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It was as a child that streeter first began bending bailing
wire into shapes that mimicked the toys he saw in store Many figures in
windows. he and a cousin would gather left-over wire from Steeter’s sculptures
wear top hats.
bailing hay and make toys out of it.
when streeter first began making his wire sculptures, he
gave them away to family and friends. later, streeter began
walking alking horse,
selling his wire sculptures of the tennessee tennessee t w w
capturing the distinctive high-stepping gait of the performance
horse division. Anne white-scruggs sold his art at her craft
store in bell buckle, and streeter started selling the sculptures
at craft fairs. the late richard Allen and his son, richard Allen and his son, r ralph Allen,
encouraged streeter to accept commissions, said mclean,
and displayed streeter’s work at their state farm Insurance
office in shelbyville.
eventually, he began receiving commissions — he created
a trophy for the Dixie jubilee horse show in mississippi,
according to an August 1998 profile in tennessee Arts tennessee Arts t
report, followed by a semi truck for the headquarters of the
peterbilt company, and a team of clydesdales for a budweiser
distributor. his sculptures were displayed at the dinner for the the artist, who got people’s attention.
inauguration of gov. ned mcwherter. “I think the biggest thing was his personality,” said
streeter’s sculptures for the ww.wo. smith music school were mclean. streeter could talk easily to anyone, mclean said,
presented to recipients of the school’s “smitty” awards — black or white.
such as paul simon and jimmy buffett. “If you had met him,” said mclean, “you had a friend for you had a friend for y
Dr. robert cogswell, who was the director of the tennessee tennessee t life.”
Arts commission folk arts program for 30 years, was also In 2009, the shelbyville times-times-t gazette profiled rod
instrumental in helping to raise awareness of streeter’s work. cleveland, a grandson of streeter’s who was attempting to
mclean said he didn’t appreciate just how widespread carry on his work by creating new wire sculptures. mclean
streeter’s impact was until he moved out west and ran into said that since that time, the demands of work have made it
people who were fans of streeter’s art. harder for cleveland to be as active, but he may return to it at
but mclean said it was streeter the man, not just streeter some point in the future. H

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