Artist Trading Cards

Even though I’m really feeling under the weather, I’m excited about teaching a couple of classes on Artist Trading Cards after Christmas: one for Bizzy B’s (date to be announced) and the other for Cherri Moote’s Day of Many Minis on March 4th.
I started doing ATCs a few years ago—before Photoshop—and then slowed down when I got my perforator and started making artistamps. But I’ve never given up completely. Here is one of the two ATCs I sent to a mail art show in Malaysia last year. (I’ll post the other one tomorrow). It’s a mini collage using the bits and pieces left over from an unsuccessful attempt at making paste paper. Actually, I shouldn’t say it was unsuccessful because I do like the ATCs that were the end result.
Right now I’m trying to focus in on exactly what to offer students because I have to write a workshop description and provide some samples. So far I’ve designed a quick little portfolio, and I’m experimenting with background techniques. The fun of ATCs is that you can use anything you want…it’s all play. Maybe too much play.
The last time I taught a workshop (on coloured pencils), it was supposed to last two hours. Typically, I was way over prepared and ended up asking students—there were fourteen I think—if they would just like to continue on for the rest of the day. Everyone stayed except for Susan Wilkie who had another engagement. But she got her own private update later.