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MAR: Etegami (Japanese Picture Letters)

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Group:Zines, mail art & other cool stuff
Swap Coordinator:snout (contact)
Swap categories: Postcards  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:14
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.90
Last day to signup/drop:March 23, 2013
Date items must be sent by:April 13, 2013
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

It's time for a bit of mail art! So let's sent artful messages into the world!

Etegami are picture letters. Images are generally simple, of everyday objects, and hand-painted then sent as postcards. Accompanying the painting are a few handwritten words, such as a greeting.

You will create one etegami postcard. Images may be hand-drawn or painted and should be of something ordinary from your life (look around your house and town for ideas!). Write a message on the front to accompany the image. It could be a greeting, quote, poem, or thoughtful phrase. We're keeping this simple, so use your choice of paper/board for the postcard.

Send naked!

For ideas and more on etegami:

Discussion

BetsyPreston 03/ 9/2013 #

I LOVE these! Even the art-impaired like myself can make something acceptable!!

snout 03/ 9/2013 #

@BetsyPreston that's great! I've never made one, but someone on the lettermo site mentioned them and they seem fantastic!

snout 03/16/2013 #

It's catching! Here's a recent post on the LWA blog that might be of interest! -blog post-

I was inspired by a man on the Month of Letters website to create this swap. :)

snout 03/17/2013 #

This blog offers an etegami newsletter for anyone interested!

FiWebster 03/21/2013 #

Any chance you could extend the send-by date by a week or two, Cassie? One week is not much time for making a small artwork, given all the other things we are doing...

snout 03/23/2013 #

@FiWebster no problem at all! I am always happy to extend dates to include & accommodate. ;)

camelsamba 04/20/2013 #

This was fun - thanks for introducing me to this new (to me) art form!

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