Bio: Steve Tracy

 

Unique jewelry and small objects of art have always caught my eye.  Ever since I could manipulate a tool I've been making things with my hands.

 

"The Fabrege influence - Michael Perchine in particular"

 

In the late 1990's I started decorating plaster eggs, with paint and crystals.  After spending many meticulous hours decorating these objects I figured I should make a hollow silver egg.  With no knowledge on how to make such an object, I went to see my local jeweler Doug Eggleston.  Doug ordered me some plate silver and gave me a few pointers on how to start.  In a few weeks I had brutishly forged my first egg.  (It isn't the nicest egg ever made, but I do have a particular fondness for it!)

 

After long thought I decided in order to make a Fabrege style egg I needed some fundamental jewelry background.  Luckily I found a very good metalsmithing program nearby.  Siena Heights Collage and Prof. John Wittersheim.  I have taken 4 courses since 2002 (Fabrication, Casting, Chasing and Spinning).

 

I currently make practically anything I want out of Silver, and I'm carefully moving into Gold ($$).  Fortunately I can go see Doug Eggleston or John Wittersheim for help when I really need it.  I continue to learn more about my craft thru books and the internet and with each piece I create.  I make commissioned pieces, but itis always the EGG that keeps my mind occupied.