I loved creating these ...and I love the result!
These are the digital copies - the ones mailed for the exchange are of fabric.
Printing the images on silk fabric for inkjet, and adhering them and the lace with sheet adhesive worked very well!
Can't wait to see what the mail brings for me!
Meet Geraldine
( not the transvestite one from Some Like it Hot - before that )!
A 3 part image to be mixed-and-matched in a swap called Exquisite Corpse.
She was inspired from a photo of an early stage and screen actress named Geraldine Farrar; done with cp/fine line marker and metallic pen on Bristol.
Her pose and attitude reminded me of a Mucha model, so I followed his lead in the decorative detail, though substituting silver for his lush gold.
Thought I"d show what I've been up to, Art-wise, besides digital -work.
I've been in a series of exchanges over at the ATCS FOR ALL Web-site over the past few months; shown above are some of them!
I quite like the set-up of the ATCS FOR ALL trading site... you join a swap - numerous varied themes are always on the go - and usually have a time limit of 6 weeks to 2 months to complete either 3 0r 6 pieces of art to swap for...3 for 3 or 6 for 6.
The host master/mistress chooses what they consider like for like effort &/or ability wise.. after having been in a fair amount of swaps now I can say that I think generally, the host decisions as to how to swap OUT - whom to whom - are fair, more than not.....You send in to them, and they swap all received cards out to the other traders.
The prime advantage for me is because I am only making a limited amount of cards within a discrete time span - I usually opt for 3 for 3 -I feel I personally end up actually doing BETTER WORK...it keeps my initial interest fresh and alive!
I truly believe that attitude works both ways; affecting other participants as well!
