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PetitPlat = Little Plate
by Stéphanie Kilgast

Hi Everyone!

I have a slight Art formation and a master degree in architecture.

I discovered my passion for miniatures in summer 2007, while I was searching for a new hobby because I was bored...

At the time I was still a student and didn't find a summer job so decided to go 7 weeks to my parents. Well after (only) 2 days I got terribly bored and googled like crazy for a new craft.
When I stumbled upon miniatures all my childhood ran back. Indeed as a child, I played a lot with Barbies and made some clay food out of regular sticky clay for them.

Somehow the passion grew bigger and bigger until it got my entire life. It was a struggle to finish my architecture degree but I knew I wanted to work as an artisan.

I started as an official and declared artisan in April 2009, finished my architecture degree in September 2009 and was finally free and happy to be a full-time miniaturist :)

So this is what I'm doing full time. Sculpting miniature versions of food for collectors and as jewelry.

I have some more plans as an artisan, and would like to try some other things: ceramics, sterling jewelry, sewing, miniature furnitures, ...

I'm working also on becoming a teacher in my craft, I already gave some classes on CDHM.org and hame a CraftEdu teacher.
Although I'm seriously lacking of time for that part of my craft, I really would enjoy writing a tutorial book about sculpting miniature food in a near future.

Stephanie Kilgast

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Curriculum Vitae:

2008 - creation of PetitPlat Miniature Food
2007-2009 - Master in Architecture at L'Ecole d'Architecture de Paris La Villette, Paris
2004-2007 - Licence/Bachelor in Architecture at L'Ecole d'Architecture de Marne La Vallée
2003-2004 - 1st year of DEUG in Arts at La Sorbonne University, Paris.
2003 - French Baccalauréat S in the Lycée Victor Hugo, Frankfurt (Germany) attached to the the Academy of Strasbourg
Born in 1985

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PUBLICATIONS:

Miniaturas:
- Dec 2009 Ano 15 N°144
Article: "Felis Pascuas", pp. 20-22
Tutorial: "Delicadezas de Francia", p.6
American Miniaturist:
- Dec/09 - Submitted by CDHM
Cover
Article: "Joyeux Noel, Avec L'Amour", Pp. 12-20
Tutorial: "Patisseries Francaises", Pp. 54-57

Artisan In Miniature - Free Magazine
- Nov/2009
Article "Boulangerie et Patisserie" p.124


WEB PUBLICATIONS:

__Etsy:
►"Shop Local France"
www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/gift-ideas-shop-local-fran...
►"Dollhouse Scale Miniatures: Facts and Fancies"
www.etsy.com/storque/reviews/dollhouse-scale-miniatures-f...
► Featured seller on Etsy: www.etsy.com/featured_seller.php?featured_user_id=5831696

___Telegraph.co.uk
► www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/77452...

___BBC Brazil
► www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/noticias/2010/06/100604_comida_m...


___LA Weekly
► blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/art/mini-fake-food-sculpt...

___NOTCOT
► www.notcot.org/post/34736/

___COLORCUBIC
► colorcubic.com/2010/09/21/minifood-modular-dollhouses/

___Cuteable.com
► cuteable.com/special-guest-post-jenny-from-jennyflowerblu...

___Epicute.com
► epicute.com/2010/02/28/cute-cookie-photos-a-theory/
► epicute.com/2009/11/27/have-your-cake-and-wear-it-too/
► epicute.com/2009/08/11/in-tree-guing-2/

___Irresistable
► www.irresistable.fr/les-tout-petits-plats/

___Odditycentral
► www.odditycentral.com/pics/the-tasty-looking-miniatures-o...

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