From the Compost Heap header. A pencil style illustration of a compost heap with flowers and plants growing around it. A bee buzzes by and a white rabbit hops by.

Hope Zine

Sunset watercolor painting with red, yellow and blue across from p poem. Sunset Walk To Holy Island After Megan Fernandes Late May. The damp North-East. Honeyed sun coming to rest along the sea bed. Sapphire skies impasto dried, supported by clustered clouds. Light curling around my heart, along with the galumping cries of grey seals gathering - gathering with light in my heart. dr.sheree mack

Thanks to everyone who contributed their art and words to this issue.

Last month we had a death in the family and I took compassionate leave. I’ve been planning to do an annual collaborative zine so I opened up submissions to my newsletter subscribers.

Artists are credited below. The cover photograph and stamped letters are my own.

Half page zine with stamped letterpress title: Hope. A photograph of a delicate dried yellow leaf stem lays across the cover.
Sunset watercolor painting with red, yellow and blue across from p poem. Sunset Walk To Holy Island After Megan Fernandes Late May. The damp North-East. Honeyed sun coming to rest along the sea bed. Sapphire skies impasto dried, supported by clustered clouds. Light curling around my heart, along with the galumping cries of grey seals gathering - gathering with light in my heart. dr.sheree mack

dr. sheree mack (UK)

livingwildstudios.com

Nicole Madonna (Pennsylvania, USA)

IG @nikkymadonna

Illustration of a shovel hovering above ground with a red ribbow around it reads: Dig deep and trust there is something worth finding. Across the page is text: Growing up we always used to wish on seeds because when they blew in the wind they would go to the fairies to make the wish come true. At some point when I was little I thought the seeds were fairies. Either way, seeing them now still makes me feel hopeful because it feels like a chance for something new. And a colored pencil illustration of a closed dandelion seed head.

Gracie Klumpp (Maine, USA)

gracieklumpp.com

Ashley Smart (San Francisco, CA)

IG @questioninglines

Blue and pink texture fill the left page in an abstract artwork. The right is a poem. The Table A woman puts her hopes on the table The horizon goes next to her keys A dash of lemon, a squeeze of lime A first German vowel She puts on the people she has loved The contours of a map On goes the pencils and books she used earlier in the day She catches a glimpse of the sun And that goes next to the warmth of the ocean current She puts on a bun and some honey Some fresh tea from the pot She sits next to a window, next to an oak tree Her hopes came back As the blackbird sings

Emma Del Ray (South Carolina, USA)

emmadelrey.substack.com

Dionne Lackey (Edinburgh, Scotland)

vivienstudio.blog

Sticker laying on back of zine depicts a drawing of an inch worm. It says seasons change an inch at a time. The zine itself says Kindle Curiosity Zine. sarahshotts.com

Devon Bennett (Colorado, USA)

pencilsnparsley.com

Because of the collaborative nature of this zine this is a limited run only available for zine subscribers during the month of September.

It will not be added to my shop.

Cross Pollinate 🐝