Art On An Envelope: New, Old, or Recycled
Art teacher and artist Karen Karnuta shared her artwork on Facebook, and I thought it would make an awesome lesson for students at home. Students could use a plain envelope, recycle a junk-mail envelope, or use blank return envelopes in bills and ad mail. A piece of printer paper could be cut and folded into an envelope as well. I have images below with origami directions.
Re-use junk mail and bill return envelopes.
Envelope art has just 3 requirements:
The easiet solution is to leave negative space in those areas so that mail can be sent easily... those areas do not HAVE to be left blank, but should be very light so that written text for addresses can be easily read by a scanner. If those areas use bold color, particularly red, then they cannot be scanned and that will delay delivery if you send the art in the mail.
As an art project, they can be done without having to buy anything, and can be created with any material you have on hand from pencils & pens, to watercolor, food coloring, or even coffee as paint. As a work of art however, you might not want to mail them at all.
These envelopes might also make for great gifts. You could make a few, wrap them in ribbon, and send them as a gift.
If you have Instagram, you can follow Karen Karnuta HERE: https://www.instagram.com/guthrieartroo
- An area for an address (center-ish)
- An area for a return address (Upper-Left Corner)
- Area for a stamp (Upper-Right Corner)
The easiet solution is to leave negative space in those areas so that mail can be sent easily... those areas do not HAVE to be left blank, but should be very light so that written text for addresses can be easily read by a scanner. If those areas use bold color, particularly red, then they cannot be scanned and that will delay delivery if you send the art in the mail.
As an art project, they can be done without having to buy anything, and can be created with any material you have on hand from pencils & pens, to watercolor, food coloring, or even coffee as paint. As a work of art however, you might not want to mail them at all.
These envelopes might also make for great gifts. You could make a few, wrap them in ribbon, and send them as a gift.
If you have Instagram, you can follow Karen Karnuta HERE: https://www.instagram.com/guthrieartroo
2 options for origami envelopes:
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