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Money Clip Wallet with Flap (Red/Purple/Black), 2025$ 70.00 -
Money Clip Wallet (Brown/Black/Red), 2025$ 70.00
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Two Toned Leather Wallet (Brown/Black), 2025$ 95.00
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Bezel Bracelet (Leopard), 2023Sold
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Belted Cell Phone Case (Brown), 2025Sold
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Belted Cell Phone Case (Black), 2025Sold
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Faucet Handle "C" Necklace (from the series Anthropological Artifacts), 2025Sold
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Iron Ring Necklace, 2025Sold
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Headlamp Earrings, 2024$ 125.00
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Paper Bead Earrings (Pair), 2023$ 120.00
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Pencil Stub Pendant, 2023
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Medium 2-snap card/coin case, 2021$ 135.00
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Cell Phone Case Clutch (Black), 2025Sold
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Faucet Handle "HOT" Necklace , 2022Sold
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Washer/Chain Necklace, 2025$ 120.00
R. Melinda Hoffman (modernmuse61) studied fine art and fashion design at School of The Art Institute of Chicago, then went on to design clothing for women and children for 25 years. On the side, she made accessories re-purposed from found objects, which she sold at art shows and markets.
Having a spirit of wanderlust and a desire to travel the open road, she decided in 2013 to quit her job and follow her passion! When she couldn't find accessories to accommodate her new lifestyle, she designed ones to fit her every need, as well as those of individuals around her. Thus, modernmuse61 was born.
She is now a leather artisan and vintage dealer who travels from coast to coast, finding inspiration from old-school technology, vintage industrial gadgets, architectural artifacts and especially from the folk she meets on the road.
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Accoutrements, Amulets, Adornments
R. Melinda Hoffman 28 Mar - 31 May 2025Accoutrements, Amulets, Adornments is an exhibition of sculptural adornments, symbolic amulets, and imaginative accoutrements by multi-disciplinary artist R. Melinda Hoffman.Read more -
R. Melinda Hoffman: Accoutrements of Domesticity
30 Sep - 5 Nov 2022R. Melinda Hoffman harnesses the power of discarded domestic tools as "anthropological artifacts" in a large-scale installation that probes conventional ideas of womanhood and domesticity.Read more
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The Story of Objects
Artist workshop with R. Melinda Hoffman 27 Nov 2025The Story of Objects is a series of design workshops with R. Melinda Hoffman.Read more -
Demonstration: Accoutrements, Amulets, Adornments
1 PM to 2 PM every Saturday from 29 March until May 10 29 Mar - 10 May 2025Join multi-disciplinary artist R. Melinda Hoffman from 1 – 2 PM every Saturday from 28 March to 10 May for public workshopsdemonstrating how to turn objects into accoutrements, amulets, and adornments.Read more -
Opening Reception: Accoutrements, Amulets, Adornments
5 – 7 PM 28 Mar 2025Join us on 28 March from 5 to 7 PM for the opening reception of Accoutrements, Amulets, Adornments, an exhibition of sculptural adornments, symbolic amulets, and imaginative accoutrements by R. Melinda Hoffman.Read more -
Reception: R. Melinda Hoffman
5-7pm 30 Sep 2022Join R. Melinda Hoffman for the opening of Accoutrements of Domesticity . This installation is composed of wearable sculptures that demonstrate the artist's fascination with...Read more
