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Upcycled Crafts: How to Create and Send Mail Art

Unlock creativity with Skillshare! Learn acrylic painting, AI writing, graphic design, and photography.

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About Upcycled Crafts: How to Create and Send Mail Art

Introduction

Class Orientation

Trimming Your Cereal Box

Solving the Mystery of Paper Grain

Folding Your Cereal Box

Choosing Your Adhesive

Adhering Your Patterned Paper

Finishing the Envelope

Preparing Your Message

Pleating Your Message

Attaching your Message

Buttoning it Up

Ensuring Your Mail Art Arrives

Collage Bonus

Pop Up Bonus

Conclusion

What You Will Learn?

  • Are you a creative person who loves sending snail mail?.
  • Join book artist Bel Mills in this fun introduction to creating stunning mail art with upcycled materials..
  • Using a cereal box and a few other simple supplies, you’ll create a jaw-dropping piece of interactive mail art that expresses your creativity and keeps you connected to your people at the same time. No fancy art supplies or art skills are required!.
  • In this class you’ll learn:.
  • Which mail art materials you already have in your home.
  • Tricks to working with found paper like cardboard boxes.
  • Techniques for creating mail art, even if you don’t know how to paint or draw.
  • The secret quality of paper that can foil your paper projects if you don’t know how to manage it properly.
  • By the end of class you’ll have:.
  • A ready-to-post piece of “naked” mail art with a pull-out folded message and button-and-string closure.
  • Along the way you’ll learn a bit about the history of mail art, the phenomenon of “naked mail,” and how to navigate postal rules and regulations so your creative correspondence reaches its destination post haste! As a bonus, you’ll gain bookbinding concepts that will apply to all your future paper craft projects! .
  • Now let’s make some mail! .