Meet Miranda Floyd
Featured Artist July 2025
Meet Miranda Floyd
Little Frogs and Big Stories—Each Crafted to make you Feel Something.
Surrounded by creativity from the very beginning, this month’s Featured Artist, Miranda Floyd, grew up in a home where art and music were part of the everyday rhythm. With an artist for a mother and a classical musician for a father, it’s no surprise that her artistic spirit was nurtured from an early age. But like many young people, the rigid structure of standardized education dulled her creative drive during her formative years.
It wasn’t until after graduating from college that she was able to reconnect with her artistic passions. “For the first time in a decade, I suddenly found myself reading, writing, knitting, and making art,” she shares. This return to creativity opened the door to a renewed and deeply personal artistic practice—one that now centers on both play/screenwriting and the whimsical world of knitted art.
One of her proudest accomplishments to date is completing a full stage adaptation of The Mystery of the Yellow Room, a classic locked-room mystery novel by Gaston Leroux. “It was a great challenge,” she says. “In a locked room mystery, every point must be made clear, but not so in-depth it becomes boring.” After countless drafts and deep immersion in the genre, the final result is a script that reflects her passion, precision, and storytelling prowess. “Of everything I’ve written or adapted, it’s the story I want to share the most.”
On the fiber arts side of her practice, her charming, hand-knitted frogs have become unexpected ambassadors of comfort, care, and connection. “They’re delicate, small, and silly—intended to be a small companion to keep you company wherever you go.” These cozy creatures have found homes in dorm rooms and dollhouses alike, given as heartfelt gifts from parents to children and passed between friends as tokens of encouragement and love. “A simple gift can have a profound impact,” she reflects. “It’s an honor to play a role in that.”
Her work is inspired and supported by a rich community of makers, most notably her mother, Laura Floyd, who remains a powerful creative influence. She also acknowledges the impact of fellow fiber artists India Rose Crawford, who helped popularize the viral frog trend, and Claire Garland, the original pattern designer behind the beloved creatures.
Looking ahead, Miranda dreams of seeing her scripts brought to life on stage and envisions a future where her words spark the same kind of connection and comfort as her knitted companions. Her advice to others pursuing their own creative journeys? “Be confident in yourself and your art! It’s hardest to start, but you are better than you give yourself credit for. If you create enough, for long enough, you will find your people and your place within creative spaces.”
We are thrilled to honor Miranda Floyd as our Featured Artist—celebrating not just her talent, but the thoughtfulness and heart behind everything she creates.
Find more of her finished scripts on the New Play Exchange: newplayexchange.org/users/92824/mj-floyd
And shop her knitted creations on Etsy: etsy.com/shop/spinstr
