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It's Zorg's birthday - hard to believe he is 11 ye

It's Zorg's birthday - hard to believe he is 11 years old! I've known him since he was a puppy, so that means many years together. Things lately been weird for him, the most extraverted creature in the house, not getting to say hello to other dogs or people. But he seems to get it now and we've been trying to give him more other fun things to do to make it up a little. .
Pandemic highlight: when our regular mail person saw him while out delivering mail on foot and tossed him a dog biscuit from a distance!
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Current favorite snack: asparagus bits (local "Hadley Grass")
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Time to hide under the bed: when the kitty chases bugs, especially flying ones, in the house; when there's loud thunder. . . . .
#siberianhusky #dogsofinstagram #goodboy

My zine table for this weekend's virtual Chicago Z

My zine table for this weekend's virtual Chicago Zine Fest & Glasgow Zine Fest is among the sprouts and leaves of my container garden. I still have a very small number of the limited edition risograph zine "no path", copies of the board game zine "Pupper Supper," perzine "Myopia," & many different screenprinted patches. I'm also giving away copies of "how to make a minizine" with any orders and I like trading with other makers!
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Plants pictured: catnip, santaka hot chili peppers, cayenne chili peppers, majoram, thyme, mystery squash, several kinds of basil, and plum tomatoes. .
#czf2020 #chicagozinefest #glasgowzinefest #quaranzine #comics #zines #artbook #zinefest #virtualzinefest #queerzine #queerartist #queerart

Super loose studies of the handsome Zulu as I star

Super loose studies of the handsome Zulu as I start his pet portrait! @valomile won a portrait through the COVID-19 fundraiser that @stonerzines put together last month. .
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#catsofinstagram #sketchbook #pen #brushpen #queerartist

In a different world, tonight would have been the

In a different world, tonight would have been the opening of my solo exhibition at the Amherst Town Hall. It's hard to imagine a big art gathering now, or even getting into one of our town buildings to hang pictures. I invite everyone to check out the online Amherst Arts Night Plus offerings tonight online at @amherstartsnightplus
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I still have an online exhibition planned for sometime this summer, but everything has been going slowly here. Like many people right now I have a lot of other things on my mind, and my household has been sick. This means I've been drawn more to smaller projects and things I can do in pieces. The path ahead is always changing and it will be interesting to see what visuals want to come out now. Whatever happens, I'll be keeping you posted!
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Pictured: some details of paintings that would have been in the show, in process and final mixed together. Acrylic, pen, and vintage book pages on canvas. .
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#acrylicpainting #painting #mixedmedia #inprogress #treeart #queerartist #artinamherst

Life drawings on May Day ✍️ most instructors l

Life drawings on May Day ✍️ most instructors let you know how many seconds or minutes you get to draw a pose ahead of time, but Nettle's figure drawing class features some unique teaching methods. .
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#catsofinstagram #sketchbook #pen #brushpen #queerartist

Rainy mail day! 💌 zines, games, and a care pack

Rainy mail day! 💌 zines, games, and a care package heading out. .
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#stayhomezinefest #zines #zinefest #mailday #penpals #mailart #stamps #mailart #willacather

Folding up the last copies of "No Path" - a lot of

Folding up the last copies of "No Path" - a lot of little steps. Only 25 will ever be made since this was a fun experiment I did when I was learning to use the risograph machine at @l00ky.here in early March, combined with some at home laser printing once self-isolating started. I'm mailing a few this weekend - see link in bio to purchase, or send me a message. I'm trying to match people with their preferred colors if they have a preference, but I'm running out of a few already.
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Fun fact: the tool I'm using to score and fold is called a bone, but it's just made of hard plastic!
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#timelapse #processvideo #risograph #zine #stayhomezinefest #queerartist

A dog walk find from last month that still puzzles

A dog walk find from last month that still puzzles me: a car parked with a wheel on a book in a way that seems like it had to be intentional 🤔 .
Brush pen on paper. . .
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#penandink #sketchbook #blackandwhite #comics #queerartist #queerart #artinamherst

Up for grabs over at @stonerzines: a pet portrait

Up for grabs over at @stonerzines: a pet portrait by me! This is part of the #twinstagram fundraiser for folks affected by COVID-19 - just comment on any post to place a bid. There are zine bundles, jewelry, art and more. See @stonerzines page for info on how to apply for funds. .
Ships worldwide! Ink line work with watercolors. The example is a group portrait of my own non-human animal family a few years ago. .
#petportrait #siberianhusky #norweiganforestcat #catsofinstagram #dogsofinstagram #penandink #watercolor

Mail day! 📬 All #quaranzinefest orders are on t

Mail day! 📬 All #quaranzinefest orders are on their way to their new homes. Still a few swaps to send and letters to catch up on, but everyone should be seeing things soon 💌 .
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#zines #zinefest #mailday #penpals #mailart

I'll be part of this fundraiser that @stonerzines

I'll be part of this fundraiser that @stonerzines is doing soon for folks affected by COVID-19, prioritising POC and queer folks. Their page has more info and a form to request help if you need it! And if you'd like to contribute auction items there's still time!
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Reposted from @stonerzines: I’m hosting an auction on twitter and Instagram, #twinstagram to raise money for those affected by COVID-19 shutdowns!! Please share this event, and check back on my page from April 10th-15th to see all of the absolutely amazing items and services zinesters and artists have donated! .
Any and all sharing is appreciated — to your story, as a repost, and on a different social media platform!
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#zine #zines #covidkindness

⭐swaps/trades⭐ This is the point of an in-pers

⭐swaps/trades⭐ This is the point of an in-person zine fest where I rush around to see rhe tables of all the other lovely vendors whose work I didn't get a good look at while I was at my own table! 🏃‍♂️ the time when I do last purchases and and a lot of trades before I go find something to eat! So other #quaranzinefest folks and just people on Instagram who make things, does anyone want to swap or do a pay-some-swap-some thing? Let me know here or send me an email at bee@mossybee.com! I love penpals and since everyone's so far apart right now even if they're down the street, now sounds like a great time to send some fat envelopes and maybe get some envelopes back! .
Image: my first stab at animating this idea that's been in my sketchbook since the @letterwriters announced that they were closing operations. It's really instructions for myself, but it sounds a little bossy so I don't know if I'll make a patch or sticker from it. .
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#quaranzinefest #zines #zinefest #queerzine #queerartist

What's Vegan Camping Cookout? 40 pages of ideas, t

What's Vegan Camping Cookout? 40 pages of ideas, tips, and recipes for cooking all your meals while camping, filled with black and white illustrations and many, some would say unnecessary, cute dogs. This zine is a collaboration with my partner who has refined many of the recipes over years and years. All recipes have been tested and approved, including my faaavorite, tempeh satay with peanut sauce ...!! 🤤
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Only a handful left! Green cover and black and white interior pages, 8 1/2 by 5 1/2". .
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.See the link in my bio if you'd like to buy this or other zines and patches by me!
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#quaranzinefest #zines #zinefest #queerzine #queerartist #queercouple #queerart #artinamherst

Introducing my newest zine and first zine with #ri

Introducing my newest zine and first zine with #risograph printing: No Path. This is an accordion zine with words from a poem by Antonio Machado & illustrations by me. The inside is a risograph print with cyan and yellow on a variety of colored papers, while the back and sleeve are in black and white. This zine began at a risograph workshop at the lovely @l00ky.here in Greenfield, MA.
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The poem begins with these words: "walker, there is no path. The path is made by walking ..."
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This zine has an edition size of 25—after these copies are gone, that's it! It is about 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches folded up, and 2 1/4 x 9 inches unfolded.
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See the link in my bio if you'd like to buy this or other zines and patches by me!
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#quaranzinefest #riso #zines #zinefest #queerzine #queerartist #queerart #artinamherst

Good morning & hello on day 2 of #quaranzinefest!

Good morning & hello on day 2 of #quaranzinefest! I've got my tea and I'm going to be sharing more zines later today, including a completely new one. If this was an in-person zine fest, you might have seen me inking pages of this comic I finished yesterday. It's for a zine a friend is putting together about folk's COVID-19 experiences - I'm submitting a "recipe" for back-of-the-fridge #vegan sandwiches inspired by bahn mi and shapes by what happens to be on hand. .
Kuretake brush pen on paper, 6 pages, not available yet!
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#vegancooking #penandink #zines #zinefest #queerzine #queerartist #queerart #artinamherst

This guide to making minizines is one of the goodi

This guide to making minizines is one of the goodies I'll be adding to orders while supplies last. Made for a workshop I held at the 2019 @queerconf, it has a set of instructions on how to make a zine from one sheet of paper, a template for margins and page order, and ideas for how to make your zine and what to make it about. Plus it is a minizine itself, and there's a cat because the animals I live with sneak into everything!
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This zine is about 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches folded up, b&w printed on bright orange paper.
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#quaranzinefest #penandink #zines #zinefest #queerzine #queerartist #queerart #artinamherst

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