HYPER LOCAL REGENERATION

SLOW ART

FIBRE ART AND WEAVINGS

ZINES

Bee-Witched Zines

WELCOME TO BEE-WITCHED ZINES

this is an online curiosity dress up box for zinesters and mixed‑media artists. There are practical techniques, curated art classes, and printable cut-and-paste collage resources to help you make more art magic with what you already have.

BUILT ON TWO PRINCIPLES: CLIMATE ACTIVISM AND SLOW ART

Root systems is an ongoing zine series full of practical steps to survive the world that’s coming (and resuscitate the one we have). View the full series at Root Systems Zine.

Slow art is a deliberate pushback against fast, image-saturated visual culture. This encompasses works that I produce, such as fibre art, weaving and bookbinding.

I took what I’m learning and turned it into a printable workbook: Pause and Create: a ‘slow art’ starter kit workbook zine.

folklore

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art magic

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fibre art

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field recordings

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ethnographic collage

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folklore · art magic · fibre art · field recordings · ethnographic collage ·

The Process

  • Geometric drawing of an outline square with sections divided by vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines.

    Magic is Art

    I believe that magic is art, and that art — whether that be music, writing, sculpture, or any other form — is literally magic. Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness. — Alan Moore, The Mindscape of Alan Moore (2003)

  • Geometric drawing of an outline square with sections divided by vertical, horizontal, and half circle lines.

    Making Small Things

    Working with your hands is a powerful way to ground yourself in the physical reality and reduce mental noise. Making art in general has been proven to slow time down. I love being able to start and finish something quickly, and working like this means that I can.

  • Geometric drawing of an outline square with sections divided by vertical, horizontal, and circle lines.

    Tangible time-making

    Feeling fibres in my hands, working with the warp and weft. When a weaving is finished I know what I’ve done with my time.

  • Geometric drawing of an outline square with sections divided by vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines.

    Slow Art

    Slow art is a deliberate pushback against fast, image-saturated visual culture. In this careening world that is running faster and faster, I try to create spaces that don’t.

  • I believe that magic is art, and that art — whether that be music, writing, sculpture, or any other form — is literally magic. Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words or images to achieve changes in consciousness.

    — Alan Moore, The Mindscape of Alan Moore (2003)