Tag Archives: DIY

Oct2

Haiku Cahoots Mini Zine Workshop

Posted on by
Standard

I’m facilitating a workshop this year at the 2013 ABQ Zine Fest: Haiku Cahoots Mini Zine Workshop

Collaborate with other zine-sters. Share images and words to create a one page mini-zine. Come with an open mind and leave with a copy of the mini poetry zine that we create. All supplies provided. But you can bring some of your own to share, if you want. Facilitated by PamDragonfly, creator of TheZINEsaurus.

Sunday, October 6

time to be announced

The Tannex – 1417 4th Street SW – Albuquerque, NM – 87102

HAIKU collage making, zine making FUN!!

Sep12

copy. fold. collate. staple. repeat.

Posted on by
Standard

All my zines for the upcoming 2013 ABQ Zine Fest are completed. Whoo-hoo!

Well, at least the creative part.  Now comes the production part.  The copy.fold.collate.staple.repeat. part.  This part is kind of tedious.  It will be made exciting by my new stapler.  And by the pride I feel in having THREE full NEW zines this year, plus THREE full NEW mini-zines. EXCITING!!!

Here’s repertoire of the new ones:

II.II. Zine of the Apocalypse – a full size zine featuring my thoughts around time and humanity, inspired by the turn of the Mayan calendar

II.III.S. Spring-ing, Sprang, Sprung – a mini-zine with a poem and images (the “S” in the numbering system connotes a sporule)

II.IV. Depression – a full size zine with my story of my chronic depression and how art keeps my balanced

II.V. Road Trip – a full size zine about a glorious road trip this summer with my husband; tons of cool photos

II.VI.S. Ornamental Patterns of Feminine Hygiene – a mini-zine with commentary on womanhood

II.VII.S. Haiskoo 9’13 – a mini-zine of poems with scooter ride inspirations

And I’ll have a (small)(few) copies of my two previous zines:

I.I. Crows, Choices, and Love

II.I. Spiders, Fear, and A Sense of Home

Hopefully you can come out and check out my zines! Saturday, October 5, at the Tannex, 1417 4th Street SW, Albuquerque. A FREE event open to all general public.

May9
Posted on by
Aside

Mark your calendars. This fall, October 5 – 6, Third Annual ABQ Zine Fest!!

TheZINEsaurus has signed up to table. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More details to come.

And in other news, I have been working on a zine from my road trip earlier this month. And, in a sort of way, I’ve been working on my depression zine by not being as depressed as earlier this year, which has dampened my spirits – so to speak – about writing about my depression.

This is the “sporadically” part, folks.

And there are still plans to make/publish the adult poem for masturbation month. May is masturbation month. When it posts, it’ll have this symbol

(‘)

to let you know it’s adult oriented.

ZINE FEST!

Jan4

II.II.06

Posted on by
Image
II.II.06

II.II.06

Jan4

EUREKA!

Posted on by
Standard

Posting each page as its own Image Post enables viewers to see the page in all its detailed glory!

I don’t like that you have to read a ba-jillion posts to see the whole thing.

Publishing a zine one page at a time on the internet isn’t the same as a beautiful color replica – or the fantabulous original.

It’s a way to share my ideas, collages, thoughts, art, stuff.

I’m working with what I got, here.

Oct2

excited about Saturday

Posted on by
Standard

and it’s done!!

TheZINEsaurus Issue II.I. – On Spiders, Fear, and A Sense of Home

I’ve completed my copies for the fest on Saturday. And they’re collated [thanks, Mom, for the help!], and they’re stapled [thanks, Elisa, for the loan of the super-duper awesome big stapler!], and my zine-scene bag is packed.

Here’s a preview of the cover …On Spiders, Fear, and A Sense of Home

I am really proud of myself and excited about Saturday. I’ve got three complete zines: the issue from last year, the first issue from this year, and my first mini-zine. The mini-zine is a DIY Iron-On Transfer instruction booklet. It comes free with a purchase of the iron-on transfers that I created! I’ve got one “t-shirt” design at this time. I’m hoping to add a second design for Saturday. We’ll see if I get it done.

Either way, I am PROUD of myself for getting this done and putting myself out there in an official way with my art. Feels pretty good!

if you live anywhere close by and you’re out & about, DROP BY the ABQ Zine Fest 2012, this Saturday, October 6, at the Kosmos Cafe at the Factory on 5th, 1715 5th St NW, Albuquerque, NM.