I asked myself two questions this morning. What do envelopes contain? What is the structure of an envelope?
Envelopes contain love letters, junk mail, peace offerings, strange Christmas cards, bereavement thank you's, bills, sometimes art, CDs, art entries, rejections, birthday cards, things from Amazon, presents, congratulations you've been accepted into...
I was thinking about what could be contained in an envelope conceptually and what items would hold meaning. Or does the envelope have to contain anything? Does the idea that it could contain something already hold strong in the viewer’s mind because of the shape of the envelope, that the thought is already conveyed, without containing anything?
So this leads me into another question, what would I contain within envelope as an artist? And what would that envelope look like?
What is the structure of an envelope? When I think of structure I actually think of the paper that the envelope is made. This actually conveys to the viewer many ideas. Fine linen conveys a wedding invitation or even a vellum envelope can speak of this as well. The number 10 envelope speaks of junk mail or business. A blue envelope jumps out at us denoting payment and the thinking is very similar for a yellow envelope. The hand written address label always garners attention because we think it's from our friend even when it's faked and written by computer.
Looks like I posed many more questions than I've actually answered. See what kind of answers I come up with in the future.
Envelopes contain love letters, junk mail, peace offerings, strange Christmas cards, bereavement thank you's, bills, sometimes art, CDs, art entries, rejections, birthday cards, things from Amazon, presents, congratulations you've been accepted into...
I was thinking about what could be contained in an envelope conceptually and what items would hold meaning. Or does the envelope have to contain anything? Does the idea that it could contain something already hold strong in the viewer’s mind because of the shape of the envelope, that the thought is already conveyed, without containing anything?
So this leads me into another question, what would I contain within envelope as an artist? And what would that envelope look like?
What is the structure of an envelope? When I think of structure I actually think of the paper that the envelope is made. This actually conveys to the viewer many ideas. Fine linen conveys a wedding invitation or even a vellum envelope can speak of this as well. The number 10 envelope speaks of junk mail or business. A blue envelope jumps out at us denoting payment and the thinking is very similar for a yellow envelope. The hand written address label always garners attention because we think it's from our friend even when it's faked and written by computer.
Looks like I posed many more questions than I've actually answered. See what kind of answers I come up with in the future.
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