Natural Defences

The main element of the Gordon St Project is developing ideas to protect the fences in the reserve from graffiti vandalism. But also looking how to improve the overall area, to encourage people to use the space and to improve the ecosystem in the storm drain which runs through the area.

To link the two ideas, I have started working on some designs taking elements of the flora and fauna in the area and looking at how they defend themselves.

Early next year I will be working with students from Dargaville High School, we will be doing a survey of the area to see what creatures and plants are present and using those as our starting point to designing the fence protection.

I have included a couple of images which give an idea of what I am talking about.

Gordon St Project and Zines

The reason for the zines competition is to find creative people to work on ideas for the Gordon St Project. There does not have to be a link between the zines people produce and what the Gordon St Project is about.

I am just looking at different ways to find peoples creative abilities, a zine seemed a good start as they are cheap to produce, easy to make and people can choose to make them about anything they want.

The best overall zine wins an iPod and there will be a range of other prizes connected to the theme of the winning zines.

Zine Example

 When this is folded up the correct way and cut in the middle section, it will form an 8 page zine, from a single sheet of A4 paper. The Library 37 page will be the cover.

A4 8 page zine Template