Summer Employees

I recently read in the New York Times that college kids are having an especially tough time finding work this summer. Well, out here in Oregon, we are doing our best to put our college kids to work. We feel lucky to have found two wonderful young men who are eager to learn about pewter smithing and are doing a great job of helping us get our orders out promptly!



Here is Ian, who will be a 4th year Architecture student at the University of Oregon this fall. Ian is from the beautiful Oregon Coast. He thinks it's pretty cool that he has learned to cast this summer. I can't help but think that that will come up in some job interview someday - "So, tell me, Ian - you know how to cast pewter?!" Even if it never relates exactly to what we wants to do when he graduates, we're sure it's going to serve him well, at some point.




Here is Evan, who will be a freshman at the University of Oregon this fall. Go Ducks! The other day Evan commented that he thinks it's cool how pewter goes from a solid to a liquid (when we're melting it and preparing to cast) and then back to a solid (when the melting pots are turned off and we're headed home). I'd never even thought of that! That's awesome that Evan has got me thinking about pewter in a new way.