Just a few examples of beautiful pieces of 'Japanesque' Silver at the Met that I talked about in my Oral/Thesis Exam yesterday. I am very happy to feel like a true scholar again, and am eternally grateful to the professors, curators, and friends that helped me through this grueling process.
It has been three years in the making, and I have found a lot of pieces of myself along the way. At the end of the exam, the head of the Smithsonian/Cooper-Hewitt program said it was an important moment for me, because I was no longer a student, I was now a COLLEAGUE.
I am my no means the first person to do it, and I don't feel very different, but today, I HAVE A MASTERS DEGREE.
