curlyhedgehog

Hi, I'm german, but I'm living in Sweden.

I love traveling, gardening, growing vegetables and herbs, reading and doing arts.

I'm a markmaker. So everything arts related interests me.

I am not a native speaker, so please be patient with my humple english.

Is there anybody from sweden here? If yes, please send me a message! I would love to swap with you!

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Please, if you don't receive a swap from me, contact me. I don't click sent until the swap is at the post office and no longer in my hands. I will usually rate the same day I receive the swap.

I love all books!!!

Novels: History, Fantasy, Adventure

All -really all and every!!!- books about arts.
Artists, Art history, instructional, how to...

Travel descriptions and science books.

Books about ancient cultures

That really depends on my mood.

All classical music. Esp. cello, opera, piano, choir.

folk music,

pop and rock.

Movie Soundtracks

Everything adventures and scifi and humor.

Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Bridget Jones, Gladiator, Indiana Jones, Alien, Dune.

And... british and french comedies.

I like documentaries and educational tv. Esp. about Arts and history!

And series. Same kind as the films. Star Trek,

Babylon 5,

X files,

Blacklist,

Game of Thrones,

Outlander,

Sherlock,

Primeval, ...

I'm a mixed media artist.

I do painting, sketching, collages, book binding. I love to make my own papers, especially for my collages. I do handmade papers. Handcarved stamps. Handcuted stencils. Junk Jornaling.

I love to make ATCs. That's why I'm here!

Not to many, I think.

Glossy stickers on ATCs, because it look horrible, mostly.

Digital ATCs, because I think they should be handmade and not out of a printer.

Found image ATC’s. That's not art.

Titanic, Dirty Dancing, Soap Operas ...

Pickled beetroot, soy milk, salted chocolate ...

Some things I like:

A- Ancient cultures, animals, ATCs, Arthurian legend,

B-Books, bookbinding, buddah,

C-Colours, chocolate, Copics, collages, canvases, celtic art, castles, chinese culture

D-Dogs, dragons, dinosaurs, drawing, decorated paper, deserts,

E-Ephemera, elephants

F-Fairies, fencing, foxes, flowers in bright colours, fantasy,

G- Gardening, gothic architecture,

H-Harry Potter, handmade papers, handcarved stamps, horses, herbs, hedgehogs, history,

I-lreland, iceland, internet,

J-Junk Journals, jaguars,

K-Knights, kingfishers,

L-London, labyrinths, legends and sagas,

M-Mixed media, mermaids, middle ages, mysteries, museums, mosaics, mushrooms,

N- nature, nougat,

O- Owls, orange, old olive trees,

P-Paper, paper, paper.., penguins, puffins, palm trees, printmaking, paint, polar lights, poppies, pirates

R-Reading, robins, riddles,

S-Sailing, stencils, stamps, scotland, squirrels, shells, spirals, science fiction,

T-Tigers, turquoise, turtles, tarot, tibet

U-Unicorns

V-Vintage, violet,

W-Watercolors, paint, crayons and pencils, woodpeckers, witches, witchcraft

X- X-Files

Y- yellow

Z-Zentangles, zen

I appreciate everything you like to send me. I will happily give it a try.

washi tape samples

Small collage pices for my ATC creations are great, too.

I love all used postage stamps. I do collect stamps with animals (esp. the wild ones), dragons and very colourful stamps. And all art related stamps.