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Torching

“Creating beauty is one of the highest and most healing purposes we can pursue.” ~ Trenton Tully in True Balance by Sonia Choquette When I took Shawna Moore’s workshop I learned how to use a butane torch, and loved it. After some research I purchased the Iwatani Cooking Torch, but then never got around to […]

Studio clearing

I picked up some inspiring books from the yarn-bombed library the other day, and that prompted me to head into my studio and clear some things out. My studio had become a chaos of Holiday production followed by the dump site of all my fair display items. Creating 43 Ornaments and 35 pieces of jewelry […]

Bucktown prepping

Last week’s 2 fairs had me dragging for a few days, but yesterday I couldn’t resist going into the studio in spite of numerous other catch-up tasks waiting for me. It’ll make today a bit more packed, but I was happy to have creative juices flowing so I went with it. I upgraded my tools […]

Fun factory

It’s been a veritable factory in here the past few weeks as I created ornaments for fairs, friends, families and boutiques, and sprinkled in some new pendants and earrings to keep the fingers nimble. The start is always cutting and prepping the wire (sanding off the oily residue) and hammering it into a straight line […]

the holiday studio

UTEE figurines for Christmas by Maike's Marvels

I’ve been getting my crafty on with the advent of December. It’s been fun to “bake” my UTEE people to embellish holiday cards with. You can still order cards by messaging me The card creating was interrupted by a custom holiday order of a collage I did earlier this month. Even though I used the […]

Come into my studio…

… and have a peek (sans spiders and flies). “If you can identify the conditions that allow art to flourish, you can work toward creating equivalent conditions in your own world.” ~Ted Orland, Exhibition 36 Now that my supplies are (temporarily) organized, let me give you a studio tour. The table-as clear as it gets: […]

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