CYNTHIA FLOREK

The first page is a colourful and vibrant collage of different colours, letters, and textures. The dominant colours in the foreground are white and green, with accents of blue throughout. The background is filled with various shades of green, creating a dynamic contrast to the bright foreground. The overall composition has an abstract feel to it, with elements that resemble torn magazines and collage art. In the top half of the page, the words ‘Crip Bed’ are written with a blue and gold marker, boldened by black outlines. Below in the bottom half of the page, individual letters of different styles have been torn out from magazines and reinserted on the page to spell out the phrase ‘for a Fairy Princess’.

The second page of the Zine features a collage of text and pictures, primarily consisting of handwritten words in black ink on a white background. The words cover the entire page, and consist of a large phrase written in black ink stating ‘Dearest bed,’ followed by the repeating phrase of ‘I love u’ until the words reach the bottom of the page. There are also various images scattered in the background of the collage, including abstract cutouts of walls and varying textures, along with layered pieces of paper.

The third page has a similar aesthetic to the second page, with a predominantly white background featuring unidentifiable magazine text, and scattered cutouts of orange, pink and blue textures. Repeated across the page in black ink are different-sized love hearts.

The fourth page follows the theme of the previous page, with the background being the white ceiling. In the middle ground, there are several layered collages scattered across the page. The main collage piece exists in the centre of the page and features an image of red wattle flowers and green bushes. In the bottom right corner, the musky orange image of the spoons shown on page four appears again but the image appears more torn and fragmented. In the top left of the page, there is a small vertical strip taken from a magazine that features a Mauve texture similar to that of crumpled, gritty sandpaper. In the bottom left of the page, text written in black ink reads ‘energy depleted’ with a drawing of a broken heart succeeding the phrase.

The fifth page of the zine features large handwritten text in black ink that spells ’Send Spoons’ followed by several exclamation marks. The writing is messy, cursive and slanted implying a sense of excitement or desperation. At the bottom of the page, thick writing in black ink reads ’Thank you very much’. In the background, the bottom half of the page is consumed by a musty orange textural image torn out from a magazine. The image features 8 plastic, seethrough spoons laid out horizontally. Every second spoon is pointed in the opposite direction to the spoon before it. Overlayed on the top of the image are small cutouts of fabric textures. The top half of the page features a white image that resembles a plain white ceiling. Overlayed on this is a small, horizontal paper strip featuring red roses in a symmetrical pattern similar to a floral wallpaper.

The sixth page of the zine is dominated by a large cut-out image featuring a large room containing a luscious, long golden couch, a decorative large mirror on the wall behind it and tall vases on either side of the mirror holding yellow blossoming flowers. Above this image, there is handwritten text in black ink that reads ‘Capitalism’, and then in bold capital letters ‘HUH?!’ which slants down the top-right side of the page.

The seventh page contains handwritten text in black ink in the centre of the page. The text reads ‘things could be better/things can be better’, succeeded by a rhetorical question ‘Right?’ with several question marks which indicate a sense of desperation. The background of the page features several long vertical strips of magazine cutouts featuring an array of different textures, colours and themes including blue tablecloths with seethrough plastic forks, green flora, a white office-building ceiling, along with scattered bright yellow and red textures.

The final page of the zine is the back cover and is predominantly made up of a magazine cutout featuring a large, victorian-style bed with white sheets, a frilly curtain and rose wallpaper. On the left side of the page is a glittery heart cutout with a 3D sticker of an eye in the centre of it. On the bottom left-hand side of the page, a stem of pink flowers reaches out from the bed.