Tagger Graffiti Handmade Postcard Swap

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Swap Coordinator:	fuzzington (contact)
Swap categories:	Postcards Handmade Mail Art
Number of people in swap:	2
Location:	International
Type:	Type 2: Flat mail
Last day to signup/drop:	January 31, 2011
Date items must be sent by:	February 12, 2011
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
Are you a fan of urban or street art? Do you love elaborate graffiti art? Well here's your chance to create your own self-made graffiti art without breaking the law! For this swap, you will make a handmade postcard with your swap-bot name "tagged" on the picture side of the postcard. There are so many cool forms of tagging out there. Make it awesome, colorful, but most of all, make sure it represents you!! On the back of the postcard, tell you partner a little about yourself. You will have one partner. Please make sure you make your postcard out of heavy card stock or some other sturdy material. Be creative! Have fun with this, and unleash your inner rebel!

Discussion

AndreaJ 01/24/2011 #

I'm watching for now, to make sure I can fulfill my obligation. I also would like to know what "tagging" means?

AndrewLips 01/24/2011 #

tagging is what some graffiti artists spraypaint on the wall. usually their graffiti name. so if my graffiti name was Banksy, i'd spray that on a wall. and that would be my tag. "hey guys, i'm taggin my shit all over the town tonight ya'll, look out for the pigs"....

..of course, i don't do any of this illegal shit. those law-breakin' bastards!

robotlove 01/24/2011 #

@AndreaJ You can think of tagging as a sort of 'signature'/'business card'. A lot of the time it's just the taggers name done in their own art style, and the artist usually tries to place it in as many spots as they can to increase their visibility and reputation within the community.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1280&bih=556&q=graffiti+tagging&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq= has a few good examples of what a typical tag would look like.

robotlove 01/24/2011 #

ps. watching this swap for now. :)

fuzzington 01/24/2011 #

@AndreLips Nice Banksy reference!! :)

robotlove 01/24/2011 #

Except... Banksy isn't really a tagger. He's more of a stencil artist, and he rarely uses his own name in his work.

AndrewLips 01/24/2011 #

in his early days he was. his early work was alot different to what he does now. his hometown is like 40mins from mine. i was there just the other day and saw a few of his pieces, been to his art exhibition and followed him for a long time..anyway banksy rant over.

AndreaJ 01/26/2011 #

Thanks for the explanations! lol! You guys sound like you're really into graffitti art. I'll have to practice a little before I decide to join. Don't want to send something lame!

AndreaJ 01/26/2011 #

Thanks for the explanations! lol! You guys sound like you're really into graffitti art. I'll have to practice a little before I decide to join. Don't want to send something lame!

fuzzington 01/28/2011 #

For those of you watching this... SIGN UP! :)

This is the first time we're doing this swap, so if you're reluctant because you don't want to do a bad job, there's no right or wrong way to tag you name!! I encourage all of you to give it a try!! :)

Looking forward to more sign-ups...

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