All About
Livewires!
Horse Show Awards
Livewires make fabulous
awards for events of all
types and horses can be
made for any specific
discipline.
Discounts available

My goal is to capture a bit
of that brilliant equine
spirit in each livewire with
the aim of crating art that
inspires and even greater
love and appreciation of
horses... and I hope they
make you smile too!
Livewires make
fabulous gifts-- So
keep some handy for
birthdays,
anniversaries,
graduations and
barn parties
Materials
Livewires are made from copper-coated
non-tarnish artistic wire in various gages.
They are surprisingly strong, but should be
kept inside unless sprayed with a clear
'weather-proofing spray'.
Some horses have glass beads too!
Wholesale Catalog available
If you would like your local gift store or tack shop or favorite traveling horse show vendor to carry livewires just let
me know & I will send them some information!
If they order livewires you can get a $25 livebucks gift certificate!
The Livewire Story
I made my first livewires at the age of 12, sitting on a bale of hay in the
barn while my horse watched (apparently quite amused) as I bent and
twisted baling wire to make a horse. Over the last decade livewires have
evolved to what you see today.
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Bio on me (Makendra Silverman)
I started livewires the year before I started college in order to fund my
education, so thank you! I have been riding since I was seven and
horse-crazy long before that. I started with basic western and trail,
moved to local hunter/jumper shows and then on to some wonderful
endurance riding with my neighbor, Pat Super, on her 'Super Ranch
Arabians.' However, for the last 7 years or so my focus has been
dressage and training young horses. I spent nine months as a working
student at Across the Diagonal Farm, in Carmel, CA, under the
instruction of Jennifer Roth. Jennifer is a USEF 'S' Judge and breeds,
trains and sells Lipizzaners. I had a fabulous time as a working student
and Jennifer even named 'Livewires'. You can visit her site at
www.LipizzansAndDressage.com

I just graduated from Colorado College with a biology degree (emphasis
on field studies).  I spent the fall of 2006 studying in Tanzania and fell in
love with the people, the language and the wildlife. If you want to learn
more: tanzania e-journal.

I am currently working in Colorado Springs for Taurus Productions with
filmmaker Ginger Kathrens. We are making a documentary about the
Pryor Mountain wild horses in southern Montana which will be the third
film that Ginger has made for Nature, focusing on the stallion, Cloud.
Ginger also started a non-profit: The Cloud Foundation, to protect wild
horses. Find out more about these horses and the foundation at
www.thecloudfoundation.org. 10% of sales of miniature livewires go to
support The Cloud Foundation.
I will be spending one week per month in Montana with the wild horses
and working full time, so I will make your livewires as quickly as
possible, but there might be some delay.
Also-- my dad has a website too! check out www.hisfavoriteshirt.com
for beautiful men's shirts.
Plus, my dear friend Allisun makes beautiful paper crane earrings and her
mother makes lovely handmade cards- check them both out at
www.bits-a-paper.com
some photos of my horsey and livewired life! clockwise from top: Oliver (lipizzaner
gelding bred by Across the Diagonal Farm- photo by Paulette Struckman), Makendra
& a livewire in progress (photo by Kaloyan Kaprolov), Scrimshaw (gray Arab mare,
bred & owned by Super Ranch Arabians), Trace (mustang) and Flint (spanish
mustang) both owned by Ginger Kathrens who took this photo too, Makendra/ Sasha
swimming in St. Croix- owned by the Eitzens- photo by Katie Eitzen, Makendra and
Holly (St. Patricks Day 1996) photo by Ken/Gayle Silverman. Thanks for visiting!