WAT Is Zine? Issue 21: Scraps To Treasure

ISSUE 21 — Scraps to Treasure Editor-in-Chief Crystal Chambers

TEAM LEADS

Submissions/Editing Anoushka Gupta Layout Design Yuan Liu Art Yuan Liu Marketing Crystal Chambers Events Sakshi Bardwaj

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS Aidan Luckett Alicia Wang Ana Maharana Ben Dyrndahl Elizabeth Jung

Finn O’Connor Grace Northup Jacqueline Meldrum Jeanne Xu Jia Chan

Kalyani Menon Monica Straehl Remy Sremcevic Sarah Baughan The DIY Duo

LAYOUT DESIGN Crystal Chambers Ella Tianyou Mi Jeanne Xu

Jessie Jiang Sarah Baughan Yuan Liu

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Cover art Yuan Liu

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The birth story of this issue dates all the way back to January…

At one of our weekly meetings we brainstormed potential events we could run for the winter term. After careful consideration (and the ever-changing covid guidelines), we decided on a community-wide event dedicated to transforming unwanted scraps into art!

The team worked really hard to gather all kinds of interesting and forgotten scraps! Then we posed the challenge to the community: put those scraps to use and we will feature them in our zine.

After a whirlwind of planning, scheduling, scanning and designing, the issue was born.

We witnessed students and community members sift through piles and piles of materials, making strategic selections to craft into treasures and jewels before our eyes. In this issue you’ll see the results of their valiant efforts. Scattered throughout the pages are impressive reimaginings of buttons, magazines, yarn, bubble wrap, bottle caps, stickers, fabric, seashells, poker chips, cardboard rolls, feathers and more!

After the event, we said farewell to our former editor-in-chief Jacqueline Meldrum, our layout team lead Rebecca Kempe, and our art team lead Katie Plant. Let’s thank them for all their wonderful work with the zine, and wish them lots of success & joy as they move forward with their various journeys!

With that being said, I would like to end with two introductions. First, a very warm welcome to Yuan Liu, who has stepped up as our new layout and art team lead! Secondly, a quick “Hello!” from me, Crystal, the new editor-in-chief.

Looking forward to the new term and the adventures ahead, Crystal Chambers Editor-In-Chief

TABLE OF CONTENTS Untitled by Kalyani Menon Full Capacity Bro by Finn O’Connor Bali by Ana Maharana Trip Down Memory Lane by Jeanne Xu Why is This Jesus Christ White? by Ben Dyrndahl Lavender by Alicia Wang Andy by Aidan Luckett & Kate Hsu Untitled by Aidan Luckett Shai Hullud by Monica Straehl Calypso by Elizabeth Jung Midnight by Elizabeth Jung Untitled by Grace Northrup The Bubble Wrapped Path by The DIY Duo Untitled by Jia Chen Camp by Jacqueline Meldrum Nurture and Nature by Sarah Baughan Space Oddity by Remy Sremcevic

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CREDITS Collage kits by Rookie on various pages https://www.rookiemag.com/tag/collage-kit/ Paper textures by texturelabs on various pages https://texturelabs.org/ Scrap letters & numbers by onlygfx on various pages https://www.onlygfx.com/ Mountain by pixabay on page 1 https://www.pexels.com/photo/gray-and-brown-mountain-417173/ Wave by Mudassir Ali on page 1 https://www.pexels.com/photo/aerial-shot-of-sea-1556797/ Newspaper by Jasmin Sessler on page 6 https://unsplash.com/photos/hYaAxItJGoM Buttons & flowers by digital scrapbook on pages 8 and 9 https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/browse/graphics Lavender by freePNGs on page 11 https://www.freepngs.com/lavender-pngs?pgid=jcgjiysi-4e68f68a-5461-11 e8-a9ff-063f49e9a7e4 36

Big thanks to all of our…

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS Aidan Luckett Alicia Wang Ana Maharana Ben Dyrndahl Elizabeth Jung Finn O’Connor Grace Northup Jacqueline Meldrum Jeanne Xu Jia Chan Kalyani Menon Monica Straehl Remy Sremcevic Sarah Baughan The DIY Duo

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Issue 21 May 2022