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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Latest Activity: Apr 11

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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 Tyler Hannigan on September 2, 2022 at 8:56pm: Thanks to Sabrina Schmider - Lovely sunflower Print

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on September 1, 2022 at 6:45pm: Thanks to Coco Muchmore for this postcard with oil pastel and gel coat

Comment by Coco Muchmore on August 29, 2022 at 9:16pm: Sending this beauty off to Richard C...

It's crayon on sandpaper (a remnant from a textile postcard I made last weekend). On the address side I wrote,"Hope this art offering doesn't rub you the wrong way."

BAHAHAHA

Comment by awyn on August 24, 2022 at 3:03pm: "Beetle #5" received from Ty Hannigan while I was away on vacation. Thank you, Ty!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on August 21, 2022 at 12:00am: Experimental Blown Ink postcard from California artist, James Chester

Thanks Jim

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on August 12, 2022 at 10:44pm: Michel sent an interesting collage

Comment by Daniel de Culla on August 6, 2022 at 6:25am: Greetings¡

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on August 6, 2022 at 2:31am: Received several things from Maxima Strange including this postcard.

Comment by Carmela Rizzuto on August 1, 2022 at 5:07pm: Sent to Self-portrait Mail Art Call July 15, 2022, Uppsala, Sweden. Blindfolded contour drawing with Ink and Neocolor II crayons on Canson Mi-Teinte paper.

Comment by Pam Chatfield on July 30, 2022 at 6:40pm: I received this bug PC from Ty. Thanks Ty! I love the eyes. He looks like he's going to scream and swat the human. lol

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