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Bitterbrush Workshop

The multidisciplinary artwork of Mara Saxer.

10/06/2026

Working on a recycled art piece inspired by how pretty Wyld packaging is. More updates soon!

10/03/2026

Sometimes I find a new piece of pretty trash and wonder if it's worth figuring out how to cut up if I'm only going to get a couple of pieces out of it (just two pairs of these earrings in this case) and potentially never see the same sort of thing again.

In this case, I think so - these feel like little leaded glass windows to me. And anyway, I've already cut the background for a hanging art piece from the scraps, so sometimes even the "boring" parts of materials end up being just what's needed.

09/19/2026

Painted another pair of earrings! These ones are thrifted leather teardrops with a crackly metallic texture. I freehanded the design but felt like I was channeling a lot of the Austrian decorative painting I saw on buildings there earlier this year - lots of hearts and floral patterns. I guess maybe that's why I'm drawn to making heart shapes?!

08/30/2026

Did a quick little doodle on these earrings rescued from a friend's giveaway pile.

They were a bit too primary a yellow for my wardrobe palette, so I gave them a slight orange wash (basically imperceptible in these photos, but trust it helped), then painted right on the surface. A quick clear coat and ready to wear!

07/11/2026

I fished a pack of these disco ball ornaments out of a trash pile, does that mean disco balls are done being trendy? I suppose I don't care, I still like these earrings!

04/09/2026

Had a lot of fun with my mama carving stamps and decorating outfits for a special dude's first birthday

03/04/2026

Much belated post about this Valentine I made 💕💖💞

The gators are mostly a .knits design that I did a bad job of following the instructions on so I'd call it a loose interpretation, with accessories that I made up on the fly. Their circus diorama home is watercolor paper that's painted, cut and taped into a sort of box situation, yes it's wonky as heck. And lastly, the hanging heart is air dry clay and it spins with every move, for better or worse.

As I edit this post I see even more pet hairs stuck to the felt in spite of meticulous cleaning 🥲

03/02/2026

Just a reminder of who you're talking to

01/01/2026

Some highlights of my 2025 making, in no particular order:

- Running a paper flower workshop at 's Feria Southside
- Legume dinosaur for the Red Bean Parade in New Orleans
- Cowboy fox for a new-to-the-world precious little friend
- Faux cactus for
- First steek
- Recycled Bolos made from paper and circuit boards
- First attempt at silver metal clay, and the play dough mockup made to test the design
- In process
- Un-tinsel ornaments
- Finally painted the lamp I flower-ified a while back
- Clementine-o-lanterns
- Dollhouse furnishing earrings
- Recycled tech waste beetles
- Headdresses, among other decorations, for in the Madrid 4th of July Parade
- Soot sprite doodle during an gathering
- Painting our bathroom, before the sun got giant Google eyes
- Wooden Easter eggs
- Sunglasses adorned with recycled scraps
- The backs of some paper ephemera earrings, I think that's 's handwriting
- Squished the cat's paw into some ornaments

12/11/2025

Rare photo of me modeling one of my pieces

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201 W Marcy St
Santa Fe, NM
87501-2032

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http://www.bitterbrushworkshop.etsy.com/

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