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Wanted to share my handmade botanical micro-art trading cards here (lemmy.ca)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/buycanadian@lemmy.ca
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Hi Buy Canadian Lemmy,

I spent a long time making these botanical micro-art trading cards for myself. They are for each province and territory of Canada. Kind of a hobby that got out of hand. I made everything by hand, locally and offline, so every individual card has some variations to them.

I’m really curious if others would ever want something like this as Canadian made micro-art collectables, happy to figure out if it’s just me who likes them or?

I added a url for a waitlist (recommended to make one by a friend for this), just to see if anyone anywhere might be interested in my crafts. Not sure if it worked, as I've been on lemmy for a while but these are my first posts.

Thanks

Some micro-art handmade botanical Canadian trading cards on a wooden table

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[–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

I think they are really cool, and could see them selling well in a gift shop setting.

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    • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Im thinking something like this, for foragers. Maybe a regular deck of cards on one side, and botanical reference/ foraging on the back side? As an outdoor enthusiast that would be something I'd be interested in

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    • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    They look super cool and I could see individuals or decks selling at gift stores, michaels, mindgames, eg bradley etc... depends on how you do them. Deck, collectables, postcards , souvenires of places where the art is a match for a local botanical rarity.

    I also think there is a market for art that looks more like a realistic sketch. Something more realistic and less iconic. Still art, not a photo. But like a black and white artistic sketch with some artistic water colour splashed around.

    Very cool.

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    • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Since your focus is on Canadian flowers, could you partner with wildflower companies?, maybe like northern wildflowers?

    These are really cute, although like another poster said, my own inclination is for something hand-drawn and less icon-looking. I think you could do well with these though; thanks for sharing!

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    • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    These are beautiful. I love that you captured the unique essence in the stylized art

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    • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    Another update. I've been working on these with various changes. Now the final revision with new illustrative styles is ready. The first gold limited edition set is available on ebay with tracked Canada-wide shipping. There's a online record lookup library for the stamp identifiers of cards on my homepage in bio.

    It's available here: Plotmaps Etsy Shop

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    [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Just an update!

    Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments. It helped encourage me to work hard on some steps in my approach for these Canadian micro-art trading cards as a form of collectibles. I wanted to share some progress with Lemmy, as the community has helped shape where things are going. New homepage link for this endeavour in bio. Happy to hear any new feedback!

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