Sarah McConnell Design

Originally from northwest Indiana, I moved to Ohio for college and graduated with a degree in interior design from Miami University. Shortly after, I moved to a small town in the mountains east of San Diego, California and worked for an incredible artist named James Hubbell, whose studio taught me a wide range of trades. While working there, I was fortunate enough to learn some woodwork, metalwork, mosaics, stained glass, gallery exhibit preparation & more.

Working there as well as Hubbell & Hubbell - an architecture firm - and other jobs on the side, ultimately gave me the confidence to be fearless with what I wanted to do in my own work.

After my husband got a job as a ranch hand in central Montana, we moved here together in the summer of 2021. So, as we seem to be in the business of taking big chances, I decided to start my own business.

The first skull I worked on was one I found on a hunting trip with my brother in Arizona. After painting a phoenix on the skull and adding stained glass on either side to extend the wings, I gave it to my brother. After that, I knew that I wanted to keep working with bone and glass. While I was finishing that skull, my husband continued to bring back skulls that he found in the pastures that he works in. I never was very inspired with a plain piece of paper. What I really loved was accentuating the beauty that was already there and giving something another life. As of late, I've mostly been focusing on glass pieces, but I occasionally will still work on a skull. Please know that very purchase means the world to me.

Thank you for being here.