Trading cards make great holiday gifts
So have you seen these artist trading cards that have become quite the rage. All the kids are talking about them. If you’re not familiar with the concept, here’s the idea… they are basically just a 2 1/2″ X 3 1/2″ piece of paper or board that an artist uses to create an original piece of art. Some artist sell them, others create them to trade or give away. They have become very popular lately.
Srathmore has really stepped up to the plate by offering all kinds of accessories to go with them. First of all the make the 2 1/2″ X 3 1/2″ cards in just about any kind of paper or board you can think of. They also make polypropylene sleeves you can use to protect your original art with. They make pre-cut matted frames to show off the finished cards as well as archival boxes for storage. My accessory is the 2 3/4″ by 3 3/4″ envelopes they make so you can mail them to your buds.
Since these have become so popular lately I thought I’d ask the kind folks at Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh if I could offer a free art demo in the store featuring the cards. They agreed and so we put together a fun little demo where folks could come in, sit down with me and make their own cards . We scheduled it for November 21. The turn out was great, I met a bunch of terrific artists of all ages and we all had a blast. Here are a few of the cards by me and some of the fantastic artists who stopped by.
If you think these cards are as cool as I do please be sure to come check out the Super official Bob Ostrom Studio Art Card Making class. It starts December 15th from 4-6pm at Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh where we will create a bunch more trading cards. This class is for students 5 and up. For more details please check out the Jerry’s site.
…Don’t forget artist trading cards make great holiday gifts too.
