Ask Anything

270 members

Description

There are a lot of basic questions on Mail Art that are often asked and answered. This group might be the first place to look for answers. I will do my best to answer, but hope that other members can help out as well.
Comments Discussions Members

What do you put in Envelope?

by Lynne Larkin

Nov 20, 2012

I have been trading ATC's for about 9 years and a few years ago started to 'decorate' the envelopes  after reading about mail art. . Not sure what to put in a Mail Art envie?? message, ephemera, note, all/nothing? I also have traded a few collaged postcards with other ATC artists who do other size art Should I concentrate on Postcards which solves this problem? Any help/suggestions

Load Previous Replies
  • up

    Ray Haley

    Dumb question of the day: What is "ATC" or "ATC artist?" Every niche has its acronyms and I know a few different sets of them, unfortunately, not knowing and not asking makes me uninformed and unable to contribute to the best of my ability. Grateful for any assistance!

    Ray Haley

    1

    Feb 2, 2022

    • up

      DeeDee Maguire

      Hi Lynne

      Would you please let me know what  an "ATC" artist is?

      As far as Mail Art-if it is some one I know well with whom I correspond regularly I'll write a letter and place it inside a single fold card (that I also decorate in the same theme as the envelope

      Hope this helps! Looking forward to learning about "ATC"!

      with kind regards

      DeeDee

      2

      Jul 17, 2023

      • up

        Mim Golub Scalin

        Hi

        just a little but of personal history and fun about ATCs

        I didn’t know what they were when I first saw “ATC” on a

        2000 or 2001 site called PostcardX. 
        It was explained to me and I LOVED the idea. 
        I was teaching art at university again

        after a 15 year break in another career and wanted 

        Some interesting project for my students. And introduced them to ATCs

        as a way to help them not be perfect and to work collaboratively. 
        They loved it. I still have samples from several years. 
        and I myself traded cards for years. 
        then one year, while in an art residency in Paris, I noticed the name of the occupant 

        in a studio down the hall from ours-it was the Zurich studio, and the name on the door

        was M. Vançi Stirnemann. the guy who started the whole thing. We met. Shared some wine.

        And I heard the story from him. I was like a crazed fan. Like he was a big celebrity. And to me he was. 
        some where I have photos of us. I have a big smile on my face in all of the photos. 
        I still think he was super amazing for coming up with the idea of ATCs. 


        Jul 18, 2023