I never wanted to turn into the type of artist who works entirely digitally. The whole reason I got into art was the tactic experience. I love to create booklets, collages, and even sew.
But, if I am honest, making phyiscal products has never been so much of a money maker. Personally, I have had more success as a creator of online content than as a sewer or crafter. In a way this is very sad and but, I am not going to cry about it. Being creative is all about conserving the ability to adapt to the changing times, right?
So, I have found a middle road. I create content about crafting
Many, or maybe even most, of the posts I share here on HIVE are about the processes of gathering herbs for tea, preparing skin care products, and binding my art & knowledge into small booklets that I call zines.
While I do sell about one of these every week via my Etsy shop, my real motivation for making zines is to keep this art form alive rather than make money off of them. The dollars I do make per sale goes towards the paper & ink I use to make them, trade them, and spend time dreaming up future projects.
So, here is a little behind the scenes of my zine making process a few weeks back while I was still in Argentina.
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