Making a Zine

I have been training to be a docent at the Hunter Museum of American Art which is in Chattanooga. Tomorrow is my "final exam."  I have to make the first stop on a tour for students and their studio project will be making Zines.  Zines are personally published magazines about something of great interest to the writer.  Considering that, I chose The Pullman by Hung Liu. This is such a powerful painting.  She was born in Communist China into an upper-class family but was sent to work in the country as part of the communist movement.  She made her way to the US in 1984 with $20 in her pocket and a wonderful talent.  Hers is a very interesting story.

The Pullman

Yesterday four friends and I went to Atlanta to purchase some Washi paper and peruse Sam Flax.  Using the GPS we ended up in a residential neighborhood rather than at the Washi store.  A phone call confirmed that the store has closed and was now an Internet business. However, a very nice Japanese man let us shop in his house.  What we saw of the house was beautifully decorated with Japanese baskets, paintings, sculptures, and woodblocks. There were 5 of us, and we were very good customers!

My Washi papers

On to Sam Flax where we also did damage--to our wallets!  Well, one of us, got about $250 worth of paint for about $35 because it was mismarked so I suppose that we also did damage to Sam Flax! Unfortunately, I didn't see that paint, and she bought all of it!

My haul from Sam Flax

I hope to have some work done with these new paints and papers to show you next week.  

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