The Sooke Fine Arts Show has showcased some of the finest artists in B.C. for more than three decades.
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This year one of the first time artists at the show is Emma Banner. SheB次元官网网址檚 a woodturner who makes her home in Jordan River and has found a way to draw out the beauty in every piece of wood she touches.
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Banner said while her mind is always going in a hundred directions at once, looking for inspiration in everything she does, she finds her true inspiration in the wood.
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BannerB次元官网网址檚 favourite wood is maple, because of the textures and colours she can find concealed in the wood, but she has a propensity for trying all types of wood to explore what beauty might be hidden within.
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BannerB次元官网网址檚 first experience with woodturning came as a high school student, but she abandoned the medium for many years, choosing instead to work with paint and other art forms.
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She now has a collection of lathes that range from a 70-year-old antique to a state-of-the-art automated machine.
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This year the young woodturner will have three pieces in the Sooke Fine Arts Show and said she feels lucky to have been chosen to display her work in what has become Vancouver IslandB次元官网网址檚 premier summer art event.
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The Sooke Fine Arts Show takes place at the SEAPARC arena between July 26 to Aug. 5.
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