Halfpenny Postage x Uppercase Magazine 

After many years of working as a graphic designer at world-renowned fine art museums in the USA, Leila Simon Hayes had an epiphany in 2017 and decided to follow her dreams to become a pattern designer. 

She began to explore painting with sumi ink (similar to india ink with a thin consistency). That practice paired with graphic design skills makes for beautiful surface design. 

Leila sees shapes and lines as though they're pieces of a puzzle that could work together in many ways. “Oh I can't possibly find another way to make these shapes go together” she muses during our chat, but then somehow they do.  

Recently, Leila has experienced some health issues. While distressing, it's really inspired her to give her work that ‘extra push’ taking it to where she is now.

Finding the relationship between colour and shapes is the key to Leila's patterns as she shifts shapes into different spaces based on signals or information. It's this colour and movement that's in her designs that creates her analogous style of work. 

Leila works from her studio space in Boston, where she creates paintings, drawings, and elements for her patterns, as well as hosts her online shop. You can browse her new Halfpenny Postage greeting card collection on our website which goes live later this month!

COMING SOON

Halfpenny Postage x Uppercase Magazine 

We are thrilled to announce an exciting collaboration with 

artists Leila Simon Hayes, Alys Paterson and Crissie Rodda!

Each artist has designed six cards that will be exclusively available through Halfpenny Postage. Be the first to know about the release by following along on social media.

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