JK Keller

I’ve been collecting envelopes, mail, and paper with one blank side since somewhere around 8th grade (with varying degrees of voracity, and the occasional trashing). It took about 7 years before I came up with the idea to fold the ‘one-sided’ papers in half and bind them to make sketchbooks. Eariler this year (what would be about 15 years), I finally came up with the idea to turn the envelopes inside-out to make pretty patterned envelopes. I like the idea that I’m exposing the security for everyone to see as well as the recycling aspect.

This is the stack so far. I ran out of tape again with about 10-15 envelopes left.

I’ll be putting together a collection of the security patterns if I get a scanner. For now, see this collection of envelope security patterns, or this photographic survey of envelope security patterns.