ARTIST TRADING CARDS or ATCs

1. ARTIST TRADING CARDSor ATCs

2. Artist Trading Cards • Are miniature works of art • Can be made in any medium • Are meant to be TRADED or given away http://www.artist-trading-cards.ch/ http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Artist-Trading-Cards

3. YOUR ATCS • Must be 2D – drawn/painted or relief sculpture • Be experimental and creative with your content/media • 1 or 2 sided • Quality counts • Work hard, but it should be fun work • Have fun!

13. Tons of examples of ATCs • Check my hallway • Check flickr • Check etsy

14. OUR ATC Swap… …will be May 31 during classtime

15. Sculptural Mixed Media • Create 3D texture(s) on your card • Additive cardboard design on card • Subtractive/deconstructed design on card • Folded paper in 3D way on card • 3D patterns on card • Yarn collage on card • 3D collage using text • Collage focusing on repetition in 3D way • Rolled Paper Collage • Collage with materials from the box • Collage with materials YOU provide • Linear relief sculptures • Relief sculpture with 3 parts – a) background b) foreground c) middleground • A geometric relief sculpture • Combine sculpture with drawing/painting • Symmetrical relief sculpture • Asymmetrical relief sculpture • Free choice – run your idea(s) by Mrs. Arago first

17. TEXTURE

18. Just Cardboard: Additive

19. Folded Paper

20. Folded Paper

21. Patterns

22. Yarn Collage

23. Text Collage

24. Organic Shapes

25. Repetition

26. Rolled paper

27. Rolled Paper

28. Collage with materials from the Box

29. Collage with materials YOU bring

30. Linear Relief Sculpture

31. Collage showing background, foreground and middle ground

33. Geometric

34. Combine with Drawing

35. Symmetrical Balance

36. Asymmetrical Balance