(EDIT: Please as there are only this many copies available the purchase limit is one copy per person. My apologies for not stating this clearly beforehand.)
It's here! Popup shop opens this Saturday, May 16, 19:00 BST (i.e. 11:00 PDT, 14:00 EDT, 20:00 CEST) on my website:
A collection of my three Moiraine Damodred/Siuan Sanche fan comics, in chronological order.
Due to physical and time limitations on my part, there will be 12 copies available for purchase.
All proceeds after cost will be donated to the Khartoum Aid Kitchen in Sudan.
Even if you're not getting this zine please consider donating to them. Sudan is currently experiencing one of the worst man-made famines in modern history but there's barely any coverage about it. If you're able to, please consider donating.
(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.
At last, a very random but cheeky TMI: lace and lace ribbons are neutral, non-derogatory slang for lesbians in Mandarin. It’s only fair that this zine is covered in lace. And I’m glad I found one with a pattern that is, at least for me, very Siuanraine-coded.
Moiraine felt that small tingle again as the light of saidar briefly surrounded the other woman. Any woman who could channel could feel another wielding the Power if she was close enough, but the tingle was unusual. Women who spent a lot of time together in their training sometimes felt it, but the sensation was supposed to fade away over time. Hers and Siuan’s never had.
—New Spring, Robert Jordan
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