WRITING

Joy is a core contributing writer for UPPERCASE magazine. Her writing has also appeared in calligraphy journals such as Calligraph, The Edge and L’Arabesque. Several writing samples are available below.

ARTICLES & ESSAYS

Aerial Artworks: Victoria Rose Richards - UPPERCASE #61 - 2024
Smile Plastics - UPPERCASE #60 - 2024
The Calligraphic Marks of Yukimi Annand - UPPERCASE #59 - 2023
Creativity & Hardship, Intertwined - UPPERCASE #58 - 2023
the visual language of e bond - UPPERCASE #57 - 2023
Behind the Book Cover - UPPERCASE #55, 2022
Collaborators in Conversation: An Interview with George McCalman and Joel Benson - UPPERCASE #54, 2022
Growing Together: Creating a Community Garden - UPPERCASE #53, 2022
”Illustrating Identity and Faith: Reflections from Muslim Illustrators” - UPPERCASE #52, 2022
”Ancestral Inspiration: Reflections of Indigenous Pattern Designers” - UPPERCASE #49, 2021
”Art Therapy with Éli Abdellahi” - UPPERCASE #47, 2020
”From Bread to Rubber: The History of Erasers” - UPPERCASE #41, 2019
“The History of the Pencil” - UPPERCASE #40, 2019
"Illuminated: The History of Gold in Art" - UPPERCASE #38, 2018
"Sumi Ink" - UPPERCASE #37, 2018
"On the Edge of the Brush with Tom Kemp" - The Edge, 2018
"Colour in a Can: The History of Spray Paint" - UPPERCASE #36, 2018
"Measuring Up With Rulers" - UPPERCASE, #35, 2017
"A Calligrapher's Library" - Calligraph, 2017
"Ruling Lines" - UPPERCASE, #34, 2017
"Form, Function and Mud" - UPPERCASE #33
"Of Pigments and Memories" - UPPERCASE #32
"The Costumer's Companion" - UPPERCASE #31, 2016
"Pensmith: The Oblique Delights of Christopher Yoke" - UPPERCASE, #30, 2016
"Philatelic Atrocities: Niko Courtelis" - UPPERCASE, #26, 2015
“Weaving Stories: Sarah Swett’s Tapestry Journey” – UPPERCASE, #24, 2015
“Make Your Mark: From Handwriting to Drawn Letters” – Calligraph, 2014
“Garbage Beauty” – UPPERCASE, #20, 2014
“The Personality of Letterform” – L’Arabesque, 2014
“Garbage Beauty” – L’Arabesque, 2013
“Studio Spaces” – Calligraph, 2013