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This blog is purely as a 'trading place' for paper artists. Swaps will include art journal pages, ATC's & other art as the participants interests expand. It is to foster interaction, encourage participation & creativity. New swaps will be posted monthly & are due in Melbourne Australia on 1st of each month.
CURRENT SWAPS
WHY JOIN A SWAP????
An online friend from another art group related a story from the book 'Art and Fear' to the group about a year ago and it has totally changed my approach to 'arting'. It goes something like this............. In one of my favorite books about the process of art (Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland) there is a study cited that is interesting. A ceramics class is told by the professor that they can either be judged by the quantity of work turned in over the semester or the quality of one piece. The students who chose "quantity" would turn in their pieces at the end of the term. The pieces would be weighed and they would recieve a grade based on the total weight. The students who chose "quality" would turn in one piece, and be graded on that one piece. The students who chose "quality" spent most of their time planning, plodding, incubating, and designing their one perfect piece. The quantity students just kept turning stuff out. The surprising outcome was that the very best work came from the "quantity"students. moral of the story? Just do it! Skills, techniques & creativity is honed in the caudron of practise:- I have used it as an 'art ethos' ever since.................joining swaps & projects when the topic interests me, which stretches me, keeps me creating & gives me a starting point to create.
HOW TO JOIN A SWAP
Simply click the link below to JOIN A SWAP (below) with your name, address, postal details & noting which swap you'd like to join.
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3 comments:
Lovely cards again - ah, Keron, here are your pears! Can´t wait to get my ATCs ...
O.k., got them now - thanks to Ute, Liz, Jenene, and Keron for your beautiful cards!
The very nice ATC from Jenene, Abby, Liz and Keron now in my hands.
Thanks to all for the wonderful cards Ute
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