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Thank you to Western Living magazine for this great article on Playford wraps and how they are a way to make the holiday season more sustainable. Read all about it here!

As an artist I like to try different mediums and experiment. Working with Italian glass and repurposing vintage ceramics to create mosaic art has given me the opportunity to create with my hands and take a break from computer generated 2D illustrations. I have been a longstanding fan of Uppercase Magazine and so it was exciting to be included in issue #55 on sale October/November 2022. My LOVE mosaic was inspired by the NYC subway mosaic art and was included in the section on craft inspired by type.

CanvasRebel is a fantastic inspirational website and resource for creatives and entrepreneurs. So many interesting people to read about that are doing interesting things! I was interviewed on my dream projects, how I got started in my career and my life as a working creative and artist.  I love the idea of bringing colour and art into our lives in little ways by surrounding ourselves with objects of art in our homes that carry special meaning. I recently sold one of my mosaic love hearts to a customer who recognized her mother’s china pattern in the art. I believe in the...

I am very excited to be relaunching a line of reusable gift wrap that is the alternative to disposable gift wrap, printed with my original illustrations. They are in production and will be available for purchase in late October.In 2007, I launched a line of fabric wraps called Furochic, inspired by the Japanese furoshiki cloth and wrote a book called Wrapagami, the Art of Fabric Gift Wrap, published by St. Martin’s Griffin/Macmillan, NYC. Some of my customers from 15 years ago are still using theirs!I am starting the Playford wrap collection with 8 floral designs, four main designs and four coordinating patterns that...