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‘Magpie Magazine documents trinkets, keepsakes and their relationship with our identity. Magpie argues that sentimentality is a strength, not a weakness. Using photography, print and written word the magazine will display images of personal objects and the story behind them. Aiming to open a conversation around sentimentality and, in the first issue, it’s relationship with our gender identity. Issue 1 coming soon. 






I began this project by creating a call out poster asking people send in images of their most beloved keepsakes and trinkets. I posted this on social media and shared it with my peers. With the intention of recieving a varied and intergenerational response I also sent it to charities such as Age UK and local Women’s Institutes. I used these images to create content for the magazine, my main mediums being photography and printing techniques. After collecting a variety of images I used risograph printing to create a little sister zine as a prelude to the final publication. Example pages of ‘Magpie Zine: Collecting Keepsakes’ are pictured below.






Whilst Magpie is still a work in progress, artwork that has been created from photo submissions can be viewed below. 



‘Teddy Bear’s Picnic’
CMYK Solar Plate print
‘Ken Dolls’
Solar Plate Print
‘Fearless’
Polaroid photography & Text
‘Action Men’
Solar Plate Print
‘Forest Troll’
Lino Cut Print
‘Bazzie’
Laser cut engraving on fabric

Projects:   ❶ Manifesto   ❷ Magpie Zine  ❸ Social Media   ❹ Freelance work   ❺ Photography   ❻ Three Birds Basically