Hasta La Ideas

…that UPPERCASE readers are the GREATEST, most CREATIVE people in the world.

Made my day! Thanks, Donovan!

This is the work by Cat Davison, a London-based jewellery designer in her final year at Central Saint Martins.

“I love loud and expressive jewellery, and believe all accessories carry meaning and – whenever possible – should be elevated to art status. I also believe jewellery should be fun as well as environmentally aware… sometimes there’s nothing better than the feeling you’ve created something nice from something ghastly – much of my 100% recycled jewellery, I have no qualms in admitting, is made out of Des O’Conner records. Sorry Des!”

The workroom is celebrating its second anniversary tomorrow – congratulations, Karyn!

“On Tuesday October 13th (6-8pm-ish), we invite you to drop by for some wine, cheese and birthday cake. Bring a friend or meet up with your past class mates, we’d love to see you and thank you in person. We’ll be having a raffle that night for some fun prizes including class gift cards, a subscription to Uppercase Magazine, a Soak gift pack and more!”

the workroom
1340 Queen Street West
Toronto
416-534-5305
 
www.theworkroom.ca
www.makesomething.ca

The workroom was featured in issue #1 and has been a regular stockist of UPPERCASE magazine. They’ve got some fresh Eclectonotes in stock, too! (all photos in this post by Karyn: see more great images on her flickr.)

Hey, Vancouver! Head on over to the One of a Kind Show this weekend. UPPERCASE has a booth and we’re selling handmade Eclecto notebooks, pocket mirrors, books and issue three of UPPERCASE magazine with a special show price and subscription offer. Say “hi” to Deidre and Jenny and tell them Janine and her blog post sent you and we’ll give you a special gift.

Can’t make it to the show? Email Janine by Sunday morning and she’ll mail back a Thanksgiving weekend coupon for 10% off purchases of $50 or more in the online shop, including magazine subscriptions! info (at) uppercasegallery (dot) ca. (You can always purchase a subscription as a gift – just fill in your recipient’s name for the shipping address and your name and info for the billing address.)

Here are some of the other talented craftspeople you’ll find at the show: Kari Woo (our neighbour here in Art Central, her jewellery pictured above).

Julie Sinden, handmade hats: perfect for the cold weather.

Ella Pederson, Little Red Caboose, stitched Matryoshka dolls.

Tressa Brotsky, Dress Me Up, organic soft toys

To all our Canadian readers, have a happy Thanksgiving weekend. And THANK YOU ALL for your tremendous support of the magazine and all that we do here.

It’s a monochrome day outside, and after yesterday’s black Type Tuesday posts, let’s celebrate colour! The image above is a part of the Works-in-Progress Society pool on Flickr. Nina (ninainvorm) is a talented artist and her blog and etsy shop are full of lovely things sure to enlighten the drabbest of days.