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| A peek at design submissions. The beautiful floral linocut design is by Kim Bene. |
Not long ago, friend and fellow artist Kim Bene turned me on to the
magazine UPPERCASE. The tagline for the magazine is "for the
creative and curious" and I must say that describes it well. Based
in Calagary, Canada, publisher/editor/designer Janine
Vangool produces a beautiful quarterly magazine
highlighting graphic design, illustration, crafting and more. UPPERCASE recently held a bookmark design challenge and now features the submissions on their website here. The designs are available for download including those by Kim and me. The April/May/June edition of UPPERCASE is for sale and a few bookmarks with the winning designs have been tucked within. While, alas, my design was not chosen, it was a fun exercise.
I chose a magpie for my design for not only their beauty but in Native American folklore the magpie is considered a friend and helper. Wearing a magpie feather is a sign of fearlessness by some tribes as the bird is bold, showing little fear. Magpies will often cache food they have found so they can later retrieve it. Here I imagined my fearless magpie flying off with a new treasure.
Books give us the wings of imagination. Fly on.