About Mara Adelman
Mara Adelman, Ph.D., is a retired professor who currently resides in Napa, California. Her three sisters built a compound in Napa which they entitled, “Home for the Unrest.” Dr. Adelman was a Fulbright Specialist in Ethiopia and China, taught aboard Semester at Sea and for SONY Co. in Japan. Her co-authored book, Beyond Language: Cross-cultural Communication for ESL, enabled her to conduct numerous workshops around the world.
Dr. Adelman retired to become a fulltime artist and jewelry designer. During her 18 years of traveling and teaching around the world, she collected a massive assortment of beads and curios to use in her jewelry. In response to the global refugee crises, Mara created earringsforpeace.com as a way to raise funds for Hands On Global (handsonglobal.org); a medical team that works in refugee camps in Greece. Her sister, Tama, volunteers there twice a year. Mara is also a ceramic artist, who specializes in transferring her whimsical drawings to pottery. She loves teaching people about these art forms and is available for jewelry and ceramic classes, parties, and special events—100% of these funds goes to medical supplies for refugees. Mara can be reached at email: mara@seattleu.edu
About
Mara Adelman
Mara Adelman, Ph.D., is a retired professor who currently resides in Napa, California. Her three sisters built a compound in Napa which they entitled, “Home for the Unrest.” Dr. Adelman was a Fulbright Specialist in Ethiopia and China, taught aboard Semester at Sea and for SONY Co. in Japan. Her co-authored book, Beyond Language: Cross-cultural Communication for ESL, enabled her to conduct numerous workshops around the world.
Dr. Adelman retired to become a fulltime artist and jewelry designer. During her 18 years of traveling and teaching around the world, she collected a massive assortment of beads and curios to use in her jewelry. In response to the global refugee crises, Mara created earringsforpeace.com as a way to raise funds for Hands On Global (handsonglobal.org); a medical team that works in refugee camps in Greece. Her sister, Tama, volunteers there twice a year. Mara is also a ceramic artist, who specializes in transferring her whimsical drawings to pottery. She loves teaching people about these art forms and is available for jewelry and ceramic classes, parties, and special events—100% of these funds goes to medical supplies for refugees. Mara can be reached at email: mara@seattleu.edu
Earrings
Mara’s special earrings are all one-of-a-kind. She works with diverse gems, glass, crystals, Bakelite, stone, coral, seed beads, and various metals. All her work uses earring pins and loops made in USA and are allergic-free. She likes asymmetry in her work which ranges from small to large earrings. 100% of her sales goes to medical supplies for refugees (see www.earringsforpeace.com). Mara is grateful for donations from Beadworld, Seattle to make these works affordable.
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Earrings
Mara’s special earrings are all one-of-a-kind. She works with diverse gems, glass, crystals, Bakelite, stone, coral, seed beads, and various metals. All her work uses earring pins and loops made in USA and are allergic-free. She likes asymmetry in her work which ranges from small to large earrings. 100% of her sales goes to medical supplies for refugees (see www.earringsforpeace.com). Mara is grateful for donations from Beadworld, Seattle to make these works affordable.
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Necklaces
Mara’s necklaces use unusual focal beads and curios that she has collected over 40 years. These are bold, but light works that showcase the remarkable beads and curios from her travels; including old chevrons from India, antique Bakelite works, silver Milagros, NYC subway tokens, bone game pieces including mahjong, card game images, dominos, and dice. She also goes to various gem and bead shows that highlight remarkable bead artists, looking for unusual beads to use in her work. Mara works with silversmiths in Istanbul and Mexico in creating high-quality unique jewelry pieces.
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Necklaces
Mara’s necklaces use unusual focal beads and curios that she has collected over 40 years. These are bold, but light works that showcase the remarkable beads and curios from her travels; including old chevrons from India, antique Bakelite works, silver Milagros, NYC subway tokens, bone game pieces including mahjong, card game images, dominos, and dice. She also goes to various gem and bead shows that highlight remarkable bead artists, looking for unusual beads to use in her work. Mara works with silversmiths in Istanbul and Mexico in creating high-quality unique jewelry pieces.
Ceramics
Mara’s drawings have been used to raise funds for entre amigos Community Center in San Pancho, Mexico and her painting is used for the Napa Library card. She loves sketching people in everyday life; at the pools, in libraries, airports, etc. Her favorite subjects are children in playgrounds, older people lounging at pools, Day of the Dead images, and portraits of faces-with-character. She transfers her drawings to low fire bisque tiles and then uses underglazes and fine pens for the final piece. She works closely with Dive Into Color (a Napa pottery store) doing samples and teaching classes.
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Ceramics
Mara’s drawings have been used to raise funds for entre amigos Community Center in San Pancho, Mexico and her painting is used for the Napa Library card. She loves sketching people in everyday life; at the pools, in libraries, airports, etc. Her favorite subjects are children in playgrounds, older people lounging at pools, Day of the Dead images, and portraits of faces-with-character. She transfers her drawings to low fire bisque tiles and then uses underglazes and fine pens for the final piece. She works closely with Dive Into Color (a Napa pottery store) doing samples and teaching classes.
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