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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

"Myopia" is a #zine about my experiences, worries,

"Myopia" is a #zine about my experiences, worries, & imaginings about being very nearsighted 👓 It’s reversible, with cutouts that show different parts of the layout depending on which side is showing, and includes comics, collages, and writing. It's also hard to photograph because it's on yellow-with-a-hint-of-orange paper 😥
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Black and white printed on 11 x 17" paper. Unfold and refold to see the 1st or 2nd half of the zine. Available at the link in my bio!
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#quaranzinefest #penandink #collage #comics #zines #zinefest #queerzine #queerartist #queerart #artinamherst

"Pupper Supper" is a board game and a zine and a c

"Pupper Supper" is a board game and a zine and a comic! It takes place in the hour before two dogs and a cat get their dinner. Can you make it through all the cute begging, distractions, and small disasters to get to supper time? This zine is a collaboration with my partner based on real experiences with our real housemates 🦊🐺🦁 illustrations by me, with words & game structure by us both. .
Available with and without game pieces - all you really need to play is the zine, one die 🎲, and some kind of counters (dried beans, coins, buttons, etc). 1-4 players (yes solo play is also fun!), 20-30 mins per game, very silly, all ages. Check out the link in my bio to order, and happy #quaranzinefest!
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#boardgame #dogsofinstagram #catsofinstagram #penandink #drawing #comics #zines #zinefest #queerzine #queerartist #queercouple #queerart #artinamherst

I'll be part of Quaranzine Fest on April 4th & 5th

A peek at the zine I'll be debuting soon 🍄 They

A peek at the zine I'll be debuting soon 🍄 They will be small, accordion-folded zines with the insides available in several different colors. I printed the parts you see here in early March at @l00ky.here with their risograph machine!
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#zines #quaranzinefest #riso #risography #queerartist #ArtistsOfInstagram #queerart #westernmass

In process 🖌️acrylic on canvas of with vinta

In process 🖌️acrylic on canvas of with vintage book pages - whole painting is 8 x 6 inches.
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Image description: a a painting of a stylized tree trunk with plants growing in the fork of three limbs. .
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#acrylic #acrylicpainting #queerartist#artistsofinstagram #queerart #artinamherst #amherst #westernmass

Happy belated pi day to everyone! We had pie supp

Happy belated pi day to everyone! We had pie supplies but weren't able to make it on the actual day. My partner, who cut the nice trefoil knot into the top, says, "Time is fake, but π is real, so we're celebrating π day today because we feel like it." .
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PS Once this is gone it's on to the next pie project: purple sweet potato 💜🍠
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#piday #trefoil #trefoilknot #vegan #VeganBaking

Good morning, some mosses and lichens and wee plan

Good morning, some mosses and lichens and wee plants for you. .
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#moss #lichen #macro #queerartist #queerart #artistsoninstagram #artinamherst

Cafe sketchbook, March 13, 2020, overhearing conve

Cafe sketchbook, March 13, 2020, overhearing conversations & trying to figure out the roots on a photo of a familiar tree.
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#pencilsketch #brushpen #ink #sketch #comics #sketchbook #queerartist #queerart #artistsoninstagram #northamptonma #coronavirus #igersnewengland

Some Nettle cat #mailart for a letter to A & C, lo

Some Nettle cat #mailart for a letter to A & C, lovely friends whose cat looks a lot like our cat. .
It's a strange time right now, especially living somewhere (so called Pioneer Valley) where how the 5 Colleges cope with the pandemic has a huge impact on life here (not just for students, but teachers, staff, and the whole community). 4/5 announced that they will be closing after spring break with remote classes only, and it's seeming more likely that the last one (& my alma mater) UMass Amherst will do the same. I am not sure if my May-June exhibition at the Amherst Town Hall will be affected, but I'm painting as though it's still on, and now it's especially good that I have an online version planned. My day job (where I've stepped up cleaning considerably) is an hourly position that can't be done remotely unless the business undertakes big changes. My heart really goes out other hourly workers, people in service & healthcare, and all the students suddenly losing housing becase of the ways many colleges are handling this.
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Any Smith & Mt. Holyoke students/alumni/friends/kind folks in the area seeing this, @historicallywomens.c0m is helping connect some people with help & resources. .
If you know of other local (so-called Western Mass) resources, please feel free to comment here or send me a message. .
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#CatsOfInstagram #NorweiganForestCat #CatArt #queerartist #ArtInWesternMA #ArtistsOfInstagrM

My 2nd mini risograph print (5 x 5"), a sort of mu

My 2nd mini risograph print (5 x 5"), a sort of mushroom fantasy with puffballs, #reishi, a few kinds of bracket fungi, #libertycap #psilocybin, and coral mushrooms on a stump. These are all mushrooms that grow in #WesternMass, but they're not usually such close neighbors! .
Based on my own photos.
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#MushroomArt #mycology #riso #risography #queerartist #ArtistsOfInstagram #queerart #westernmass

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