After leaving a job at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Eyet explored the art world. She created an art studio in her basement, but needed a space with more light, she said. Eventually she and her husband Jerry bought and renovated a church in Perryville that dates to 1899. Last year, they opened Studio 432 in the church, she said.
Eyet will exhibit bugs and butterflies made from dominoes, Scrabble pieces, gift cards, wire, metal, litho-steel, copper and vintage plates in the show, she said. They range in price from $45 to $100.
During the past few years, Eyet developed a fixation with greeting cards, she said. She uses them to create the wings for her Eco-Insects.
Despite different artistic interests, the women have all developed a reputation for their trashy pursuits. One evening, Eyet came home and found four mannequins on her front porch, she said. People frequently give her items, she said.
For years she worked as a basket maker, but she said she was limited in what she could create. Trashy Women allowed her to explore other avenues, she said.
Perhaps her most unusual piece was a self-portrait she made after she lost her mother two years ago to breast cancer and was faced with some difficult decisions, she said. She created a figure that was just a torso.
"My self-portrait didn't have feet because I couldn't run from my decision," she said. "It didn't have hands because I felt helpless. And it didn't have a head, because I felt like I had lost my mind."
Other Trashy Women artists include: Donna Steck, Heidi Hammel, Jamie Troiani, Mindy Jarusek, Sarah Lamb, and Wendy Osborne.
