These are my ATCs for the CMP ATC Exchange for March 2009. The theme last month was "Luck." These are very different for me and yet very true to my aesthetic. They are, at the core, very much about luck, life-luck, in fact. (Typically I make four ATCs, often creating a series in which they all work together but are each different. This month, since they were all the same design, I only made three, two that I sent off, and one to hold in my personal collection.)
Opal and I actually met because of the Creative Mom Podcast and the ATC exchange, in particular.
She wrote in to ask if it was okay if the cards were created from fabric. Who knew that two years later we'd be fast friends, business partners, and collaborators on projects that range from writing projects to quilt design to fabric art.
When I started doing ATCs and the ATC exchange, I wasn't working with fabric as a medium for my monthly 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch cards. Gradually, I am turning to fabric more and more often for my ATCs and for my work with Creative Therapy.
Opal's ATCs, on the other hand, are almost always fabric-based. It's an amazing body of work she's amassed in those two years.
Amy and Opal are two artists living in different states on the west coast who have teamed up to create fiber art together. Their journey and process is captured here.
