The 2017 Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair

Pictured outside Melbourne Town Hall. Photo credit: Shane Jones.

Featured here are selected highlights from yesterday's sensational Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair. The fact that this ginormous event went off without a hitch was testament to the superb organisational skills of Sticky Institute, the ongoing support of the City of Melbourne, Melbourne's vibrant zine community and the thousands of visitors who came through. With able assistance from Shane Jones and Gracia and Louise as next stall neighbours, could this zinester ask for anything more? I think not. 
(Click on images to enlarge).

Despite the prediction of the poster in the previous photo,
 there were over 200 stalls. Not surprisingly,
the event was fully booked.

When we arrived at 9.30 am there was already a small queue of stallholders.
(The genial doorman, Paul, pictured in the red waistcoat,
has become a valued fixture of this event. When he
 slipped away for only a fleeting moment around opening time, Sticky refused
to open the doors without him. Waiting zinesters enthusiastically
chanted his name until he returned).

Before very long the queue had extended around the corner.

A short time later, it had continued up Collins Street as far as the eye could see. 

The doors were opened to stall holders at 11 am. I'm on the left setting up
alongside zine stall neighbours, Gracia and Louise. Photo: Shane Jones.

Gracia and Louise with their heads down as the setting up process continues.

Shane and I captured in one of the rare quiet moments,
just before the doors were opened and hoards of
zine enthusiasts streamed in. Photo credit: Gracia Haby.

I was very proud of my brand new Moth Woman Press sign.
Photo credit: Shane Jones.

Pictured with more of my zines. To my right is fellow zinester Louise Jennison.
Photo credit: Shane Jones. 

Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison.

L-R front: Gracia Haby, Louise Jennison and Vicki Fowler and back: L-R:
Shane Jones and myself view the zine fair through rose and blue coloured
 glasses (originally intended to be paired with a special G&L 3D zine).
Photo credit: Jill Kellett.

My able zine stall assistant, Shane Jones.

This and the following photo were taken from the Town Hall stage.
 They aim to give some idea of the magnitude of yesterday's crowd.

Melbourne Town Hall's mighty organ, as seen from
our stall 

Thanks for having us, Sticky Institute and City of Melbourne. See you in 2018!

MOTH WOMEN VIGILANTES at FOTP 2017

The Moth Woman Vigilantes - Story and Pictures by Deborah Klein, 2011, Edition: 80

Back by popular demand, in the nick of time for tomorrow's Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair, a squadron of Moth Women Vigilantes rests their wings on the working table.

At last year's FOTP only a few copies of this zine were available. Believing that times are particularly ripe for the MWV to put in a return appearance, I have topped up the edition. It's an essential primer for those wanting to learn about the Moth Women Vigilantes.

Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair,
Melbourne Town Hall,
Sunday, 12 February, 12 - 5 pm.

Entry is free. The Moth Women Vigilantes say: 'BE THERE!'

2017 Festival of the Photocopier Update

As the Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair looms closer, at Moth Woman Press, it's all about zines, zines and more zines.

As well as topping up the numbers of older titles, including Moth Woman Vigilantes Rogues Gallery, 2016 (see below) Moth Woman Press will be launching three new mini-zines.

In between times, we've given our filing system a much-needed overhaul. Mini-zines are now stored in acid free plastic envelopes and dedicated filing boxes (as shown in the first two photos directly below). We also have a new display system for mini-zines (see bottom photograph), which will considerably free up our table space at zine fairs. Click on images to enlarge.

The Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair will take place at Melbourne Town Hall on 12 February from 12 - 5 pm. For further information, go HERE.

The artist's hand

Our latest mini-zine is one of three new Moth Woman Press publications destined for Sticky Institute's famed Festival of the Photocopier zine fair, to be held at Melbourne Town Hall on February 12. For further details of FOTP 2017, visit Sticky Institute's website HERE. 

Pictured below: The artist's hand in the artist's hand.

The artist's hand, 2017, mini-zine, 10 x 7.5 cm, edition: 100

The artist's hand, pages 1 and 2

The artist's hand, pages 5 and 6

Pressed for Time

Pressed for Time is one of three Moth Woman Press zines currently in the works. (Its title describes my current state of being only too well)! The new zines, which are in various stages of development, will be unveiled at the 2017 Festival of the Photocopier zine fair at Melbourne Town Hall on February 12.

Until then, here is a preview of the front and back cover art of Pressed for Time. The cut and folded mini-zine will measure approximately 10 x 7.5 cm; it will be limited to an edition of 100. To discover what is pressed between its covers, join me at FOTP 2017. Full details of the zines and zine fair will be posted nearer the time.

Moth Woman Press stocktake

Directly after my last post, when I announced the participation of Moth Woman Press in the 2016 Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair (FOTP) at Melbourne Town Hall, I did a major stocktake in the Ballarat studio. Primarily, I needed to know how many zine editions needed topping up before the big day on Sunday February 14. (This is currently being attended to).

At the back of my mind, I must admit, was also the concern that I wouldn't have enough work. Fortunately, the above mentioned exercise soon put my mind at rest.

As previously reported, work is also under way on three new mini-zines, A New Leaf and Homo-insecta 4 and 5, which will make their respective debuts at the zine fair.

Zines for FOTP set out on top of the plan cabinet in the Ballarat studio, January 2016

Detail 1 of zines for FOTP

Detail 2 of zines for FOTP