Hello! I'm Maja [Ma-ya], the creator of Maiiou. I explore ideas through color, texture, and shape, letting my imagination and intuition guide me. I love sharing my passion for making through clear, encouraging, and inspiring tutorials. In my shop, you’ll find a growing collection of creative projects—from abstract art to soft sculptures, dolls, toys, décor, and more.

I work with various materials and techniques, including hand sewing and stitching, knitting, embroidery, crochet, needle felting, weaving, drawing, painting, sculpting, fabric and paper manipulation, and dyeing—the list goes on. I develop my skills through countless hours of experimentation, transforming ideas into material form.

Flow, my blog, is a space for reflection, imagination, creation, and experimentation. It’s a blend of creative explorations, tutorials, glimpses into my artistic process, and insights from the unseen—shared as guided visual meditations.

What I create changes and evolves as I do. I draw inspiration from nature, seasons turning, visual meditation, shamanic journeys, vision quests, dreams, folklore, fantasy, science fiction, graphic novels, and video games. Still, inspiration knows no bounds and can come from anything and everything.

I live in Ireland, Co. Kildare, with my husband and a bunch of cats with big personalities. Outside the studio, I write fiction and tend to my garden. I let my garden grow wild as much as possible, shifting naturally with the seasons. That same rhythm inspires how I approach creativity—each idea is like a seed that, when given space and freedom, can grow into something unexpected, untamed, and truly one of a kind.

Thank you for stopping by—may your creativity and imagination open a door to something magical today! 🖤

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• Creating with Courage 2024 [student exhibition, p.39]