Cut, Fold, Make: A Beginner’s Zine-Making Workshop

Print & Paper

Your voice. Your paper. Your rules.

In this hands-on guerrilla-style workshop, you’ll learn how to transform a single sheet of A3 paper into your own DIY zine — no staplers, no fancy equipment, no gatekeepers.

Led by zine-maker Rowan Taigel of Guerrilla Poetry, this session is about ideas over perfection and voice over polish. A zine is a self-made mini-publication — a tiny magazine you can create about anything: poems, lists, rants, drawings, observations, inside jokes, secret thoughts, or a one-page manifesto.

You’ll be guided step-by-step through a simple folding technique that turns one sheet into an eight-page booklet. From there, it’s yours. Write it. Collage it. Type it. Keep it minimal. Make it loud.

All materials are provided. You just bring curiosity.

By the end of the session, you’ll walk away not just with a finished zine, but with the realisation that publishing yourself can be immediate, accessible, and entirely in your hands.

Fold a page. Start a movement.

Event Details

Timing: Morning (9am - 12pm)

Price: $50

Value of included Materials (approx): $30

Materials provided: • Vintage typewriters (optional, but very fun) • Retro books, magazines, and collage treasures • Scissors, glue, staplers, and plenty of inspiration

You will leave with: A hand-folded mini magazine.

Where: NMIT Classroom G122

Age suitability: Family Friendly (all ages)

June 13, 2026 9:00 am

NMIT Classroom G122

Price: $50

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If you would like to go on the waiting list, please email hello@makeitnelson.co.nz

Rowan Taigel

Rowan Taigel is a Nelson-based collage artist and founder of Guerrilla Poetry. She makes handmade zines using vintage imagery, typewriters, and whatever paper happens to be within reach.

Alongside her creative practice, Rowan works in education and is known for making creativity feel relaxed, practical, and genuinely fun. Her workshops are welcoming and hands-on, with clear guidance and plenty of room to experiment.

Rowan’s aim is simple: everyone leaves with a finished zine they’re proud of — and the realisation that making things doesn’t have to be complicated to be meaningful.

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