2018 Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair

It’s that time of year again. The legendary Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair is less than a week away and here at Moth Woman Press we’re all abuzz putting the finishing touches to three new publications. This is one of them.

As outlined in our last post, Fallen Women has a more complex structure to our more familiar eight-page mini-zines. Its sixteen pages (fifteen illustrations in full colour, prefaced by a brief introductory essay) enable us to focus in more depth than ever before on the folkloric Shadow Women of Newstead Forest.

The Sticky Institute Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair takes place at Melbourne Town Hall next Sunday, 11 February and runs from 12 - 5 pm.

For a full rundown of Festival of the Photocopier events, go HERE:
http://www.stickyinstitute.com/fotp2018

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!'

MATERIAL GIRLS on the work table (Part 2)

For the past three days I've been making up additional copies (twenty, to be exact) of an older zine, Material Girls, which was originally published in 2010. (See also previous post). The final stages of production are pictured directly below. It's a relief to have completed it with a week to spare before the 2017 Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair at Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday afternoon, February 12. For more information about Australia's most celebrated zine fair, click HERE.

MATERIAL GIRLS on the work table

Yesterday's studio activity involved folding, cutting and collating pages of one of our older zines, Material Girls (2010). Although the edition size of 60 is relatively small, I've always made up copies in smallish batches, mainly because it is particularly fiddly and time-consuming to put together. (With this zine, the devil really is in the detail). The next step is to add the covers and cover illustration. Click on individual images for a clearer view.

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.