Swap - Silly Me (Ends 9/15/09)

Cards need to be to me by September 15, 2009

• If you plan to participate, leave your name and contact information in the COMMENTS below.
• This will be a 1 card for 1 in return.
• Number of participants - unlimited.
• Please include your name and e-mail on the backs of your cards; along with the name of the Swap.
• Please include a self addressed stamped envelope for your returns.
• Please Contact me if you can not make the mail by deadline.

Silly Me...have fun with a self portrait...how do you see yourself? I have a feeling that I see myself very different than others see me. How about you?

ATC Details

ATC using photo, clippings from a magazine, pieces of sheet music, and water color paint sticks.

• the dimensions of the ATC must be 2.5"x3.5"


• an ATC mustn't be sold, only exchanged, as the whole essence of these tiny works of art is about artists meeting (by correspondence or online if need be) and exchanging their works, thus meeting many artists and getting exposed to many personal styles


• on the back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and number (1/8, 2/8...) if it's part of an edition.


• they should be sturdy enough to survive mailing, and of reasonable thickness - some artist use recycle cereal boxes, chipboard, heavy card stock


• Almost all Fine Arts media can be put to the miniature canvas of an ATC, either alone or in combination with others: fabric, pencil sketch, charcoal, cartoon, watercolor, markers, color pencils, pastel, crayons, inks, dotting, collage, photography, calligraphy...

For more information, check out this great website: http://www.cedarseed.com/air/atc.html

Artist Trading Cards - What Are They?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Artist Trading Cards (or ATCs) are miniature works of art about the same size as modern baseball cards,[1] or 2 ½ X 3 ½ inches (6cm X 9cm), small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets. The ATC movement developed out of the mail art movement and has its origins in Switzerland. Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc), paper media (in the form of collage, papercuts, found objects, etc). The cards are usually traded or exchanged rather than sold.