Collaborative art in a Letter Journal
Letter journals are 4"x8" and fit into a business-size envelope. You can make one for yourself and fill it up as you like — or, organize a small group for a round robin exchange. For a group exchange, each participant would create a letter journal. A list of participants is made and each participate mails their journal to the next person on the list in round robin fashion. Drawing, painting, collage and more is added to each journal as participants send the journal to the next person on the list. When all of the participants have added to all of the letter journal, the last mailing is to the owner who created it. Each participant ends up with the journal they made, filled up with all kinds of art & collage added by the other participants! The letter journals on this page were done one on one, as an exchange between two friends. Lenna’s journal below that was sent to her friend Sharon a number of times until it was filled. The journal was made from folded pieces of paper bound together with a pamphlet stitch.
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front cover
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inside cover by lenna
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sharon added stamps, music paper
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bare beginnings: lenna
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how sharon collaborated
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stenciling/collage: lenna
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how sharon complimented
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bird page started: lenna
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sharon added a real feather!
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sandhill crane page: lenna
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sharon added a nest
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ink & magazine pages: lenna
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Sharon adds to the theme
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One page completely by Lenna
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details on lenna's page
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minimal collage: lenna
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Sharon's butterfly additions :0)
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Sharon adds: Spread Your Wings!
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back cover
Below is a Letter journal by Sharon sent back & forth to fill with our collaborative art.
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Sharon's Cover
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Sharon's inside cover
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Lenna added rubber stamps
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Sharon's orange page
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Lenna added fabric/collage
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Sharon's page
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Lenna simply added the ART stamp
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Sharon's page beginning
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Lenna ADDED a LOT!!
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Lots of Stamper's Annonymous
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some favorite marbled paper
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sharon's inked background
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Lenna added a few stamps
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Beginnings . . .
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Lenna added a stamped saying
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Sharon's blue page
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Lenna added a small saying
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Sharon's back cover
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Mail art to send it back!
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On the back of the envelope