Junk Drawer

Odds and ends form the basis of any good junk drawer. This zine is about a drawer and the various miscellaneous objects stowed away within.  It is full of musings on what these random items are, where they come from, and maybe why they’ve been saved, some for many years.  It is a mini excavation into stuff that doesn’t really have a place to belong, except for inside that space called the “junk drawer.”
Quarter size, black and white photocopied, 50 pages, about half text and half original photos and drawings.

“Junk Days,” to one particular community, is an annual spring cleaning time to throw things away. But to anyone who loves finding stuff thrown out, Junk Days is a terrific and fun event. This zine is partly a Junk Days guide to junking, with plenty of junk finding tips. It is also a chronicle of favorite finds, plus some Junk Days history. For anyone who enjoys dumpster diving, this is kind of an upscale, suburban version of it. Half size, black and white, 44 pages full of text and original photos straight from the curbsides of Junk Days.

This zine is about the nature of getting things second hand. Whether you’re going to thrift stores, garage sales, or just finding stuff any old place, the experience gives you “indirectness.” That is, it’s apart from the direct marketing and advertising driving everyone toward typical big box retail stores. It ponders the whole interest in used stuff. Quarter size, black and white photocopied, 50 pages, half text and half original photos.