Tag: making
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“Get to Do An Art or Craft: Applying to artist residencies for ‘non-artists’”
An 8-page minizine created by Amanda Wyatt Visconti. If like me you’re coming from outside the formal Art World, but are a crafter, maker, or artist (or do these but think “I’m not a real artist though…”) You might also not be aware you can apply for artist residencies (aka craft residencies & similar things…
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“Everyone inks the tympan sometimes: How to change the tympan on a Vandercook Press”
Everyone inks the tympan sometimes: How to change the tympan on a Vandercook Press by Amanda Wyatt Visconti is a 24-page zine tutorial on changing tympan and packing material on Vandercook cylinder floor presses like the SP-15, Universal, 3, and 4.
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“Yes, Virginia, there is ICE here too” zine
An 8-page, black-and-white minizine explaining how immigration rules and rhetoric impact Charottesville folks even though we’re in the middle of a state, far away from federal borders—and resources for supporting us and our neighbors vs. racist rhetoric and unjust laws. I also created a Photoshop template so folks can make your own localized version.
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“The Good Pets of UVA Library” zine
The Good Pets of UVA Library is a whopping 36-page standard-size, full-color zine created by Amanda Wyatt Visconti with text and photos of pets contributed by UVA Library colleagues.
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“Look!! Here’s your unusual letterpress blocks invitation to joy” zine
An 8-page quarter-size (“hand pie”), full-color collage zine by Amanda Wyatt Visconti (v1, 11/26/2024; CC BY-NC). Look!! Here’s your unusual letterpress blocks invitation to joy: a collage mini-zine is an 8-page, quarter-size collage zine of odd letterpress blocks (illustrations/text mounted on a block of wood, to be inked & pressed into paper using a printing…
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“Speedweve for mending” (#DHMakes Methodz Zines #1)
With Sam Blickhan, I published a 16-page standard-size, full-color zine. “Speedweve for Mending” introduces you to speedweve-style mending looms for fixing small holes in socks and other fabric: What are they? What’s cool about them? Why might you want to try one? How would you get started using one? It’s a zine-ification by me, of…
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“Lasercutting! Cheatsheet mini-zine for a Very Specific use case”
An 8-page, text-dense mini-zine cheatsheet taking you through the steps of designing and lasercutting an acrylic oval with frosted text, using the Scholars’ Lab’s Makerspace and its lasercutter. (link)
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Resin casting
I completed two resin casting projects recently: a full-size skull, and a light-up TTRPG dice necklace. Memento mori (skull) High-level resin casting steps are: measuring the resin components, mixing them together very slowly to avoid introducing air bubbles, pouring, adding embeds, and allowing the resin 2-3 days to cure. Pouring more than one inch or…