There are so many ways to own original works of art. Etsy gives you hundreds of options at very reasonable prices.
ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals) give you the opportunity to collect all different types of art, from a variety of different artists and medium. I am starting to collect ACEO's and it's quickly becoming my favorite way to collect art.
Artist trading cards are miniature works of art that are about the same size as a baseball card. Cards are produced in various media, including pencil, pen, marker, paint, collage, papercuts, found objects, even metals or cloth.
M. Vänçi Stirnemann is credited in many circles with popularizing the modern artist trading card in 1996, holding trading sessions in Zurich, Switzerland. The interest of Artists trading cards has spawned the popular ACEO movement.
The cards are usually traded or exchanged rather than sold, but there is a wonderful collection of ACEO's that you can purchase on
Etsy. Here are a few of my favorites.
It was really hard to choose the ACEO's for this post, because I loved so many.
You can see a few more that I loved at the bottom of this page in my Etsy favorites. Check out all there Etsy shops, their are many beautiful ACEO's to choose from.
Have you ever produced, purchased, or traded Artist Trading Cards?
These are great! I have some ready that I need to list too!
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Those are fantastic! Especially the "Gratitude Mosaic" and "Oval Bloom". :) My sister Jordan sells some ACEO cards in her shop, springshowers.etsy.com - one has the Mad Hatter, one has the Red Queen, and one has the March Hare! They're great, if you like ACEO cards you should take a peek. :)
ReplyDeleteMe and my sisters participated in a homeschool artist trading card group for months - it was quite fun, I made some cards I was quite proud of! LOL
Another cool, affordable way to collect art is out of Art-o-mat machines. www.artomat.org
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards! I show some as WIP on my blog on Wednesdays and my Storenvy shop has a selection available.
ReplyDeleteAren't ACEO cards fantastic? I'm always drawn to small things, so these are right up my alley! I love the Gratitude Mosaic, how gorgeous! :)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cool! I might have to make some!
ReplyDeleteThe mosaic would be my fav as well. Aceo's work well placed in photo montage frames. Ive got one (oo I'll go take a pic and show you!)that I made years ago. The frame came from spotlight.
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