Boston Tea Party

So the majority of this past week was spent finishing the copper plates for my teapot and then sewing them all together. I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out, so I carefully packed it up in a box and tomorrow it will be on an overnight flight to Cambridge Massachusetts to appear in the show "The Teapot Redefined 2009" at Mobilia Gallery.

Today was the opening of the 2009 Annual Member's exhibition at the Hunterdon Art Museum. Three of my pieces are appearing in the show, Infinite Perspectives Set, Colorblindness Brooches and Pouch, and Survival Bag. Survival Bag also won "Best in Show" so that was pretty awesome. The show will be up until January 25th 2010 and more information is available at http://www.hunterdonartmuseum.org/exhibits/.

In other news, I leave for London in two weeks, there's a good chance I'm moving to Brooklyn when I get back from Europe, and I decided that I'm going to apply to the Royal College of Art in January. I'm excited!

75%

The teapot is approximately 75% complete. I decided to set-up a few of the plates with masking tape tonight, and I'm really pleased with the way things are coming along. I really have to husstle and get some work done though because the piece has to be in Boston by Friday or so. I think I can do it.

I also think it's appropriate that the only thing I drink while working on the teapot is cups of tea. There is perpetually a cup of tea sitting on the table besides my bench. I've also broken 120 saw blades so far (It's okay you can laugh).