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KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 2015
Arles (March 21-April 19)
Just when you thought it couldn't get any busier, it does. Your work is in demand today and tomorrow. Gamble? Not today.
Choose stability over illusion. Handle a structural problem. Stay in communication. Expect some
emotional impact.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) The next two days get
especially run. Romance blossoms. Play with friends and family. Things don't always go as planned. Keep practicing.
True your aim, and try again. Work with someone who sees your blind spot.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Fix up your place today
Aim up your place today and tomorrow. Your home and family require more attention. Personal comfort must be considered ... clean house, and beautiful. Don't strain the budget. Flowers brighten things. Create peaceful spaces. Use your practical resources.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) You're especially clever
today and tomorrow.
Catch up on studies.
Write your brilliant ideas down. Practice your craft.
Keep things simple, despite enthusiasm for details. Don't overextend or get carried off by fantasy.
Welcome contributions from others.
from others.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Lucrative opportunities
taught today and
iterative opportunities abound today and tomorrow. Your ideas are attracting attention. Focus on the goal with determination. You may be learning more than
you wanted to know.
Avoid tricks, distractions and silly arguments. Try and try again.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
The moon is in your sign today and tomorrow
for extra energy and confidence. Take care of personal practicalities. As you gain strength, you also gain options. Don't rush into anything. Pamper yourself. Consider a new style
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Peace and quiet suit
your mood. Finish up
old business today and
tomorrow. Productivity
behind closed doors provides welcome respite from a recent flurry. Assumptions are challenged think before reacting with authority.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Friends come to your rescue. Team projects go well today and tomorrow.
Stifle rebellious tenden-
cies, and align with a group vision. Keep the
objective in mind.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec.
Work takes priority for next few days. A
the next few days challenge or test requires focused attention. Pass it and a professional status rise is possible. Practice
makes perfect. Relax when you can, especially with warm water.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.
19)
New opportunities arise to study a subject you love. Travel conditions improve today and to.
buy and to morrow. Plan itineraries in detail before setting off. Replenish reserves, and resist the temptation to overspend. It's not worth
an upset. Follow the money trail.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.
18)
Revise plans to discover a win-win financial situation over the next few years. Review budgets.
send invoices and pay bills. Changes necessitate revisions. Join forces with another for funding, with clear, strategic priorities.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March
days. Review budgets,
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Provide support. Be more willing to share the load for the next two days. You're building for your future. Discover romance in the process. Work together for a shared dream. It may not look like the pictures.
Above are designs on zines that Leigh Kaulbach creates.
Leigh Kaulbach expresses art with zines
RYAN MILLER
@Ryanmiller_UDK
For Leigh Kaulbach, a Stanford graduate from New Hampshire and current graduate student at the University, the product of her art is rendered through various mediums like painting, printmaking and zines.
Kaulbach's zines are most commonly a small circulation of self-published works that feature original or appropriated texts and images. After she has her subject matter for her zines on paper, she photocopies them and adds various colors. After selecting the color of paper, Kaulbach carefully folds and cuts the paper into a little booklet, resulting in a completed zine.
Although Kaulbach grew up around art doing paintings and taking classes, she attended Stanford and studied religion.
"I did my thesis at Stanford on iconography of the Virgin Mary and specifically contemporary interpretations and representations that were meant to subvert gender exclusion in the Catholic Church," Kaulbach said.
Kaulbach said she was interested in the aesthetics of religion and the effect of space, art, literature, music and architecture on the religious experience. She said that studying that topic got her interested in the social power of art. Then, she took some printmaking classes in her senior year. Kaulbach said she thinks printmaking is the most political artistic medium.
"The book and disseminating ideas and manifestos and propaganda is really tied to print, and also that can be done for social change." Kaulbach said
She said that introduced her to and grew her interest in making zines, or mini magazines filled with art, literature or what the "publisher" or artist wants to include.
"I think [zines are] a really amazing way to put your ideas out there, and putting your ideas out. It kind of forces you to have ideas in the first place," Kaulbach said. "So I was interested in transplanting the icon with kind of that internal struggle of growing up."
Zines are "a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter," according to the Merriam Webster dictionary.
Kaulbach wrote coming of age stories in these zines, which most of her work has included in the past six months. She translates the female experience and youth perceptions of maturity, fantasy and intimacy in her work. The female figure is a common theme in Kaubach's paintings, but she highlights the uninhibited female figure.
"I like to draw, like, really hairy women just because I think it's more interesting and more fun, and I think that the body can be both a site of dissent and pleasure at the same time," she said.
Kaulbach decided to do her graduate studies at the University because of the studio-heavy focus and opportunities to gain teaching experience.
"I wanted to go to a place [...] where I knew I would just make work and learn skills and get that sort of studio hands on technical guidance," she said. "I also want to be a teacher, and this program has two years of teaching experience, which I knew would be really good for me and also I just really love the faculty work — especially in printmaking."
Kaulbach's biggest inspiration with her current work is illustrating an alternative comic book.
"Comic books and illustrations are totally written off in fine art, and, by the majority of society, people think it's for kids and silly" Kaulbach said. "I think it's an incredible art form. Sometimes the drawing is amazing and people are doing really amazing inventive things."
She said she's been trying to follow the art form found in comics more and create art that is more accessible to her viewers or readers.
"I'm interested in art that anyone can look at and get something out of." Kaulbach said. "So I'm trying to be more engaged in color and shape and line and like energy."
She said her dad, who did drawings as a hobby, as well as her friends and music have had an influence in her art. They inspire her to be more adventurous in visual art, she said.
"My dad ha always been super supportive, and he's a really great artist. He's more of a hobbyist, but his work is amazing, and he's always encouraged me and pushed me to explore the limits," Kaulbach
The artist also said she hopes to do more collaborative work at the University.
said.
"I'm really just excited to be here because there are so many amazing artists and I really like that," she said. "I just want to go more illustrative. I feel I've gotten support here, which I didn't expect so that's been really fun."
Kaulbach's biggest piece of advice to hopeful artists or new artists is to have a good work ethic.
"You can be the most talented person but if you can't deliver finished work then it's never really going to add up," Kaulbach said, "I'm kind of a scatter-brained person and I think that's the biggest challenge for me and others is setting a schedule and sticking to it and churning things out, [and] taking risks."
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Samples of Leigh Kaulbach's zines, above, which are small creatively printed booklets made in small batches. Below, Kaulbach with some of her zines.