Erin Guerard

A gorgeous drawing of the Axolotl, accompanied by great typography, reached my mailbox. Created and sent from Canada by Erin Guerard.
The Axolotl is an amazing Amphibian, who keeps on living in the water when grown-up, in contrary to other amphibians who develop lungs and travel to land.



Also the envelope is great! Thank you very much, Erin!

Nicole Eippers (19)

Already as a child I was fascinated by the Axolotl. In the seventies I had a book from the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, in which there was a black and white picture showing this amazing weird deep water amphibian.
Nicole Eippers sent me a coloured version of axolotls from Belgium, along with two of my other favourites: a Snail and a Mole. And of course her famous Piggy mail art pig.

Hartelijk dank, merci beaucoup, Nicole!

Antonia Mayol

Yes! Here he/she is, with many thanks to Antonia Mayol from Spain: the Axolotl!
A really weird, weird real animal, kind of salamander so no 'walking fish' but an amphibian. Axolotls live in Mexico and are endangered. Fortunately Antonia Mayol created this one, and I will conserve it with might and main!



On the envelope some beautiful birds, on artistamps and rubber stamp prints (some of them re-stamped by the Dutch mail company)!
Thank you very much, Antonia!

Nicole Eippers (4)

The axolotl is one of my favourite animals. I don't know whether this is because of the name, or because of his/her appearance, or probably both! As a child I had a picture of an axolotl in my animal encyclopedia, and years later, when I saw him/her in a zoo in real, I still thought this an intriguing creature.

Thanks to Nicole Eippers I now received this friendly Axolotl in my mailbox!
Together with, of course, Nicoles famous Flying Pig - Cochon Volant.

Nicole has an ongoing mail art project, see her blog Piggy One Mailart.

Hartelijk dank, merci beaucoup, Nicole, ik ben er blij mee!

Call for Mail Art: Weird Existing Animals

Platypus, Tapir, Okapi, Echidna, Kookaburra, Axolotl: some of my favourite animals.
They have in common that they exist in real life and that they are uncommon.

Which animal is odd as well as one of your favourites?

Send your image of an unusual (existing, no fantasy) animal to the following address:



No jury, no fee, no return.
All weird existing animals will be published in this ongoing virtual exhibition.