More Fun with Lendon Noe

Lendon finds inspiration for her art in the letters and poetry of her favorite authors and she shared her sources and techniques in Inspired by Lives and Letters. I shared her Regency fold envelope and plaster pages here. This time I will share a second envelope fold she shared and some pen and ink work.

First the envelope fold. This one did not have a specific name for it. I think it’s one of the cutest things I’ve seen in a long time though. I am sharing this folding technique using a piece of 8 1/2″ x 11″ graph paper because I think it will be easier to see where I am as the steps proceed. Imagine using some lovely note paper or decorative paper. Click on an image for a larger view.

Take the bottom right corner of the page and fold it to meet the left edge of the paper. Crease with your finger, then with a bone folder or other hard-surfaced instrument.

Take the top right edge of the paper and fold it to meet the left edge; crease with your finger, then the bone folder.

Turn the paper over and rotate 180 degrees.

Take the bottom edge of the page and fold it about 1/3 way up the page; crease with your finger, then the bone folder.

Now fold the bottom edge up to meet the top edge at the fold; crease with your finger and then the bone folder.

Note the little ‘pocket’ at the lower left corner of the paper. Now take the top left edge of the paper and tuck it into that ‘pocket’.

It will take a bit of finagling to slide the paper into the pocket, but you can do it. I hold the left edge of the paper with my left hand and encourage the insertion of the paper with my right hand.

When you have it all the way in, it should look like this. Creased nicely, it holds the paper perfectly. And what an adorable tiny tip on the edge of the envelope. This is the hint for how to undo the envelope!

Here is the envelope after I completed the folding and backed up one step. You can see the ‘pocket’ and the crease I’ve made to complete the fold. The next insertion of the paper into the pocket is much easier.

Now imagine writing a note and then folding the paper into this envelope and tucking it into a gift box or leaving it at a friend’s home or….well, you get the idea. Or how about even tucking a little something into the envelope?

Here is the pen and ink work I did with Lendon. I used a couple pieces of Stonehenge Printmaking paper — two different sizes — and I used several instruments to apply very free-form marks with walnut ink: the glass dip pen in the heading of this posting (a gift from a dear friend!) and a couple different sized paint brushes.

And here are the pages.

 

Then I cut the pages up into different sizes.

All of the cut up pieces are ready for the next step of personalizing them for the recipient. Some of these pieces will fit into the Regency fold envelope, some will fit into the smaller envelope I just shared with you.

Lots of inspiration already and so many possibilities to come!

Be strong. Be patient. Be kind.