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Pass and Paste #61

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Group:Amazing Mail ART
Swap Coordinator:wolfeagle (contact)
Swap categories: Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:7
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:May 22, 2019
Date items must be sent by:June 3, 2019
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

In this swap, you will send one Pass and Paste postcard to one partner. You can join in at any time by starting a Pass and Paste Postcard, or by sending on one that you have received from an earlier round, or another source. If using one from another source, please remember our standards.....sturdy base, no stickers, etc.

To start a Pass and Paste PC, divide the PC in to 3 or 4 equal sections. You can send any shape or size, use wavy lines or straight lines to divide the sections, etc. It's up to you. Please use a sturdy material for the base. You then label each section 1-3 or 4, etc., or A-D, and pick a section for you to create in. Create your mailart in one section. You can paint, collage, make a drawing, use fabric, do whatever you want to make your original creative mail art. Please Do Not use stickers.

Next turn the PC over, and address the postcard to yourself. Also, divide the left side, in to 4 writing areas and label them the same as you did on the front 1-4, etc. This is where you, the artist, can leave a note, a quote, a drawing, your artist info, and which Pass and Paste you are doing (for example #3) etc. If you completed section B on the front side...then you will write in section B on the backside.

Once you have completed your section, you mail the postcard, in a decorated envelope, to your partner, by the send by date. In the next round, you will use the postcard you have received. You will create in one of the sections and then send that PC forward. If you like to work ahead, feel free to create on these as soon as you get them. Once you receive a postcard, and you are the last person to create on it (you fill the last space on the PC), then please mail it back, naked or in a clear protective sleeve, to the original starter (name and mailing info should be on the card already).

You can jump in and start at any point, irregardless of what round it is, simply by starting a Pass and Paste postcard. If you receive an unfinished Pass and Paste PC, please always send it on, even if you decide not to participate any longer. At the very least, send it back to the original starter or send it to me and I will forward it on. That way everyone should eventually get their postcard back.

You can create in any medium that you like but please make sure you adhere any items securely..as these will eventually be mailed naked.

If you are assigned the originator as a partner, do not send them their uncompleted postcard, simply start a new PC. If you will be sitting out more than a couple of rounds, and have unfinished PCs, please send them to me so that they will remain in circulation. If you get assigned a partner and they have already worked on that PC, then hold it and send it in the next round to a different partner or please send it to me. The goal is to have each space filled out by a different artist, and then sent Naked home to the originator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. We would love to see the finished PC's in our forum.

Have fun.

Discussion

JuneRosebud 05/12/2019 #

What is the difference between Pass & Paste & Art Collaboration? I am confused as they sound almost the same?

wolfeagle 05/12/2019 #

In the Pass and Pastes, your postcard is divided in to separate sections. So each artist works in there own space. I've created a regular one, and then also one that requires a hand drawn or hand painted element.

I also created the Collaboration swap where there are no individual spaces. Each artist adds to the postcard, in any way they wish, any where they wish, creating one collaborative art work.

They are the same in that each has rounds, and multiple people work on one postcard. And you can participate in one round or multiple. I only ask that people either return to me, any ones that they have not sent on or returned home, when they decide to stop participating.....so that the original postcards get back to their original starters.

Many other people have since copied both ideas and there are several versions around, they usually involve stickers and lower quality work, in my opinion. I also require a sturdy background, and have seen others on Index cards or plain sheets of paper, and that just doesn't hold up the same in shipping.

JuneRosebud 05/13/2019 #

Okay, think I have got it. I agree with you; a firm/sturdy back ground is definitely a must. Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me=)

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