Blog — Jigsaw Puzzle

A few years ago, I completed a huge collage project, my ‘Four Elements’, which was one long, large paper collage comprised of Air, Water, Earth and Fire, and filled to the brim with ephemera, photographic images and paper-constructed, 3D elements. Cobble Hill Puzzles then turned this behemoth into four, interconnecting jigsaw puzzles, which fit together vertically. A visiting filmmaker, Alan Agopsowicz, (the husband of my lovely photographer for the project, Jo-Ann Richards) said, ‘Wow, if I don’t make a film showing your process, no one will have any idea just how intensively handmade your work is’.  If you’re at all...

‘Found Alphabet’, my latest 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle for Cobble Hill Puzzles has just been released into the wild, but so far only in the US. This vibrant collage is a medley of my very handmade, typographic submissions to the glorious typography project that is @36daysoftype, the annual, global and super-fun, Instagram challenge (thank you Nina Sans & Rafa Goicoechea, founders of @36days). 26 letters & 10 numerals in 36 days in any style: GO! (FYI: In this puzzle, there are 35 symbols, to fit into their 5x7 puzzle grid)Available at www.cobblehillpuzzles.com in the US, and coming to Canada very sooooon….🧩And...

I’m delighted to share my vibrant mid-century modern design that I created for teNeues Stationery NYC this year. They’ve turned my colourful paper collage into a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, a set of 8 pens in a charming, illustrated box, and a book of gorgeous wrapping paper sheets. My love of elegant mid-century designs made this a dream job, as I could combine the brilliance of the many designers I so admire with my tiny paper creations, all drawn from the many iconic designs of the period. Furniture, lighting, ceramics, architecture, textiles and graphic design; I had a plethora of wonderful...