10 -— Friday, July 10, 1998 — North Shore News

Glass exhibit shines at Silk Purse gallery =

Glasswork is a family busi-
ness these days.
Michaela Bisson-
Montpetit with one of the
killer whales she carved
an her father’s slumped

north shore news

EV Gsuntight sueamed through the windows of the nti
mate gallery in the Silk Purse Arts Centre, bur the: view through
the window glass of the gentle rolicss kissing the beach for once
seemed secondary te the view through che gla ef David
Montpetit, Marie Bisson-Montpetii and their daughters.
Sandearved and slumped glass totem poles, plate. bowls and
more claborate sculpted glass all clicited enthusiastic and even
reverent responses trom the opening night guests on Tuesday.
The influence of David Montpetit’s collaboration with Haida
artists shone through much of the work. Thunderbirds, bears
and orea shimmered in the sunshine, but Bright Lights eve kept
returning to the more abstract glass sculpture The Kiss.

The exhibition runs to July 17. Gallery hours are noon to 5
p.m. every day except Monday.

Joan Proudfoot, right, Jeff Birch and Hannah
Granqvist. Birch and Granqvist run 8.C.’s Best, helping
small manufacturers of value added products market
their crafts in the U.S.A.

Deep Cove _ resident
Shelly Johns managed
Studio One glassworks
where David Montpetit
used to work.

Joan Proudfoot was so impressed with the elegant sim-
plicity of the plate displayed behind her and her niece
Rachel Diakour,7, that she bought it.

Two of the four Bison-Montpetit daughters, Aurora, right,
Rachelle, centre, and their friend Shannon Gibson.

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Ratae! Angel de Jesus
congratulates Marie
Bisson-Montpetit on the
exhibition. Rafael, a glass
artist and ceramicist,
shares a studio on the
beach at Point Roberts
with Evelyn Roth.

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NEWS photos Martin Millerchip

The mild-stee! and glass carved screen is the collaborative work of, left to right, design-
er Farid Mousavi, Jennifer Bissen-Montpetit and David Montpetit.

Steve Jones from
California dropped into the
Silk Purse by chance but
said he was impressed
with the exhibition.

Rachelle Bisson-
Montpetit with her South
America Plate. One of a
series, it features an alliga-
tor carved on top of the
continent.

Marie Bisson-Montpetit, centre, with two of her “friends
and patrons of the arts” Anita Delesalle, left, and Joan
Disney. The delicate carved glass is Marie's work.

Jim and Jelena Harrison came out to support the open-
ing of the show. Jim used to work with David Montpetit.

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