Type a message to a friend, family member, pet, politician or lover and email it to snailmailmyemail@gmail.com. Your message will be carefully written out by hand, despatched and delivered to your chosen recipient – completely free of charge.

Your message should be no more than 100 words long and should include the recipient’s postal address. You can request the inclusion of a doodle, a flower petal, a spray of perfume or a lipstick kiss.

This is a month long interactive community art project which aims to share the good feeling that comes with getting a personal letter in the mail and encourage people to return to the lost art of letter writing. The project is funded by donations and staffed by over 100 volunteers based around the world. It ends on 15 August so get typing…