The Edge of America

DIY, creativity + art in North America

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The product of a day and half's hard work! @imagine_connect #imaginebooklet Alongside the ace Sophie from the @nccpe, we have helped participants from Imagine, an ESRC funded @connectedcommunities project, create a booklet summarising their five years of awesome work! #zine #zines #zineinaday #research #educhat #coproduction #making #creating

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Saturday evening marked a melancholic milestone in Edge of the Universe's lifespan. Super BadgeIt has - tragically - ceased production, and on Saturday night we used up our last ever BadgeIt refill 😢 We went out on a high though, as part of a glitter-fuelled riot grrrl Resisdance party @sheffdocfest RIP, BadgeIt. You will be missed! #atragicday #rip #badges #badge #pin #button #badgeit #whybandaiwhy (at O2 Academy Sheffield)

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We're psyched to be running a craftivism stall at the @sheffdocfest Resisdance party tonight! #craftivism #pride #protest #craft #docfest #sheffdocfest

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We love this tote bag from Saturday's screen printing drop in workshop at @moordeli! Regram from @emhearne. #grimfandango #skull #print #screenprint #screenprinting #printing #design (at Moor Theatre Delicatessen)

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We're running a screen printing workshop TOMORROW at the lovely @moordeli! Drop in any time between 11am - 3pm to try out screen printing. And it's pay what you feel! Popped into the Theatre Deli cafe earlier to drop some our printing kit off. So much deliciousness on show - our mouths are already watering ahead of tomorrow's lunch break! #cafe #birdhousetea #sheffield #sheffieldissuper #theatredeli #tea #teas #coffee #sohungryalready (at Moor Theatre Delicatessen)

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In love with this year's @sheffieldzinefest haul! #zine #zines #zinefest #arthurrussell #roalddahl #jurassicpark #publishing #sheffieldissuper

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Had to pull a late one at @sheffieldprintclub to get these extra special business cards finished - but am super happy with the results! Printed in System 3 Magenta onto ivory card, ready to hand out at the annual Talking About Teaching conference at @yorkstjohn. More on that soon! #print #screenprint #screenprinting #businesscard #shamelessselfpromotion #latenights #socent #socialenterprise #printisnotdead (at York)

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Freelance Saturdays spent designing and laying up a zine. Commission = DONE 👊 #zine #zines #design #graphicdesign #freelance #publishing #selfpublished #publications #print (at Sheffield)

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Lots of fun helping people to make their mark (via screen printing!) at @hallamunion1 this week! A great drop-in workshop, with total newcomers printing amazing totes and tees 👍 #screenprint #screenprinting #print #printing #shsuvolunteering #shsu #hallamunion #sheffieldhallam (at Hallam Union (HUBS))

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Primitive Animals: a poetry mini-zine, made entirely from words in the reviews section of the September 2013 Mojo magazine. (FYI, this took about 45 minutes + one piece of paper, scissors, a glue stick, and an old magazine to do. Creativity is for everyone! Go make things!) #zine #zines #collage #poetry #poem #cutup #foundpoetry #publishing #writing #creativity #diy #gotmymojoworking

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Regram from @williamjamesrea: Lovely stuff from one of the participants in our zine workshop at @sheffhallamuni! #shu #shugraphics #zine #zines #design #illustration #graphicdesign #education #educhat #highereducation #publishing #selfpublish

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Craft party!!! Something new for Edge of the Universe last night: running a whole bunch of arts and crafts activity for a 50th birthday party! So much fun helping kids and adults re/discover the joys of painting, scribbling, cutting, sticking, and writing. Also, thank you to the @showroomworkstation for being so tolerant of me leaving glitter absolutely EVERYWHERE. We're available for all types of parties; drop us an email at [email protected] if you're interested! #party #parties #kidsparties #50th #arts #crafts #art #craft #glitter #paint #zine #zines #workshop #fun #Sheffield #southyorkshire #sheffieldissuper #cutting #sticking #making (at Showroom Workstation)

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Playing nicely with others. Had a fantastic time running zine making workshops yesterday for 120 graphic design / illustration students at @sheffhallamuni. What a great group of students - and what a gorgeous space the new Sheffield Institute of Arts building is! #zine #zines #Hallam #shu #sheffhallam #sheffieldhallam #teaching #teach #education #workshops #publishing #making #publish #selfpublish #design #illustration #graphicdesign (at Sheffield Institute of Arts)

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We've already received some great tattoo tales for our next zine - but we want more! Tell us about your tattoo in the second issue of the Tattoo Stories zine. Send a short piece of writing + photo(s) to [email protected] by October 22nd. Thank you! #tattoo #tattoos #tatts #ink #zine #zines #writing #submission #submit #callout #write #publish #publishing #selfpublish

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Checking out Our David's contribution to the Like Letters exhibition at the Sheffield Institute of Arts! Part of Catalyst festival, this ace exhibition celebrating the art of typography finishes tomorrow. Take a look! #letters #type #typography #likeletters #gallery #Hallam #Sheffield #exhibition #sia #catalyst #letter #art #design #shu #sheffieldhallam (at Sheffield Institute of Arts)

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Screen printing in gorgeous, leafy surroundings at @kirstykelly21's hen. #hen #hendo #henparty #screenprinting #printing #print #screenprint #wedding #craft #crafts #creativity #create #art #design #graphicdesign #paint

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Our workshop participants are the loveliest 😍 #gift #thanks #present #craft #thankyou #create #printing #print #workshop #crafting #creativity #design #art #Sheffield #southyorkshire #Yorkshire (at Sheffield)