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 Daniel de Culla on November 28, 2023 at 6:08am: Season's Greetings¡

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 27, 2023 at 11:53pm: Multi Stamp postcard from Peter Wilson Many Thanks

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In return I'm sending one from my series "Quad #9" Hand colored linocut print postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 27, 2023 at 9:25pm: LG watercolor Postcard from awyn I call "Outstanding In Field"

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In return I'm sending my mixed media PC called "New Journey 05"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 25, 2023 at 11:14pm: Thanks to Thom Courelle for his 'spiritual' postcard "Hands Desending From Ketter"

And In return My PC "Universe Center #9-1". Rubber stamped with added ink.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 16, 2023 at 4:30am: Thanks goes out to Susan Gnaedinger for her Dynamic Hand!

HI'm sending Susan Gnaedinger one of my earlier linocut print PC

called "Flight 23-4"

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 14, 2023 at 7:12pm: Received great postcard from Marina Minou in LA - Thankyou

and in return I'm sending one of my new rubber stamp / added ink PC

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on November 2, 2023 at 3:09pm

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on November 2, 2023 at 3:09pm: Received postcard from AWYN. I don't know how to explain her mailart....spontaneous, emotional...wonderful

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on November 1, 2023 at 11:09pm: And another great postcard from Susan Gnaedinger - "Leaves" - Just in time for Fall.I'm sending a a post card with 12 rubber stamp impressions with a little added blue coloring.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on October 20, 2023 at 6:05pm: Thanks to Susan Gnaedinger for her mixed media postcard I call "Remembering Jacks"

And I'm sending another rubber stamp postcvard called "New Deminsions".

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