Our class project is a piece of interactive mail art constructed from an ordinary cereal box. Better yet, since it’s “naked mail,” it will travel through the postal system without a separate envelope!

By the end of this class, you’ll know everything you need to know to complete this project (and others!) including:

how to work with found paper like cardboard boxes,
how to choose the right adhesives,
how to create an interactive message with pleats,
how to make a button-and-string closure from scratch, and
how to prevent your mail art from getting held up by the postal service.

You can share your finished projects with the class community here! Sharing allows us all to gain inspiration from your ideas and your artistry.

For this Class You Will Need:

1 Cereal Box
Ruler, preferably 18” metal with cork back
1 Pencil
1 Pair Scissors
Double-Sided Tape Roll (Tape Runner even better)
1 Envelope with pointed flap (from a birthday card, for example)
Postage
1 Bone Folder (substitute plastic knife or fat marker)
Patterned Cardstock
Plain Cardstock
1 sheet of 8.5” x 11” copy paper (resume/ stationery paper even better)
1 Metal Paper Fasteners (or brad) or Small Button, needle and thread
20” of Baker’s Twine or String

Optional Materials

Craft Knife (like X-acto)
1 Cutting Mat, 12x12 minimum

Bel Mills

Book Artist -- ScrapPaperCircus.com

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