These are painted eggshells adorned with a gold kintsugi effect:
Elisa submitted her portfolio to UPPERCASE back in the spring of 2024 and so I am glad that the next issue's exploring fragility was a good opportunity to highlight her work with a feature article and front cover! (And it just goes to show that things take time when only 4 issues are released each year.)
As a publisher, it makes me happy when I can feature the talented people who make up the UPPERCASE community. Likewise, the back cover art is by Gai Saunders who responded to this issue's open call; her artwork featuring a bird with a golden leaf was the perfect pairing with eggshells on the cover.
back cover by Gai Saunders
UPPERCASE is a print magazine.
Perhaps that's stating the obvious, but maybe not these days. (Many folks who get this newsletter have not ever seen the magazine in person and are not yet print subscribers.) Reading on print on paper, seeing artwork printed on paper... it is a very different experience than scrolling by on a device.
With over seventy issues of UPPERCASE, I'm still enamoured with the power of print. So I've splurged with some "special effects!" For our printed cover, we will have a gloss foil to accentuate these golden demarcations in Elisa's artwork with a little bit of shine.
You'll be able to read more about Elisa in a fine article written by Joy Vanides Deneen.
Lots of colour inspiration!
I received the printer proofs this afternoon, so this issue is moving right along into print production. For those of you who like using the postcards, I've got two pattern-filled postcards to be inserted into this issue.
My helper, Rupert, kept me company while proofing.
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