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C+P Halloween: Mixed-Up Zetti Figures

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C+P Halloween: Mixed-Up Zetti Figures
Swap Coordinator:stephiedee (contact)
Swap categories: Artist Trading Card (ATC)  Paper Crafts 
Number of people in swap:5
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:September 13, 2013
Date items must be sent by:October 7, 2013
Number of swap partners:3
Description:

Let's swap bodies! Paper bodies! For this swap we will be creating mix-and-match style Halloween themed Zetti figures. Each mixed-up figure will consist of 3 separate sections, with each section on a separate 2"x2" square (twinchie), like so:

  • square 1: a head & neck
  • square 2: a torso with arms*
  • square 3: legs & feet*

*I say "arms" and "legs/feet", but your figures do not have to be humanoid or even posses a conventional amount/type of appendages. Peg leg, wings, tentacles, 3 legs and a tail, hook hands, tree limbs...go for it. These are your little Frankenstein monsters :)

We'll each create 3 figures which will come out to 9 twinchies per person. When it comes time to swap with your partners, KEEP THE HEADS OF YOUR FIGURES and send each partner 1 body square and 1 legs square (so you will be sending 2 twinchies to each partner). Mailing should be comparable to swapping ATC's.

The interpretations of both the Zetti style and Halloween theme are absolutely creator's choice. Feel free to be loose. I know a few people don't care for the Zetti style, but really: whimsical, fun, colorful, a little weird - we'll already be cobbling together body parts - it's pretty easy getting the Zetti look here even if you don't care for the style. The Halloween "feel" can be conveyed many different ways, from tame to downright creepy: Day of the Dead imagery, Gothic (literature) inspirations, classic witches, zombies, vampires, etc.


The Nitty-Gritty: create your twinchies using sturdy bases and cut+paste collage techniques. On the back of the twinchies you send to your partners, sign your name & username so they can keep track of what parts came from who.

If you have ANY questions, please ask!


The inspiration for this swap (and the example twinchies above) came from THIS blog entry by Jennalee of artrageousafternoon.

Discussion

stephiedee 08/22/2013 #

In the inspiration project, she made them in to magnets. I'm thinking of hinging the twinchies together with jump-rings and making little ornaments out of them :D

Any other ideas on what to do with them after we've swapped?

Artstamper 08/23/2013 #

Add to a bscking for a book mark.

Angie 08/29/2013 #

I like the idea of magnets (per Jennalee's example) and being able to put them on the refrigerator or send them to school for the kids' lockers.

stephiedee 09/ 7/2013 #

Created my first little creature yesterday! She came out super-cute and I'm officially excited for this swap :D

Angie 09/16/2013 #

Found my groove last night too! Yay!

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