Jay's Friends

Past subscriber?
Step by step, I'm getting the zines back in gear. I've added a form at Aisling.net, for previous subscribers to contact me with their current/new mailing addresses, and their email addresses. Here's the link: Previous subscriber?

A postcard will go out in January to verify snailmail addresses. (The postcards were printed earlier this month.)

In February, I hope to have a digital zine available. The first one will be free, so people can see what the zines are like. After that, I think the b&w downloads will be free and the color versions will involve a fee to cover bandwidth.

Also, if you'd like to be included in the first zine -- the theme is generally about creativity, so anything related to that is fine -- let me know.

I'm interested in half-sheet articles (8.5" x 5.5" - vertical and horizontal are both okay) with color illustrations that will also look okay in b&w. I need graphics at 150 dpi or better. (If you have no idea what that means, just send me a clear photo. Most digital cameras take pictures large enough to print well.)

For the first zine & later issues, I'm especially interested in:

- Journal pages
- Gluebook pages
- Sketchcrawl examples
- Dolls/figures: cloth and assemblage
- Shrines & mini-shrines
- ATCs and ACEOs (artist's trading cards - including art cards editions & originals)
- Fabric art (quilts, wearables, etc.)

I'm planning to focus on paper & fiber arts, and perhaps some fine art (watercolors & oil painting) and dimensional work... but mostly paper & fiber arts.

All art and text should be "office safe" (that is, if your boss catches you looking at the zine online, during a break, he/she won't sputter and raise an eyebrow).

Avoid religious & political controversy, too. (Yes, I'm passionate about both, but I want this zine to encourage creativity, not turn people off because they shift into left-brain mode over some statement-as-art.)

Please don't think your work "isn't good enough." Generally, I prefer art (visual, written, photos, music) that is raw and unpolished. When it gets too polished, it's a yawn for me. So, send it anyway.

For more info and to tell others about this, see The Return of the Zine.

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