Christine and I finished our special edition of {S}crap-zine. It is chock full of wonderful surprises and some really in-depth projects this time. It is a bit more expensive then our normal zines but I think you'll understand why when you see everything that is in.
{S}crap Zine is a collaborative art, scrapbook, mixed media zine from Amy Steinberg (www.amysteinberg.com) and Christina Olsen (www.scraplovers.com)
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Here we are, the beginning of September and a beautiful new zine. It has been a year since we started making our little zine, three months since the eco issue and we continue to love assembling each and every one. Over the summer we took some time to focus on a special one year anniversary edition encompassing our very favorite things. We've been culling our private collections, visiting our favorite stores and assembling this chunky, chunky, chunky zine. Matter of fact this zine is SO chunky it doesn't stay closed and instead insists on popping open and laying splayed out. We assembled lots of stuff but didn't realize exactly how much until we started assembling the pieces together in a re-purposed hard bound book. (Empty it after you've finished the projects, take out the goodies and you have a wonderful book skeleton to embellish.)
This zine includes five projects, near and dear to our hearts. We've included supplies you need to try some of the techniques, done some of the work to get you started on a project and great instructions. Really, this zine has something for the artist, sewer, crafter, bookbinder and paper person.
So, what is really included? Check it out.
* Over 20 pages of special papers including Italian, Japanese, Indian, vintage and new. We tied them lightly with a pretty ribbon in the center of the book so no creases and ready to use in your art.
* Encaustic instructions with a cake of damar resin wax and wooden block (Is encaustic right for you?)
* A pocket full of vintage papers, handmade papers and images for a collage project and challenge
* 11" x 8 1/2" sewn canvas for collage project
* Bookbinding instructions, chipboard - ready to embellish and add your own signatures
* Creating a canvas box instructions and layout
* Bauble bag (nut bag) chock full of stuff. Vintage buttons, jewelry findings, funny little baubles, milk tops plus other stuff...
* Collagraph printmaking and chipboard to make your first plate
* Ribbon card with three Midori satin, silk and wide samples. About a yard each.
* A hardback book structure for re-use
* A few other surprise goodies
We hope you love it as much as we do. The journey we took getting this zine put together was wonderful and we hope yours is too.
Amy & Christina
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