All posts tagged: drawing

The Paperbook Collective | Issue Six

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There wasn’t any fireworks in our city centre on New Years Eve. Any official fireworks, that is. At around a quarter to midnight, when I was sitting comfortably on my couch, gin in hand, a huge bang went off outside. I raced on to my balcony to find a fireworks display going on in the middle of the street, literally metres away from my apartment window. For those of you who aren’t aware, fireworks are illegal in all states of Australia. Highly illegal, according to a police statement released in the following days. But I took a timely lesson from those kids who ran giggling and screaming off into the bushes that New Years Eve, thrilled with their devious ingenuity. If no one is going to put on a fireworks display for you, you better do it yourself. And it is what The Paperbook Collective is all about, I guess. No one was going to come knocking on my door, asking to publish my writing or exhibit my photography. So, here I am, doing it …

The 2013 Honour Role.

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So, as you are all probably aware by now, the final Issue of The Paperbook Collective for 2013 has been published. It’s been quite a journey! Despite a few hurdles we have managed to put together five issues of this creative, collaborative magazine. Suffice to say it has far exceeded the humble expectations I had for it back in July. I honestly envisioned a magazine of perhaps five pages, mostly my work with perhaps one or two articles contributed by other bloggers. The response I have had to this magazine has been overwhelming, it has achieved exactly what I hoped to design: a magazine that showcases creative talent from across the globe. Yesterday I spent several wonderful hours visiting as many contributor blogs as I could to write a little personal note of thanks for being a part of The Paperbook Collective in 2013. But there are several contributors who do not have blogs, and several that I couldn’t seem to find anywhere in the depths of the Internet. I guess blogs and domain names …

The Paperbook Collective Hits the Road.

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Well, friends, in a little less than 24 hours The Paperbook Collective will be hitting the road! I’ll be setting off for Perth in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, zines in tow, to take part in the Let Them Eat Zines fair, hosted by Aunty Mabel’s Zine Distro.  It has been a long and painful few weeks of cutting, sticking, laminating and stapling, but I’m finally ready. I think. To be completely honest I am a bit nervous, having spent a huge amount of time and money getting to this place. Well, ok, my time and my boyfriend’s money. I won’t have my friends and family to back me up tomorrow like I did at the Bunbury Zine Fair, so I’m hoping and praying that our humble magazine will be a huge success in its own right. If you could all send out some positive vibes tomorrow from wherever you are in the world, that would be hugely appreciated! Cross your fingers and toes while you’re at it. I’m off to prepare some more, …

The Paperbook Collective | Issue Four

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Good afternoon Paperbook People! As always, I am pleased and proud to announce the arrival of yet another issue of The Paperbook Collective… The November Issue! I’m sure that everyone is feeling a bit fragile from last nights various Halloween shenanigans. So stop whatever you’re doing, sit down, pour yourself a bit fat drink of your choice, and curl up with the November Issue of The Paperbook Collective. As always, it’s available in two very easy versions for you to peruse, a PDF version and an online version. Here are the links for you: PDF ~ The Paperbook Collective Issue Four 2013 ISSUU ~ The Paperbook Collective Issue Four 2013 It’s quite convenient, isn’t it, arriving at the start of the weekend like this. Take some time out to explore Paperbook Land with our insanely creative contributors. Have a fabulous weekend. Enjoy. Cheers,

Sans Serif.

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I feel like a whole new woman today. Why? Did I go on a holiday? Get a haircut? Buy something new for myself? No, no and sadly, no. I moved my desk. ‘How boring!!’ I hear you cry. But for those of you who, like me, are destined to spend the better part of the day stuck behind the bloody thing, you will understand how important this hunk of wood is in your life. My office has two windows. My desk was originally positioned below the side window, facing directly onto my neighbours front yard. For those of you who read my post Where Will All The Crazy Go?, you will understand how thrilled that made me. Needless to say, that blind was always closed. Sure, in that position the desk was convenient to both the power point and the internet cable. Sure, I now have cords unattractively snaking the entire length of a wall, and I have had to switch my internet to wireless. But now, my desk overlooks MY front garden, and the street …

A Loafer’s Manifesto.

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Hectic. That is the only way I can sum up the past few days. It’s been a madhouse over here. When my partner and I decided that I wouldn’t return to work after quitting my last job, that instead I would double up on my university load so I could graduate a year early, hectic was not the way I envisioned my days. I imagined a life in which I studied calmly, finished assignments early, wrote voraciously, kept the house clean and cooked wonderful meals. With so much free time, how could I ever run out of it? Where does it all go? I wake up every morning at 5am, sit down at the computer then suddenly it’s 11.30. Then I make lunch and blink and it’s 4pm. I never seem to have enough time to fit everything in, I’m always rushing or late with something. It reminds me of that demeaning line that people say to unemployed homemakers, ‘But what do you do all day?’ There is no answer to that question. You just do …