Author Archives: amy

Name: Katie
Location: Surrey, UK
Website: www.katieallen-illustration.com

How about a brief introduction?
I’m Katie, an illustration graduate working as an art technician in a high school. I love hand-drawn typography and making little books!

How did you get involved with zine making?
I was introduced to zines whilst on an art foundation studies course before university. For a while I just collected them, but at uni I thought it would be nice for me and my friends to stay creative over the summer holidays. I discovered a UK group called zineswap (www.zineswap.com) and flickr also got me in touch with other zine makers – I’m now converted!

Tell us what’s your goal when it comes to zine making?
Meeting and learning from new friends!

Any favorite artists that inspired you to make your zine?
I really like a per-zine called Culture Slut for it’s content- I’d never be brave enough to write so openly, but it definitely inspires me to keep making. Stylistically, I’m mainly inspired by amazing designers and illustrators such as Alan Fletcher, Helen Borten and Miroslav Sasek.

What’s the one tip you’d like to share with people who are interested in making their own zines?
Never be shy to contact other zine makers, all the ones I’ve met have been so friendly. Buy or swap as many zines as you can— it will inspire you and get you great contacts to do collaborations. Try contacting zinesters on social networking sites like flickr, twitter, or blog sites, and look for zine events where you live— there’s often ones held in big cities or creative communities 🙂

Name: Juliana Salcedo
Location: Madrid, Spain
Website: www.jusabar.net

How about a brief introduction?
I am a Colombian illustrator living in Spain. I studied architecture, but realized that my favourite thing in the world was to draw little characters. I have been doing it all my life and finally, I have decided to make a living of it. Currently I am studying printmaking, while I promote myself. I like to travel, to go to the cinema and to walk.

How did you get involved with zine making?
Actually, this is my first zine. I did it for a Christmas sale in December that I was involved in. It has been a great experience and I think this will be the first of many zines.

Tell us what’s your goal when it comes to zine making?
I like to tell stories. I used to do comics when I was a kid, and making a zine allows you to do either a single story, or unrelated images. I am now looking for other stories to tell as well as for curious subjects that have been in my mind for a while.

Any favorite artists that inspired you to make your zine?
I love the work from Gemma Correll. I haven’t read a zine from her, but I can imagine the humour they must have.

What’s the one tip you’d like to share with people who are interested in making their own zines?
Think of a simple way to bind it!

Name: Josephine and Katherine Ryder
Location: Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia
Website: applecartzine.blogspot.com

*How about a brief introduction? *
Apple Cart is a little zine about art and hobbies, and the work of friends and creatives from all over. It was made by two sisters and a friend who like working with print and paper.

How did you get involved with zine making?
It was a spur of the moment type thing, a “hey, we love zines and being creative, wouldn’t it be fun…” As a result we were pretty disorganised and slow about the whole process, but still managed to have plenty of fun!

Tell us what’s your goal when it comes to zine making?
Our number one goal was to have the opportunity to do something creative and have a fun project to work on together. The other part of it was that by compiling a collection of work from a bunch of our creative friends, we gave them an opportunity to showcase their work a bit.

Any favorite artists that inspired you to make your zine?
We were quite inspired by a zine by Anney B. It’s called Cornycopia, and it’s printed on a risograph. It pretty much was the inspiration behind us buying a risograph printer ourselves. Anney has a blog: http://anneyb.blogspot.com/

What’s the one tip you’d like to share with people who are interested in making their own zines?
Umm, don’t get into it when you are poor and have too many wild enthusiastic ideas that you can’t back up with cash! The whole thing took us 6 months just to save up for printing and paper and all of that. Then again, don’t let anything stop you, because it’s totally fun and not having enough money forces you to be resourceful. We loved working around all the financial problems, it gave the whole process an extra DIY feel.