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The North Vancouver ceramic
artist says his graceful porcelain
and stoneware pieces owe a lot to
the women who thrice weekly fill
the newspaper's popular
photographic feature.

“The curves and lines that make
up -my work are taken from
nature. And some of the finest
come from male: and . female
models featured in such magazine
and newspaper features as the
Sunshine Girl.’”’

Thorlaksson’s ceramics have

, graced the pages of local and na-

'.tional interior decorating maga-
zines and been featured in exhibits
in Canada and the United States.

PAY HOMAGE

‘His desire to pay homage to his
models, he says, is inspired by his
respect for the human form and
because few, if any, artists ever
give credit to the natural forms
that are their inspiration.

_ “It’s something that reaily has
never been said before, and I think
it is something that should be said,
because ‘artists ‘owe so much to

mature and especially the human
form.”’

Thorlaksson says modern
human physiques have been

shaped more and more by the re- |

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LOCAL ceramic artist
Gordon Thorlaksson
displays his portfolio of
Sunshine Girls. He uses
incor-
porating the models’ body

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