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Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 18, 2023
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Alpena artist Kelly Belew is seated inside Thunder Bay Arts Council Gallery with her unique wooden tables.
ALPENA — This self-taught woodworking artist has been making one-of-a-kind tables since she retired from teaching in 2019.
Kelly Belew, of Alpena, taught graphic arts and printing at Alpena High School and Alpena Community College.
“I was a computer, graphic arts and printing teacher,” she said. “So I’ve always been able to create things. The difference between my career as a teacher and now is I always reproduced . . .