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Hand Made Postcards

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.

Members: 71
Latest Activity: 6 hours ago

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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 6 hours ago

Thanks to Stephan Mitterwieser for his mixed media art work. - nice !

And I'm sending an experimental Post card.

Comment by Rebekka Schmidt on Monday

received from Stephan Mitterwieser, Germany - thank you!!

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on Monday

Here is a hand painted portrait postcard from "awyn" in Quebec.

And in return I'm sending a postcard study of a mural I'm planning to paint outside.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on September 22, 2024 at 6:37pm

Thanks to Sandra Lefever for her ink drawing with multiple stamp impressions.

In return I'm sending an hand drawn - black on red postcard.

Comment by Susan Gnaedinger on September 12, 2024 at 2:52am

Received relaxing/vibrant collage from coco muchmore.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on September 10, 2024 at 9:59pm

Thanks to Tanushree V. for her unknown media postcard.

And in return I'm sending  "Curved Triangle-07", one of my earlier series

that she doesn't have. It is a rubber stamp with white ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on August 28, 2024 at 1:55am

Thanks to Sussane Mitterwieser for her postcard with the rubber stamped spike headed creatures.

And I'm sending to Germany in return "Universe Center" rubber stamped with added ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on August 23, 2024 at 6:56pm

Thanks to Coco Muchmore of Perry KS for "Coma ','  LA postcard. Way to go

And in return I'm sending "Universe Center-06" - rubber stamped with added ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on August 22, 2024 at 7:51pm

Thanks to Susan Gnaedinger for sending a delightful watercolor postcard named "Day On The River".

And In the return Mail goes "24-Fan-like #01"  rubber stamped with added black ink postcard.

Comment by Tyler Hannigan on August 20, 2024 at 11:00pm

Here is the second in my "Do-Dot" series going out to Adam Roussopoulos in Minn.

 

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