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Newbie friendly Craft Zine

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Newbie friendly Craft Zine
Swap Coordinator:indygirl (contact)
Swap categories: Crafts  Zines  Newbie 
Number of people in swap:5
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:June 2, 2008
Date items must be sent by:August 2, 2008
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

This zine is for things that we create. Several years ago I started an art/craft notebook to keep my ideas, inspirations and document things that I had made. Fall is filled with art and craft festivals, and groups I’m associated with often have booths where we sell things as a fundraiser. I thought it would be cool to make a zine of these kinds of art pieces and crafts. Of course, different areas have different trends and styles – so wouldn’t it be cool to see how and what someone else is doing?

The zine should be text and visuals. It can be heavy on text or visuals or have the same amount of both. The text can be personal journal style entries, instructions, comments or whatever floats your boat. It can be done comic book style if you like. The visuals can be photo, illustration, collage….again, whatever makes your heart sing. Pictures of the projects in process and as finished would be nice.

Size- use your best judgment, but it should be at least 8 pages including the front and back cover.

It's okay to join this swap if you are new to swap-bot. This project will take some time and thought - so don't sign up if you don't think you can complete the swap.

Discussion

bethrealistic 05/31/2008 #

I would like to join this swap, but as I'm pretty new here have no idea how to go about making a zine! I'd really love to have a go at it, though - it seems like something I'd enjoy. I think it would be great fun to document things I create, but I was wondering indygirl if you have any advice about making zines or links to instructions that you could share, before I sign up for this swap?

indygirl 05/31/2008 #

Hello! here are a couple of "how to make a zine" sites. "thegreenguide.org" is a little more my style. The other is more for zinesters who would like to distribute on a bigger scale. http://www.zinebook.com/resource/zinetips.html http://www.thegreenguide.org/article/diy/zine

Basically, you do a little booklet, usually photocopied. Printed in some way so that more than 1 could be made. In the past they have been copyright free work and mostly traded or bartered - not sold. What you put in your book is up to you. Some people publish zines that have submissions from several artists or writers. I'm thinking about experimenting with some printmaking techniques this summer, so my zine may have a few pages that are block printed along with other pages that are color copied from my printer. I think it would be great for you to do a zine that documented your creations. And don't worry too much about if you are doing it right - this is a new swapper friendly swap. We're not professionals - we're just having fun and doing the best we can:)

bethrealistic 05/31/2008 #

Thanks heaps indygirl! I look forward to getting started on the zine.

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