Written Work: Uppercase Magazine and Lizz Aston

Not quite sure how it happened but I've forgotten to mention this exciting bit of news. The last little while has been rather busy/crazy/exhausting as my pathetic blogging habits demonstrate, I'm sure.


Uppercase Magazine, an independent publication for which I have great respect, published an article that I wrote about an amazing textile artist and crafter, Lizz Aston. The issue is out now and available either online or at fine retailers.


It was incredibly exciting to put the whole project together and rather surreal to see my name printed in an official capacity. Knowing that Uppercase considers themselves the magazine for "the creative and curious," I knew that I wanted to be a part of it, somehow. I met Aston through a silkscreening class she teaches at the Harbourfront Centre. The first night of class, she showed me her professional work and I was completely blown away! Sometime after the course finished, something clicked in my head and it dawned on me that her work would be a great fit for the magazine. I'll feature some detail shots of Aston's work tomorrow, so stay tuned.


I should also mention that I could not have put together such a cool feature without the awesome photography skills and professional knowledge of Natasha Bardin. We all had such a ball bringing the shoot together.




Lizz Aston, blog
Natasha Bardin Photography
Uppercase Magazine, blog

Paper Cut Preliminaries

So as I mentioned before, I signed up for a Paper Cutting Workshop at The Paper Place. It happened last night and I had tons of fun. Our instructor, Nick Rubi, was all kinds of sweet and he got us working right away. He talked a lot about his process, namely how he likes to do some quick sketches and then translate them to paper cuts. He was pretty organic in his teaching style and very enthusiastic about us challenging ourselves. He was even kind enough to let us keep cutting past the end of the designated time. I really had a wonderful time. Paper cutting is incredibly involved and you get really into it really fast. It was nice to focus on such a delicate task for however long it would take to complete. Here's some of the treats from the workshop!

3D penguins made by instructor, Nick Rubi

My own little hearts. My husband says they look like flies.

These are two of the cards we started with. I haven't decide who I will mail them to...

I traced this from this beautiful that had all these black and white images of flowers and plants.

This is the end product! I'm pretty happy with it. SO happy I decided it gets to hang out with the hand-woven flower from Peru, given to me by my darling friend Camille.