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Secret Artifact Society Monthly Art & Activity Subscription - $14.99 or $149 per year (two months free!)
Every month, a beautifully designed envelope arrives at your door. Inside: a letter with a secret the world forgot, an original watercolor print on archival paper made to frame, and a craft card you complete with what's already in your hand. No extra materials. Enjoy a story, a print, and something beautiful to make.
The Secret
Every month, a story the history books left out.
A hidden art form practiced in secret for centuries. A lost technique recovered after decades of searching. A craft that survived the passage of time — hiding in plain sight, waiting for someone to look closely enough.
The stories come from everywhere: ancient civilizations and living cultures, European folk traditions and indigenous arts, the history of color itself. Each one is connected to a craft you can make and a print worth keeping.
The full story arrives in your letter. That is where the secret lives. Some things are better discovered than explained.
What's Inside
Three things. Every envelope.
The Letter
Written by Artist, Jen Ray — the full story behind the month's secret. The history, the people, the hidden thing that most of the world has forgotten. Personal, specific, and written as if Jen is telling you directly across a table. This is not a pamphlet. It is a letter worth reading twice.
The Archival Print
An original watercolor by Jen Ray, printed on 100% cotton rag archival paper using pigment-based inks rated for 100+ years without fading. Each print weaves beautiful imagery with the month's secret — the living, natural world and the hidden story it holds — into one image. Made to frame. Made to keep. Every month, a completely different subject, palette, and world.
The Craft Card
A project printed directly on premium cardstock — ready to color, cut, fold, or complete the moment it arrives, and many times using art supplies you have on hand - makes it easy and fun or dive into an extended personal art session. Everything you need is in your hand. Each card includes a QR code linking to a short video of Jen completing her version in her studio.
The Bingo Card
Collect all sixteen items. Claim your prize.
Your first envelope includes a Secret Artifact Society bingo card — yours to keep for the length of your membership. Each month, a secret code word is hidden somewhere in your letter. Find it, record it on your card, and collect all 12 throughout the year, plus four bonus items, and claim your prize.
Full rules, prize redemption details, and submission QR codes are printed on the back of your bingo card. Ships with your first envelope only.
The Prints
Artworks that happen to arrive in an envelope.
Every archival print begins as an original watercolor painting in Jen Ray's California studio — the beautiful subject matter is woven together with the story of that month's secret. These are not illustrations. They are artworks that happen to arrive in an envelope.
Over the course of a year, they become a collection.
Original watercolor by Jen Ray
100% cotton rag archival paper
Pigment-based inks — 100+ year fade resistance
Ships flat in a rigid protective mailer
Arrives unframed
Signed by the artist
First-class mailing is included.
Click here to get two months free - Annual Plan at $149
Click here to gift a subscription.
Cancel any time.
Every month, a beautifully designed envelope arrives at your door. Inside: a letter with a secret the world forgot, an original watercolor print on archival paper made to frame, and a craft card you complete with what's already in your hand. No extra materials. Enjoy a story, a print, and something beautiful to make.
The Secret
Every month, a story the history books left out.
A hidden art form practiced in secret for centuries. A lost technique recovered after decades of searching. A craft that survived the passage of time — hiding in plain sight, waiting for someone to look closely enough.
The stories come from everywhere: ancient civilizations and living cultures, European folk traditions and indigenous arts, the history of color itself. Each one is connected to a craft you can make and a print worth keeping.
The full story arrives in your letter. That is where the secret lives. Some things are better discovered than explained.
What's Inside
Three things. Every envelope.
The Letter
Written by Artist, Jen Ray — the full story behind the month's secret. The history, the people, the hidden thing that most of the world has forgotten. Personal, specific, and written as if Jen is telling you directly across a table. This is not a pamphlet. It is a letter worth reading twice.
The Archival Print
An original watercolor by Jen Ray, printed on 100% cotton rag archival paper using pigment-based inks rated for 100+ years without fading. Each print weaves beautiful imagery with the month's secret — the living, natural world and the hidden story it holds — into one image. Made to frame. Made to keep. Every month, a completely different subject, palette, and world.
The Craft Card
A project printed directly on premium cardstock — ready to color, cut, fold, or complete the moment it arrives, and many times using art supplies you have on hand - makes it easy and fun or dive into an extended personal art session. Everything you need is in your hand. Each card includes a QR code linking to a short video of Jen completing her version in her studio.
The Bingo Card
Collect all sixteen items. Claim your prize.
Your first envelope includes a Secret Artifact Society bingo card — yours to keep for the length of your membership. Each month, a secret code word is hidden somewhere in your letter. Find it, record it on your card, and collect all 12 throughout the year, plus four bonus items, and claim your prize.
Full rules, prize redemption details, and submission QR codes are printed on the back of your bingo card. Ships with your first envelope only.
The Prints
Artworks that happen to arrive in an envelope.
Every archival print begins as an original watercolor painting in Jen Ray's California studio — the beautiful subject matter is woven together with the story of that month's secret. These are not illustrations. They are artworks that happen to arrive in an envelope.
Over the course of a year, they become a collection.
Original watercolor by Jen Ray
100% cotton rag archival paper
Pigment-based inks — 100+ year fade resistance
Ships flat in a rigid protective mailer
Arrives unframed
Signed by the artist
First-class mailing is included.
Click here to get two months free - Annual Plan at $149
Click here to gift a subscription.
Cancel any time.