Paul Insect - Super Glow SWAP SHOP - CLOSED

[Avant Arte]

We recently announced our upcoming print edition 'Super Glow' and of course Paul wanted to do something a little crazy to celebrate his new release. So we're happy to introduce Paul's latest brainchild - SWAP SHOP.

Paul has created a unique version of ‘Super Glow’ to give away. This small edition of special glitter prints was created alongside our upcoming ‘Super Glow’ edition. Each are 36 layers of colour with custom glitter embellishment. The Swap Shop initiative means you will have a chance to obtain one of these prints for free, in exchange for swapping an item of interest with Paul.

- Submissions will only be accepted via one of our official swap shop threads, like this one, opening on Monday 28th and closing Saturday 2nd.
- Make sure to read the rules (as written down in picture by Paul) before you enter.

avantarte.com/products/paul-insect-super-glow

[drip]

Aug 25, 2023 16:18:14 GMT 1 Avant Arte said:

We recently announced our upcoming print edition 'Super Glow' and of course Paul wanted to do something a little crazy to celebrate his new release. So we're happy to introduce Paul's latest brainchild - SWAP SHOP.

Paul has created a unique version of ‘Super Glow’ to give away. This small edition of special glitter prints was created alongside our upcoming ‘Super Glow’ edition. Each are 36 layers of colour with custom glitter embellishment. The Swap Shop initiative means you will have a chance to obtain one of these prints for free, in exchange for swapping an item of interest with Paul.

- Submissions will only be accepted via one of our official swap shop threads, like this one, opening on Monday 28th and closing Saturday 2nd.
- Make sure to read the rules (as written down in picture by Paul) before you enter.

avantarte.com/products/paul-insect-super-glow

This is amazing. Great idea. My cousin wanted his ashes scattered, but this is better.

[drip]

Is it one entry-per-person or can I post and offer a *lot* of stuff?

[Smokeidaeye]

This is awesome! So starting Monday, there will be an entry form just for the swap on the main print page above?

[Avant Arte]

Aug 25, 2023 17:12:40 GMT 1 Smokeidaeye said:

This is awesome! So starting Monday, there will be an entry form just for the swap on the main print page above?

No form! There will be a message in this thread that entry is open and then you can just drop your pictures of swap suggestions in this thread.

Keep in mind though that if you win we will reach out through DM here so be sure to check your inbox regularly after we close the SWAP SHOP.

[Skizz 82]

This is super cool

[Smokeidaeye]

Aug 25, 2023 17:14:52 GMT 1 Avant Arte said:

Aug 25, 2023 17:12:40 GMT 1 Smokeidaeye said:

This is awesome! So starting Monday, there will be an entry form just for the swap on the main print page above?

No form! There will be a message in this thread that entry is open and then you can just drop your pictures of swap suggestions in this thread.

Keep in mind though that if you win we will reach out through DM here so be sure to check your inbox regularly after we close the SWAP SHOP.

Nice! Can't wait.

[Avant Arte]

Aug 25, 2023 16:37:21 GMT 1 drip said:

Is it one entry-per-person or can I post and offer a *lot* of stuff?

No limit on the entries per person but more than 5 does seem a little silly

[My Name is Frank]

This is hilarious! Cannot wait to see the swaps on offer! Nice one Paul and Avant

[Peperami Monster]

I like this idea alot

[compound]

I would like to swap my Theirry Noir bedspread, curtains, magazine cut outs, auction house catalogues, badges, morals and values please.

[Avant Arte]

It's the 28th so SWAP SHOP is officially open for entries. Till September 2nd you'll be able to leave your entry in this thread. Entries will be passed along to Paul who will select winners after SWAP SHOP closes.

[Lroy]

Aug 28, 2023 12:12:13 GMT 1 Avant Arte said:

It's the 28th so SWAP SHOP is officially open for entries. Till September 2nd you'll be able to leave your entry in this thread. Entries will be passed along to Paul who will select winners after SWAP SHOP closes.

Thank you. So to be clear, we can post a comment ( 1 entry ) and/or a photo of what we could swap ( no more than 5 entries ) ? Or a description and a text could be enough ? ( sorry I 'm French) ... And/or just comments  on your instagram account ? Better here if we can post photos...

[Avant Arte]

Aug 28, 2023 12:22:02 GMT 1 Lroy said:

Thank you. So to be clear, we can post a comment ( 1 entry ) and/or a photo of what we could swap ( no more than 5 entries ) ? Or a description and a text could be enough ? ( sorry I 'm French) ... And/or just comments  on your instagram account ? Better here if we can post photos...

So any comment that is an entry for Swap Shop should have a picture attached. Without picture we can't count the entry. And you can leave them here in this thread for us to pass along to Paul. But it does not have to be here, via our Discord or Twitter or Instagram you can enter too. It's no different but it's just so everyone, no matter the platform, can participate.

[Daylight Robber]

I'm currently on holiday, abroad, so unable to take a photo of my swap offer. I trust that 'stock' photos are ok and if I get back home on time to meet the deadline (It'll be close) I'll post a photo of the one in my possession.

I'm offering my Derwent Pencils, limited edition (of 500) Borrowdale Collection artist's box, produced by the Cumberland Pencil Company (in my hometown of Keswick, Cumbria) to celebrate the New Millennium and 150 years since the discovery of graphite in Borrowdale, The Lake District. The set consists of 404 different Derwent pencils and 39 pastels plus 3 charcoal sticks, all contained within the drawers of a beautiful mahogany presentation box. Included in the lid of the box are souvenir items, including a die cast to scale, delivery van and 2 hollow pencils - as issued to fighter pilots in the Second World War. (They'd have maps hidden inside them). The box also comes with a certificate of authenticity.

The set is in new condition and none of the pencils/pastels have ever been used.

Before sets went on general sale, employees of the Pencil Factory were offered the opportunity to purchase a set. A good friend of mine who worked at the factory at the turn of the millennium purchased it on my behalf. It's a beautiful thing and to be honest, I'm probably a little bit mad to offer it up as a swap, but even so I'd like to additionally include entrance to the Pencil Museum in Keswick as a bonus, if you come to collect. It's a tonne weight so collection might actually be best. And who can resist the opportunity of seeing the world's largest pencil!

If I'm not allowed to offer something that I currently only have a stock photo for (or an experience), then the best I can offer is my daughter's inflatable Unicorn - Twinkle Toes, which is here on holiday with us. Again! 

Twinkle Toes isn't an ordinary unicorn though, it's a magic unicorn. It is so light that it floats on the sea with the daughter sat in it. However, when it's not in the water it is too heavy for the daughter to carry anywhere, which means that muggins here has to carry it everywhere for her. It is further from our hotel to the sea than I'd ideally like!

I appreciate that I'm spoiling for choice but this is is an either/or offer. Not both. 

[drip]

I wish I'd known this was coming up. After keeping them for 15 years, I only recently got rid of my mother's old wigs. With Paul being into making puppets and that, it would've been a nice way for my mother to...live on...somehow, in a new and only slightly more terrifying form.

Still, I'll always have the happy memory of seeing those binmen mincing away down my street, enjoying themselves and looking fabulous, like a gang of burly and fluorescent Cher tribute acts.

[drip]

Good lord, those pencils are nice.

[7star]

I'm offering Paul ONE desert fork from the collection of King George VI

[mgh42]

I’m offering Paul this vintage Italian-made accordion. Likely from 1920/30s. Sounds decent if you hold your nose whilst playing.

[its all about me]

This is a really cool idea. Looking forward to seeing lots of weird and wonderful objects.

[mak600]

My Left Foot.

Additional info: still currently attached but I have a tool kit, saw and high pain threshold.

[drip]

Aug 28, 2023 14:11:45 GMT 1 mak600 said:

My Left Foot.

Additional info: still currently attached but I have a tool kit, saw and high pain threshold.

I'll never forget one of my lady friends telling me, "No free feet on the 'gram."

Which translated means, don't post any foot photos online, for free, because the foot fetishists will pay for content like that. Lotta wankers with money out there apparently.

[Daylight Robber]

Aug 28, 2023 12:47:46 GMT 1 drip said:

Good lord, those pencils are nice.

They really are. Judging by a lot of the offers on Instagram I fear I may have seriously undervalued them!

[amputeerich]

I’m offering a running blade for a below the knee amputee! This particular blade allowed me to attend the trials for team UK after military rehab and get picked for the Invictus games which start in Germany in 13 days! 6 years of pain, suffering and mental anguish all packaged up into a carbon fibre running blade that would make an awesome puppet or if Paul ever has an accident or contracts diabetes and loses a leg then this blade will allow him to run and save him £4k in the meantime! 😊

[joop1001]

Offering my toddler's pacifier as it is time for her to get rid of it. At first she wanted to burry it in the sand as she believes there will grow lollypops out of it. But I convinced her to swap it with Paul for a more lasting memory for her bedroom and she agreed.

So this would make her happy, me happy and of course Paul as this could be comforting during stressful times.

[Pete the Post]

So, im going on the weiord offers theme and seeing how that goes.

I have,

one 39cm long box of about 50-100 "random things" i bought off ebay when i was drunk ages ago.





One 1991 5p piece that was made in the mint when THEY were drunk.






And to pile into the sparkly things theme, a low value aussie opal from Lightning Ridge, with a bit more coloured sparkles than the picture would show.

[sfnyc]

My boat (a 27ft Wellcraft)

[telmooh]

Here I go ... I present to you ... 4 strange objects lying around the house!

1. Motki

This is a sealed bag of 4 individual bags of 'Motki'. I don't know how old these are, but they were used to hang in closets, cupboards, ... to kill moths and larvea. These were made in Germany. Since I can't seem to find any information on these, I consider them as 'strange' & 'rare'!



2. Petaid

This product is a 'Turtle Stimulant'. Pretty strange if you ask me. This is an amplifier for land turtles and water tortoises. My dad used to work in a zoo and we had turtles when I was young, so he used to give this to them daily. After they died, we never threw away the product so ... ta-dah!



3. Jar of Fish

I have nothing to say about this ... My dad used to collect all kind of objects, so he collected a jar of fish. No clue how long it has been sitting there. Taxidermy is trendy, right?



4. Sugar cone

This is a sugar cone specifically from a Belgian sugar producing company located in Tienen ('Raffinerie Tirlemontoise' aka 'Tiense Suikerraffinaderij'). This is a lump of about 5 pounds of sugar, crystallized in the shape of a cone with a rounded nose. The stamp of the front says 'Double Raffine Extra - Taffinerie Tirlemontoise'. This is actually the precursor to a sugar cube. This one dates back from 1902, because in 1902, sugared cubes were invented in Tienen and these disappeared from our cupboards



I hope you liked my 'strange' objects, because I truely do. They are all a nice memory to my dad, who unfortunately passed away 3 months ago.

Best of luck to everyone involved!

[Smokeidaeye]

I submit for Paul's consideration a dusty "Judge's Choice Best Chili" plastic trophy with marble base (circa 2011) that was won by yours truly.

This one-of-a-kind trophy has been hand finished with a hot glued plastic "Winner" medallion at the top, as well as REAL dried beans!!!

DISCLAIMER: Please note that some of the beans have fallen off since my much-fabled victory. I would be happy to replace them, though doing so will affect the piece's patina and future value (currently insured for US $0.28).

[dunkers]

I’m offering to swap this Insect, named Paul, who is made from PINS