Security Envelope Project

This series highlights outmoded technology. Using the antique medium of salt printing to create photograms of security envelopes, I investigate the tactile beauty and semiotic frailty of both subject and medium. By deconstructing these common forms, I aim to draw attention to labor and beauty that is typically unseen and ignored.


Security Envelope #1 by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #1 (detail) by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #2 by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #2 (detail) by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #3 by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #3 (detail) by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #4 by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #4 (detail) by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #5 by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.



Security Envelope #5 (detail) by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #6 by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #6 (detail) by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #7 by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.




Security Envelope #7 (detail) by Kate Copeland.
Salt print on handmade linen paper.
16 x 20". 2006. (c) Kate Copeland.