Biddle Gallery
2840 Biddle Avenue
Wyandotte, MI 48192
734.281.4779
www.biddlegallery.com
Holiday Hours: Monday thru Friday 11AM-8PM; Saturday 10AM-6PM; Sunday 12PM-4PM

Trunk Show
December 12, Noon-5:00 PM
Weaving Demonstration by Michael Daitch; jewelry by Lisa Ackley; ceramic bowls, tumblers and mugs by Emily Duke; fused glass jewelry, bowls and ornaments by Dani Katsir.

Michael Daitch holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Eastern Michigan University and is an accomplished weaver. He created the "Tallitot Project" in 2004 to teach hand weaving to pre-Bar/Bat Mitzvah students throughout the Jewish community.

Attention to surface is imperative in Emily Duke's work. While embracing the softness of bare porcelains she also is extending her vocabulary with surface design. Glaze, self-printed decals, under glaze screen-printing, and china paint allow Emily to create atmosphere through color and pattern. She treats each cup, platter, and sculpture as its own, disregarding sets until all are complete. She enhances the form as if playing a game of connect the dots, paying attention to detail inside and out. Using these methods, no one piece is alike. Using clay as her medium Emily embraces her impulse to make objects and the nature to create order.

Lisa Ackley is compelled to make things she can’t find. She's spent most of her life creating art and small treasures for friends and family, usually clever and always with a sense of humor. Lisa earned a BFA in sculpture from the University of Houston and Masters in Art Education at Wayne State University in Detroit.

Lisa's designs are hand-drawn originals, inspired by Loteria (bingo) images from Mexico. Each polystyrene charm is hand crafted (no two are exactly alike), signed and dated, then sealed for protection. Glass beads and jewelry findings complete the look.

The Loteria-Style is all about color and looking at words and objects in new ways; the fun part, of course, is matching them up into pairs/groups that mean something to the wearer and expresses the wearer’s individual personality.

Born in Hungary in 1946, Dani Katsir immigrated to Israel as a child and grew up on a kibbutz where he bred sheep. He served in the Israeli Air Force and was about to begin his studies in architecture when the Yom Kippur War broke out. Dani returned to the Air Force and remained there until he retired as a Lt. Colonel in 1986. Dani had always known that his post-military career would involve working with his hands and for himself, but in what medium? In 1983, on a visit to Chicago, Dani walked into the Victorian home of friends, took one look at the beautiful stained glass windows, and found the answer. During his spare time over the next few years, Dani taught himself to work in stained and fused glass. In 1986, he moved to Michigan and became a full -time glass artist.

Dani explains his fascination with glass: Glass is magical. A work of glass is really many different works. Glass reflects, refracts, diffuses, and suffuses light. Light makes glass glow like molten jewels. A slight change of angle, and the color and density change. Every hour of the day, in every type of light and shade, from every angle, a glass object is constantly transforming. Glass welcomes light, shapes it, and guides it to our eyes. As an artist, I give form to the dramatic interplay of glass and light.

Biddle Gallery features work by over 100 Michigan artists.

Attached Images:
Puzzle Platter (fused glass) by Dani Katsir
Scarves (handwoven) by Michael Daitch
Jewelry by Lisa Ackley
ceramic cups and bowls by Emily Duke