Shop local this season! 

My polymer jewelry is available at the LARAC Holiday Shop in downtown Glens Falls, NY. There are beautiful necklaces, earrings and bracelets available all created with handmade polymer beads. There are gorgeous colors, unique patterns and designs - perfect for someone special on your holiday list!

From the Garden: A polymer jewlery and print series. Press Release.

From the Garden: A polymer jewelry and print series

An Art in the Public Eye exhibition

Minky Mink 

28 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, NYJuly 9 - August 5, 2013

Reception: July 18, 2013, 5-7 p.m.

Art in the Public Eye will present an exhibition of photographs, altered digital prints, and polymer clay jewelry by Queensbury artist Sara Pearsall entitled, From the Garden at Minky Mink in downtown Glens Falls. The exhibition will open on July 9 and continue through August 5, 2013. A reception will be held at Minky Mink as part of the Third Thursday Art Walk on July 18, from 5 to 7 p.m.

From the Garden will feature photographs, altered digital prints and polymer clay jewelry sets inspired by the perennial garden at the artist's home. All of the artwork incorporates the colors, textures and beauty blooming in the garden. The photographs and altered digital prints are a series of floral macro images. Each of the polymer clay jewelry sets is designed using different polymer clay beads that intrepret the textures and colors of the flowers. The perennial garden is an important piece of the artist’s daily life and this exhibit captures its beauty. During the Third Thursday art walk reception Sara will demonstrate working with polymer to create one of a kind beads and jewelry pieces that coordinate with an outfit selected from the fashions available at Minky Mink.

Sara Pearsall works with three distinct artistic pursuits; photography, printing inks & polymer clay. The photographs & prints are vibrant images of nature, 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 18 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 and Adirondack region.

Further information about Sara Pearsall can be found on the web at www.polymerandprints.blogspot.com or on Facebook, Sara Pearsall Polymer & Prints. For Minky Mink hours of operation call 518-636-9172, or online at www.minkymink.com or through Facebook: Minky Mink.

New Jewelry Pieces at LARAC, Lapham Gallery

I've created several new pieces; necklaces, earrings and bracelets and refreshed my display in the LARAC Gallery. Stop in a take a look at the local artists and craftspeople represented in the gallery. A great place to shop local!

Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council

7 Lapham Place, Glens Falls, NY 12801

518.798-1144

Gallery Hours

T-S 10am - 3pm

Jewelry for a great cause!

I am donating this beautiful jewelry set for a silent auction to benefit the Wilton, NY food pantry. The event, Empty Bowls, is held on April 14th, from 1-4pm. For more information or tickets, please visit www.wiltonfoodpantry.org or call 518.538.9978.

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.