To create is the justification that we exist. Without hindsight and without being masters of an inevitable future, we have to accept the obviousness that we are what we create. The need to create stems back from our ancestors and will carry on to our children and our children’s children (and so on and so forth until “global warming” kills us all). Whether it be art, craft, music, or written word, we run the gamut with our originality and eagerly dispose of the myth that there will never be any new ideas in these genres. It is for those that create (and those that love the creations) that this series was born.
paper + wire is a collaboration of artists/graphic designers, chefs, photographers/models, musicians, crafters/DIYers, seamstresses/fashion designers, writers, critics, humans, dogs, etc. We mainly justify this vast display of our knowledge in hopes that you will be inspired and might also learn something in the process. We are not “pros” at what we do (although some would beg to differ). We are scientists who experiment in order to save the world, one creative genius at a time. It’s as simple as that
This is a myspace page made for paper + wire magazine, a soon-to-be published(and by published, we mean that we will be making a book or magazine on our own that may or may not be widely circulated) magazine debuting later this year chock full of diy crafts, food, fashion, music, film, etc. If you would like to contribute something to the next book, add us and let us know what you have in mind! (and feel free to add our flickr site, too: www.flickr.com/groups/paperandwire)
We are planning the first issue for the spring/summer of this year, if we can get enough submissions. Otherwise, it will be a fall issue. All magazines will be made in book format and will be able to be purchased through blurb.com unless we are able to gain enough advertisers to do a full-blown magazine. We are not out to make a fortune or anything (other than ads, we will have to rely on our own personal funds to pay for the magazine) but we think there needs to be a good magazine by the people, for the people. For the first issue we probably won't be able to pay anyone anything, so keep that in mind with submissions (we WILL make sure everyone knows who did what and that it is copyright the respective artists and how to get in touch with them).
Please spread the word about us! Thanks so much, guys!
xoxo
chris and taylor dotson (editors-at-large)
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