For this session I decided to create a group zine. The idea was that it would be A5 in size and everyone would be given a sheet of A5 paper on which they could do anything they wanted to; draw, paint, collage, write etc...(as long as it was about girls!)
My table filled with collage materials including lots of magazines to cut up and create with.
The Southbank also leant us the use of these rather fabulous letter stamps and provided lots of ink pads.
Elsewhere there were some other workshops running alongside mine including this fun comic creation session with artist Matt Boyce.
And zinemaking with For Book's Sake who had some fab stickers.
As it was a drop-in session I had no idea how many people would come and whether or not we'd have enough content to make a full sized zine but I'm pleased to report that during the four hours, over 25 contributors took part and they weren't just women either, there was balanced gender and age mix which makes the zine even more special.
Here are some of the pages that were created...
And these are some of the spreads...
The finishing touches to the zine were these illustrations of different girls by artist Inky Ponting.
And here are the names of the other contributors...
The zine has been kept by Thee Southbank who are going to make a digital version of it but in the meantime in true DIY zine style they have photocopied it and sent it to the contributors - it looks just as impressive in black and white. Although blogging is a digital form of self-publishing, nothing beats the feeling of seeing your work in print.
Away from work also I've been working on my own 'self publishing' project which after months of beavering away has finally developed into something...but more on that in my next post.
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