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

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ATC stands for Artist Trading Card. Google it and then send me one. Will add an ATC in the next mail to you!

I try to surprise people! 

what does one put in an Envelope?

*short poems

*bookmarks

*blue ribbons from obscure outdated country fairs

*little collages

*lines of paper dollies

*photographs

*feathers

* cut-out figures

*funny or frightening or fascinating news stories cut out of newspapers

*sheets of Avery Labels

*stickers

*paper dolls with paper wardrobes

*cool flyers

*pictures of animals

*recipes

*books of matches

*temporary tattoos

*zines, mags, pamphlets

*playing cards

*tarot cards

*business cards

*trading cards

*the funny papers

*the odd letter or note

SWEET!

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

ATC is short for Artist Trading Card. See this group: https://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/atcrebels

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

here's the self-explanatory link to that topic of ATCs :


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist_trading_cards

Thanks for responding Cerien and Predrag! 
Good to know--there are so many acronyms these days!

Plus---I was taught that there is no such thing as a "dumb question"

cheers

deedee

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. 


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