Hand-bound zines
This section of work is zines I have made with the stories I have created throughout my projects. My zines are a physical culmination of my storytelling, auto-fiction and poetry. This small collection, celebrates the slow labour of craft, while thematically exploring the intersection of feminism and the occult.
Lilith's Child, November 2023, Hand stamped and hand bound zine.
"In waters deep and fires wild,
A charge against Lilith’s child,
The whisper of wind through ancient trees,
Tells the tales of the women’s pleas.
Our voices they seek to politicise,
But witches endure, they’re never disguised,
Their call to home, a timeless song,
In the fight for our place where we belong.
From childhood slights, to love amiss,
They told us lies, a painful twist,
In unity, our stories weave,
The pain we share, together we grieve.
From the first woman, strong and bold,
To witches modern, stories untold,
Our plight persists, an endless quest,
Against the forces who seek to oppress.
In the silence, we intertwine,
The hands of women, all holding mine,
Defiance and softness in our grace,
In my supple skin, my history, I embrace.
Through history’s tales, to today’s new pains,
A tapestry of stories, a connected chain.
Our call to home a timeless lore,
The children that the witches bore. "
Lilith's Child II
Lilith's Child II, November 2023, hand bound zine.
Text and zine by Sophie Pywell
Photography by Ellis Bairstow