Zine Project 2022 : Outsiders
This week started off with a Zine Project run by Staffs uni. This is my second year of getting involved. The zines are explored as an opportunity to give voices to experiences. This year the theme is Outsiders. I'm pictured (with the blue mask) with fellow students from Staffs uni on day 1 of the project.
The project offered a nice opportunity to work on a zine in a group, ahead of my placement, where I've proposed creating one on the last day using the Riso printer at Airspace. On day one, we had an introduction to using the Riso printer on Staffs campus so I'm getting more familiar with the process in terms of how ink is printed, how colours can be used, and what to consider in relation to size and page layout.
I have a couple of unfinished zines, and this has spurred me on to finish these. I've also been able to get a copy of last years zine of which I collaborated to produce a few pages. I'm now planning on taking some examples of completed, published copies to my placement meeting, to demonstrate my experience and give my proposal idea more substance.
There's a potential Riso Print module coming up on my degree which I've expressed an interest in, to see if I can get involved, I'm keen to get as much hands-on experience as possible to really learn and understand how to produce the best zines that I can.
It's been great to do this in person. Due to Covid, last year the project was facilitated over Teams so you didn't get to see the creativity of the people involved. The pages were uploaded after the sessions. It's really interesting to see how different people approach them, from carefully measured designs to punk collages and everything in between, and the experiences reflected overall were really diverse.
This years project was organised by a University Academic and a Fine Art student from my course as part of her placement so it was lovely to support her venture too. The range of placements that are starting to take shape are really different.
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