Artist Trading Card Series

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 1", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

As you can imagine, after preparing for three different events last week, I’m feeling totally and utterly exhausted today! As mentioned last week, I ran across an old Artist Trading Card (ATC) series of mine I hadn’t trade yet. You know how it is sometimes you make things and, for some reason, they’re too hard to part with. So I thought I’d share them with you. The fragments that compose them come from art magazines. I always find art magazines such an inspiring source to draw from because they naturally contain the most arresting visual images of all. In them, artists are breaking and playing with all kinds of visual rules and boundaries; it’s so exciting to use little pieces of their work and transform them into my own zany stories. In working with them, I also learn much about the work of other artists – often I find myself Googling and doing further research on the fragments that strike me the most. It’s such a stimulating process! Anyway, enough blah, blah, blahing from me… you’ll have plenty of that in the weeks to come when I share my blog talk radio experiences with you! In the meantime here’s the series… which I’m quite sure has some sort of biblical streak running through some of it… 

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 2", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 3", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 4", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 5", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 6", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 7", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 8", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

Michelle Casey, "Untitled 9", Artist Trading Card, Collage, 3.5 x 2.5 inches, 2006

Note 1 – Zines: I’m mailing out the last batch of zines this week. My apologies to those of you who’ve been waiting so long for them – I had many to send out. You should receive them by the end of February for sure. Thanks to all of you who’ve written me such insightful comments about my little book – I take great pleasure in reading your thoughtful reflections and appreciate the time you’ve spent thinking about my work.

Note 2 – Time Off: I’ll be taking next week off and will be back on February 24, 2013. Have a great couple of weeks!