taking a break

I pinched this image off Swonderful's blog because it's so beautifully shot and the zines look so nice and pristine!

So, we've decided to take a bit of a summer break due to financial issues amongst other things, we will aim to have Issue Three out by the end of February but we'll have to see what happens. Don't worry though Cardboard Box will be back.. hopefully catch us as Cross Street Carnival on February the 14th, if we don't accepted we'll still be there with bells on - it's going to be an awesome day!

Issue Three

So Issue Three is well under way and we've got some exciting people featuring! Some of our lovely artists whose work we will have the pleasure of showing off include Sophie Corban, recent graduate of a BVA at AUT (what Nicola and I both did) and also a very good friend. She's been snapped up by dealer gallery Seed in Newmarket already and it's not hard to see why with her edgy work: 

Sally Shand originally contacted us about the art swap advertised in Issue One but her work was so amazing (self described as like 'frankie') we just had to get her to feature! 

Jo Galvin is an artist/photographer/curator involved in some cool projects around Auckland, her photography blows me away, it's so beautifully shot..

Oh and Kraftbomb is coming up this Sunday - Grey Lynn Community Centre from 11-2pm so come along and buy a copy of Issue Two or one of the 6 Issue One's we have left - we'd love to see you there! It's the Christmas edition so it's sure to be good.

the stall..

Craftwerk was such an awesome night, sold plenty of zines.. Also Oui Boutique in St Kevin's now stocks CBB which is very exciting for us, Marita Hewitt who featured in Issue One has her amazing work up at Oui right now - check it out!

Craftwerk

We just got into Craftwerk! Yuss!! Come and check out our stall this Thursday night in St Kevins Arcade..

a wee mention

A big thank you to Julia from Studio Home Creative who stumbled across CBB in Queenstown and put up a lovely post about it on her blog - check it out! 

HOARD

I thought it was high time I reviewed another zine purchased at Zinefest - well two actually - Issues One and Two of HOARD. Nicola brought Issues Three and Four but these ones jumped out at me because they both document collections of items that I have been known to hoard myself. Infact I am a chronic hoarder of all things useful and more often otherwise and these zines send such a massive wave of nostalgia over me it's amazing. 

In the intro to Issue One - Stamps, writer Hurricane wants me to join him in 'this several part series where I waste my time and space on collections so you don't have to' but actually he succeeds in the opposite - I want to drag my stamp collection (in an official album of course) out of the cupboard and get back into it!!

The stamps are all well organised, according to countries and what's pictured on the stamps - planes, outerspace and animals etc..

I actually have the entire butterfly collection pictured here..

Yeah.. so when I was overseas when I was younger I collected sugar, as well as sand (which produced a solitary bad-ass moment when I got caught taking a few crumbs off the Pyramids!) and coins, so this one brings back memories too..

I love the backgrounds of maths and refill paper!

I think my sugar collection is gone forever but at least with this zine I get to relive the feeling of satisfaction I had upon returning to NZ laden with sugar sachets!

Kraftbomb!

In my mad rush out of the door in an intensely hungover state on Sunday morning I stupidly forgot my camera but rest assured.. our stall looked great!

It was our most successful outing to Kraftbomb yet and we sold a record number of zines, with at least three people I can remember specifically purchasing Issues One AND Two - one of whom was fellow Kraftbomb-er Miss Deb who makes awesome sock monkeys - we're hoping you aren't regretting succumbing to our persuasive pitch!! Such a positive experience.

We have just been confirmed for the Christmas edition of Kraftbomb (21st of Dec) which sounds like it's going to be epic so come along and find all your friends and family members awesome Christmas presents - a few issues of CBB perhaps?!