New Stock at The Vault in Wellington, November 2025
Just in time for that special holiday gift! New Minu paper mache sculptures now available via The Vault in Wellington. Bring a touch of…
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Collections—Queenstown Treasures now online
Thank you so much to all who could make it to the Queenstown Art Show in person! For those who couldn’t make it, the…
Exhibition—Minis, Quirky Fox, Hawera
Group Exhibition November 2025Quirky Fox, Hawera, New Zealand I am excited to be part of the upcoming group show Minies at Quirky Fox! Sign-up…
Exhibition—Treasures, Queenstown Art Show
The Queenstown Art ShowOctober 2025Te Pūāhuru Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown, New Zealand Thrilled to share that I’ll be part of the Queenstown Art Show this October! Join…
September 2025 Shop Update—New Paper Mache Work
‘New Paper Mache Work’Shop Update—September 2025 The Midnight Tribe has returned. Painted in a warm black with colourful highlights, these critters are going to…
Making a Positive Paper Mache Mould Using Plasticine
People often ask me about my paper mache moulds, so here’s my updated approach for creating positive moulds that give you maximum flexibility and…
July 2025 Shop Update—New Paper Mache Work
‘New Paper Mache Work’Shop Update—July 2025 The Winter Tribe has returned, bringing with it a promise of spring to come. Painted in a warm…
May 2025 Shop Update—New Paper Mache Work
‘New Paper Mache Work’Shop Update—March 2025 The new Wolf Totems, Forest Keepers and Wood Sprites are now available online. If you want to invite…
April 2025 Shop Update—’The Cloud’
‘The Cloud’Shop Update—March 2025 New Fine Art Printsare available! Meet Miu, Nom, Moi, and their unexpected visitor—the Cloud. The fine art prints are printed in…
New Stockist, HAPA, Christchurch, New Zealand
I am so excited to announce my first South Island Stockist—HAPA in Christchurch. HAPA is a Local Design store, stocking a wide range of…
New Stock at The Vault in Wellington, March 2024
New Minu paper mache sculptures glowing in autumn colours are now available via The Vault in Wellington. Bring a touch of magic to your…
March 2025 Shop Update—’Autumn Favourites’
‘Autumn Favourites’Shop Update—March 2025 Finally—a long overdue online shop update! The ‘Autumn Favourites’ collection includes the popular Bird totems and Rabbit totems in warm,…
Paper mache clay recipe using non-toxic, natural, and recycled materials
My paper mache recipes have changed over the years, and I usually adjust the ingredients slightly based on what I need for a particular…
Create Custom Content Styles for Claude AI
Part 4—Maintaining your unique voice while working through revisions with Claude AI This is Part 4 in my series on Artists, Writers and AI—my…
Exhibition—Resilience , Quirky Fox, Hawera
Group Exhibition January 2025Quirky Fox, Hawera, New Zealand I am excited to be part of the upcoming group show Resilience at Quirky Fox! Opening…
A year in review: 2024—let’s not do that again
What on earth just happened? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly When I look back at 2024, I have three distinct impressions: black…
Using Claude AI’s projects for revisions
Artists, Writers and AI, Part 3 This is Part 3 in my series on Artists, Writers and AI—my musings on how artists and writers…
New Stock at The Vault in Wellington, November 2024
New Minu paper mache sculptures are now available via The Vault in Wellington. Bring a touch of magic to your space. Available now :).
September Writing Update—Progress update on revisions for The House
Progress update on revisions for The House and other news. Progress update on revisions for The House The second revision focusing on plot and…
Shop Update, September 2024—new paper mache listings
Update 28th October: The two Forest Walkers are now available via The Vault in Wellington. New creations in the shop! Bring a touch of…
August Writing Update—Layering Revisions, part 1
Progress on the House and insights to layering revisions Progress on my revisions for The House The revisions for The House, the second book…
Using Claude, the AI Chatbot by Anthropic, as a Line Editor and Critique Group
Artists, Writers and AI, Part 2 Using Claude AI as a Line Editor and Critique Group This is Part 2 in my series on…
The Thing About Social Media, Part 4—Enshittification, dis-enshittification, and silver linings
Cory Doctorow’s 2024 Marshall McLuhan lecture “Seizing the means of computation: a better internet is run by and for the people who use it”…
The Post I Didn’t Write
I’m invoking my one-strike rule. My mind is racing all over the place, and I can’t keep up. I am in despair; I am…
July Writing Update—#ShutUpAndWrite, 2024
Reset—putting writing before marketing and promotion Reset—putting writing before marketing and promotion. During the last weeks, I have been realigning my habits with my…
The best of times, the worst of times—Artists, Writers and AI, Part 1
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,…
Minu Freitag’s Crazy-Cute, Joy-Sparking Sprites, by Elizah Leigh
Elizah Leigh, the Curatorial Creativity Connoisseur and Contributing Author at Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, wrote a beautiful article about my work for Quirky Fox. I…
The Thing About Social Media, Part 3—Light on my feet
Time to think and re-set. I feel so much better now, thank you. With my already lighter social footprint*, the rat-race pressure to post…
June Writing Update—#ShutUpAndWrite, 2024
I might just be able to pull this off! Revisions on the House After a solid six weeks caught in my scene wrangling spreadsheet,…
The Thing About Social Media, Part 2—Thank you, but no.
Thank you for your offer, but no. I quit. The AI revolution is here, and it will not go away … … I still…
The Thing About Social Media, Part 1
So … where do we go from here? Delete Forever. Rinse. Repeat. I spent last weekend deleting hundreds of posts from Instagram and still…
Look inside—The Cloud @ Quirky Fox, Hawera
Take a closer look at my new work included in The Cloud. The theme of the exhibition is a contemplation—if a humorous one—on the…