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The Detroit Jewish News, 2016-11-24

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is glad that many are e
els
return buyers and feels
ing
very comfortable filling
their orders.
“I have become
b
friendly with a number
of customers so I have a strong under-
standing of the kinds of art they like,”
the artist says. “Most of my business is
internet-based; people find me online,
where I have lots of images of what I
do.”
Sternberg is able to decorate larger
items, such as tables and bookcases.
She thinks of herself as reinventing
them. In her own home, she took a
more serious approach in painting
furniture that had been owned by her
g grandmother and rejected by other
f family members. She refinished a
pine dresser and painted it white
and gray before adding new han-
dles. Her grandmother’s dressing

table was painted white
and finished off with fun
han
handles.
O a smaller scale for
On
her
herself, she painted flow-
ers and holiday phrases in
Hebrew on a menorah that had been
made by her fiance to hold tea candles.
“I get lots of requests for pencil
boxes just before school starts in the
fall,” Sternberg says. “They also are
nice for party favors, which make for
an important segment of my business.”
Judaica pieces include mezuzah
holders and hamsa wall hangings. She
also appeals to Christian customers
with Christmas ornaments.
“The work that I do is very special
to me because I hear how happy peo-
ple are when they see the final results
of the ideas they communicated to
me,” she says.
“I have painted all kinds of themes
on all kinds of objects — Paris land-
marks on a mail holder, elephants on
a child’s bank and superheroes on a
mezuzah holder. I can’t wait to find out
what’s next.”

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