Through my research into zine culture, I was able to learn about the purpose of zines and where they have come from to what they are today. Zines can be very powerful things for the maker as there is no one to dictate what it is about and how it is made it allows the maker to have complete creative control which is not very common now in the creative industries. What has interested me the most about zines is the direct links it has to subcultures throughout history and how each subculture have utilised zines as a form of expression to get their voices heard.
Having improved my knowledge on zines in general it has shown me that you can really make a zine about anything that means something to you - whether this is an interest or hobby or just something that you want to learn more about zines are the perfect format for that and there are no rules that you need to conform to when making it.
Rob and I will be creating a selection of zines for WYS. Using the research we have done to inform our zine making decisions we will both be producing an A5 zine about a subject of our choice that also has links to the purpose of zines. We will produce them in traditional photocopy style as this is something that we have not experimented before, sticking to the proper way of zine making is an important part of this brief.
I will be producing a photo essay on the history of Converse Chuck Taylor. I choose this as my subject firstly because they are my favourite shoe and secondly I wanted to show the importance the shoe throughout history and how it has belonged to almost every subculture since the 1950s.
Brief
Produce A5 16-page zine on the history of Converse using traditional zine making skills (cut and paste, photocopy) to work as part of zine series for WYS.
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