Envelopes!! The epitome of Mail Art

This week was full of diverse but brilliant envelopes. Each has such personality and design corresponding with the inside contents. First, A fabulous stamped and calligraphy’ed from Thomas Burns in McKinney TX: so elegant, so beautifully lettered. Then a “circle” mixed media from Olena Spicer. The texture isn’t obvious from the scan. From Debra Mulnick are-cycled vintage air mail envelope including the original postage. And yesterday, from Cascadia Artpost, his colorful Ticket! Ticket!

I feel a special affinity for envelopes. I make them as a form of meditation. I can’t remember when I last bought an envelope, not when my mailbox is full of catalogs, magazines and bills. All fodder for my mad envelope days.

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