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publishing + distributing optically interesting zines and artists' publications | collage, abstract comics, visual poetry, etc | shop.nonmachinable.com | run by @jpb.bsky.social and @allisonanne.com | mpls + bos + chi

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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 12/07/2026
The issue is currently at press and is expected to debut at Making Meaning: A Collage Symposium during the book fair! Preorders will ship out after this date. Hope to see you in Poughkeepsie! Learn more at transformingcollage.com
flyer for the book fair showing an array of colorful shapes and publications

Making Meaning Book Fair

The Bridge for Laboratory Science

Friday, June 24, 2026, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

free and open to the public
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 12/07/2026
We're thrilled to share that the third issue of COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER + TRANS COLLAGE is now available for preorder at shop.nonmachinable.com! A collection of artwork & writing around the theme of TECHNIQUES/PRACTICES, it features work from 28 artists & cover art from @nineteendegrees.bsky.social
mockup showing the cover of the publication with art by j. g. orudjev mockups of the publication showing work by jess kitzman and laura lavalle
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 28/04/2026
we have some fresh product shots of COLOUR INTO FOCUS #2. order the issue here: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/colo...
the cover of COLOUR INTO FOCUS #2. Cover artist: Tyrone McKieInternal spread of collages. L by v3media; R by TC KidaRepresentative left-hand page. Artist: Axenia RauletRepresentative spread. L: Imije Ninaz. R: Anne E.
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 27/04/2026
Our latest publication has been hitting mailboxes 💌 Here's bLyThE m. cOrNfLoWeR flipping through COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER + TRANS COLLAGE issue two. bLyThE is a Nebraska-based artist whose incredible experimental visual essay "WET RATS" appears in this issue. Learn more at shop.nonmachinable.com
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 26/04/2026
Hi! We've been meaning to do it forever, and it's finally underway - an occasional email newsletter about fresh releases, publications we're stocking, upcoming events, fairs & fests, calls for work, and other such things. We'd love for you to connect with us here! nonmachinable.letterbucket.com
abstract artwork by allison anne and jeremy p bushnell with the nonmachinable logo on it
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 24/04/2026
We're celebrating World Collage Day and the release of our newest publication with @twincitiescollage.bsky.social! Saturday, May 9 12 to 5pm at @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social 708 W 26th St, Minneapolis Books, art, zines! Free collage packs while supplies last! @allisonanne.com will be tabling!
orange, green, coral & pink flyer with graphics depicting floating hands and a giant pair of scissors

WORLD COLLAGE DAY 2026
Presented by Twin Cities Collage Collective & NONMACHINABLE 

Saturday, May 9th from 12-5pm

at Boneshaker Books
Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Books, art, zines

Free collage packs (while supplies last)

Celebrating the release of COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER + TRANS COLLAGE Issue 2: FUTURES / IMAGINATION, featuring 25 creatives from around the world. Learn more at nonmachinable.com
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 22/04/2026
issue no. 2 of COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER AND TRANS COLLAGISTS is back from the printers! unboxed and looking good! we are shipping copies to contributors and subscribers today!!
issue 2, "futures/imagination," freshly unboxed as of yesterday. cover collage by Tyrone McKiea bunch of copies I just stamped, going out as of today
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 05/12/2025
THIS WEEK ONLY: 30% off SEX WORKS—the first book-length monograph of work by the multidisciplinary artist Himukalt (aka Ester Kärkäinnen) // 250 pages of collages, album art, photography, and ephemera // $42 through Monday (normally $60)
postcard promoting Ester Kärkäinnen's SEX WORKSsample spread from Ester Kärkäinnen's SEX WORKS, featuring two collages
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 02/12/2025
ON SALE NOW: Ester Kärkkäinen's SEX WORKS, a 250-page compendium of collages and photography from the noise musician Himukalt // a career-long investigation into the replication and reproduction of the commodified body // 30% off this week only! // shop.nonmachinable.com/product/himu...
the cover of Ester Kärkkäinen's SEX WORKS // on sale this week at shop.nonmachinable.coma collage from within Ester Kärkkäinen's SEX WORKS // on sale this week at shop.nonmachinable.com
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 02/12/2025
The ADDITIONS collage cards, curated by the multidisciplinary artists @allisonanne.com and @jpb.bsky.social, are a deck of 96 cards made from public domain images and textures, intended as a sample pack for collagists the full deck is 30% off, this week only shop.nonmachinable.com/product/addi...
the ADDITIONS [series 2] boxADDITIONS are 'collage cards'—cards featuring public domain images and textures, designed for your creative reuse.

Cut them up, tear them apart, glue them back together, remix them a hundred different ways.

Hand-curated and laid out in formally elegant arrangements, the cards are also beautiful enough to collect, display, or share. This is the second deck in the series.
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 01/12/2025
HELLO CYBER MONDAY 🤖 SHOPPERS 🤖 we have selected items 30% off in our shop: SEX WORKS—250-pages of collage and photography from noise musician HIMUKALT (now $42) shop.nonmachinable.com/product/himu... + the 96-card deck of ADDITIONS COLLAGE CARDS (now $35) shop.nonmachinable.com/product/addi...
two of our flagship offerings for sale! Ester Kärkäinnen's SEX WORKS compendium (250 pages of photos and collages) and the ADDITIONS collage cards (compiled by allison anne and Jeremy P. Bushnell) // both 30% off // it's the 2025 Holiday Sale // visit shop.nonmachinable.com // ONE WEEK ONLY
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 18/10/2025
🌈 Today is RELEASE DAY for COLOUR INTO FOCUS: QUEER AND TRANS COLLAGE #1! 🏳️‍⚧️ Contains works from 31 artists (on four continents!), published in a full-color half-size format. Copies available in-person at the Midwest Queer and Trans Zine Fest or online here: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/preo... 🔥
COLOUR INTO FOCUS #1 cover, artwork by Luis MartinSample artwork by JETT JOOSTE (South Africa)Interior spread of artwork from sheena daree romero (USA) and Ash Epps (USA)Debuting at the Midwest Queer and Trans Zine Fest
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 20/09/2025
we have eight issues [!] of this project currently in the works, so if you want to give the project a boost, you can pre-order ALL EIGHT at a reduced cost! this helps us fund future issues shop.nonmachinable.com/product/preo...
PRE-ORDER all eight issues. each on a different theme // cover art here is by Luis Martin
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 20/09/2025
hello everyone! we are NOW TAKING PRE-ORDERS for the first issue of COLOUR INTO FOCUS, our international anthology series of collage work from queer and trans artists // pre-orders are available in our shop on a sliding scale from $6-$22 // shop.nonmachinable.com/product/preo...
cover for COLOUR INTO FOCUS #1 // cover art by Luis Martindigital mockup of the inside cover // inside cover art by Frankie Pacifico
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 10/09/2025
Hi there! If you submitted work to the open call for Queer + Trans Collagists, please check your email for a project update! We’ve had some trouble with emails going to spam - search your inbox if you don’t see it! We’re very excited to publicly share more information about the project soon!
pastel gradient background with logos for Twin Cities Collage Collective and NONMACHINABLE 

QUEER + TRANS COLLAGISTS
PROJECT UPDATE

Submitted to our open call?

Check your email for a message from nonmachinable@gmail.com!

We've had some trouble with emails going to spam, so please search your inbox for an email from us!
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 29/08/2025
The deadline for QUEER + TRANS COLLAGISTS is fast approaching! As this is a global project, please submit by 11:59 pm in your local timezone. Form responses automatically come in with a timestamp, we will review anything that’s been submitted on or before 8/31! Submit at bit.ly/QueerTransCollage
CALL FOR WORK 
QUEER + TRANS COLLAGISTS
Submissions due August 31st, 2025
11:59 pm local time

at bit.ly/QueerTransCollage

As this is a global project, please submit by 11:59 pm in your local timezone. Form responses automatically come in with a timestamp, we will review anything that's been submitted on or before 8/31!

Questions? Email nonmachinable@gmail.com
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 16/08/2025
this summer we released SEX WORKS, a career-spanning compilation of the fearless, uncompromising work of Ester Kärkkäinen, the noise artist and former sex worker known as Himukalt // 250 pages of collages, photos, album art, and ephemera // link in replies
the cover of SEX WORKS, featuring a fragmented collagea sample spread of collages from SEX WORKSa sample spread of collages from SEX WORKSalbum art and album information from one of Himukalt's releases
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 21/07/2025
📣 Calling all LGBTQIA2S+ artists, visual poets and writers working with collage! In collaboration with @twincitiescollage.bsky.social, we're seeking submissions for a new print publication centered around queer + trans collage. Submissions due August 31st. bit.ly/QueerTransCollage
Black text on white background with a red Twin Cities Collage Collective logo and a black NONMACHINABLE logo.

CALL FOR WORK
QUEER AND TRANS COLLAGISTS 

Twin Cities Collage Collective and NONMACHINABLE  are pleased to announce an open call for a new print publication focused on queer + trans collage from around the world. There is no submission fee.

Collage: Submit up to five collage works. Our definition of collage is expansive and inclusive of many approaches that use a collage methodology, including analog, digital, mixed media, fabric, drawing, assemblage, photomontage, printmaking, zines, installation, artist books, etc. If collage is part of your process, we want to see your work! 

Visual poetry and hybrid works: Submit up to five pieces that use collage in some way.

 Writing: Nonfiction, essays, or hybrid writing on the topic of collage from  LGBTQIA2S+ perspective. 500-2100 words preferred.

Submit by August 31st, 2025 at bit.ly/QueerTransCollage

Questions? Email nonmachinable@gmail.com
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 15/07/2025
Announcing an open call from @nonmachinable.com and @twincitiescollage.bsky.social: Queer + Trans Collagists Any artist identifying as LGBTQIA2S+ working with collage are encouraged to submit their artwork, hybrid genre work and/or writing. ✂️ Submit by August 31st: bit.ly/QueerTransCollage
pink and yellow graphic with text that reads QUEER AND TRANS COLLAGISTS - AN OPEN CALL FROM TWIN CITIES COLLAGE COLLECTIVE AND NONMACHINABLE
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 17/04/2025
hey geometry lovers. in 2022, our own @jpb.bsky.social made a series of digital collages exploring and deconstructing the form of the triangle, and released them in the form of this vibrant minizine // full color, $4 shop.nonmachinable.com/product/scar...
it's SCARCE TRIANGLE COLLECTION"textures collide within a set of Pythagorean constraints, occasionally breaking free to roam more anarchically across the page" // examples of both on this spread
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 16/04/2025
IN THE SHOP: ACCEPT, a meditation on structures of inclusion and exclusion, from abstractionist Billy Mavreas // full color chapbook, $6 // shop.nonmachinable.com/product/acce...
Billy Mavreas' ACCEPTa spread from Billy Mavreas' ACCEPT
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 14/04/2025
IN THE SHOP: SMC_, visual poetry by C. D. Boyland // poet Susie Campbell describes this as "a fabulous, lost notebook full of arcane secrets and vital clues to other worlds" // perfect bound paperback, 34 pages shop.nonmachinable.com/product/smc_...
Smc_27, asemic writing and complicated diagrammatic gridsif a wiring diagram were asemic
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 13/04/2025
Noble: "as someone who has experienced deep grief, loss, hopelessness & isolation for many years this is both a love letter & proof of life. This work is based on processing themes of disability, homelessness, complex persisting trauma, violence, poverty, neurodivergence, fear-love, & delight."
the cover of Noble's zine
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 13/04/2025
IN THE SHOP: Noble Liverpool's HELLO? A ZINE TO LET MY HEART SPEAK—a beautiful, full-color, 24-page zine featuring abstract meditations on "surviving our worst days" [ link: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/hell... ]
a colorful spread from Noble Liverpool's zineanother colorful spread from Noble Liverpool's zine
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 12/02/2025
browse our catalog of zines, chapbooks, comics & artist publications at shop.nonmachinable.com
a pile of visually interesting zines including work by Jam Doughty, William Mellott, Jeremy P Bushnell, Mary Lamb, allison anne and pepperford
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 16/11/2024
we have copies of this nice zine, BOGS, a collage-based tour through a series of spongy, dank, primordial worlds // $6 in the shop // more info here: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/exte...
BOGS, by the collage duo Morphic Roomsinside front cover. a nice dank green yields to a small colorful collagecenter spread // green and yellow texturesa blasted-looking patch of marshy imagery
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 16/11/2024
check out this set of four postcards featuring the work of mixed media artist Bad Jones Rising // 110lb-weight paper, satin finish, hand cut to 4x6" // $6, ships free to US! // link: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/post...
the BadJonesRising postcard packthe four postcards (some overlap one another) // a palette of blues and reds a single postcard, blue and violetwe produced these, and we distribute them!
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 13/11/2024
IN THE SHOP: URL ARTEFACTS by UK artist Nella Arakihs // 3D clay sculptures digitally shapeshifted into fascinating new forms // part jagged glitchscape, part melted confection // A5 sized, 16 pages, full colour on uncoated paper // $7 //
a two-page spread of pink globulesa small, shadowy mass on a yellow fieldjagged lines hum through a landscape occupied by colorful fieldsthe cover of URL ARTEFACTS by Nella Arakihs // pink clouds drift around what appears to be a clay shape
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 12/11/2024
Sydney-based artist and graphic designer Toni Hearn has joined Bluesky [@tonihearncollage.bsky.social]! // we have a few copies of her collage chapbook WALKING DISTANCE (2021) in our shop // 20 pages, full color, $8, check it out: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/walk...
the cover of Toni Hearn's WALKING DISTANCE // feminine legs transmogrify into a fishgendered jaws and brows transform into machines // a 1950s vibe pervadesappliances disintegrating into letterformsa disorienting mass of hair plus a passionate kiss
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 10/11/2024
we released some nifty postcard sets from four different collage artists // limited to 50 sets each, these luxurious postcards feature artwork by the mononymous Brado, Kathleen Royster, Bad Jones Rising, and Morphic Rooms // available at shop.nonmachinable.com/category/pos...
Clockwise from top left: postcards by Kathleen Royster, Brado, Bad Jones Rising, and Morphic Rooms. Each artist works in the medium of collage, each in their own inimitable style
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 09/11/2024
hello to new bluesky users! we are NONMACHINABLE! we distribute optically interesting independent publications from close to 100 different artists in the mediums of collage, visual poetry, abstract comics, stamp art & more ➡️ shop.nonmachinable.com
from NODS, by Churchdoor Loungerthe ADDITIONS "collage cards," by Morphic RoomsStamp art by William Mellottcollage detail by Bad Jones Rising
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 04/10/2024
NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: DESPAIR, by Florian-Seraphim Fauna // collages and paintings, concerned with the animal and the visceral, crackling with occult energy // $10 in the shop: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/desp...
the cover of DESPAIR, by Florian-Seraphim Fauna // monochromatic collage workbunnies, organs, a frightening red face glowers // $10 in the shop
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 04/10/2024
IN THE SHOP: decks of the ADDITIONS "collage cards," configurations of public domain imagery intended for creative reuse // here's a card, and a remix of it by deck co-designer @jpb.bsky.social
ADDITIONS card 26, featuring public domain imagery laid out in an elegant gridADDITIONS card 26, remixed and combined with supplementary materials
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 29/09/2024
our campaign for SEX WORKS, a book-length collection of the collages and photography of death industrial artist Himukalt, ends tomorrow at noon Eastern
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 28/09/2024
pledge level of the beast
pledge level $10,666
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 27/09/2024
hey, we did it. thanks to all. two days left on the campaign
Ester's Kickstarter 100% FUNDEDTwo days left in the campaign // Ester's album art forms a backdrop
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 26/09/2024
getting close to the end of the funding campaign for Himukalt's SEX WORKS book, collecting years' worth of erotic photographs, collages, album art, and ephemera --the campaign is at 85%, so all hands are on deck for a final push in these last three days!
THREE DAYS LEFT85% FUNDED
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 24/09/2024
TIME IS RUNNING OUT to back SEX WORKS, a book-length collection of photos, collages, and album art from Ester Kärkkäinen (aka the noise artist Himukalt) // contains lewd collages, erotic photographs, death industrial ephemera, interviews, articles // SIX DAYS LEFT (link below)
"these replicated images are like scars, like broken dreams, psychic damage. they parallel my industrial noise that i record as himukalt ""none of these images are in this book but [there are] similar, crude xeroxes of women, some of whom i know, some of whom i do not know, some of whom are me, some of whom look like me""kate was the model i worked with on the photos for 'septic' and we shot some video too that got used in the scopophilia video for 'i would die for you.'""my book is not about vintage porn but about the visual documents - photos, collages, xeroxes - that accompany the industrial noise i record, mostly as himukalt. everything is fractured, torn, damaged, fucked . a mirror of myself through other women and their experiences . there are tangents, desires, mistakes, wrong turns ."
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 17/09/2024
TWO WEEKS LEFT for our Kickstarter, raising funds for SEX WORKS, a 200-page book of work from Ester Kärkkäinen (aka the noise artist Himukalt) // photos, album art, collages -- here's just a sample! // we're almost funded, but we need a push to get over the finish line #noiselife
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 24/08/2024
we are currently raising funds for Ester Kärkkäinen's SEX WORKS, a book of hundreds of photos and collages exploring fragmented visions of the sexually commodified body // hit 50% of our goal in three days--thank you to everyone who has supported us so far!
digital mockup of the SEX WORKS interiordigital mockup of the SEX WORKS exterior
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 22/08/2024
good morning // thanks for the encouraging first day of funding yesterday // for those of you just joining us, we are currently crowdfunding SEX WORKS, a collection of photography and collage from Ester Kärkkäinen, the noise and industrial artist Himukalt #kickstarter
a digital mockup of Ester's 200+ page art book, plus a banner celebrating the news that we hit the 20% mark on the campaign quickly
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 21/08/2024
this work has circulated as album art; small, hard-to-find small zines; facets of a multimedia project; and (often censored) social media posts. we're excited to collect it into one important, accessible volume and bring it to print. campaign ends september 30
four collages from Ester ... faces and bodies in shattered arrangements
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 21/08/2024
Ester's collage and xerox art is concerned with the visual representation and replication of the body--especially the female body as it refracts through the lens of commodified desire
two collages by Ester--multiples of a partly clothed body, cut up and refracteda collaged piece of album art from Ester--a woman's face and hands, lacerated into strips and reconfigured
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 19/08/2024
IN THE SHOP: decks of the ADDITIONS "collage cards," configurations of public domain imagery intended for creative reuse // here's a card, and a stunning remix of it by deck co-designer @allisonanne.bsky.social
ADDITIONS card no. 21--green textures and a complicated labyrinth; all belonging to the public domainthat same card, with the green textures remixed into a larger collage
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 13/08/2024
check out these incredible spreads from Raven Jiang's A YEAR AND A HALF MUMBLING
two page spread of an abstract red form placed in a landscape. plants, fire, and lightningTwo full-page illustrations--geometric forms in blue and gold--arranged in a breathtaking two-page spread
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 24/07/2024
we are extraordinarily excited to have secured a few copies of Dr. Imogen Reid's (@imogenreid.bsky.social)monograph for our shop! produced in a hand-numbered edition of 100, this 80-page collection of vibrant grids and intricate patterns showcases Reid's astonishing tactile sensibility // $30
the cover of Imogen Reid's monograph // two fields of color that, upon closer inspection, reveal themselves to be dense gridssample work from Imogen Reid's monograph, featuring a pattern of small marks which blossoms into a field of radiant diamonds
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 11/07/2024
more!
internal spread from DESPAIR, by Florian-Seraphim Fauna // pretty gnarly looking. a rabbit head atop a cloud of organsinternal spread from DESPAIR, by Florian-Seraphim Fauna // wild heads abound
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 11/07/2024
NEWLY STOCKED: DESPAIR, by Florian-Seraphim Fauna // collages and paintings, concerned with the animal and the visceral, crackling with occult energy // $10 in the shop: shop.nonmachinable.com/product/desp...
DESPAIR, by Florian-Seraphim Fauna // cover in black and white, depicting a kind of house or temple inhabited by strange beingsinternal page from DESPAIR, featuring a martyred-looking being surrounded by botanical illustration
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 10/07/2024
PLUS we've got this breathtaking hardback from her, A YEAR AND A HALF MUMBLING ($40)
A YEAR AND A HALF MUMBLINGIncredible spread from A YEAR AND A HALF MUMBLINGsingle-page illustration from A YEAR AND A HALF MUMBLINGmore great work from A YEAR AND A HALF MUMBLING
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NONMACHINABLE @nonmachinable.com · 10/07/2024
NEWLY STOCKED: work from Raven Jiang, an up-and-coming illustrator and abstract comics artist based in NYC. we have these two nifty sketchbook zines from her ($10 ea. in the shop)...
"A Song for My Bad Days," by Raven JiangInternal spread from A SONG FOR MY BAD DAYS featuring cats, swords, apples, creatures, rainbows, abstract designs"It Is No. 2" by Raven JiangInternal spread from IT IS NO. 2 featuring bodies, vases, boots, abstract designs
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