I have collected and recycled mailed business (aka ‘security’) envelopes since 1995, and have to date found hundreds of unique intricate prints in myriad colors and patterns. Given the relative ease of mining personal data and entire identities in today’s world, I am fascinated by these objects designed to ostensibly obscure the private information lurking within. Ironically archaic “security” mechanisms of our so-called information age, their invention and continued use is imbued with tremendous social meaning related to issues of identity, privacy, ownership, worth, and possession. I take great pleasure in meticulously dissecting the envelopes and slicing, arranging, overlaying, and weaving the pieces to create new visual worlds that are evocative of textiles and textures, as well as personal journeys, maps, and landscapes.