DESIGN EDITOR’S PICKS CURATED


GIVING IN TO YOUR IMPULSE What’s New, What’s Happening, What’s Now


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Inspiration comes in many forms. For Margaret Elizabeth Hulse, the owner and designer of Charlotte St. Charles and Mpulse Studio, inspiration came in the form of a direct and hon- est text that brought her to tears. “A woman I have the utmost


respect for brought to my atten- tion that I had been behaving in a manner that didn’t represent my best, true self,” remembers Hulse. “I realized right then that my intuition and judgment had been so clouded by sadness and anxiety that I wasn’t aware that my spirit was being con- sumed by grief.”


While the text was written in


graceful and forgiving words, it awakened Hulse, setting her on an artistic journey that has culminated in a trio of creative ventures. The result is an amaz- ing trifecta of various media, from salt-scrubbed watercolor paintings to jewelry and a writ- ten story, which ties everything together. “With tears rolling down my cheeks, I took my laptop out of my bag and began to type. I had no idea where my words would take me, but before I knew it, I had written Part I of Sketches from the Heart of a Texas Artist,” Hulse says. This was the jumping off


point for her paintings and jew- elry. Each painting represents a location that Hulse’s character (and alter-ego), Mona Lamar, travels to and experiences on her pilgrimage to whole- ness. Each piece of beautiful handcrafted jewelry is a physical manifestation of the emotions her character, and in turn the wearer, embraces as she moves towards self-actualization. As Hulse continues to write her novel, she also creates the unique geographic paint- ings and the corresponding jewelry for each step in the journey. Hulse works with the finest semiprecious stones


and minerals to create all of her handcrafted pieces, which include necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings in a series of collections that take their names from the various chapters of her story.


They say life is a journey not a destination. Margaret Hulse’s creations are a visual represen- tation of that journey and may just inspire the wearer to ven- ture forth on her own odyssey. If she does, she will do so in style, wearing the stunning work of an artist who is not afraid of baring her soul for her art. mpulsestudio.com, 972-978-6952


Photographs by Holger Obenaus


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