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Jaidyn Smith-ernet
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When I was making a poster for the Main Library’s
zine cart at Skeuomorph Press which is in the Fab Lab.
Weird how life intersects.
Casual Class Fit...
For Summer 2025, I’ll be
For Spring 2025, My Positions are
Outside of work I love
I didn’t mean to wait exactly two months between these updates but this may or may not be a theme. A lot has changed weirdly enough. I’m still making stuff at the Fab Lab sort of. No more felt crowns really... One of the last crowns I made was my one for Skeuomorph Press which is one of my favorites.
I think I really took for granted the amount of free time I had over the Summer. I just kind of assumed that I would continue to just be able to make stuff all day, every day. Alas, I have like class and actual responsibilities and whatever.
I’ve been really busy at Skeuomorph lately. I think I really appreciate the sort of structure that the Practicum gives and a common goal. The biggest thing I’ve done so far is the fully Riso, 24 page, four(ish) color zine I made. It features a Ernie Bushmiller fanpage interview (I did like a year ago lol), a collage for Wednesday (great new album btw), and a little article of me talking about secondhand shopping. Like in hindsight, maybe I could have gone about the content I combined differently. But I’m proud of my work. Ive been able to raise a good amount of money with it so far. I hate making money off of my art (it goes against my beliefs) but being able to make money for good is cool.
I was talking to someone yesterday about how my life here isn’t really giving someone serious about being a librarian after graduation. I think I long for the structure that having 5 seperate jobs DOES NOT give. But I also know I need to make stuff to feel fufilled... Makes you think...
Also been doing a lot of social media over at Ricker. I feel like Ive had a lot of weirdly successful posts. I think its kind of cool beacuase I usually feature my personal interests and it comes with the bonus that its for a larger audience. Like Yay! I did a post last night dedicated to the zines of Liz Mason. She’s quitting Quimbys which is so crazy that my head like exploded 50 billion times over. She’s been there longer than Ive been alive.
Whats coming in the future? Idek. More cool Skeuomorph Press events. More zines. More pen pal stuff.
See you in 2 (or less) months!
Craft Update 1 -- July 29th, 2025
Its my first art update on my website (#yay)! Ever since I started working at the Fab Lab in June, I’ve been making a lot more. I think its a more of a thing where all the barriers to making were kind of removed. Its Summer so I have a bunch of free time. I can use all the equipment here for free. We’re expected to be making stuff during our shifts. It also helps that most of my coworkers are makers. They’re all super creative and driven people.
Anyways, lately, I’ve been using most of that energy for felt crafting. I’m not really sure how I landed on it. One of my favorite things I’ve made is my “hashtag heart” felt fridge magnet (which I later made into a hair clip). I kept seeing felt crowns on Tiktok and thought “I can do this!” Now I’m like 4.5 felt crowns in. I think the one I feel proudest of is my “#NYC LOVES YOU/ME/PUNK” one. It had pepperoni of 1/2/3 trains. It also has removable patches. I only have the “you,” “me,” and “punk,” patches done but I plan to make more later.
Since that crown is a gift, I also made a reusuable envelope for it out of felt. I love how colorful I made it and cant wait to make more in the future. The one downside of it is it took literally forever to make. I’m praying that it only takes a couple of hours next time.
My dream projects with felt right now are making some sort of tapestry/ poster for Skeuomorph out of felt and a felt book. I think also doing one dedicated to Crass, the punk band, would be cool.
Haven’t been making a lot of zines lately. I guess I don’t feel the need to right now. I’ve been able to express my desires pretty well through my other crafts. I will say that the main zine I want to publish soon is one dedicated to like reducing consumption of new items. I have the text done for it. I just need to format it. I don’t usually do informational zines but I just really hate buying stuff new, ya’ know ?