Past Collaborative Projects
Instead of curating individual pieces, we pick the person and their potential. There’s something special in walking alongside artists, sharing the energy of creating something new together, and embracing the aesthetic and thematic diversity that they each bring.
Mint Condition (2024-2025)
Mint Condition was a collectible card project built upon the efforts of 93 artists from 20 different countries. Each featured artist had full creative freedom to design two sides of a collectible card. Their works were divided into three decks based on subject matter: Pulse, Vista, and Ozone.
PULSE: character-centric
VISTA: scene/narrative-centric
OZONE: theme-centric
Mint Condition's cards were created in the latter half of 2024. Preorders for the physical decks began in October 2024, and closed in February 2025. The physical decks are now available in-stock here, and Mint Condition: The Digital Art Book can be found on Ko-Fi as well.
An additional exclusive mini-poster was gifted to those who ordered all three decks, featuring elements from the artists' designs.
The contributor lineup can be viewed here, via the Internet Archive.
SPIKE ZINE (2023)
SPIKE ZINE was an original art zine published in 2023. It compiled works themed around spikes from 70+ contributors internationally, was digitally distributed via Gumroad, and included visual art, poetry, and prose. All proceeds were directed towards Outright International, which is a charity supporting LGBTQ+ issues worldwide.
During this first project, the social media accounts were all under @spikezine. This has since been updated to @riverbed.collective or @rivrbedcollectv, depending on where you look.
The zine itself contained 90+ pages of original art and writing, depicting different spike-related themes; think splinters, sea urchins, and even the act of spiking a drink. There was also a mini one-page zine—An (Incomplete) Encyclopaedia Of Spiky Things—that could be printed for personal enjoyment.
If you'd like to view SPIKE ZINE, get it on Ko-Fi!
