Megan Stelljes | ESU Bulletin

For Patrick Martin, associate professor of art, glass art is a form of communication that he can use to express certain concepts and what he is interested in.

Martin said he “fell in love” with glass forming during his senior year at Centre College in Danville, Ky. He said he was attracted to the combination of skills and talent necessary to work with glass.

“It was the idea of making things with my hands for the first time with something I (have) never really done before, just be able to use my hands,” Martin said. “The excitement around glass, hot glass, working with the flame, the fire, (and) the pyro-techniques involved – I’m a pyro.”

Martin has won many awards for his glass work. Most recently, he won first place in the Biennial 600: Glass competition held at the Amarillo Museum of Art in Texas.

“Whenever I’m making my sculpture, it all starts with whatever the concept or theme is, then I translate it into visual forms,” Martin said. “The visual forms can be fabricated to a variety of processes, blowing, sculpting (and) casting. Most of my works would be considered mix-media.”

Martin said most of his ideas come from current events, politics and personal experiences – he likes to create objects that reflect political trends.

Martin said Emporia State is the only university in Kansas that offers a glass program, and he has been teaching glass art at ESU for 11 years.

“I like working on a variety of glass processes,” Martin said. “By teaching, I keep myself fresh and up to skill with all the new techniques. I learn from my students, too …I love the fact that students become more skilled than me (and) one of the greatest satisfactions about teaching is seeing students develop a career that they love,” Martin said.

Martin said his glass classes begin by teaching students basic skills, the rules, safety procedures and how to use different tools and operate equipment in order to get the students comfortable working with hot glass.

“I think he is a great professor,” said Kelsey Lutz, senior glass forming major. “He has done a lot for the program here. We learn a lot of different types of glasses.”

Martin said glass working involves a system of teamwork, collaboration and sharing that is not required for other mediums.

“I enjoy (glass) as a medium because it is more of a social aspect – you always work with people and you are always socializing,” said Addison Hanna, sophomore glass forming major.

Martin said this week students worked with Jasen Johnsen, a guest glass artist, for the Glass Guild Blowout on Saturday, which is an annual open-house event for the glass program.

“I think all the students here are really lucky to have a professor that cares as much and contributes as much as (Martin) does,” said Megan Stelljes, a 2009 ESU graduate and Johnsen’s assistant.

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Give a dog a bone. (homemade treats)

Sunset December 1, 1991 HERE’S A GIFT FOR Fido that children can have the fun of making themselves. While you’re gearing up for preholiday baking, add a batch of bones to your list. The crunchy treats won high marks with our canine tasters and are chock-full of ingredients approved by a veterinary nutritionist. Even the eggshells are included to provide additional calcium. website homemade dog treats

Once the dough is made, children can roll it out and make bones with a boneshaped cooky cutter or a homemade template. Or simply pinch the dough into bone shapes by hand.

To reduce moisture content in the dense bones, we baked them a long time at a low temperature. Bones that aren’t thoroughly dried may develop harmless mold at room temperature, so it’s best to store them in the refrigerator or freezer.

Canine Bones for Christmas 1 pound beef liver 2 large eggs, shells washed 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese 1 1/2 cups wheat germ About 3 1/4 cups wholewheat flour Rinse liver and cut into 1-inch chunks. Put in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart pan with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil on high heat; cover, reduce heat, and simmer gently until liver is no longer pink in center of thickest piece (cut to test), about 5 minutes. Drain liquid into a 1-cup measure; if needed, add more water to make 1 cup.

Put liver in a blender or food processor; break in eggs, including shells. Whirl to puree, adding reserved liquid as needed to keep mixture moving; scrape sides of container often. Scrape mixture into a bowl; and remaining cooking liquid, cottage cheese, wheat germ, and 3 cups flour. Stir until evenly moistened.

Scrape dough onto a well-floured laminate counter or large plastic cutting board (wood is apt to pick up liver odor); knead until dough no longer feels sticky, adding more flour as required.

Shape dough into a ball and set aside. Scrape counter clean and coat lightly with more flour. Set dough on flour, dust ball with flour, then roll out until 1/2 inch thick. Cut with a floured bone-shaped cooky cutter (sold in cookware shops), or lay a floured bone-shaped template (made of firm cardboard and about 3 1/2 in. long) on dough and cut around it with a short-bladed knife. here homemade dog treats

(Or don’t roll out dough; instead, pinch 2-tablespoon lumps of it into bone shapes.) Set bones slightly apart on greased 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.

Bake in a 300[degrees] oven until bones are tinged darker brown and feel firm to touch, about 1 hour. Transfer to racks to cool. (Once cool, bones should be hard when pressed; if not, return to 300[degrees] oven and bake 10 minutes longer; cool.) To store, package airtight in refrigerator or freezer. Makes about 4 1/2 dozen 3 1/2-inch-long bones.

Per bone: 41 cal.; 3.2 g protein; 0.7 g fat (0.2 g sat.); 5.5 g carbo.; 19 mg sodium; 28 mg chol.

"Eat Me Raw"By Megan Stelljes

A large, red cherry with a gift-wrapping bow and a pan with buttocks in it, titled, “Rump Roast,” in are only two examples of art that will appear in the senior art show of Megan Stelljes.

The official opening of the show will be from 7-9 p.m. tomorrow in the Gilson Gallery, but her work is open for display during the normal hours of the gallery. Though Stelljes’ art is sexual in nature, she does not create it with the intent to antagonize.

“I definitely do not make my work to offend anybody, but I think that it’s really important to discuss these things,” said Stelljes, a senior art major. “The more reaction the better. Even if it is a negative one, it caused somebody to think and reaffirm their values and perceptions on what the work’s about.”

Stelljes made the selected pieces of art specifically for this show, except for a glass pickle with a bow around it, which she made at the end of last semester.

“I chose ‘Fabulust’ because it incorporates most of the things that I’m interested in my artwork,” Stelljes said. “One of which is kitsch art, or art that is appreciated for face value, so that’s why I chose to use a lot of the sparkles, bows, flowers and things of that nature.”

Glassblowing is something that Stelljes has been working on for years, beginning at the age of 15, when she apprenticed under a glassblower in her hometown.

“I think it’s very Megan,” said Roberta Eichenberg, ceramics professor and teacher of Stelljes. “She’s very straight to the point (and) doesn’t really mince words. She uses a lot of metaphor, but it’s pretty direct… it’s provocative, but not in a mean way.”

The opening of the show will include live music, performed by Stacy Kumberg, senior music major and Riley Day.

“I think it’s a good way to loosen people up and have them enjoy and really take in the art, to try to break up that sterile, formal gallery, our idea of what a gallery should be or what artwork should be,” Stelljes said. “And so I could share it with Stacy, because I love her very much.”

Stelljes also wanted to make people more relaxed while they are looking at the art and create what Kumberg calls a “lounge feel.”

“Megan’s my roommate and she wanted to do something different, so live music is good,” Kumberg said. “There are some connotations that come with her art, so we’re going to do very sexy songs, put everyone in the mood.”

Kumberg plans to play music from artists known for their sensuality, such as Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Cake and Earth, Wind & Fire

“I have an overlying sexual theme in most of my work and I like dealing with that because it brings artwork into a personal realm,” Stelljes said. “I like that theme because, not only does it challenge me because dealing with a sexual theme is pretty taboo a lot of times. “

Although Stelljes’ work may be sexually themed, the inspiration for it is not. She draws inspiration from images from the ‘50s and modern artists, especially craft artists, so she can pull the craft into her art. She also finds inspiration in the professors and students she works with.

“When you deal with sexual work, especially female or feminist work, some of this work is very much geared to how people perceive women or how they want to perceive women,” Stelljes said. “(I am) finding a way to take that and turn it around so it’s something beautiful and appreciated.”

Other sources of inspiration for Stelljes are the reactions that people have from seeing the art she has created.

“By putting these themes into my work, I can see how other people respond to that and see what they think or how they feel about a certain topic, which is really interesting to me and that’s what, I think, I base my body of work on, how we look at each other and each other’s morals and interactions,” Stelljes said.

Stelljes is already looking forward to a bright future after graduation as she has plans to work for a company that builds glassblowing furnaces for part next year and work under a glass artist for the other half of the year. Stelljes is excited to see both parts of the discipline, but has not lost her excitement for her show.

“It challenges me on multiple levels, one of which being really investing your personal values, emotions and perceptions,” Stelljes said. “Another one being finding ways to deal with themes that are taboo and finding a way to entice the viewer into not running away from them, to really draw them in and see the work for more than just a sexual object or a nude lady.”

Alex Pedersen/The Bulletin

Mark/Space updates The Missing Sync for Android.

Telecomworldwire July 19, 2010 Mobile and wireless synchronisation software developer Mark/Space Inc announced on Monday an update to its all-in-one Android PIM and media synchronisation software, The Missing Sync for Android.

The company said Version 1.4.2 provides phone-to-desktop synchronisation of contacts, calendars, notes and music between Android phones and a Windows PC or Mac computer.

The solution enables users to synchronise contacts, calendar events, notes and tasks between an Android-powered phone and Microsoft Outlook on a PC or Address Book and iCal on a Mac. Data is synchronised wirelessly via Bluetooth or over a Wi-Fi network. this web site google nexus prime

In addition, it allows users to transfer media files such as music, photos and video using a USB cable, over a Wi-Fi network or via Bluetooth. The solution works with iTunes and Windows Media Player to automatically sync entire playlists of music to an Android phone.

Other features in The Missing Sync include a built-in ringtone editor and archiving of text messages and a phone’s call history. In addition, Mark/Space Proximity Sync keeps a computer and phone in sync wirelessly and automatically. Sync happens over a Wi-Fi network or via Bluetooth whenever the phone is near the computer.

The Missing Sync for Android software is available for Windows PC and Mac computers and supports phones running Android OS, such as the Google Nexus One, HTC EVO and Verizon Droid X by Motorola. here google nexus prime

Version 1.4.2 is a free update for all current owners of The Missing Sync for Android. The solution is available as an electronic download from the Mark/Space online store for USD39.95, for Windows PC or Mac.

Customers who own any version of The Missing Sync can purchase a crossgrade to The Missing Sync for Android for USD29.95. The solution is also available in a Business Edition bundle that includes premium support services for USD89.95.

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