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About wanderweg
Wanderweg is made by Thomas and Kiyo. Thomas grew up in the UK, Kiyo in Germany (hence the bilingual nature of the zine), partners through life and through the landscape who hike together every spare moment we get. The idea originally came to us in 2021 and began life as "Forayer", a journal on this site. We wanted to create some kind of document that captured our experiences of walking together, an expression of all the joy, the wonder and also the darkness that we discovered along the way.
After a few articles it became clear to us that this was an idea we wanted to explore by creating some kind of physical item. Inspired by old walking guides, mystical maps and a shared love of zines the idea for "Wanderweg" slowly took shape. Our words delved deeper into the places we'd been, our experiences mixing with their histories and folk tales. At times, out there, it can feel difficult to tell the two apart. This is something we wanted to try and convey on the page. Our small contribution to honouring the Sublime, may it resonate with all your own experiences amongst the trees!
We favoured traditional techniques in the making of this zine, we wrote all the words, took all the photographs. Pen and ink sketches are by Thomas, illustrations by Kiyo and archive images from the Old Masters. Our hope is that what we have created feels like a welcoming place for all to celebrate our shared love of walking, nature, folklore, art and community.