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Altered Text ATCs 2

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Altered Text ATCs 2
Swap Coordinator:JewelzyBug (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Artist Trading Card (ATC)  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:21
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:January 10, 2008
Date items must be sent by:January 25, 2008
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

(taken from Rillaith's Altered Text ATCs swap)

I recently came across Altered Text ATCs - picking out a few words from a page from an old book, that make something poetic, by painting or colouring over the words you don't want. (Some of these sound a lot like Magnetic Fridge Poetry!)

For this swap, you will be sending 3 ATCs each to 3 partners - so 9 in total. Each one will be similar to the picture above - a sheet of words from a book, a newspaper, or even printed off the internet, with words picked out to make a poetic phrase often entirely unrelated to the original content. Each ATC must be 2.5"x3.5" as normal, and the Altered Text should be the main element of the ATC, although you may embellish with something related to the new theme if you wish.

About "Altered Text" as Art

"Altered Text" is a modern take on an old tradition - that of removing the text on a papyrus, scroll or parchment in order to reuse it for new writings. It gained popularity through Tom Phillips's treatment of W.H.Mollock's A Human Document which then became: A Humument

There are some gorgeous examples of ATCs made in this manner (from where I have borrowed the swap picture as an example) here: http://alteredsilver.blogspirit.com/project_alteredtext/ More altered text examples an gorgeous pieces of artwork are linked to from there.

Fine print:

Newbies are welcome with a complete profile (this shows a level of commitment to swapping and the Swap Bot community, and helps instil trust), but please do send me a message or post a comment and say hi. This swap is international Anyone is welcome with a rating of 4.8 and no recent no-sends. I won't be banning people until after signups prior to assigning partners, so if you think your profile may look questionable, would like special consideration, or have any other questions, drop me a message sooner rather than later!

Discussion

Rillaith 12/16/2007 #

Ah. I was going to run a 2nd one as this was so popular, but I see you've already set one up! I shall hold off until after yours :)

For those who would like the original links (some of them are not in here, as this is a direct copy and paste without any of the mark-up of the original) - the previous swap is here: http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/8311

Cheers!

etcetera 01/ 2/2008 #

hey hun im a newbie, but i'd love to join :] thanks!

let me know if this is a problem.

JewelzyBug 01/ 5/2008 #

Not a problem at all: Welcome and have fun!

vintageartchic 01/ 9/2008 #

You have GOT to do another one of these. I thought this type of swap would have been my first, because I love this idea so much/love any type of poetry...but there weren't any available until yours. But by the time this swap was posted, I had already obligated myself to "a million" January/February swaps. So when you do another altered atc swap...please let me know!

Thanks

Rillaith 01/24/2008 #

Hmm, I wonder if any of my 3 partners would mind a rather errr... "blue" ATC coming to them for this swap. I swear, I used a book about war, and it just happened! Innocent, me, I tell you. Yuh huh. No sniggering at the back!

Rillaith 01/31/2008 #

One of my partners has let me know that I totally didn't spot the change to the swap from my version, and that I was supposed to send 3 ATCs each. I guess I recognised the text and stopped reading properly, sorry!

I am making the missing ATCs this weekend and will send make-up packages to my partners on Monday.

Rillaith 02/ 1/2008 #

(I'm marking it unsent so I don't lose this swap in my past section for finding addresses over the weekend!)

Salut15 02/16/2008 #

Samantha Berry: FINALLY received them!!Can't believe that it took a whole month!Unreal!Anyway,they are well worth the wait...and thanks so much foir the little wallet!How sweet! Sue

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