Group: | The Butterfly Anarchists |
Swap Coordinator: | sweetxjosephine (contact) |
Swap categories: | Art Mail Art Illustration |
Number of people in swap: | 5 |
Location: | International |
Type: | Type 3: Package or craft |
Last day to signup/drop: | May 6, 2011 |
Date items must be sent by: | May 20, 2011 |
Number of swap partners: | 3 |
Description: | |
So, I just picked up a copy of Going Postal by Martha Cooper. I've been infected by the Mailing Label Street Art bug. Based on some forum comments, a few of you have, too. For the first round of the TBA Mailing Label Street Art swap, go nick some postal/mailing labels from your local post office. A stack of 15 should suffice. (Additionally, if your country does not have Priority Postal Labels or Customs labels, any adhesive label sized 4" x 3" or larger is acceptable.) You will make 5 labels per partner (3 partners per person, for a total of 15 postal labels). Give your liberated labels some one-on-one time, make 'em nice. They don't all have to be the same; variety is encouraged. The only requirement is that somewhere on the label, the words "Butterfly Anarchists" or the acronym "TBA" appear. It can be the basis of the design, or a signature sized label stuck in the corner. Either way. Sport your TBA pride! Once they're all tasty with art, send them off to your partners. Upon receipt, please feel free to distribute to others, leave in places for others to find, stamp on buildings, street signs, benches ... whatever. It's up to you. Be creative! And take pictures of places you post or leave them. They'll come in handy for a Round 2 Electronic swap. I promise. This is International, based on light shipping weight for labels. I've classified this as a Type 3 swap due to the time-intensive nature of art labels. This is a group swap, but I will still be checking profiles. Minimum rating of 4.8, no unexplained or recent 1 or 3 ratings. Please contact me if you have questionable, unexplained ratings. I reserve the right to ban anyone not meeting this criteria. Please note: The intention of this swap is street art, so ideally these would be posted/stuck around your city in public places. If you are not comfortable with personal information such as blog/website address, full name, etc. being posted/stuck in areas where it may be considered vandalism, please do not include this information on your mailing label art. I do plan to host a swap in the future for advertisement labels to be left for collections. This is not that swap. Going forward, I will also be hosting an electronic swap for photos of these labels after they've been posted. Some TBA Graffiti photos, if you will. So, in summary:
... Ok, folks. Any questions? Comments? Out-pourings of emotion? We're all family here. Let me know. And happy swapping. |
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