After a few more coffees and a few more sketches,
I thought I would compile these little ideas into a zine. To keep my sketches in good company I drew some
matching coffees to sit side by side with them.
I designed the zine in 3 colours, black for the
linework, with a swish of teal water colour for the buildings and a splodge of
golden brown for the coffee rings and cups. I had hoped to print this on a Riso
printer in 3 separate colour passes, which would make the colours a nice matt
texture and by manually feeding the paper, give the imagery a slight shift in
registration. Unfortunately the machine was on the fritz, so I’ll have to
revisit another time. For now, a full colour print job will have to do.
I launched Coffee & a Sketch at the
MCA Zine fair, which is always a great event. I collected probably as many
zines as I sold, I have bag loads of inspiration and lovely ideas to flick
through.
I‘m still hoping to publish the zine on the Riso
printer, I’ll post something when I do…
