Roslind M. Sherman


What are my favorite mediums for making ATC's?

I'm a paper fanatic, who just can't own, touch or buy enough paper. As a
sensual artist, I have been known to rustle the paper, listen to it, run my
fingers around the edges and even bite off a few pieces to chew. ( Ha Ha) Of
course I never swallow it !!! I can often be found buried between the paper
dowels of Kobashi's Paper store in Japan. I LOVE PAPER!!!






If I see a pencil, I doodle. If there are scissors, I cut out paperdolls ..."
Oops, was that something important, Honey ? I adore soft subtle hues of
charcoals and pastels when drawing... and I'm IN LOVE with glitter. I'm the
original " Glitter Queen" , who often appears to wearing an assortment of
colorful sparkles on my nose and clothes. Infact, most of my ATC's are bound for
the glitter train.

What do I like most about creating ATC's?

I often snoop out Nostalgic, Fantasy or Victorian images for my cards, mounting
them onto decorative pieces of tissue, craft paper, watercolor paper or thick
cardboard from cereal or cosmetic boxes. ATC's seem to be the best little
recycled secret in town. I mean, where else could you use all those lovely old
ribbons, broken beads, tattered bits of lace and scrap paper that you've been
stock piling for years. It's a collectors' dream.



Making ATC's is a recycling utopia that aids in the true cycle of creativity.
I'm sure that you've all walk into your studio and had that elated ..."OMG, this
mess is a place" and it's all mine to create in ... Yes the thing I love about
creating ATC's is the sheer pleasure of making a creative mess and then pausing
with an " AHHHHHHHHHH" when it's finished...
What a feeling!!

What do you like most about collecting/trading ATC's?

Comraderie with a capital " C" is the most definitive element of the ATC world
for me. Being an artisan is generally a lonely and singular profession.
Thankfully, the ATC and Internet have literally created a star galaxy that
shines and connects us all together in kinship. We share personal dreams,
emotions and ideas. We chat like family to one another and support in times of
need.

I have friends in England, Asia, Germany, Turkey, infact, all around the world
and yet, I have never personally met one of them face to face. In life, they say
that " You are lucky to have one or two friends". Collecting ATC's has allowed
me the privilege to share my most intimate artistic vision through the medium
of 2.5 x 3.5 card... It's like MAGIC !!!

So what do I like most about trading ATC's... The stamps, the envelopes, the
kinetic energy and the dream force that reaches out to bond us in artistic , "
Friendship". ATC's are truly, one of live's SPECIAL GIFTS !!!