Anne Praczukowski

Anne Praczukowski majored in art education at the Massachusetts College of Art. Her senior thesis was in jewelry, metalwork, and lapidary work. After graduation she taught the crafts program as well as drawing and design at Lasell College, Massachusetts. She later pursued graduate work in the metals department at the University of Washington studying with Ruth Penington, Ramona Solberg, and John Marshall. She taught at Cornish School of the Arts (Seattle) for several years before turning fully to studio work. She has said that she works with metal because she likes the resistance of the material. Her work is characterized by inventive and sometimes exploratory ways of manipulating metal of various kinds.

Source: https://www.seattlemetalsguild.org/2012/05/meet-the-metalsmith-anne-praczukowski/ [accessed Aug. 2021]