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All My Heroes Are Weirdos

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All My Heroes Are Weirdos
Swap Coordinator:wackystuff (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Postcards 
Number of people in swap:13
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:September 23, 2007
Date items must be sent by:October 15, 2007
Number of swap partners:4
Description:

Art doesn’t come from nowhere. We are all influenced by those who have gone before us. Let’s swap POSTCARDS paying homage to some of our cultural heroes.

Make them yourself if your mentors aren’t readily available on store bought postcards.
If you want to see my list of heroes, check out my profile.

  • Send one postcard each to 4 partners
  • This is an international swap.
  • All media welcome
  • Please put your screen name and swap title on your cards

Discussion

spinjenny 09/13/2007 #

Are we looking for portraits of our art heroes and heroines, or examples of their work, or something inspired by them, or all of the above?

wackystuff 09/14/2007 #

Good question spinjenny. I envision this as actual portraits, but they could include elements of the artists work.

I designed my third card and posted it as an example above. I also did Nico and jazz great Sun Ra. I thought I would be doing painters and graphic artists, but so far it is all musicians.

I'm going to offer everyone who is in this swap a chance to pick out one of the cards I designed for it. Stay tuned.

nancyflamingo 09/14/2007 #

I'm looking forward to participating in another one of your postcard swaps - I loved doing Postcards From The Edge!

Moominbrooke 09/18/2007 #

The Sun Ra card is fantastic! We were just talking about him at my band rehearsal Sunday night, oddly enough.

wackystuff 09/24/2007 #

Cool beans... our partners have been assigned.

  • I want to send ALL the players (this means YOU) one of the seven cards I designed.
  • PLEASE LOOK HERE AND SEND ME A MESSAGE WITH YOUR CHOICE.
  • All My Heroes Are Weirdos
audrey 09/24/2007 #

i have so many weirdo heroes...trying to decide. Guess I will do 4 different ones so I don't have to choose....

wackystuff 09/30/2007 #

I have now heard from everyone and sent you all a card. Thanks for playing!

wackystuff 10/ 2/2007 #

Here are the results of what folks selected from my designs: 5 people picked Leonard Cohen, 4 picked Sun Ra, 2 picked out Spalding Gray and one brave soul went for Tiny Tim. I guess I won't be trying any punk rock swaps. LOL

redleppard 10/ 2/2007 #

Thanks Wacky for your card - I love Spalding Gray! I also received from Nancy Flamingo and denchar57 - fantastic cards!!!! I so wished I could do digital.....

Moominbrooke 10/ 7/2007 #

I sent out 1 Simon Rodia, 1 Joseph Cornell and 2 Yoko Ono (because my Harry Partch didn't come out the way I wanted it to). Brooke (hereafter known as Moominbrooke due to the new naming regime)

wackystuff 10/ 7/2007 #

Brilliant Moominbrooke. Why didn't I thing of Harry Partch? Brilliant

Wanda 10/14/2007 #

I've got mine, but will be gone all day tomorrow. If I can manage to find a post office where I will be, I will mail them, but most likely it will be the next day (Tuesday).

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