Holiday Shop

LARAC Holiday Shop

I am one of over fifty local and regional artists and artisans represented in the annual LARAC Holiday Shop! Look for my jewelry on display this holiday season, perhaps one of the pieces will be a perfect gift for someone you know.

Regular Holiday Shop Dates & Hours:

November 16 - December 22, 2012

(Closed November 21 - 22, 2012)

Tuesdays - Saturdays, 10am - 4pm

I'll keep you posted about special shopping events and discount events as they come up!!!

Back in the studio.

A peek at what is on the studio table waiting to be fired.

I've taken quite a break from the studio, as there is a new addition to our family. My newborn son is now joining my daughter and I in the studio as I'm back creating some new pieces. At only two months old I think he's most interested in staring at all the colorful decorations around the room while my daughter is now joining me at her table creating her own beads and beautiful three year old paintings.

It was difficult during my pregnancy to sit at my studio table and computer for any periods of time so my break was more focused on gathering inspiration rather than creating. So I've been gathering images over the past year from my daily walks, hikes through the woods, and my garden. Some of the textures and colors are making their way into my new beads and jewelry designs. I hope over the next few months as the cold weather sets in to have more time at the table as I have a whole lot of ideas spinning around in my head.

On another note, I've just dropped off my application for the LARAC 2012 Holiday Shop in downtown Glens Falls, NY. I should find out in the next few weeks if my jewelry designs are accepted.

A Local Gallery!

One of my many goals for Polymer & Prints this year is to increase the availability of my polymer jewelry, photography and prints both in galleries and on the web.

I'm now one step further with that goal as I was recently asked to include my work in the Lapham Gallery in downtown Glens Falls, New York. Lapham Gallery is run by LARAC and features rotating exhibits in their large space as well as a year round shop that offers unique artwork by local artists. The gallery is located at 7 Lapham Place, Glens Falls, NY and can be contacted for hours of operation at 518.798.1144 or found on the web at www.larac.org

I have a few more opportunities to work on this winter season and hope to have more news on this to post soon.

My next in studio work is to continue photographing current pieces and finish building a great selection of jewelry, photographs and prints to open my Etsy shop.

A New Studio Photography Tool!

Although I've always been pretty happy with the images of my polymer jewelry, I finally took the plunge and purchased a small studio set up that will hopefully lead to more professional photographs of my pieces. I'm in the mist of learning the basic setup techniques and working through some reflection issues. The next step after finalizing which setup I prefer is then uploading them into various galleries and then an Etsy shop!

Back to work now!

For the Holiday Season!

LARAC juries a select number of artists who create everything from paintings, photography, jewelry, ceramics, handmade soaps, textiles and more. Those artists selected set up a display area in the LARAC gallery for the holiday season. The gallery is open to the public as another shop to buy handmade unique gifts. Kind of cool, I've shopped there for the past few Christmases and found neat things for some of the people in my family that are hard to buy for. So now this year I'm one of the artists and will have my jewelry in one of the cases!!!

Please support local artist & businesses by shopping in downtown Glens Falls, New York.

So close!

A few postcards are about to go out in the mail, if I have your address from a past exhibition I'll be sending one along. Otherwise I'm relying on this page & my blog to get the word out!

Fall Along the Canal: Press Release

Fall Along the Canal
Rockhill Bakehouse Cafe,
19 Exchange Street, Glens Falls, NY
October 9 - November 5, 2011

Reception: October 20, 2011, 5-7 p.m.

Rockhill Bakehouse Cafe in downtown, Glens Falls, NY will present an exhibition of photographs, large format altered digital prints, and polymer clay jewelry by Queensbury artist Sara Pearsall entitled, Fall Along the Canal. The exhibition will open on October 9 and continue through November 5, 2011. A reception will be held at the cafe as part of the Third Thursday Art Walk on October 20, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Fall Along the Canal will feature ten photographs, four large format altered digital prints and six polymer clay jewelry sets inspired by the Feeder Canal trail from the Feeder Dam to Haviland’s Cove. All of the artwork incorporates the autumn colors, textures and beauty seen along the path. The photographs and large format altered digital prints are a variety of landscape and macro images. Each of the polymer clay jewelry sets is designed using different polymer clay beads that intrepret the textures and colors of the waterway. This section of the canal has played an important role in the artist’s daily life and this exhibit captures the autumn beauty along the water. A portion of the sales from the exhibit will be donated to the Feeder Canal Alliance, a local not-for-profit that preserves, promotes and maintains the canal.

Sara Pearsall works with three distinct artistic pursuits; photography, printing inks & polymer clay. The photographs & prints are vibrant images of the Adirondacks & the outdoors. The jewelry features handmade polymer clay beads incorporating the colors & textures found in nature. Sara has been working with photography and digital imagery for over 14 years and has balanced her studio work with polymer clay jewelry since 2002. The prints and polymer clay designs are often linked, sometimes the connections between the mediums are as obvious as an image transfer or as simple as a color. Sara has had numerous group and solo shows in the greater Glens Falls region and recently had an altered digital photograph included in a national juried exhibit in Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Further information about Sara Pearsall can be found on the web at www.polymerandprints.blogspot.com or on Facebook, Sara Pearsall Polymer & Prints. For Rockhill Bakehouse Cafe hours of operation call 518-615-0777 or online at www.rockhillbakehouse.com.

Images:
Reflective Walk, Altered digital print, 25x19", 2011
On the Edge, Photograph, 8x10", 2011
Leaf Mokume, Polymer Clay Jewelry, 2011