( These were scheduled to be posted while we were in Scotland and Ireland- but Blogger had different ideas. So- a little late but the art remains the same)
In preparing for our trip to Scotland and Ireland, I made a
dozen or so ATCs.
For those of you who don’t know, ATC stands for artist trading cards. They are pieces of board or paper that are 2.5” x 3.5,” the same size as a baseball trading card. They are little tiny baby pieces of art that were originally traded, and now ACEO’s- art card editions and originals- are sold as originals or small series of prints. The intention for mine was to plant them on both “islands” during our trip, giving them to people who I enjoyed or may enjoy a tiny piece of art. So I thought it fitting while I’m in the UK, I’ll highlight them on my blog!
For those of you who don’t know, ATC stands for artist trading cards. They are pieces of board or paper that are 2.5” x 3.5,” the same size as a baseball trading card. They are little tiny baby pieces of art that were originally traded, and now ACEO’s- art card editions and originals- are sold as originals or small series of prints. The intention for mine was to plant them on both “islands” during our trip, giving them to people who I enjoyed or may enjoy a tiny piece of art. So I thought it fitting while I’m in the UK, I’ll highlight them on my blog!
Magenta Grasses ATC
This first one I started with some alcohol inks, which I am currently in love with. It’s serious-want-to-get-engaged kind of love :) I am going to need a cabinet storage area soon! Such vibrant colors, quick drying, and have awesome interactions with other materials. It’s a loose start, but I like the proportions of negative to positive space…
Sometimes there is a method to my madness- other times I love
just foraging through my collections to see what feels right, making a right
brain rather than left brain connection… that's how I happened upon some patinaed
copper that worked beautifully with the magenta. A wee bit of pressed goldenrod balanced the
strong horizontal nicely, but still not feeling done….
Added “living in the moment” in white….
But once I added wax I lost the delicate writing. So added
some abstract script, highlights on goldenrod and linear pattern with the contrasting
white.
Done, stamped, signed, and ready to be packed for the voyage!
What a great idea Cheryl.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to find a fitting piece- i ended up giving this one to a woman i met at a dingle "trad" session who was a gardener and who answered all my questions about what i had seen growing there. Their fuchsia are GINORMOUS and just grow like huge shrubs on the side of the road!
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