Archive for the tag 'do-it-yourself'

Jun 14

the Paper Cuts Collective

I love zines. I love the connections and bonds created with people all over the world that can eventuate through creating and sharing zines. Myself, and my zine making comrades Jeremy Staples and Matthew Limmer have started a co-op—the Paper Cuts Collective. The three of us (collectively) have over twenty years of zine making trial [...]

Apr 22

Mi Inspiration #1 – Jhonny Russell

In my line of work I meet a lot of creative, crazy-talented individuals on a daily basis. Once in a while someone comes along that really inspires me and whose work consistently blows me away. I often find that its the people closest to me that inspire me most. I decided that I wanted to [...]

Apr 14

Miss Bianca’s Most Excellent Adventure Part I

It caught me by surprise. I wasn’t looking for it. It kind of just snuck up on me. As the saying goes: true love comes when you least expect it. In the summer of 1994, I embarked upon one of the greatest love affairs of my life. It struck like a lightning bolt in the [...]

Jan 19

Choice. Use it! [19 January 2010]

Photos by Michelle Aziz The Force has a ‘dark side’, which feeds off emotions such as anger, jealousy, fear, and hate, whereas the ‘light side’ Jedi use the Force only for peaceful purposes. Do you choose to embrace your Dark Side in order to seize power? Or do you use the Jedi way of compassion [...]

Jan 12

D.I.Y, I Think I Can! [12 January 2010]

Photo by Martin Kingsley “The hardcore scene wasn’t just passive consumers—it was kids putting on shows, making zines, creating music and artwork. They were figuring out how to make things work either with their parent’s money or their own money or no money at all. Almost every person who was really a part of that [...]