Coin-Operated Press is an artist-led organisation based in Scotland. We host workshops, run zine fairs, produce, publish, and distribute zines.
In this workshop, Coin-Operated Press will take you through the steps of making a mini-zine folded from a single sheet of paper that you will fill using artful mark-making and collage techniques. StampaLoFi will then show you the process of Gocco print-making to form the outer cover of your zine. You will be able to […]
Read More Print/Zine-Making Workshop with StampaLoFiHi there wonderful zine pals! I hope you all had a beautiful April – I’m dropping in to tell you all the zinetastic things we got up to this month! Our month started with publishing the Subcultures zine and putting out a new callout all about upcycling! Subcultures is up in our shop now, and […]
Read More APRIL: Subcultures, Parties, & BridgesCoin-Operated Press invites you to submit to our zine all about upcycling. To upcycle means to recycle or reuse items that would otherwise go to waste in a way that increases the original object’s value. In other words, upcycling is taking something old and creating something new – and we want you to share all […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Upcycling ZineHello lovely art folks!! This post is a resource list of all the artist opportunities listing sites we could find for artists in Scotland. Some of these listing sites cover opportunities across the UK, as well as international opportunities. They may be useful for artists, writers, filmmakers, crafters, designers, makers, actors, and a whole bunch […]
Read More Opportunities for Artists in ScotlandCome and make zines with us at Rad Apples in Dundee on Sunday the 2nd of April at 5pm and at Kafe Kweer in Edinburgh on Thursday the 27th of April at 2pm! This month, we are theming our workshops around upcycling! Coin-Operated Press might be decorated in all the pinks, but underneath we are […]
Read More Upcycling Zine-Making WorkshopsHello, wonderful zine pals! We hope you all had a beautiful February, and I am here today to tell you all about ours! We kicked off the month by launching our Pop-Up Zine Shop at Paradise Palms, which ran all through February, and we might be continuing on into this month as well! We took […]
Read More February: Pop-Ups, Zine Fairs, & Found FamilyCoin-Operated Press invites you to submit to our zine that is celebrating subcultures. Subcultures are values, aesthetics, and norms distinct from those of the majority and are held by a group within a wider society. Zine culture is all about highlighting the alternative and we want you to tell us all about your favourite subcultures! […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Subcultures ZineHello lovelies! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. We took a little break but we’re back now and raring to go! So many incredible and exciting things are happening in the Coin-Op House! At the beginning of the year we took our annual business trip to North Berwick. We like to hunker […]
Read More JANUARY or THE MONTH WE BECAME REAL!Coin-Operated Press invites you to submit to our zine all about found families. A found family is a group of people who have come together and formed an emotional bond that is strong enough to resemble a family – and we want you to tell us all about your found families! We welcome you to […]
Read More CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Found Families ZineHello wonderful zine folk! We wanted to drop in and share with you our list of upcoming zines for 2023! We are super excited already to get all these zines made and out into the world and we can’t wait to see what you submit! Make sure to save this post so you have a […]
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