Swap Due Date - May 30, 2025
Signup/withdraw date - none but pls msg me ahead of time
Number of Cards - 3 for 3
Number of participants - 20
Medium: Hand drawn or hand painted only. No chalk, pastels, ballpoint - nothing that smudges.
Celebrating Women's History Month with ATCs Inspired by Hilma af Klint!
"Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) was a Swedish pioneer of art that turned away from visible reality. By 1906, she had developed an abstract imagery of her own style and was several years before Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, and Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935), who are still regarded as the pioneers of abstract 20th-century art. Her paintings are considered among the first major abstract works in Western art history."
Hilma af Klint assumed that there was a spiritual dimension to life and aimed at visualizing contexts beyond what the eye can see. When painting, she believed that she was in contact with a higher consciousness that spoke and conveyed messages through her. Like many of her contemporaries, she was influenced by spiritual movements, especially spiritualism, theosophy and later anthroposophy. Through her paintings, she sought to understand and communicate the various dimensions of human existence."
She specified that her work should be kept secret for at least 20 years after her death. When the boxes were opened at the end of the 1960s, very few persons had knowledge of what would be revealed. In 1970 her paintings were offered as a gift to Moderna Museet in Stockholm, but the donation was declined at that time. They were then donated to a foundation bearing the artist's name later in the 1970s. In the 1980, thanks to the art historian Åke Fant, her art was introduced to an international audience. The collection of abstract paintings includes more than 1200 pieces. It is now owned and managed by the Hilma af Klint Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden and in February 2018, the Foundation signed a long-term agreement of cooperation with the Moderna Museet. Her work now resides at there in the Hilma af Klint Room, a dedicated space at the museum where a dozen works of the artist are shown on a continuous basis.
This is a great synopsis of her work: https://www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/exhibitions/hilma-af-klint-2013/about-the-artist/
This is a nice explanation of an exhibition of her work in Japan: https://www.momat.go.jp/en/exhibitions/561
Card Guidelines:
1. Cards must be ATC standard size (2.5 x 3.5 inches.) and sturdy
2. Cards must be original and unique. No re-swapped cards, no commercially printed or reprinted cards or cards you have sent for prior swaps. All three cards for this swap may be identical.
3. Cards must be in sent in individual plastic sleeves but can be placed in a pocket page strip for mailing
4. NO embellishments, please send your very best work.
5. Label the back of your cards with this swap name, your username, your real name, date, and location.
Mailing Guidelines:
1. Mail cards in a business sized envelope with appropriate postage. Postage due envelopes will be returned to sender.
2. US Participants - include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for returns
3. Global Participants - include a return address label and either (1) U.S. Global Forever stamp or $1USD
4. When you are ready to mail your cards, please message me for my address.
5. Late cards will be returned to sender.
Miscellaneous:
*iTrader points will be given when I receive your cards. Please leave iTrader for me when you receive your returns and Reputation/You Rock for your senders.
* No cards or no communication will result in neutral iTrader. You may withdraw any time before the due date.
*A host card would be much appreciated but not required.
1. Wildholly - rec'd
2. Tillygo - rec'd
3. Essy - rec'd
4. Mybrokenart - rec'd
5. TeresaG - rec'd
6. Dsign49 - rec'd
7. Alaskabadger - rec'd
8. Nanner - rec'd
9. Leydab - rec'd
10. LuK - withdrew
11. Lazyshadows - red'd
12. Dooda - rec'd
13. Karch - rec'd
14. Asher - rec'd
15. Quesa - rec'd
16. Orinori - rec'd
17. Xraypinky
18. Evalila - rec'd
19. CTDeezyne - rec'd
20. AmySi - rec'd
Signup/withdraw date - none but pls msg me ahead of time
Number of Cards - 3 for 3
Number of participants - 20
Medium: Hand drawn or hand painted only. No chalk, pastels, ballpoint - nothing that smudges.
Celebrating Women's History Month with ATCs Inspired by Hilma af Klint!
"Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) was a Swedish pioneer of art that turned away from visible reality. By 1906, she had developed an abstract imagery of her own style and was several years before Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, and Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935), who are still regarded as the pioneers of abstract 20th-century art. Her paintings are considered among the first major abstract works in Western art history."
Hilma af Klint assumed that there was a spiritual dimension to life and aimed at visualizing contexts beyond what the eye can see. When painting, she believed that she was in contact with a higher consciousness that spoke and conveyed messages through her. Like many of her contemporaries, she was influenced by spiritual movements, especially spiritualism, theosophy and later anthroposophy. Through her paintings, she sought to understand and communicate the various dimensions of human existence."
She specified that her work should be kept secret for at least 20 years after her death. When the boxes were opened at the end of the 1960s, very few persons had knowledge of what would be revealed. In 1970 her paintings were offered as a gift to Moderna Museet in Stockholm, but the donation was declined at that time. They were then donated to a foundation bearing the artist's name later in the 1970s. In the 1980, thanks to the art historian Åke Fant, her art was introduced to an international audience. The collection of abstract paintings includes more than 1200 pieces. It is now owned and managed by the Hilma af Klint Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden and in February 2018, the Foundation signed a long-term agreement of cooperation with the Moderna Museet. Her work now resides at there in the Hilma af Klint Room, a dedicated space at the museum where a dozen works of the artist are shown on a continuous basis.
This is a great synopsis of her work: https://www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/exhibitions/hilma-af-klint-2013/about-the-artist/
This is a nice explanation of an exhibition of her work in Japan: https://www.momat.go.jp/en/exhibitions/561
Card Guidelines:
1. Cards must be ATC standard size (2.5 x 3.5 inches.) and sturdy
2. Cards must be original and unique. No re-swapped cards, no commercially printed or reprinted cards or cards you have sent for prior swaps. All three cards for this swap may be identical.
3. Cards must be in sent in individual plastic sleeves but can be placed in a pocket page strip for mailing
4. NO embellishments, please send your very best work.
5. Label the back of your cards with this swap name, your username, your real name, date, and location.
Mailing Guidelines:
1. Mail cards in a business sized envelope with appropriate postage. Postage due envelopes will be returned to sender.
2. US Participants - include a self-addressed, stamped envelope for returns
3. Global Participants - include a return address label and either (1) U.S. Global Forever stamp or $1USD
4. When you are ready to mail your cards, please message me for my address.
5. Late cards will be returned to sender.
Miscellaneous:
*iTrader points will be given when I receive your cards. Please leave iTrader for me when you receive your returns and Reputation/You Rock for your senders.
* No cards or no communication will result in neutral iTrader. You may withdraw any time before the due date.
*A host card would be much appreciated but not required.
1. Wildholly - rec'd
2. Tillygo - rec'd
3. Essy - rec'd
4. Mybrokenart - rec'd
5. TeresaG - rec'd
6. Dsign49 - rec'd
7. Alaskabadger - rec'd
8. Nanner - rec'd
9. Leydab - rec'd
10. LuK - withdrew
11. Lazyshadows - red'd
12. Dooda - rec'd
13. Karch - rec'd
14. Asher - rec'd
15. Quesa - rec'd
16. Orinori - rec'd
17. Xraypinky
18. Evalila - rec'd
19. CTDeezyne - rec'd
20. AmySi - rec'd
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I like that Hilma uses a lot of circles and circular shapes, and squiggles! Please add me to the swap!
