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New Mother’s Day pieces

Mother’s Day is less than a month away and I’ve been busy making new pendants to honor the nurturers in your life. These pendants contain the word ‘mother’ in a variety of languages, and are fun to peruse. The majority of words have m and n sounds, but a surprising amount have different letter configurations […]

Spend this weekend in Evanston for Artful Giving

I’m not quite ready for the Holidays yet, but come December 1 I will be. I like to let Thanksgiving simmer a little bit before decking the halls and selecting my wreath. My inventory is ready for the holidays though, and I just brought my pieces over to PerficalSense Studio and Salon, where they will have […]

Adorn your tabletop with Desktop Minis

What is a Desktop Mini, you ask? It is a smaller version of my wall collages that have adorned the walls of The Arts of Life, The Evanston Art Center, The Uptown Arts Center, Dick Blick’s Evanston and Gallery 303 at Zhou B Art Center. I made a mini-canvas as a sample piece and the reaction […]

The Holiday Extravaganza begins!

Hooray! I’ve just finished uploading 40 Maraviglia pendants and 6 necklaces with their accompanying product photos, ready for you to peruse over the Thanksgiving holiday and beyond. The Maike’s Maraviglia collection includes hearts: Wire pendant hearts by Maike’s Marvels  Spirals and swirls: Wire pendants by Maike’s Marvels  My favorite squiggly squares (and other shapes the […]

Creating a miniature boudoir for a Salon show

This Saturday, November 3, my friend Cindy is opening her new PerficalSense Studio and Salon space. She is hosting a salon-themed show in which 35 artists are providing pieces that showcase the meaning of a salon to them. Cindy taught me my first encaustics class, and PerficalSense Studio has been in existence for 3 years […]

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