A Paper Homage: The Edwardian Foursquare

Statement from the artists, Jen Spinner and Ashley Wong As local Hamilton residents, we were inspired to celebrate the architectural simplicity of the Edwardian style four square houses.¹ We were struck by their straightforward design: sturdy and restrained yet...

Brand Identity Refresh for Directors Guild of Canada

For the past few years, we’ve been working with a lovely client, the Directors Guild of Canada – Ontario (DGC ON) on their branding and marketing needs. The Guild represents the interests of several categories of film and television professionals: from creative...

Your Business as Your Child or Pet

I came across this post from Mother Tongue magazine recently. The quote is: “I simply don’t think that putting every bit of energy I have into parenting — at the expense of my career, marriage and social life — will be the different between Layla becoming homeless or...

Paper Flower Workshops

Two years ago, I moved to Hamilton and was faced with a problem. I needed to meet like-minded people. I knew I needed a different way to connect with folks that didn’t involve screaming at each other over loud music. I turned to the part of my practise the people tend...

Paper Fire Escapes

The dream job that jumpstarted it all! Before I started my own full-time business, I snagged a dream freelance gig that gave me the confidence I needed to jump into the abyss of working for myself. The job was installing paper fire escapes in the KSNY flagship store...

The Creative Process

The creative process is different for everyone, especially if you’re creating work for commercial or personal endeavors. A commercial art project, such as creating a branding identity guide for an organization is a legit project with deliverables, a budget and a...