Color Theory: Abstract Space

Meant to post this last night, but after spending five hours cutting and gluing hundreds of tiny pieces of paper, I needed to get my body away from my desk. 

Color Theory: Abstract Space, stage 1

Color Theory: Abstract Space, stage 8 (final)

All 8 stages shown after the jump!

Collaborative Zine Project

 For years I've been creating strange shapes as a kind of stream-of-consciousness activity while I'm trying to brainstorm a project or assignment, while taking notes in various classes, or while talking on the phone. Sometimes these doodles take shape and become a recognizeable object, while mostly they remain ambiguous inkblots in which each person sees something else. 

Yearning for a collaborative project, I have decided to invite others, including complete strangers, to submit a phrase, idea, or word for me to ruminate on and then create one of these drawings. Give me inspiration!

I request that submissions be made to this blogpost, in the form of a comment. I'm allowing anonymous comments for the purposes of this collaboration, so those without Google or Blogger accounts may participate.

 The zine will be an open edition creation, ranging from 20-30 pages, depending on the response to my call for submissions. Those whose submissions I select will receive a free copy of the zine, while the submission I deem "most enjoyable" will also be placed in the coveted "centerfold" position of the zine.

 As an added bonus, contributors whose submissions are chosen will recieve a copy of the zine with a hand-embroidered cover if they also follow this blog.

 Deadline for submissions is December 31st at midnight. The zines will finished and sent to contributors at the beginning of February, 2014.