cover of zine titled witness in bright yellow blackletter type spread one of zine titled witness in bright yellow blackletter type middle spread of zine titled loss in bright yellow blackletter type and a diary entry final spread of zine titled joy in bright yellow blackletter type final spread of zine titled you must witness beauty and joy despite all the rest

zines are a rewarding way for me to practice design with the constraints of telling a story in only eight pages but the low stakes of using only one piece of paper

i spend a lot of time waxing poetic, i find the mundane excruciatingly beautiful, i write often in a little notebook and glorify the everyday actions that make life wonderful, i find that these words are not enough, it feels important for me to make the words more, elevate them, i need to somehow crush the embarassment of writing a poem about my walk home and on one hand allow it to be less serious and also take on a new life. prose can be elevated through letterpress, illustrator, indesign, and reduction print. i have so much to say but i must hide it behind a franklin gothic veneer and accompany it with imagery that hopefully brings new meaning and keeps you interested.

group of people reading zines at my senior exhibit zine bookshelf encouraging people to read and take home my zines at my senior exhibit group of people reading zines at my senior exhibit

zine bookshelf!

at my senior exhibit showing the culmination of my undergraduate work at lesley university i made a zine bookshelf to encourage people to interact with my work, urging people to read the different zines, and hopefully have them resonate with one and want to bring it home. it was so rewarding to watch people interact with my work and to hear that it was meaningful to them and it was of course an honor to have people enjoy the zines enough to want to keep them!

cover of zine titled witness in bright yellow blackletter type spread one of zine titled witness in bright yellow blackletter type middle spread of zine titled loss in bright yellow blackletter type and a diary entry final spread of zine titled joy in bright yellow blackletter type final spread of zine titled you must witness beauty and joy despite all the rest
cover of pink 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine spread one of pink 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine middle spread of pink 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine final spread of pink 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine cover of pink 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine

i made this zine in january, 2025, i type-set this poem/diary entry in lead type and carved all the imagery as linoleum reduction prints. i did this project as a challenge for myself to see how i could print lead-type and reduction prints at the same time on one pass, there was lots of trial and error but i had a lot of fun and got a beautiful and nostalgic result.

cover of yellow 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine spread one of yellow 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine middle spread of yellow 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine final spread of yellow 01.16.25 combined reduction printmaking and letterpress zine
cover of zine titled my favorite g's spread one of zine titled my favorite g's itc franklin gothic pro demi compressed and american typewriter light middle spread of zine titled my favorite g's trbuchet ms bold and varietta variable condensed semi bold final spread of zine titled my favorite g's luke thin 100 blackletter and bely display regular final spread of zine titled my favorite g's luke thin 100 blackletter and bely display regular
cover of floral understand zine first spread of of floral understand zine middle spread of of floral understand zine final spread of of floral understand zine back cover of of floral understand zine
cover of zine titled my favorite g's spread one of zine titled my favorite g's itc franklin gothic pro demi compressed and american typewriter light middle spread of zine titled my favorite g's trbuchet ms bold and varietta variable condensed semi bold final spread of zine titled my favorite g's luke thin 100 blackletter and bely display regular
cover of floral understand zine first spread of of floral understand zine middle spread of of floral understand zine final spread of of floral understand zine back cover of of floral understand zine

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