Humorous Critter Painting

Working with Sarah was great. She had lots of great ideas to contribute to the design process that really pushed the project from "pretty cool" territory to "totally awesome" territory. She's a strong communicator, and kept me apprised with photo updates. And, most importantly, she is a wonderful ceramicist, and really created something unique and beautiful. Would definitely work with her again in the future!

This is a little long, but worth the read!

29 years ago I found a whole sand dollar on a beach in San Francisco. I was walking with my then husband, my brother and my niece, who was only three years old at the time. I kept it all of these years to give it to her on her wedding day with the message “relationships are fragile - like sand dollars.

The time finally arrived for her to wed, so I got busy finding just the right artist to encase this sand dollar in resin, with the finished product being a paperweight. It was a H-U-G-E leap of faith to package and send my treasure to Sara in New York, but I cannot even describe how beautifully it turned out! Sara placed the sand dollar on sand with a few tiny shells around it - it looked just like it did when I first saw it lying on the beach all of those years ago. My niece absolutely loves it, and it is finally sitting on her desk where it belongs.

I trusted Sara with the project. She kept the lines of communication open, but in the end I gave her artistic license to create the paperweight. She wanted extra time to spend on the project, which I gladly allowed. It was not done “on time,” but in the end, there really was no time. I just wanted it perfect - and it was!

She even made a necklace with a tiny sand dollar on it for me at no extra charge. Priceless.

Obviously, I would highly recommend Sara.

I had commissioned a tapestry for my office and the first part of the project was to have a painting done. This part has been completed and I was satisfied with the rendering. I can only leave a complete review, after I receive the tapestry. Since the whole project was to be handled by Sara. I will gladly give my review again, once I get the tapestry.
Dilip R Patel

I am very happy with how this project turned out. Initially
I wanted a silver pendant but Sara offered an alternative and I like it so much more. I would highly recommend working with Sara and I hope to work with her again in the future.

I am extremely happy with the finished project. Sara has excellent artistic skills especially when it required personal interpretation because I didn't know exactly what I wanted. There was great communication during the entire process which made me feel comfortable and as if I was part of the creation.