gotta love those weeks of high energy and little sleep! i’ve worked my ever-lovin’ arse off on the altered bits mixed media art zine and have managed to design 49 pages in the past week. all i have left is fill a couple of blank spots (you may be able to help here — see below), finish the absolutely amazing artist interview (have all the info, just have to lay it out), add artist bios in the back, then complete an article that you will LOVE and ADORE (it’s not by me — but one of the pages appear to have been lost during my computer crap-out last february when i lost all the pages i’d already designed, blah, blah. i will fix this or contact the amazing artist who submitted it… but i’m not telling you who it’s by ’cause surprises are good).
(above is a tiny little peek at one of my pieces in the zine… category: artful retelling of history)
so, here’s the deal. due to many things, such as my inability to properly count, someone silly submitting a piece to two different categories and me trying to add it to both before realizing the error, and my OCD-like need to have all new category sections starting on the right side of the page, there is still a bit of room. not a lot, but a bit. if you would like to submit super late for consideration of the zine, please do so by wednesday 10/24 at 9 PM (USA — PST). i will need: high res photo(s) of you piece(s), your bio, your URL to site or blog, your location and an optional write-up on the piece(s). and title of piece. you can submit up to 3 pieces per person however space is HUGELY limited. email to hi (at) altered bits (dot) com.
this is what’s left:
one half page (portrait orientation) in cabinet of curiosities
one full or two half pages in artful retelling of history
one half page (landscape orientation) in handmade/altered books and book pages (journal pages allowed as well)
tattered and torn is full unless i get two pieces i die over and must include — it would be a pain in my arse, but potentially worth it
i am also working on the tallest handmade book in the world project but i’m too ADD to talk about it right now — very focused on the zine. i have not forgotten about it and now that school’s back in, art groups are back on. super exciting news to share, etc. but soon… this is zine time! 🙂
if all goes all planned, this zine WILL be ready for the holidays to but as gifts, etc. also, i’ll be giving away at least one to one of the contributors and probably another to a non-contributor. we’ll see once we get there (gotta save my pennies for little man’s holiday gifts first, hah).
UPDATE (about an hour later):
there is now only half a page in handmade/altered books and pages/journal pages
and half a page in cabinet of curiosities
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20 October, 2012 at 3:54 pm
David Hayes
Very exciting!!! Can’t wait to see the finished products…the zine and the world tallest book!!!
20 October, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Seth
Looking forward to the zine. The last one was indescribably good!
21 October, 2012 at 5:14 am
Tina
Can´t wait to see it finished. I´m sure it´s amazing like the last one.
22 October, 2012 at 5:59 am
jenni
oh man….i’m drooling with just a teeny taste of what you show here. honest to peanuts….i’m blown out of the water.
23 October, 2012 at 8:51 pm
M Smith
Hi, Alicia…very excited to read this. 😀 Do you need for me to resend? Also, my name has changed. Can you shoot me an email? Thanks. And, I must say those dolls you’re making are pretty dang freakin’ cool. 😀 (I’m very bad about blogging and keeping up lately…sorry!)
24 October, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Jill Zaheer
Full speed ahead for you- my favorite lady! I can’t wait to see the results. It will be a knock out home run again for your zine and can’t even imagine what your tallest book will look like!!!! xxoo hugs Jilly
25 October, 2012 at 6:14 pm
dryadart
just like to say *insert swearing here* didn’t read this until late Thursday night. Oh well maybe next time! Looking forward to buying a copy and seeing who has their ducks lined up better than me!