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“My jewelry is very specific,” she said. “It’s my point of view. It has a lot of texture, brush strokes, a tactile feeling and lots of color. People who follow me love they can see the hand of the artist on it, especially in today’s world where so much is made by computer. My pieces are all done by hand, almost all are one-of-a-kind and that makes a difference to people.”, on the southwest corner of 90th Street in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill neighborhood.
Before becoming a full-time designer, Sargisson designed on the side when she worked as a communications manager at Genentech, a San Francisco biotech company. Colleagues noticed her jewelry and at one point, she said: “I started selling it because people just asked for it. I remember going to marketing meetings thinking, my goodness, every single woman here is wearing one of my pieces.”
Before operating stores, her business centered on wholesale, with a small amount of online sales. “I sold in Japan for the first 10 years of my career. I had a strong following in Japan and a great distributor there.” Reflecting the character of the jewelry itself, the interior of the new, 1,000-square-foot Madison Avenue shop features textured, painted walls with ceramic tiled sections. There’s a colorful, abstract mural by artist Caty Wooley, and the jewelry sits on industrial felt pads. There’s also a banquette Sargisson calls “the bored husband’s seat.” She said the intent was to create a retail space that’s fun and colorful.
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