Natalie Benson






Zines! Zines! Zines!


















Stuffy Stuff March 2024

hand sewn zines with risograph covers, 
buttons, & string

one edition spiral bound with transparency... to communicate a window, looking back and looking through

collection of images of me growing up, what is still held now, how i interact with new spaces continuously finding pieces of home or comfort. 





















Wherever the Water GoesApril 2025
large photo zine/book, hand sewn with 35mm photos by me on newsprint

exploring colors, textures, spaces as a memory, how new places relate to a previous memory and are birthed in a new context. questions of what home looks like in new places, california very much in mind. 

newsprint to incorporate a fading element, a light and someone delicate object, to be taken around and shared. 























BarcelonaMay 2023
hand sewn saddle stitch with 35mm photos by me 

emphasis on green and light




























Me & My SauceDecember 2023

hand sewn zines with risograph covers & ribbon, 35mm photos by me

photos in my first semester in New York, filled with confusion, friendship, clutter, spaciousness, and newness... all mixed in a delicious sauce.


















Cultured Shelf: Fermentation GuideDecember 2024

digital zine for easy distribution (margins would be different for printing <3) but would be printed using riso.

a quick pocket guidebook for fermentation & slow living, culmination of learning from Umami Studies course. 

highlighting my personal interest in sourdough bread and how i can be like fungi and embrace slow living. 










































there’s some more!