The majority of zines are published on a matte stock as the aim is to keep them as low budget as possible, increasing the amount that can be distributed. We were worried that the large amount of black within the portraits would soak into the matte paper and would not appear with the darkness that it is meant to. Another worry we had was if we chose to print it on glossy paper, the front cover may look too bright in comparison to the rest of the zine. To overcome this problem we decided that the best option would be to do some tests prints on both the matte paper and the glossy paper.
The matte image did work well, but because the glossy paper also worked very well this was our preference so it was the stock that we decided to use. This will work well because it is slightly thinner so it will fold much easier and the user will be able to interact with it in a much more positive way.
The zine was printed on 4 double sided pieces of A3 paper with the setting of 2-up saddle stitch.
The zine was to be bound through the use of thread and a sewing machine, using red thread to compliment the other colours on the cover. With the help of 3rd year Fashion students the spine was stitched using a machine, which on the first attempt did not work because the tension was too loose. This was overcome on the second attempt and it looked really visually effective.
The zine was then folded in half and cut using the laser guillotine to ensure that each of the page edges were cut in line with each other.
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