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Rachelle Chuang
What were your first impressions of Envelopments?
I’m a pretty intuitive person and can gauge a place fairly quickly and I felt immediately that Envelopments was a unique place with creativity and innovation pulsating in every corner. There were amazing artistic things all over the walls, from the designer’s project boards, to paintings and of course the warehouse full of gorgeous paper! I call it the “be still, my beating heart” moment when I saw all the Envelopments paper stocked floor to ceiling just waiting for creative possibilities.
Why does paper inspire you?
Paper as a material substance conveys a sensory connection to us as we interact with it: we can visually take in its color and pattern and our fingers linger over its texture, weight, and other qualities as we pick it up or turn pages in a book. Most of the time paper acts as a substrate by taking a secondary role to the content being printed on it but it is a critical player to a successful piece. As a graphic designer I have always adored commercial paper and especially those specimen books. I also am a fine artist and make handmade paper and paper sculptures which allows me to really get to know the material; when I make paper by hand I feel I am in conversation with it and grow in skill as a craftsman as I work with it.
What do you love?
Besides making and working with paper, I love wandering into creative places, Letterpress printing, Typography, Floral Design (would open a shop one day), Santa Fe, London, serving in my church community, eating out, and my dear husband and son. I am most myself in my studio at Laguna Beach.
Embarrassing Fact:
In 1990 I had the privilege of working with muralist Kent Twitchell and he put me up on the Los Angeles Marathon mural which used to be on the 405 and Manchester. It is now on the 5 and the 2 freeways and covered with graffiti. I’m pretty easy to spot with big 80’s hair and I am (obviously) not a runner or model by any stretch of the imagination. At my high school reunions I had people say they saw me every day on their commute.