Necessity does not concern itself with comfort.

Front and back:

Screwpost & French-fold binding, cyanotype cover on 300gsm cotton watercolour paper; CMYK-halftone-style inkjet printing, 100gsm recyclable uncoated paper; 20 pages; £14.

All printed and hand-bound by me.

(The cyanotype image on the cover varies slightly as each one was developed individually by hand.)

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I set up the files for my inkjet printer to print in halftone, so that the texture mimics screenprinting:

Book spine (the ribbon is sewn onto the belly band, which is also screwed to the zine so I'm not sure if it still qualifies as a belly band but a flap, but it's convolutely cute and I'm proud):

There's also a random pufferfish at the end, on a little piece of art paper (paper and pufferfish both vary). I sprayed fixative on them so the pencil shouldn’t smudge too much:

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Ship to anywhere in the world; you'll see an estimate for your country at checkout. Should be around £6-8.

The copy number on the last page starts at 6 and does not correspond to your order number.

Orders will be shipped after the sale is finished or within a week of purchase, whichever comes first. Follow-up on the donation will be posted here and on Instagram.

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*Please note the cyanotype lace & fishing net image on the cover is made by hand individually with direct sun exposure. The colour might look darker or lighter than the one in the product photo as sunlight is a variable I do not hold power to control.

The brand of the watercolour paper also varies, hence the tint of the cover itself may look warmer or cooler than the photo. I am still pretty new to cyanotype so you might see blue blotches or brushstrokes on the cover; please know I am very embarrassed about this and hope you’d find the imperfections somewhat acceptable.

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Making-of posts coming soonsss :) The zines were very fun to make, really fussy to design for an amateur like me and I cried twice because I kept breaking the threads while sewing on the ribbons.