Local Sculptor Chosen for Pigs
By Jennifer Jackson
Peninsula Daily News
PORT TOWNSEND - An artist known for his giant articulated puppets and bright-colored paper lanterns is branching out into a new field - pigs.
This year, Seattle's "Pigs on Parade" will feature two porcine creations by Thaddeus Jurczynski.
A fundraiser for the Pike Place Market Foundation, 100 artistic versions of Rachel, the famous Pike Place Market piggy bank, will be on display in Seattle this summer to celebrate the market's centennial, then auctioned off.
"I'm really excited to be a part of this project," Jurcynski said.
"This is what celebration artists do in the off season."
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