So I've arrived in Philadelphia and i'm in love, i'm also terrified. I landed an internship at a small jewelry company downtown, it's an awesome opportunity but at the same time it's unpaid thus leaving me wih the daunting task of getting a paid job which has proven difficult. I'm shocked actually that with my experience and a million and one restaurants it would be easy, guess not. We're keeping our fingers crossed about an apartment downtown and Zac finding a cooks position. This is a shakey start but we all knew it'd be far from easy and frankly it could be worse.For anyone still reading this hang tight, I promise i'll be doing something relevent soon ; )


-yours truely

I just noticed that exactly a month ago was my last post...lets see where I am in another month.

So school is over and the heavy work schedule is also over and i'm down to three weeks until the big move! I'm so nervous and very excited, i'm not sure which I am more. I've been in contact with some people about volunteering in galleries and such, all have been short gigs but hopefully they will lead to more solid opportunities. If anyone has any advice on moving out of state or getting out into the "real(art)world" please do
; )

DONE!!! finally. I hope everyone went and enjoyed the BFA show, I know I did :) One more day and I'm done with this place YAY.
p.s. my website is up and running so I would strongly recommend checking it out.

www.megstaats.com

Kill me it's crunch time...SO MUCH to do.
Here are photos of work near completion...


Pear


Pumpkin


Tree Trunk



Walnut


Bamboo


...see you at my show! (if I don't die first)

About 3 weeks to go, my work schedule would be on point except for the fact that oh yea...holiday coming up which means,i work ALL week. I just ordered my business and postcards though and they do look awesome thanks to my graphic design friend Jinx. It really helps to have one of those. ;)




So there's my business card, I ordered my cards at gotprint.com it's super easy you just upload your images and how you want it. I'd show you my postcard but a. apparently you can't upload a PDF and b. you should really wait until my show

I'm in the studio everyday from about 12-12, more or less, cutting fingers, getting arthritis, and inhaling metallic dust.

...this is a love/hate affair.

So...here's a look at how I spend at least 90% of my life (ok maybe 80 but that's still a lot!) My studio looks like this


All semester I have been working hard on my thesis,as I mentioned, consists on pewter teapots. Pewter is a very low melting, easy to manipulate metal, which allows me to work detailed and fast.
Here is an example of how i go through the steps of creating a piece...

I start with a drawing to reference scale and shape


Then I make the separate parts





Then I add the detail to each part with chasing and repose(a method of surface embellishment using pitch)




When they are complete I join the pieces together



The complete piece is sitting on my desk awaiting its big reveal at my show. guess you better be there to see it.