After the art show season wrapped up last year I got an email from a representative at Springbok's (of puzzle fame) parent company - Allied Materials. She said she'd seen my work at the OKC Festival of the Arts and was interested in licensing Bella Vista: Golfito and Aloha Surf Hostel II for online-only runs of 1,000-piece puzzles! I ran the contract by a lawyer, signed all the things, they paid me, and then I had to wait until "spring" when they said they'd release it. And g

From a Whatsapp call to an international hoodie collab, this is why you always pick up your phone for strange numbers!

So Jimmy Johns and wood glue smell identical, and now I have the remaining 1,150 panels I need to finish the Allied Arts Step-Up Gifts!