Chapter 1: A new zine enters the eternal global network

On 2nd September 2018, I announced the first call for submissions to Attic Zine: The International Book of Colour. I decided to launch this analogue publication with the colour yellow. The photograph below shows my first draft design for issue one of Attic – Yellow:

I wanted to begin my zine with one of the brightest and most energetic colours in our spectrum – yellow fitted the bill perfectly! Plus, the very first edition would go out around the world in January 2019 – one of the coldest and gloomiest months for many of us. One of my aims was to bring the light and energy of yellow into people’s lives in the middle of Winter, a time when many of us can feel lethargic, despondent and exhausted. Participants really got behind the launch of Attic and the focus on yellow caught people’s imaginations just as much as mine: many artists remarked that it brought them great joy to know that a book filled with yellow art from all around the world was coming to their homes at the beginning of a new calendar year. Just before I posted individual copies to everyone, I gave people a sneak preview of what was in store:

As Attic started to arrive in people’s mailboxes, artists began to send me photos of their copies. I loved getting these insights into their own interactions with the zine – it was one of the most rewarding aspects of running an international assembling zine celebrating colour:

To be continued…