Artist Trading Cards from Scraps

ATCs from scraps, Phillip Hoyle, 2018

Saturday's Artist Trading Cards swap didn't draw many people but did present lots of cards for trade and interesting conversations and three art installations to view at the same time. CORE New Art Space is located in the Arts District on Santa Fe at 9th Ave. right next to Spark Gallery. The trade takes place on the second Saturday morning of the month from 10 to noon. Artists are encouraged to come by and trade some of their cards with other artists. The weekly trades have been going on in Denver for nearly 20 years. 

ATC abstracts by Phillip Hoyle, 2018

Since this month's topic was so open--ATCs from scraps--we saw a large variety of artistic techniques, approaches, and materials. The variety always fascinates me and makes for good trading. Just seeing so many tiny works of art inspires me to keep at the work, use up the scraps, recycle rather than simply throw away. Making the cards is always instructive and invites improvisation and experimentation.

ATCs of contrast by Phillip Hoyle

Kind of Creepy! Phillip Hoyle 2018
Not a self portrait