Reisegern

I'm in my fourties and live with my partner in a cosy village in the north of Germany. Creative activities are wonderful to escape the daily routines and worries. So being on swap-bot is a good opportunity to dive into something totally different from work and duties.

In my teenage days I was member of a snail-mail agency that matched you with other teenagers internationally to find mailing partners (unfortunately the IYS closed down a few years ago). Now swapping seems to be a great idea to get back to that idea. I'm also a Postcrosser. I love the Postcrossing project!

I like crafting with different materials, but don't have enough time to do it as much as i'd like to. It's always fun to try something new, to learn a new technique.

Also I volunteer in a printing museum workshop, where I can do letterpress printing with my own linocuts and/ or vintage wood or lead type.

If I don't get lost in making crafts, I also like to do some hiking or cycling, especially combined with geoaching.

You can find some more information about myself and my artwork in the links that are further up in my profile.

various paper crafts, linocutting / linoprinting, rubber stamping, rubber stamp carving, Mail Art, letterpress, crocheting, felting, watercolour painting drawing and painting with various media, pottery, ... I always like to try and learn new things!

Postcards in my opinion are much more than a nice picture to collect. For me they are more like a little ambassador from the sender. I like postcards that tell a little about the sender - anything you'd like to share, e.g. what you just did before you wrote that card, a story from you life, something philosophical, your favourite poem or song lyrics, the reason why you chose that card, ... Many ideas, and I'm sure you have twice as many other ideas. I also love to look at postage stamps from other countries, so I'd be happy if you use nice ones.

I do not collect any special motivs on postcards. I do like to be surprised with unusual things and other surprises. If you want to know more, you can have a look at my postcrossing profile.

Here is a list of various things that I'd be happy to find in my mail. There's no specific order.

ATCs, crafting ideas (also for crafting with primary school children), pottery instructions for making cute tiny clay animals or pictures of those, handmade prints of all kinds of printing techniques, something inspirational that's making me curious

Shades of blue and red are wonderful, also earth shades, dark green shades.

I've got lots of bits and pieces for making art - more than I will ever be able to use, I thing.

So: Unless the swap requires to do so, I'm more happy if you do not send any extras. Don't worry: I don't give hearts when rating based on extras.

Please do not send scrapbooking items or stickers, as I do not use those. (I don't throw them away, but pass them along to other people who hopefully appreciate these things.)

Also please don't send food or teabags.