Hand Made Postcards

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Hand Made Postcard Exchange.

Please no commercial postcards.

Categories / media - drawing, painting, watercolor, print making, mixed media, original photograph.

Mailed postcards have an advantage being postmarked they record the time and place where created.

Note: pastel, collage and embellishments do not travel well and may cause postal machinery damage/breakage.

My address is on the last comment page.

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Managing Our Postcard Collections

All suggestions and comments are welcome here ?Ty Hannigan here. -- Here is what I do (currently)1st:I scan new postcards when they arrive and file the image in my computer under the artist's name. I…Continue

Tags: maintain, store, postcards

Started by Tyler Hannigan Feb 2.

Paper type and thickness for handmade postcards 12 Replies

Does anyone have recommendations for paper types/thickness they use for handmade postcards? I've tried sending some in the mail, but suspect they need to be thicker (I'm using Strathmore printmaking…Continue

Started by Tanushree V. Last reply by Guido Bondioli Oct 21, 2023.

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Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on March 4, 2022 at 3:46pm: I've been on vacation so I am behind with my mail art. I received this from Tyler. He said he is thinking of about this design on a 4' panel.

Comment by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on February 28, 2022 at 9:37pm

Comment by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on February 28, 2022 at 9:35pm: I started making not only collages but also collage postcards.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 23, 2022 at 4:54pm: PC sent to Tanushree V.

Comment by Coco Muchmore on February 22, 2022 at 6:48pm: Fresh from Germany--Year of the Tiger Valentine!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 17, 2022 at 7:51pm: Received from Pam McVay - Hand Printed Valentine Postcard

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 17, 2022 at 7:49pm: Sending to Pam McVay.

Linocut Print with added Hand Coloring

Comment by awyn on February 15, 2022 at 7:27pm: Received from Susan Gnaedinger, a beautiful handmade art postcard inspired, she tells me, from visits to the Arizona desert. My photo does not do justice to her drawing or its brilliant colors.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 12, 2022 at 5:13pm: Postcard received by Richard Canard from Carbondale, IL

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on February 7, 2022 at 2:00pm: Received a delightful hand drawn landscape postcard from Susan Gnaedinger.

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