Lauren Pollaro
Jewelry

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"I feel strongly about creating art pieces that are accessible and functional for people in their everyday life. I also like the idea that what they are wearing will not be duplicated and in that way it becomes their very own."
"I work with color, texture and pattern combined with other elements to create complex pieces which evoke a sense of unity. With each piece that is constructed, a new combination has developed. This is the beauty of making one-of-a-kind jewelry; each piece has its' own history."
Though Lauren's work maintains a contemporary style, it stems from a varied set of influences and mediums. Lauren enjoys using primitive shapes "because they challenge the imagination" as well as classical and/or traditional shapes "because they offer a sense of familiarity". Organic textures and colors or "tones of the earth" are also very evident in Laurens' work. Many of the pieces have incorporated some type of landscape whether it gives "a feeling of the sea, desert or mountains as land meets sky." Beads, stones, minerals, metals, sea glass, and found objects combine with her own watercolor paintings to provide numerous color, textural and design combinations. "I enjoy making a statement with a shiny silver bar, adding luminosity with a triangle of sea glass, creating dimensions with a fragment of turquoise or giving a piece movement with a group of mixed beads."
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1962, Lauren grew up in a family of accomplished artists. She went on to earn a degree in the Fine Arts from the University of New Hampshire and soon after was involved in the Graphic Arts, becoming the art director for several magazines and projects as well as an illustrator and a seminar leader in the field. Lauren has now returned to creating Fine Art in a wearable form and is an independent jeweler living in York, Maine, Juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.