About Us

The Artists of Bindlewood...

Chris Ryniak

Chris Ryniak was born in 1976 in the suburbs of Detroit. He spent his childhood basking in the warm glow of Saturday morning cartoons and flipping over rocks in search of insects, reptiles and ghosts. He has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world. His work has also been published in numerous books and periodicals worldwide. Chris is also a toy-designer and sculptor of numerous instantly sold-out editions of designer art toys and figures.

Amanda Louise Spayd

Amanda’s mixed-media work combines the textures and colors of antique domestic objects, the natural world, and an obsessive attention to detail. At once endearing and unsettling, her fabric creatures evoke ideas of cast-off children’s toys that have been literally loved to death.

Her work is highly sought after by collectors around the globe, and she has exhibited her work in galleries, boutiques, and conventions across the United States, as well as Europe and Japan. 

We should also probably mention that Chris and Amanda are married!

...and Steve.

Steve Brown

The logical brains behind Bindlewood, Steve Brown manages shipping, logistics, and customer service with over 20 years of experience in the toy manufacturing industry. He’s widely recognized as one of the most innovative and prolific yoyo players in the world (no, really), and runs Caribou Lodge, a boutique yoyo and lifestyle brand, and Nervous, a digital agency that builds communities and tools for small businesses.

His wife is very supportive of all this lunacy, and his kids now have the unrealistic expectation that all adults are yoyo masters who make toys and monsters for a living.