Dear Everyone ~
I am doubly delighted to debut two envelope-centric workshops via group Zoom: Correspondence Album and Hand-folded Envelope Happiness.
My inspiration for Correspondence Album has been percolating for some time. Essentially it began with my love of keeping mail recently received and outgoing mail-in-progress organized, of finding a system that works for me, and ideally for that system itself to be aesthetically pleasing—Double Happiness!
Now, I’ve brewed up a voluminous volume (9½ x 11½ x 2½) for keeping track of both your incoming and outgoing communiqués. The album holds eight hand-folded envelopes, with blank sheets in between, for recording what you sent to whom when, with which enclosures. It’s a beautiful way to organize your correspondence however works best for you—and delights you every time you open your album. You can write right on each envelope “who” is inside.
The cover and binding style pairs two of my favourites: the Buttonhole-stitch—so manageable when you’re working at large scale—and Cave handmade paper. It’s made of 100% Belgian flax, which is incredibly durable, and each sheet of indigo-dyed paper is unique. All are beguiling.
The kit for this workshop is quite deluxe, and you can read details (and see more photos!) in the shop listing.Two menageries of eight complementary Cambridge Papers are available for your envelope octet: Carousel and Rhapsody.
Hand-folded Envelope Happiness is for creative correspondents wanting to up their envelope game. Students will make three different styles of envelopment without a template: a backless, an enveloped booklet, and an origami-esque gusset. All three are mailable and cherishable.
The range of papers that are ideal for folding and for mixing & matching, is inspiring and can seem overwhelming: almost too much of a good thing! When that happens, it’s tempting to make a duo or trio of nesting envelopes!
I’ve selected a quintet of papers in assorted weights (from 20 lb Plover Bond to 100 lb cover stock from French Paper Co.) and decorative patterns (Grafiche Tassotti from Italy, Shizen from India, and Cambridge Imprint from England) so that you can feel—and experience them—first-hand whilst folding. Their textures are distinctive, and they deserve a different “touch” for scoring and folding. The kit is close to overflowing with oh-là-là. You can read details (and see more photos!) in the shop listing.
On a readymade envelope, the postage is the finishing touch. On a patterned hand-folded envelope, it is the address label that can really set the tone. Depending on your paper pattern and the real estate required for the stamps, you may want the most petite label possible, or you may prefer a large label (especially if you have calligraphic tendencies). The sheet we’ve designed—which is being perforated in Portland right now—is a paragon of versatility. We can’t provide an enticing photo just yet, but we can say: The white sheet has classic red borders in three handy sizes; the other two sheets are unprinted, with the same three dandy sizes of label, on two elegant iridescent stocks. Like friends new and old, one is silver, and the other’s gold.
Correspondence Album
Hand-folded Envelope Happiness
May you be enveloped, Bari
PS:
Customers who have previously purchased a MORE Art of the Hand-folded Envelope kit will receive a 15% discount on the Hand-folded Envelope Happiness workshop. Students who register for the workshop and would also like to acquire a MORE kit, will receive a 15% discount on the kit.