Peter Czuk

Peter Czuk Designer/Craftsmen

26922 CR 388, P.O. Box 67

Kendall, MI 49062-0067

Phone/FAX (269) 628-2568

 

Email:

 

Peterczuk@mindspring.com

 

Website

 

Www.czukstudio.com

 

 

Craft Markets:

 

American Craft Enterprise, Baltimore, Atlanta, St Paul, Sarasota, Charlotte

 

Summer Arts Festival, Ann Arbor, Mi.

 

Boston Mills Art Fest, Peninsula, OH

 

Signature Holiday Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

 

Artisan Design Network Gallery, Traverse City Mi.

 

 

 

Awards:

Award for Excellence, Bronson Park Show, Kalamazoo MI

Best of Show, College Hill Arts Festival, Peoria, IL

Best of Show, Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN

AC Rochester Award of Excellence, Flint Institute of Art

Award for Excellence, Ohio Designer Craftsmen

Niche Ward for Excellence in Design, Baltimore, MD

Boston Mills Art Fest, First in Furniture

 

 

Artist’s statement

 

Born in 1951, Kalamazoo MI, Peter is a full time artist working his own studio for over 35 years.  Strong design incorporated into items that are well-constructed is central to what Peter builds.  He strives to generate pieces that are exciting and original balancing one-of-a-kind and limited production work.

 

Peter Czuk began crafting furniture in 1974 from Redwood burl wood. “I was taken by the beautiful grain patterns and natural forms of this wood. Along with a couple of bothers and some good friends we salvaged burl wood from creek beds, long jams, and beaches in scenic northern California. We  harvested seven and a half tons of wood over a couple of months, rented a truck, and took the wood to Michigan where we set up shop.”

 

Over the years Peter has desgned and constructed tables, benches, shelving systems, display towers, clocks and letter openers. ”I have surrounded my shelf with an extensive collection of domestic and imported woods. I find the wood to be an important source of inspiration for designing a piece. More often then not I use it as a jumping off point on a project.”

 

Peter’s Studio is located in Kendall Mi. a small village out side of Kalamazoo. His office and show room occupies the original 1906 town hall building. His shop is around the corner in the old Feed Mill located next to the Kal-Haven bike trail. With much help from his wife Connie, daughters Audrey and Racheal, and with associates, Mike Locker and Mark Deau, he has enjoyed creating and selling fine craft for many years.