Uppercase magazine’s Surface Pattern Design guide

I’m honoured to be in Uppercase magazine’s 5th Surface Pattern Design guide. This issue of Uppercase is gorgeous and completely overflowing with juicy patterns and colour. Janine VanGool is the publisher, editor AND designer of the magazine – she basically does it all! There were 997 entries, and 100 designers were selected to be included in the 2023 surface pattern design guide. I remember seeing the first edition of the guide back in 2014. I poured over all the artists that were featured and looked at their work in depth. At the time, I would never have imagined being in it myself. I was so far from this 9 years ago!

Very slowly, in the last year or two, I started dabbling with taking drawings that I created and turning them into repeat patterns. I picked up the guide in 2021 and made it a goal to apply next time there was a call for entries. When the magazine was delivered in the first week of AprilI, I was actually sick with COVID. I didn’t even have energy to open it until a day later! Still pinching myself now, I’m published!