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by aisling d'art ©2006How-to - Artistamps
Definition - Artistamps - Definition of and basic info about artistamps.
Resizing your art to fit on artistamps - Several options for designers.
How to make a sheet of stamps, with Adobe PhotoShop - Step-by-step instructions that can work with other graphics programs, too.
Glues and adhesives for artistamps - Commercial product ideas and resources.
Glue recipes for artistamps - An assortment of home brewed lickable glues.
Real, exotic and foreign-looking stamps from my own collection, as a source of ideas for your own artistamps.
Artistamps - examples
Aisling's artistamps 2000 - 2005 - Many of my early digitally created artistamps.
Aisling's postal authority and fictional country: Welcome to Ballynafae.
ATCs (including how-to info)
Graphic links to the ATCS:
Aisling's early ATCs - A webpage featuring many of my earliest ATCs. (Graphics only)
Aisling's ATCs - 2005 - Scans of my major ATCs from 2005. Click on any image for more information and free downloads.
Alphabetical listing - most of these can be printed on your computer:
By the light - free and printable.
Dream - Faerie themed, with a nude in a woodland setting.
Everlasting - Eerie image of a little girl with teddy bear.
Face behind the words - A mix of historical, Asian and feminist elements.
Ghosts in the old saloon - Inspired by a Texas ghost story.
Gold Leaf - a free, printable ATC - A vintage figure among flowers.
(Learn how it was made at Gold Leaf - ATC tutorial)
Memories - A nostalgic ATC.
How the Memories ATC was made - a four-part tutorial:
Midnight in New Orleans - A dark and eerie ATC.
Nevermore - An ATC tribute to Edgar Allan Poe.
Haunted New Orleans #1 - A digital collage of Pirate's Alley.
Reality/Imagination - Another free, printable ATC, and a free poster, too.
How-to - Mail Art
Samples of mail art
Mailart examples - 2000 - Two abundantly decorated mailings.
How-to - Zines
Zines, a few basics - If you've wondered why we make them, etc... this is an overview.
Single-sheet zine layout and design - Making a zine from a single sheet of paper.
Travel, a free single-sheet zine to print - It's not a great zine, just a demo to spark ideas.
Online gallery
Gallery / Art Day 2005 - Art in the Streets -
18 pieces of mailart received for the 2005 show.
Resources
Philately links - Learn about the world of traditional stamps and stamp collecting.
Mailart links - Websites to visit for more information, mailart calls, and even more links.
Rubber stamp links - A brief list of my favorites from 2001.