard

Recent postcard from Olympia WA. USA. Read more about them HERE.

CURIOUS THINGS install

2nd day of install at Special Collections, MMU in Manchester. Hazel and myself sorting out lots of cabinets ( we need more!) and directing framing of posters, artistamps, postcards etc. One of the biggest, if not the biggest overview of the mail art scene in the UK. To be opened on 25th September ( PV 3rd October ) through to April 2002.

PLG Frieslaender - Postcard

Sent from Germany recently by PLG. Read more about him HERE.

Joey Patrick T - Envelope/photo/ephemera

Joey sent this recently. Read more about him HERE.

Vittore Baroni - 'zine

Arte Postale! magazine by Vittore from the 80's. Read more about him HERE.

Robert Ashworth/Robin Crozier - MEMO/RY

Robert sent this back to Robin who passed it on to me. Used as envelope to Hazel Jones. Just found in the wardrobe amongst moire old letters from the 80's and 90's. Read more about him HERE.

The Sticker Dude - Envelope/stickers/flyers/artistamps/ etc.

Sticker Dude ( Joel Cohen ). Envelope, stickers, flyers, artistamps etc. etc. July 2019. read more about him HERE>

T.B. McGee - Photo copy

T.B. sent this back in 1983 or maybe 84? Read more about mail art HERE.

Lon Spiegelman - Photo copy

Lon sent this back in 1981 or 82. Read more about him HERE.

Vittore Baroni - Photo copy

Vittore sent this back in 1981 or 82. Read more about him HERE.

Part B being delivered in crate 1989

Found this today whilst going through some old mail I sent to Hazel many years ago. I though we had no record of this event but here it is - a rather poor photo copy but nonetheless a bit of history. Part B got his mate to drop him off at out flat in Lambeth Walk and had authentic looking dockets and reciepts to hand over with it. His mate drove round the corner to wait for instructions. I was at work at the time so knew nothing about it so Hazel left the crate unopened in our hall which was shared by the modelmakers who had the ground floor. So poor old Part B had to wait two hours for me to come back home at lunchtime to open the crate. I was a bit suspicious when I noticed the holes drilled in the sides ( luckily for scrunched up occupant!) and amazed when the top was prized off ( with the help of John Held Jr. an American mail artist who was visiting at the time )and Part B. was found inside. He had wanted to jump out and surprise us but two hours had seized his legs up slightly! So then we took this photo ( or maybe John Held Jr. did?) anyway, we had a good laugh about it and invited Part B and his worried mate who had been waiting patiently round the corner to come up for tea and a chat.

Pedro Gonzales Garcia - Catalogue/assembling

Nice mail art catalogue/assembling "TRANSITO" that arrived today from Spain. Pretty sure it was 2007 I sent my contribution so only took 12 years to get here! From Pedro Gonzales Garcia.

P.L.G. - Hammer Stamp

PLG sent this in the noughties. Read more about him HERE.

Cracker Jack Kid - Postcard

Cracker Jack ( Chuck Welch ) sent this papier mache postcard back in the 80's. Read more about him HERE.

D.C. Spaulding - Envelope/ artistamps

D.C. sent these recently - read more about him HERE.

Ryosuke Cohen - Gocco print/ flyer

A Brain Cell 1050 from Ryosuke in Japan that came today. Read more about him HERE.

Jennie Hinchcliff - Envelope/postcard

Jennie sent this recently from San Francisco. Read more about her HERE.