What is An Artist Trading Card?
An Artist Trading Card (known as an ATC) is a Tiny piece of Art that Artists swap with each other or give as gifts.
The one rule that makes an ATC derives from their origins: the dimensions of the ATC must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64 x 89mm. They are basically the size of an ordinary playing card.
You can choose what ever kind of Art you create as your ATC. Usually the Art is created on some card stock cut to the correct size and then the Art is made on the top of that.I sometimes Like to do the actual art on another piece of paper or fabric and then glue it to the card so that you cant see any beading thread that you have used.
The back of the ATC has the Artists Name and address and emails and website on it.
I will go into more detail further on in this page.
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How Did Artist Trading Cards First Start?
Artist Trading Cards are individual art miniatures which pass hand to hand. Some sources have credited M. Vänçi Stirnemann, who began trading sessions in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1997, as popularizing ATCs in the modern era, although modern ATC's can be traced back to portrait miniatures and to a kind of business card popular with Impressionistic era artists.atc - artist trading cards
Artists have produced miniatures for trade or self-promotion in many eras and places, and the current trend is thus part of this larger context. Historically there were few standard rules or guidelines to art trading cards, and many variances in sizes can be seen in older cards. The standardization in size of baseball cards is credited with creating the standardization in size for art cards. Today the only rule for these cards is their 2.5 by 3.5 inch size (64 x 89 mm), same as baseball cards and collectible card games. There are, however, certain conventions usually observed by those who make and trade these cards, such as the expectation that they be traded, not sold, and that they be created as unique works or small limited editions of prints. Artists generally sign and date the back, and may also include a title and contact information. The face-to-face trading session is considered an integral part of the concept, although many people find each other via the internet and trade by mail.
Artist Trading Cards are typically made on a base of card stock. However, ATCs have been created on metal, stiffened fabric, plastic, clay, glass, balsa wood, leather, embroidery canvas, acetate, heavy watercolor paper, and many other materials. The art on the cards can be done in any media: textile arts, pencil, watercolor, acrylic, oil, collage, scratch board, mixed media, assemblage, digital art, calligraphy, beadwork, rubber stamps, carved soft block stamps, pen and ink, colored pencil, airbrush, pastels, and many others - anything artists use.
What Types Of Materials Are Used For These Artist Trading Cards?
I think the Atc's could be put into three basic groups.a: Those with Textiles
b: Those with Paper
c: Those with three dimensional elements.
Its really up to the artist what she decided to use, many of these cards are mini collages.
Some of them are sewn using free machine embroidery, yarns and lace.
And then others are mainly paper made up of handmade papers, stamping, and embossing.
I like to use a Gold Leafing Pen to finish off the edges of my own ATC's
I had a lovely experience when visiting a very prolific Artist friend in New Zealand. I was sitting in her lounge room chatting to her when I looked down beside me there was a pretty basket filled to the brim with Artist Trading Cards that she had made.
I was thrilled to see them all and couldn't help checking them all out. She said "Take a Few" and I did. I thought that was a lovely gesture and posted off a few of my own to her when I got home.
I have lovely memories of that day.
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- Art in your Pocket: ATCs
- Air> Articles > Art in your Pocket: ATCs I am getting way too many emails asking how to start making and trading ATCs. This page is meant to help you start making them: as for trading them, go straight to ATCards where you can meet other artists and participate in swaps. I'm sorry but I won't
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Artist trading cards, also known as ATCs, are 2 ½ x 3 ½ inch (64 x 89 mm) miniature works of art which artists trade with one another, similar to the way people trade sports cards. They may be constructed from any media: pencil, watercolor, acrylic, oil - Melbourne Paperific Expos
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How to Make an Artist Trading Card?
10 steps to make an ATC
OK I will give you some simple instructions to get you going.1: Cut some card stock to the required size. I usually make a template to trace around because it makes it all so much easier. Or you could do the background on some watercolor paper and then trace around your template and cut out many ATC's
2: Paint over the card with a couple of you favorite Watercolor paints. Let it dry.
3: As an alternative you could glue some scrap booking paper over the board as a background.
4: Glue on a small piece of metallic fabric, a mesh would be great.
5: Cut out a couple tiny pictures from a magazine and make a collage with them on top of the mesh.
6: Poke a hole in the board at the b0ttom corner and thread and tie some metallic threads and yarn though the hole and trim .
7: Glue on a small metal charm or embellishment.
8: Draw around the edges of the card with a gold Leafing pen to finish it off.
9: Don't forget to sign your little work of art.
10: Finish off the back of the card nicely and add your details to it.
Thats all there is to it, try one, I bet you enjoy it..........BUt a word of WARNING.these are very addictive once you start!~
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