Photocopy Art Swap

The photocopy machine can do much more than just duplicate a document - it is an incredible tool for creating art on the cheap. Collage, image enhacement & degredation, duplication & repetion are all familiar photocopy art techniques. This swap aims to encourage you to play with a photocopy machine in your artistic endevors and see what you can come up with.

This is more or less a free-for-all for experiments with image creation and manipulation with a handful of stipulations:

• Final product should 8.5"x11"

• Black and white photocopies only, but feel free to enhance your work with color (paint, ink, etc)

• Each participant will send one finished piece of photocopy art to each of his/her three (3) swap partners. Please try to send a different piece to each partner...

• You need not attempt to tailor your work to your swap partners' interests but feel free to use that as inspiration if you need a jumping-off place to get started

• New swappers are welcome to participate but please contact me in advance of signing up.

• This swap is open to US & International participants.

Check out a few examples of photocopy art here:

http://projects.lowtech.org/photocracy/

http://www.karpickdesign.com/swank/

http://www.lumpen.com/version/zrox.html