Hello! I’m a bit rushed but I really wanted to get this posted today for anyone reading who’s local, because the reason I’m rushed is that I’m prepping to table Portland Zine Symposium on Sunday! It’ll be my first time selling my new zines in person and I’m a bit nervous but definitely excited!
I’ll have three new zines plus another new item that will all be going out to Patreon members once the symposium is behind me, so I won’t be sharing them here yet. But I’ll say that I did some riso printing for a couple of them, and I loooove them! I’ll also have some of my old self-published knitting books, the patches I made in September, free pins…
And last month, in addition to the movie-related zines I posted about, I made stencils from reclaimed film negatives for the mail-tier Patreon members. I’ll have some of these on Sunday as well!
I also made another new zine, about stenciling on fabric! I posted this mini-zine to the free Patreon so everyone can get digital and printable files of it. It’s repurposing this old blog post, but all updated/edited and with mostly all new photos.
The zine includes four stenciling methods:
Using a sponge/paint brush and fabric paint, fabric markers…
…spray painting…
(you can use regular spray paint on fabric, but expect mixed results depending on color and fabric types; fabric spray paint works much more reliably well!)
…and screen printing, including instructions for making your own screen with an embroidery hoop.
I love the film negative stencils — medium format negatives are the perfect size for fun little mini-stencils! I printed the “hand”made designs onto the backs of a bunch of my handmade clothes as you see here.
I got the negatives from Scrap; I also got other old film materials, 4×6 sheets. So I made some slightly larger stencils with those.
The Patreon physical packages each included 4 stencils total, the zines, plus a bunch of thermal stickers including some of the “hand”made designs on stickers.
And I’ll just say: if you’ve considered joining and haven’t yet, I’m really excited about this month’s stuff, especially for the knit tiers (but the riso-printed stuff is for ALL mail tiers!). Due to my wanting things ready for the zine symposium, Patreon knit-tier members will be getting some extra stuff way beyond the basics this month. Can’t wait to reveal all, in person on Sunday, and then on Patreon in the weeks to come!
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