Trunk Show and Artists Demonstrations

Biddle Gallery
2840 Biddle Avenue
Wyandotte, MI 48192
734.281.4779
www.biddlegallery.com

Trunk Show and Artist Demonstation Featuring Steve Tracy, Juanita Bitonti, Patty Urda, and John Benson.
Friday, August 21, 6:00-9:00PM.

In the Winter semester of 2002, Steve Tracy started his formal art education with Doug Eggleston and John Wittershiem at Siena Heights University. Steve started with fabrication, casting, raising and spinning. He gradually gained the knowledge and skills he needed to create his works of art. Steve is self-taught in the art of Enameling and is still learning this craft. By the end of 2004 Steve was creating complete Faberge style eggs. In late 2006, Steve created a name for his objects of art THE TRACIAK COLLECTION (pronounced Thray-chek). To date THE TRACIAK COLLECTION consists of (22) Twenty-two different theme eggs.

Super fine silver jewelry by Juanita Bitonti of Lookie-Lookie. Juanita Bitonti is the owner/artist of Lookie-Lookie.com. She is an Art Clay Silver Certified Instructor and PMC Certified Artisan working in various media; including Fine Silver and 24/22k Gold & Keum Boo, Sterling Silver, hand-forged wire, polymer clay, resins, fused glass and gemstones.

Patty Urda of Two Rivers Tile will sign her open edition Wyandotte Indian Tile. This 4"x4" tile is based on a relief above the original entrance of Wyandotte Hospital. Patty graduated with a BFA in ceramics from Wayne State University. She worked in the glaze department of historic Pewabic Pottery in Detroit. In 1997, she founded Two Rivers Tile in Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

Printmaker John Benson finds inspiration from the ancient manuscripts of Western Europe and Ethiopia. From these and other sources he has developed his own vocabulary of meaningful designs - endless line of Celtic crosses, Ethiopian protective images, and Norse narrative figures. John also creates work in a more naturalistic manner in other seasonal and general images.