To frame or not to frame? AAARGH. Still mulling it over.
In the meantime some diversionary activity and hopefully an opportunity to get some distance, in the form of a social for HowDo magazine tonight at Hand Made in Bradford.
HowDo is a Bradford grassroots cultural magazine started late last year and is a thing of wit, wonder and beauty. I was asked to do the artwork for Issue 4 back in March this year and it was a joy to be involved. The people who run it are my cup of tea – open, collaborative, inclusive, and not afraid to take risks or be critical. I’m doing a stall of my zines at the event. and have been getting them ready this morning, So nice to do simple straightforward things like fold, and staple, rather than angsting about framing.
Looking through them I found a copy of ‘Mad as Bad Tornado’, a zine I curated last year about the visionary artist Henry Darger. Maria contributed two stunning pieces of work for the zine. I wanted to show one of them here, as a homage to her. Looking through old emails to find the image was hard, a reminder of how much we collaborated, talked and shared over the years we knew each other. so many projects, so many collaborations. How lucky we were to have this. Love you and miss you so much beautiful.
http://madasabadtornado.wordpress.com/
http://issuu.com/howdomagazine/docs/issue4
http://jeanmcewan.com/zines-and-artist-books/
