Mail Art Collaboration - Round Robin #1

(the above image is not my original work.)

I've participated in a couple of Round Robin-type swaps here on Swap-bot, so I thought we should try this in our group!

For this swap, we will each make an envelope or postcard (your choice), but NOT finish the piece. Then you will send your original piece onto the next person in your group. Then they will add to it or alter it in their own way. Next, they will send it onto another person in the group, add to it/alter it, etc. Your original piece will come back to you finished after everyone in your group has "helped" create it. You won't know what the piece will look like until it goes through the group & is sent back to you. It will be a "mail art collaboration" of sorts!

The envelope or postcard can be any size you want, as long as its mailable. If you choose to do a postcard, you might want to make it fairly large so there's room for everyone's to create. (You can send a postcard up to 6"x11" in the US for 44cents.) IMPORTANT: DO NOT SEND YOUR PIECE NAKED! Send your original envelope or postcard in another envelope to your partners. The last person in the group who completes the piece will send it naked - addressed & stamped. That's why it needs to be a mailable size! (if the finished piece has pieces that might get ripped or damaged in postal machines, then you can send it in another envelope. Contact your partner first.)

PLEASE READ:When I say "unfinished", that means we will each make an envelope or postcard. You can decorate it as much or as little as you like, though I wouldn't leave it completely empty since this is a collaborative swap. Your partners can add to it in any way they want, including collage, drawing, decoupage, etc. any way they want, even if it covers up a little here & there. Ratings will not be based on whether or not you like what your partners did. This is art and everyone's art is different! If you want it a certain way, then please don't join this swap. This is an opportunity to create & keep a one-of-a-kind piece of mail art!! Ratings should be based on adding your own creativity to each piece & sending in a timely manner.

How the Round Robin will work: When the swap deadline comes, I'll assign partners partners but we ignore them. I will edit the swap to tell you who to send to in your group (and give you their address). I think a week is long enough to complete your part and send on to the next person. So we'll have 6 weeks to complete the swap (1 week per partner, plus mailing time.) If we need more time I can edit the swap and adjust accordingly. We will be able to rate each other when done as usual. (There will be 4 per group, so we will each have 3 partners. You'll rate within your group.) For every 4 that sign up, a new group will begin. So we may have only 1 group or 4 groups, depending on how many people join. Its not as complicated as it sounds. PM me or leave a comment/question.

Since this is a time-consuming, partner-dependent swap, group members must have at least a 4.9 rating with NO 1's, 3's or no-sends in the last 6 months, and at least 15 type-3, rated swaps. No exceptions! I'm sorry to sound so militant, but no one wants to put so much effort into something and then receive nothing and no one wants to join a swap with flakers.

WHO TO SEND TO:

• @iLoveMail sends to @maranda222 *

• @maranda222 sends to @patumma *

• @patumma sends to @gothbarbie *

• @gothbarbie sends to @violin21 *

• @violin21 sends to @iLoveMail *

So you will send your 1st unfinished piece to the person listed. Then, each time you receive one, you will send it on to the same person. Keep sending until you receive your original piece back! Don't rate until you receive your finished piece, as we will be rating everyone. PM me with any questions.