Mail Art Envelope Front and Back

Mail Art Envelope Front and Back

My envelopes, the ones I send to someone, have been evolving.  As with most everything else I do evolving is part of the process.

Sometimes the envelopes are simple.  Sometimes they arrive with elaborate additions and attachments that I've created as well as additions and attachments from the Postal Service and other points along the journey. 

It's all part of the process and mystic of Mail Art even as an envelope leaves my hand.  It's fun to discover what's in the mail, inside as well as outside, with Mail Art.

Recently I bought another stack of simple white envelopes for use in sending my Mail Art swap pieces on to others.  In the back of my skull I've been thinking about making my own envelopes and so have been gathering ideas.  I'm close to the point where I will begin making envelopes from scratch. Before I do that, I'll probably use most of these envelopes I've bought.

Mixed Media

Mail Art Envelope, Front and Back

5.75 x 4.5 inches

Blank White Envelope

Acrylic

Ink

Digital Drawing/Painting Artistamp/Faux Postage

Tear-able Clear Postal Tape

In my evolving process this is where my envelopes are now.  All of my envelopes are not necessarily this way.  I enjoy exploring the envelopes as well as creating what I place inside the envelope.

Addresses are intentionally scrambled on envelopes (Photoshop) before I post them to the Net.  Addresses are easily read by the post office for delivery. 

This envelope does not have postage stamps on it because it was going to another country. Stamps were added at the post office when I sent the envelope, and contents, on the way.