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artistsat work B A A. Emulation Wood Turning 6¼” High x 5” Dia. B. Hollow Form Wood Turning 6” High x 6½” Dia. C. Snake Eyes Wood Turning 4” High x 6” Dia. C An Artisan of Wood FINDS ‘GREAT JOY’ AS HE UPHOLDS TRADITION OF Craftsmanship As a wood turner, Loel Gnadt is helping to preserve a centuries-old art form and the craftsmanship it requires. He uses simple tools such as chisels and gouges to shape his pieces while they spin on a wood lathe and create objects such as bowls, platters, Christmas ornaments, vases and wine bottle stoppers. Loel Gnadt 2nd-place winner It’s a painstaking process that yields “great joy and satisfaction when the more complicated pieces come out just as I envisioned them,” says Mr. Gnadt, an electrician and UAW Local 869 member at Warren Stamping. “I feel like I hit a home run.” So it is with his winning entry that consists of Emulation, a vase; Snake Eyes, a candy dish, and Hollow Form, a rounded vessel that made the biggest impression on Artists at Work judges. Mr. Gnadt, a Chrysler employee since July 1999, also has shown his work in other art exhibits and galleries. “I always had a feeling of creativity in my bones and I thought it was going to be expressed through music,” he says, “but that didn’t work itself out.” Tuesday Morning – Belvidere, Illinois Photography 4½” x 8’ RICHARD WEBER 3rd-place winner Montage of Photos Captures a Moment in Time Worth Preserving Richard Weber was on a mission the morning he used his Nikon D90 to record a slice of small-town America before it was too late. The result was a panoramic view of downtown Belvidere, Ill., that reveals his eye for great shots and camera savvy as well as his sense of history as a photographer. “I felt it was important to capture this street-level view of our small-town America because, once a large period of time passes, you can’t go back to record it,” says Mr. Weber, a UAW Local 1268 member at Belvidere Assembly. He used Adobe Photoshop to add ground, sky and trees and merged 45 photographs together to form one 8-foot-long print that became his winning entry, Tuesday Morning – Belvidere, Illinois. Mr. Weber, an assembler since November 2009, was exposed to photography at the age of 7 when he sat on his mother’s lap in the dark room of the family’s suburban Chicago home. He took photography classes in high school and again in college as part of his Bachelor’s of Art Degree from Northern Illinois University. 2 Mr. Weber likens photography to painting – but only up to a certain point. “Taking photos differs from painting in that it can be so instantaneously rewarding, especially with the advent of the digital format, which allows you to edit and delete your shots right on the spot.”
C A B D E JOSEPH AUITO JOINT ACTIVITIES REPRESENTATIVE UAW Local 412 Warren Truck Assembly A. Anticlastic Silver Bracelet Jewelry 1” High x 3” Dia. B. The Orchestra and the Twanger Welded Sculpture 30” x 36” x 18” FRITZ BENDER BODY CLOSURES ENGINEER Chrysler Technology Center C. Bold and Cold Photography 12” x 18” PAUL BESH PIPEFITTER Detroit Office Warehouse UAW Local 412 D. Reeds Photography 17” x 11” E. Falling Water Photography 17” x 11” 3
Page 1 and 2: 2010-2011 artists at work An Employ
Page 3: 1st-place winner Dennis Sabatowich
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Page 9 and 10: H F I G J K L JAMES DONNELLON PRODU
Page 11 and 12: H I J L K M STANFORD J. GILES MILLW
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