Fine Arts Supply Swap-U.S. Only

Fine Art Box

This is a round robin box for those of us who dabble in the "Fine Arts," which Wikipedia defines as "arts that are concerned with a limited number of visual...art forms, including [drawing], painting, sculpture, architecture and printmaking."

The idea is simple: Sign up to receive this box, which will be full of fine art supplies, take what you want from it, replace the same number of items, send to the next person.

The types of items that will be included in the box are: paintbrushes, paints (watercolor, acrylic, oil), drawing paper, watercolor paper, canvas, drawing pens & pencils, sketchbooks, inks, exacto knives, masking fluid, art books, art magazines, maybe even a little piece of your art…all things you already have in your studio.

I’m sorry to be exclusionary, but this is US only due to prohibitively expensive shipping costs to go international. We will be using the USPS Flat Rate Priority Mail box at $8.95. Since this swap does not require you to buy new items, shipping is your only expense.

Here’s how it works:

1. When you receive your assigned partners, ignore it
2. When Swap-bot tells you it’s time to send your item, just go ahead and mark it “sent� so you don’t get 100 reminders before you even receive the box
3. When the box gets to you, post it here so we know where it’s at
4. You now have 3 days with the box – have fun with it, go through it all and take out whatever you think might be useful to you
5. Now be sure to replace the same number of items you’ve taken. For example, if you snagged a paintbrush, a small set of watercolor paints, a sea sponge, and a package of linen hinging tape, you now have 4 items to replace. The set of watercolors counts as one. Just go through your own stash at home to find replacement items.
6. If you have more items to replace than you took, that’s totally cool, just be sure they actually fit in the box
7. Now be sure to make an entry in the enclosed journal. Please write a little bit about yourself and what kind of art you do. At the end, list what you’ve taken and what you’ve left. This is an attempt for us to both get to know each other a bit and to keep each other honest.
8. The post office offers these boxes for free, so now put everything back in the box and get it ready to send. Please leave the return address as mine. If the PO needs to “return to sender� I want it to come to me. It’s my responsibility to figure out what went wrong and get it back on track
9. Stick on the next “to� address with label provided in the box
10. Please purchase Delivery Confirmation. If the box goes MIA hopefully we can narrow it down with DC.
11. Post here that you have sent it so we know it’s en route and the next person knows to watch for it
12. Because we are using a Priority Mail box, it shouldn’t take long to get to each person. So, please stick to the 3-day rule! Less is even better!
13. Due to the nature of this swap, your assigned partners aren’t actually the ones who will be sending the box to you. So, for rating, please wait for instructions from me once the box has completed its journey.

Please keep in mind that this is not a crafty/scrapbooky swap. Do not include brads, eyelets, fabric, fibers, ribbons, that sort of thing.

Unfortunately, I must say that swappers with a rating of below 4.7 and those without fully completed profiles will be removed, so don’t bother signing up. I'm also undecided on newbies... Email me if you're new before signing up.

Please don’t hesitate to ask me any questions you might have.