Phoebe no longer uses knives to carve,
instead she uses powertools to reveal the hidden beauty of grain
and colour that can be found in burls. Phoebe says. "I had no idea
there was so much life to them." It's so gratifying to see visitors'
appreciation for wood.
Her passion for wood came early on
from watching her father beachcomb and carve toys from found wood.
Phoebe has spent the last two decades
exploring Vancouver Island by land and water and when a hand accident
stopped her from creating pottery artwork, she turned to creating
art from burls. On the many paddling trips she took with her twin
sister, artist and writer, Mary Gazetas, she started carving fish
and paddles because "Mary was the writer and the one who did
the pen and ink sketches in her journals. I could not be a writer
- I had to carve! As twins we needed our own identities."
Phoebe has had her wood art showcased
and sold at the Sooke Harbour House, Island Wood works on Salt Spring
Island, Vienna Bakery in Sooke and the Sooke Annual Arts & Crafts
Show.
Now one of Phoebe's favourite activities,
when she is not hiking, fishing or gardening, is searching for burls!
She has many more burls than glass fishing balls!
Appointments can be arranged to visit
Phoebe at her studio. Email
or phone Phoebe at 250-642-4342.
Read
the November 2006 Sooke Mirror Article
Photo
Ray Smith/Times Colonist December 4, 2005
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