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PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH LIFE TED JOLDAGLASS ARTISTRY
MUSICby the Seain Qualicum Beach
Fall 2013
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e have some amazing people in this community. It never ceases to amaze and amuse me just how much talent, ambition and kindness there seems
to be. And despite growing up here (although I spent a good 10 years away) I continue to discover new facets of the region. Sometimes it’s places and people I’ve never heard of, and often, I don’t know the full story.
The Summit School of Guitar is one of those places. I had heard of the renowned guitar school nestled at the North end of Qualicum, but that was the extent of my knowledge. This issue of Oasis shares that story as well as that
of the intriguing Judges Row home with a functional harp built into the staircase. Discover the amazing work and “animal whispering” that goes on at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, read the full story of our own glass blowing celebrity, Ted Jolda, and learn about the value of sport from former wrestling star-turned Gym owner, Jim Miller.
Winter gardening seems to be the talk of the town, and you’ll get some inside-tips in this issue, as you ease into fall with columnist Linda Tenney.
Sit back, relax, and glean a little education and a lot of inspiration in our fall issue of Oasis.
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- Lissa Alexander
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e have some amazing people in this community. It never ceases to amaze and amuse me just how much talent, ambition and kindness there seems
to be. And despite growing up here (although I spent a good 10 years away) I continue to discover new facets of the region. Sometimes it’s places and people I’ve never heard of, and often, I don’t know the full story.
The Summit School of Guitar is one of those places. I had heard of the renowned guitar school nestled at the North end of Qualicum, but that was the extent of my knowledge. This issue of Oasis shares that story as well as that
of the intriguing Judges Row home with a functional harp built into the staircase. Discover the amazing work and “animal whispering” that goes on at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, read the full story of our own glass blowing celebrity, Ted Jolda, and learn about the value of sport from former wrestling star-turned Gym owner, Jim Miller.
Winter gardening seems to be the talk of the town, and you’ll get some inside-tips in this issue, as you ease into fall with columnist Linda Tenney.
Sit back, relax, and glean a little education and a lot of inspiration in our fall issue of Oasis.
W
- Lissa Alexander
PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH LIFE Fall Edition
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FEATURE STORY
Linda Matteson-ReynoldsHer photojournal-istic career began while in Kuwait.
Brenda GoughOriginally from Burnaby, she has called Errington home for 17 years.
Lissa AlexanderOriginally from Qualicum Beach, she completed her journalism training in Calgary.
CarriePowell-Davidson A writer, local food advocate, event planner & tireless promoter. Susan
Pederson A local journalist.
Leigh CraigAn artist, art director & designer.
Linda TenneyAn outlook on life with publisher Linda Tenney
ContentsContributors 42 TÊTE À TÊTE
Question and Answer with
Jim Miller ex-olympic-level
wrestler and coach.
23 Loco 4 LocalA spotlight feature focusing
on local food and gardening
with a bonus recipe.
25 Just Sayin’An outlook on life with Linda
Tenney, the publisher of Eyes
ON BC Magazine.
9 Stuff 2 DoGreat local fall events
around the community.
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Publisher Peter [email protected]
Editor Lissa [email protected]
Advertising Steve [email protected]
Art Director Leigh [email protected]
Circulation Laurie [email protected]
Cover Photo Brian Argyle
4-154 Middleton Ave. Parksville BC, V9K 1X3PH: 250-248-4341 FX: 250-248-4655
Oasis magazine is published quarterly by the Black Press. The points of views and opinions expressed herein are those of authors and do not necessarily refl ect the views of the publisher of Oasis. The contents of Oasis are protected by copywright, including the designed advertising. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent of the publisher. oasislife.ca
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FallEdition 2013
FEATURE STORY
Linda Matteson-ReynoldsHer photojournal-istic career began while in Kuwait.
Brenda GoughOriginally from Burnaby, she has called Errington home for 17 years.
Lissa AlexanderOriginally from Qualicum Beach, she completed her journalism training in Calgary.
CarriePowell-Davidson A writer, local food advocate, event planner & tireless promoter. Susan
Pederson A local journalist.
Leigh CraigAn artist, art director & designer.
Linda TenneyAn outlook on life with publisher Linda Tenney
ContentsContributors 42 TÊTE À TÊTE
Question and Answer with
Jim Miller ex-olympic-level
wrestler and coach.
23 Loco 4 LocalA spotlight feature focusing
on local food and gardening
with a bonus recipe.
25 Just Sayin’An outlook on life with Linda
Tenney, the publisher of Eyes
ON BC Magazine.
9 Stuff 2 DoGreat local fall events
around the community.
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Publisher Peter [email protected]
Editor Lissa [email protected]
Advertising Steve [email protected]
Art Director Leigh [email protected]
Circulation Laurie [email protected]
Cover Photo Brian Argyle
4-154 Middleton Ave. Parksville BC, V9K 1X3PH: 250-248-4341 FX: 250-248-4655
Oasis magazine is published quarterly by the Black Press. The points of views and opinions expressed herein are those of authors and do not necessarily refl ect the views of the publisher of Oasis. The contents of Oasis are protected by copywright, including the designed advertising. Reproduction is prohibited without written consent of the publisher. oasislife.ca
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he year local glass artist Ted Jolda’s golden pear ornaments appeared on Oprah’s Christmas “O” List he made 14,000 of them.
“I didn’t make much of anything else that year,” says the Parksville resident, adding that he was working 80 hours some weeks to fi ll orders.
And although he had visions of golden pears dancing in his head for some time, he still says Christmas ornaments top his own personal list of things to make.
BURNING FOR GLASSJolda grew up in Vancouver and unlike many successful artists, he wasn’t budding with artis-tic creativity in grade school, nor was he drawn to the arts. In fact he liked science.
But he did like to make things. His grandfather was a woodworker, metalsmith and worked as a silversmith for Tiffany & Co. So Jolda followed in the family tradition of “making stuff,” he says.
It wasn’t until he was in his early twenties and
had broken his leg that he fell in love with the idea of becoming a glass artist. He had been hit by a car and had to move back in with his parents. Jolda says he remembers watching the noon news with Tony Parsons when he caught a long feature on a glass artist.
“If it was the movies, the clouds would have parted and the light would have shone down.”
The artist in the show mentioned a college in Toronto that taught glass artistry, and once Jol-da was accepted, he packed his bags. >>>
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>>> But it wasn’t the most popular decision.
“I told my friends and family, ‘mom, dad, I’m moving to Toronto to become a glass blower!’” Jolda laughs. “Well, that went over like a brick. Everyone thought I was nuts.” He successfully completed the three-year program and went on to teach in Montreal, at a time when there were few trained glass artists.
After the summer he moved home to Vancouver and set up a stu-dio called Andrighetti Glassworks with his girlfriend at the time, Joanne Andrighetti. He ran that studio for about six years until he sold his share and set out on a personal journey around the world. He travelled for nine months to Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia.
“There was a lot of soul searching and looking at stuff, seeing the world,” he says. >>>
>>> Jolda hit many glass facilities on his tour, took some workshops and re-ignited his passion for his craft.
THE HOT SHOPWhen his journey was over, Jolda moved to Parksville with his new wife and high school sweetheart, and set up a studio at The Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach. A year later, in 1995, his daughter was born, and fi ve years later, his son. By that point Jolda had created a workshop at his home in Parksville, where he fabricated many of the tools and ovens that he continues to use today.
Jolda calls his studio “the hot shop” and says it’s been his safe place for many years. “In the worst occasions of my life I fi nd comfort in the studio.” >>>
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>>> But it wasn’t the most popular decision.
“I told my friends and family, ‘mom, dad, I’m moving to Toronto to become a glass blower!’” Jolda laughs. “Well, that went over like a brick. Everyone thought I was nuts.” He successfully completed the three-year program and went on to teach in Montreal, at a time when there were few trained glass artists.
After the summer he moved home to Vancouver and set up a stu-dio called Andrighetti Glassworks with his girlfriend at the time, Joanne Andrighetti. He ran that studio for about six years until he sold his share and set out on a personal journey around the world. He travelled for nine months to Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia.
“There was a lot of soul searching and looking at stuff, seeing the world,” he says. >>>
>>> Jolda hit many glass facilities on his tour, took some workshops and re-ignited his passion for his craft.
THE HOT SHOPWhen his journey was over, Jolda moved to Parksville with his new wife and high school sweetheart, and set up a studio at The Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach. A year later, in 1995, his daughter was born, and fi ve years later, his son. By that point Jolda had created a workshop at his home in Parksville, where he fabricated many of the tools and ovens that he continues to use today.
Jolda calls his studio “the hot shop” and says it’s been his safe place for many years. “In the worst occasions of my life I fi nd comfort in the studio.” >>>
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>>> In the hot shop Jolda has made a variety of things. He makes glass fruit, funky cups, gob-lets, golf balls, curling rocks, Spirit Vessels and his rare Lescou creatures, among many other things.
About seven years ago he met fellow artist Caro-lyn Lutz at a glass conference in Red Deer. The two collaborated on a glass piece they call a Lescou, a french word which roughly translates to neck. These colourful pieces are vase-like, with round bottoms and long necks. They have distinctive shapes, some with drooping heads, appearing to crane their necks, and have little round, fl at heads. They are not functional, Lutz points out, but are meant to be enjoyed as art. Bill Clinton purchased a Lescou from the Guild Shop in Toronto.
Jolda and his wife separated and he and Lutz have been together for around seven years now, although Lutz lives in Calgary where she works as a teacher. The two continue to collaborate on glass pieces. Another collaboration Jolda has continued to maintain for many years is with Rafael Navarro Leiton. The two make Spirit Ves-sels, large traditional shaped pots embellished with copper imagery. Leiton grew up in Utah and was intrigued and inspired by the cave drawings by the Anasazi Freemont peoples of the area.
Jolda says the copper fi ts nicely with the glass, both literally and fi guratively. The fi rst time they made a Spirit Vessel (which has been as heavy as 50 pounds) the glass pulled away from the copper and left an after-image.
“It had these enormous angel wings, and we both looked at each other while it was still hot and on the end of the pipe and said, ‘oh this is good—oh we’ve got something here.”
Jolda’s party glasses came about when his neighbour asked him to make a glass he could hold with his severely arthritic hands. The thick, curvy tumblers come in a variety of colours and are sought-after by people who have trouble holding traditional glasses.
A BRUSH WITH OPRAH“The dreaded year of Oprah” as Jolda now refers to it, was one of the busiest of his life. Jolda was represented by a company who took his golden pear ornaments to a New York wholesale show. Oprah’s personal buyers purchased some of them and showed them to the star. She liked them and instructed they be put in her maga-zine, on the fi rst page of her Christmas “O” List.
Jolda didn’t hear anything about it until he was
walking his kids to the school bus one day and one of the mom’s said, “so I hear you’re going to be on Oprah.” The mom worked for the com-pany that took his pears to New York. Jolda was stunned. Shortly after he was told he had in fact made the magazine.
“It came out and I ran down and got a copy and I said, “Wow, my pears!… Why isn’t my name here?”
Unfortunately his name hadn’t been printed in the magazine, but that didn’t stop sales. The magazine had mentioned a store in Seattle that carried the pears and the orders started pouring in. Making enough pears to fi ll the orders was no easy feat. “It was a huge stress because you don’t want to let people down,” he says. “Hun-dreds were selling, as fast as I could make them. I was working constantly.” >>>
14,000 PEARS... OR MORE!
Photos - Page 11: Ted Jolda and Carolyn Lutz at the Qualicum Beach Artisan Market photo by Peter Mc-Cully. Page 12-13 left to right, top-bottom: Ted fl at-tening bottom of a party glass, Examples of his small party glasses, Ted shaping a party glass, Examples of his small party glasses, Ted last step of stamping bottom of a party glass, The Warthog Studios stamp/ signature Ted uses on his pieces. Page 14-15 L-R: Ted heating glass up in the oven to shape, Rods of glass pigment, Spirit vase photo by Peter McCully, A red and yellow-orange Lascou.
>>> But it was also exciting, he says, and people continue to ask him about his brush with Oprah today.
50,000 CHRISTMASESDespite the huge stress Jolda felt that year, he still likes making the pears, he says, along with all his other Christmas ornaments. In fact it’s a tradition in his family to place his glass creations around Parksville Qualicum Beach at Christmas time and let people fi nd them as gifts. Over the years he’s made over 50,000, and he likes the idea that many of those ornaments will be brought out every year.
“That thrills me that I’m part of 50,000 other Christmases,” he says. “Kids will grow up re-membering those ornaments.”
Jolda’s glass work, now sold across the globe, will live on long after he does. His creations will be part of traditions, they will serve as functional pieces and they will be enjoyed as distinctive and stimulating art.
Find Jolda’s pieces locally at Dolly’s Home Hardware and the Old School House Arts Cen-tre in Qualicum Beach. They are also located at Parksville Jewellers, Blossoms ’N Such and Cultivate Garden and Gift in Parksville.
For more info. visit www.tedjolda.com
>>> In the hot shop Jolda has made a variety of things. He makes glass fruit, funky cups, gob-lets, golf balls, curling rocks, Spirit Vessels and his rare Lescou creatures, among many other things.
About seven years ago he met fellow artist Caro-lyn Lutz at a glass conference in Red Deer. The two collaborated on a glass piece they call a Lescou, a french word which roughly translates to neck. These colourful pieces are vase-like, with round bottoms and long necks. They have distinctive shapes, some with drooping heads, appearing to crane their necks, and have little round, fl at heads. They are not functional, Lutz points out, but are meant to be enjoyed as art. Bill Clinton purchased a Lescou from the Guild Shop in Toronto.
Jolda and his wife separated and he and Lutz have been together for around seven years now, although Lutz lives in Calgary where she works as a teacher. The two continue to collaborate on glass pieces. Another collaboration Jolda has continued to maintain for many years is with Rafael Navarro Leiton. The two make Spirit Ves-sels, large traditional shaped pots embellished with copper imagery. Leiton grew up in Utah and was intrigued and inspired by the cave drawings by the Anasazi Freemont peoples of the area.
Jolda says the copper fi ts nicely with the glass, both literally and fi guratively. The fi rst time they made a Spirit Vessel (which has been as heavy as 50 pounds) the glass pulled away from the copper and left an after-image.
“It had these enormous angel wings, and we both looked at each other while it was still hot and on the end of the pipe and said, ‘oh this is good—oh we’ve got something here.”
Jolda’s party glasses came about when his neighbour asked him to make a glass he could hold with his severely arthritic hands. The thick, curvy tumblers come in a variety of colours and are sought-after by people who have trouble holding traditional glasses.
A BRUSH WITH OPRAH“The dreaded year of Oprah” as Jolda now refers to it, was one of the busiest of his life. Jolda was represented by a company who took his golden pear ornaments to a New York wholesale show. Oprah’s personal buyers purchased some of them and showed them to the star. She liked them and instructed they be put in her maga-zine, on the fi rst page of her Christmas “O” List.
Jolda didn’t hear anything about it until he was
walking his kids to the school bus one day and one of the mom’s said, “so I hear you’re going to be on Oprah.” The mom worked for the com-pany that took his pears to New York. Jolda was stunned. Shortly after he was told he had in fact made the magazine.
“It came out and I ran down and got a copy and I said, “Wow, my pears!… Why isn’t my name here?”
Unfortunately his name hadn’t been printed in the magazine, but that didn’t stop sales. The magazine had mentioned a store in Seattle that carried the pears and the orders started pouring in. Making enough pears to fi ll the orders was no easy feat. “It was a huge stress because you don’t want to let people down,” he says. “Hun-dreds were selling, as fast as I could make them. I was working constantly.” >>>
14,000 PEARS... OR MORE!
Photos - Page 11: Ted Jolda and Carolyn Lutz at the Qualicum Beach Artisan Market photo by Peter Mc-Cully. Page 12-13 left to right, top-bottom: Ted fl at-tening bottom of a party glass, Examples of his small party glasses, Ted shaping a party glass, Examples of his small party glasses, Ted last step of stamping bottom of a party glass, The Warthog Studios stamp/ signature Ted uses on his pieces. Page 14-15 L-R: Ted heating glass up in the oven to shape, Rods of glass pigment, Spirit vase photo by Peter McCully, A red and yellow-orange Lascou.
>>> But it was also exciting, he says, and people continue to ask him about his brush with Oprah today.
50,000 CHRISTMASESDespite the huge stress Jolda felt that year, he still likes making the pears, he says, along with all his other Christmas ornaments. In fact it’s a tradition in his family to place his glass creations around Parksville Qualicum Beach at Christmas time and let people fi nd them as gifts. Over the years he’s made over 50,000, and he likes the idea that many of those ornaments will be brought out every year.
“That thrills me that I’m part of 50,000 other Christmases,” he says. “Kids will grow up re-membering those ornaments.”
Jolda’s glass work, now sold across the globe, will live on long after he does. His creations will be part of traditions, they will serve as functional pieces and they will be enjoyed as distinctive and stimulating art.
Find Jolda’s pieces locally at Dolly’s Home Hardware and the Old School House Arts Cen-tre in Qualicum Beach. They are also located at Parksville Jewellers, Blossoms ’N Such and Cultivate Garden and Gift in Parksville.
For more info. visit www.tedjolda.com
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A VIEW INSIDEStory by Lissa Alexander
hen the sun goes down on the Music by the Sea House, that’s when the magic inside begins.
“We’re creating the view inside, that’s what my job is. I can never compete with that and I don’t try,” says aboriginal carver Jeremy Humpherville, as he motions to the sweeping ocean views from the inside the Judges Row home. “When the sun goes down I get a chance.”
Humpherville and Camelot Homes president Dan McLeod led a team of artists and builders for four years to perfect the Qualicum Beach House known as Music by the Sea. In 2012 the
home won the Platinum Georgie Award for B.C. Custom Home Builder of the Year and the Gold Georgie for Custom Home over $3 million. Music by the Sea also won seven Gold Care Awards in 2012, two Silver Care Awards and the People’s Choice Award.
And it all began with a door
SHARING A VISIONBefore the homeowners of Music by the Sea even hired the builders, they approached Humpherville at this Coombs store, Coastal Carvings, and asked him to design and build the front door. The couple began to describe >>>
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>>> their ideas for the carving involving their family, music and the ocean. And while they talked something happened to Humpherville.
“It was the fi rst time a design completely drew itself in my head,” says Humpherville. “So I probably had the biggest smile on my face.”
The result was The Lost Stradivarius, a 400-pound-door depicting a violin fl oating in kelp and surrounded by three sea horses. The sea horses, which resemble musical notes, represent each of the couple’s three sons. The family has seen four generations of musicians and music-lovers. The mother is a former piano teacher and avid player and one of the sons is currently in a Vancouver-based band.
While Humpherville was busy working on the door, McLeod began his building plans for the custom home. McLeod worked as a carpenter for Camelot Homes in 1979 and in 1988, he bought 50 per cent of the company. Since 2002 he has been the president and sole-owner.
The homeowners suggested the two meet and work together, and neither could have predicted the results. McLeod and Humpherville became fast friends and often they shared the exact same idea.
“We think alike,” says Humpherville. “He would bring something up to me, and say ‘maybe you’re not thinking about this? and I would turn my computer around and I thought the same thing.”
McLeod says the initial idea was to create a timeless home, and as they worked, the themes and features progressed with the house.
THE DETAILSOne of the most talked about features of the home is the harp built into the staircase, an idea conceived by Humpherville.
“It just occurred to me that there should be a harp,” says Humpherville. “It seemed like such an elegant thing. When any staircase is framed in, it’s a box. And to me it’s so boxy I >>>
>>> thought there’s got to be some fl ow that brings you up the staircase.”
But it was no easy feat. The harp had to be strong enough to hold up the staircase, look artistic and also be playable, and that took about six months of engineering, Humpherville says. A number of local artisans were brought in to assist Humpherville and McLeod, to do specialized work throughout the house. A bronze caster, for example, made custom wrought iron railings of musical notes and kelp throughout the home, and also crafted the kelp in the mantle with 300 pounds of hand-cast bronze.
The Captain’s Quarters Den has infl uences of English and French tall ships from the 1600’s, Russian rail cars, as well as elements of a pub or library. Humpherville says the front living area of the house which faces the sea feels like the front of a sailing vessel. The hallway resembles a galley with its grand arches and the den is at the back of the house, hence, the Captain’s Quarters.
The ceiling is a stained-glass art piece,
featuring the warm colours of a maple tree, and the surround-sound system has custom fi ligree walnut panels, allowing for the perfect sound dispersion, Humpherville explains.
“When you turn the sound on there’s no impedance on the actual quality of the sound, and you don’t see a single speaker. You don’t see anything electronic.”
The room has sunken windows, a fi replace and, like the rest of the house, you don’t see any nails. McLeod explains >>>
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>>> their ideas for the carving involving their family, music and the ocean. And while they talked something happened to Humpherville.
“It was the fi rst time a design completely drew itself in my head,” says Humpherville. “So I probably had the biggest smile on my face.”
The result was The Lost Stradivarius, a 400-pound-door depicting a violin fl oating in kelp and surrounded by three sea horses. The sea horses, which resemble musical notes, represent each of the couple’s three sons. The family has seen four generations of musicians and music-lovers. The mother is a former piano teacher and avid player and one of the sons is currently in a Vancouver-based band.
While Humpherville was busy working on the door, McLeod began his building plans for the custom home. McLeod worked as a carpenter for Camelot Homes in 1979 and in 1988, he bought 50 per cent of the company. Since 2002 he has been the president and sole-owner.
The homeowners suggested the two meet and work together, and neither could have predicted the results. McLeod and Humpherville became fast friends and often they shared the exact same idea.
“We think alike,” says Humpherville. “He would bring something up to me, and say ‘maybe you’re not thinking about this? and I would turn my computer around and I thought the same thing.”
McLeod says the initial idea was to create a timeless home, and as they worked, the themes and features progressed with the house.
THE DETAILSOne of the most talked about features of the home is the harp built into the staircase, an idea conceived by Humpherville.
“It just occurred to me that there should be a harp,” says Humpherville. “It seemed like such an elegant thing. When any staircase is framed in, it’s a box. And to me it’s so boxy I >>>
>>> thought there’s got to be some fl ow that brings you up the staircase.”
But it was no easy feat. The harp had to be strong enough to hold up the staircase, look artistic and also be playable, and that took about six months of engineering, Humpherville says. A number of local artisans were brought in to assist Humpherville and McLeod, to do specialized work throughout the house. A bronze caster, for example, made custom wrought iron railings of musical notes and kelp throughout the home, and also crafted the kelp in the mantle with 300 pounds of hand-cast bronze.
The Captain’s Quarters Den has infl uences of English and French tall ships from the 1600’s, Russian rail cars, as well as elements of a pub or library. Humpherville says the front living area of the house which faces the sea feels like the front of a sailing vessel. The hallway resembles a galley with its grand arches and the den is at the back of the house, hence, the Captain’s Quarters.
The ceiling is a stained-glass art piece,
featuring the warm colours of a maple tree, and the surround-sound system has custom fi ligree walnut panels, allowing for the perfect sound dispersion, Humpherville explains.
“When you turn the sound on there’s no impedance on the actual quality of the sound, and you don’t see a single speaker. You don’t see anything electronic.”
The room has sunken windows, a fi replace and, like the rest of the house, you don’t see any nails. McLeod explains >>>
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>>> that’s because the entire house is fi t and joined by his talented team.
Three stained-glass transoms are positioned to bring sunset light into interior spaces in the hallway of the house. They depict different depths of the sea, the fi rst showing the top layer of the ocean featuring a sailboat and waves, the second is the middle of the sea with kelp and salmon, and the third depicts the bottom of the sea with crab and rocks. Humpherville says he travelled to Portland, Oregon to choose the glass from a factory where each piece was textured and signed by the artist who made it.
Another distinctive element of the house is a large sundial that sits atop the fi replace, hand-carved from yellow cedar. The piece is called Finding My Way, with images of seahorses, kelp and shells, and took Humpherville three years to complete.
MAKING A STATEMENTBoth McLeod and Humpherville say the home was a result of a strong team. In the past, Humpherville
has just done his part and then left. Not this time.
“Every thought was a group thought,” says Humpherville. “We’d look and say, how can this baseboard be better, how can this trim be better…and you didn’t have just one mind.”
Even the little stuff was like that, McLeod adds, for example in a space where a baseboard ended, they weren’t happy with the conventional straight edge.
“That’s what everybody would have done,” says McLeod. “We took it and made an artistic statement.”
The home is fi tted with triple pane windows, high effi ciency heating, a full fi re protection system, storm shutters and electronic blinds. The entire home has been spray-foamed making it air-tight, McLeod explains, and a superior ventilation system balances positive and negative pressure.
McLeod says it was a bonus to have nice clients who let them have the freedom to be creative. >>>
Photos by Artez Photography unless stated. Page 16 top-bottom: Exterior of Music by the Sea, Dan McLeod left and Jeremy Humpherville standing in front of fi replace, photo by Brian Argyle. Page 17: View of living room, dining and beautiful curved art display wall. Page 18 top-bottom: Kitchen into dining and sitting room, Close-up of working harp built into masterful carved staircase photo by Brian Argyle. Page 19-20 L-R: The Captains Quarters featuring an illuminated stained-glass ceiling with french doors opening to a fi replace lit patio, outdoor stone patio overlooking Qualicum Beach.
>>> McLeod and Humpherville remain friends and are currently working on other projects together. They also became close with the homeowners during the process and maintain that relationship today.
“I think we met the owners expectations,” says McLeod, adding with a chuckle, “and they still invite me over.”
Humpherville says he’s happy to have forged a great team, and to have built something that is timeless and beautiful.
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and say I did that.
-Dan McLeod
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>>> that’s because the entire house is fi t and joined by his talented team.
Three stained-glass transoms are positioned to bring sunset light into interior spaces in the hallway of the house. They depict different depths of the sea, the fi rst showing the top layer of the ocean featuring a sailboat and waves, the second is the middle of the sea with kelp and salmon, and the third depicts the bottom of the sea with crab and rocks. Humpherville says he travelled to Portland, Oregon to choose the glass from a factory where each piece was textured and signed by the artist who made it.
Another distinctive element of the house is a large sundial that sits atop the fi replace, hand-carved from yellow cedar. The piece is called Finding My Way, with images of seahorses, kelp and shells, and took Humpherville three years to complete.
MAKING A STATEMENTBoth McLeod and Humpherville say the home was a result of a strong team. In the past, Humpherville
has just done his part and then left. Not this time.
“Every thought was a group thought,” says Humpherville. “We’d look and say, how can this baseboard be better, how can this trim be better…and you didn’t have just one mind.”
Even the little stuff was like that, McLeod adds, for example in a space where a baseboard ended, they weren’t happy with the conventional straight edge.
“That’s what everybody would have done,” says McLeod. “We took it and made an artistic statement.”
The home is fi tted with triple pane windows, high effi ciency heating, a full fi re protection system, storm shutters and electronic blinds. The entire home has been spray-foamed making it air-tight, McLeod explains, and a superior ventilation system balances positive and negative pressure.
McLeod says it was a bonus to have nice clients who let them have the freedom to be creative. >>>
Photos by Artez Photography unless stated. Page 16 top-bottom: Exterior of Music by the Sea, Dan McLeod left and Jeremy Humpherville standing in front of fi replace, photo by Brian Argyle. Page 17: View of living room, dining and beautiful curved art display wall. Page 18 top-bottom: Kitchen into dining and sitting room, Close-up of working harp built into masterful carved staircase photo by Brian Argyle. Page 19-20 L-R: The Captains Quarters featuring an illuminated stained-glass ceiling with french doors opening to a fi replace lit patio, outdoor stone patio overlooking Qualicum Beach.
>>> McLeod and Humpherville remain friends and are currently working on other projects together. They also became close with the homeowners during the process and maintain that relationship today.
“I think we met the owners expectations,” says McLeod, adding with a chuckle, “and they still invite me over.”
Humpherville says he’s happy to have forged a great team, and to have built something that is timeless and beautiful.
I’m proud, I get to sit back
and say I did that.
-Dan McLeod
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ith the sparkle of heavy dew covering the landscape each morning, it appears that fall may have arrived a little earlier than
anticipated this year.
No matter. Rather than lament the dwindling heat, I’ve come to recognize the fall as one of new starts and renewed energy. Yes, it certainly does mean the end of summer, but I also recall from my childhood the excitement of new school supplies, new classes to attend, making new friends, and meeting up with old friends missed during the summer. As an adult, a surge of renewed entrepreneurial spirit always surged through my veins at this time of the year – it was back to work with hopeful visions.
Here and now, the cooler snap to the air, the subtle fall colours of Vancouver Island and the rustle of wings heading south for the winter, only serves to remind me that this coming season has its own unique traditions
and opportunities - ones to be celebrated and shared.
Just a short while ago, right at the end of the summer, I decided to try kayaking for the fi rst time. I had done my share of canoeing, but kayaks seemed to wobble (at least to me) and I could only envision a dunk in the ocean. Yet, I gathered my gumption and rented a cute little yellow Pelican and shoved off from the shore of Qualicum Beach. Five minutes later, I was in the ‘zone’, paddling parallel to the shore like I had been doing it all my life ... enjoying a new passion I didn’t realize I had.
I thought about something as I was out there. It wasn’t about how wonderful paddling along in my kayak was, and it was nothing about the trip itself. I simply realized that this new vantage point gave me a whole new view of things. The shore looked different. New. Undiscovered. Here ... this place I knew quite well, still offered things that I hadn’t seen or
done yet. It excited me. I suddenly became a visitor again. Everything was shiny and new ... and defi nitely fun.
I encourage you to take the time to see things from a new perspective this season. Try something you’ve never tried before. Tuck into one of the upcoming seasonal art shows. Sign up for a photography fi eld trip. Try horseback riding ... the cool wind blowing through your hair as you race through an open fi eld. Put your boots on and head for one of our local regional trails ... maybe you’ll spot a Great Horned owl for the fi rst time.
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T he moment you step onto the property at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre (NIWRC) there is an unmistakable feeling in the air: this is a safe place, and there is good work
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As nearby raptors shuf� e and call out from their enclosures and bear cubs hone their foraging skills, volunteers lend their gentle hands to nurturing their charges back to health. Their goal: to release formerly sick and injured animals back into the environment from which they came – but now, as healthy animals given a second chance, they will be able to take care of themselves.
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Story by Susan Pederson
NURTURING WILD ANIMALSSome skeptics shake their heads at those who devote their lives to rescuing injured and orphaned animals, and prefer to “let nature take its course.” But for many others, rescuing wild animals becomes life changing. Such is the case with Robin Campbell, founder and wildlife manager of NIWRC, and his wife Sylvia, who is president. Up to 700 animals arrive on their doorstep each year, keeping the Campbells, plus their staff and volunteers, hopping. Animals often � nd their way here after concerned citizens contact NIWRC when they want to help a wild animal – but don’t know how.Such was the case one rainy afternoon in the
spring of 2012. A mother black bear had been struck and killed on Jingle Pot Road and her two cubs had taken refuge in a nearby tree. By the time Campbell, the RCMP, a conservation of� cer, and a � re truck had arrived; the cubs had returned to their mother’s body and were attempting to suckle.
ANIMAL WHISPERINGToday the cubs (Meryl and Capri) are part of the fur-and-feather menagerie that calls NIWRC home, at least temporarily (the cubs are due for release in spring 2014). Visitors to the eight-acre facility can watch the twins and other bears through bear cams (set up in the bear enclosure to ensure minimal human intrusion), check in on any number of >>>
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T he moment you step onto the property at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre (NIWRC) there is an unmistakable feeling in the air: this is a safe place, and there is good work
being done here by people with skilled hands and kind hearts.
As nearby raptors shuf� e and call out from their enclosures and bear cubs hone their foraging skills, volunteers lend their gentle hands to nurturing their charges back to health. Their goal: to release formerly sick and injured animals back into the environment from which they came – but now, as healthy animals given a second chance, they will be able to take care of themselves.
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Story by Susan Pederson
NURTURING WILD ANIMALSSome skeptics shake their heads at those who devote their lives to rescuing injured and orphaned animals, and prefer to “let nature take its course.” But for many others, rescuing wild animals becomes life changing. Such is the case with Robin Campbell, founder and wildlife manager of NIWRC, and his wife Sylvia, who is president. Up to 700 animals arrive on their doorstep each year, keeping the Campbells, plus their staff and volunteers, hopping. Animals often � nd their way here after concerned citizens contact NIWRC when they want to help a wild animal – but don’t know how.Such was the case one rainy afternoon in the
spring of 2012. A mother black bear had been struck and killed on Jingle Pot Road and her two cubs had taken refuge in a nearby tree. By the time Campbell, the RCMP, a conservation of� cer, and a � re truck had arrived; the cubs had returned to their mother’s body and were attempting to suckle.
ANIMAL WHISPERINGToday the cubs (Meryl and Capri) are part of the fur-and-feather menagerie that calls NIWRC home, at least temporarily (the cubs are due for release in spring 2014). Visitors to the eight-acre facility can watch the twins and other bears through bear cams (set up in the bear enclosure to ensure minimal human intrusion), check in on any number of >>>
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>>> raptors at various stages of healing, as well as tour the on-site museum and gift shop.
“We limit our rehabilitation efforts to raptors and bears, while other wildlife centres on Vancouver Island work to rehabilitate other animals,” explains Campbell. “We couldn’t do a good job if we had everything.”
With their philosophy of minimal intrusion and Robin’s unique approach that some might label “animal whispering,” their passion and connection to the animal world is palpable. “He doesn’t rush in. He has his own way of moving in to help an animal,” says Sylvia.
“We don’t believe in using sedatives or holding areas,” Robin adds. “You have to do what you must to take care of an animal without them knowing…If you hurt an animal, they will always remember.”
It’s the same approach he has used since 1985, when Robin helped his friend rescue a great horned owl from a barbed wire fence. It
wasn’t long before he became known as “The Bird Man of Buckley Bay,” as more people kept bringing him injured birds and other creatures in need of TLC.
The couple hasn’t looked back, or taken a breath it seems, since then, as they have grown the Centre in Errington while simultaneously caring for adults with developmental disabilities in their home on the property.
In l986, the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association (NIWRA) was formed as a non-profi t organization. While building up a roster of volunteers, and adding structures and educational programs to the mix as funding has allowed, they have also unwittingly given some of their charges 15 minutes of fame, and then some.
CELEBRITY EAGLES“In 1999 we got a call about 29 eaglets feeding on a cow carcass,” says Sylvia. “We went out
to rescue them, and we had helicopters fl ying overhead, the whole deal. It actually became an international story. It was quite an event.”All but two of those eagles were saved and eventually released. But Brian, another celebrity eagle at the Centre, couldn’t be released because of a gunshot wound to his beak. Fitted with a prosthetic beak thanks to an area dentist and denturist, he survived for eight years at the Centre.
“In the end he went through about 10 beaks. He became known internationally, and even had a book written about him,” says Sylvia.
Anyone who ventures to NIWRC is likely to come face to snout with Knut the bear, another well-known and loved creature who arrived here from a game farm (so release was not an option). Over the 17 years Knut has been here, he has taught the Campbells, and the public, a great deal about bear needs, health, habits –and especially intelligence. >>>
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>>>“He knows about 15 different signs,” says Robin, “so we can communicate with each other.”
EDUCATIONWhile these animals will never fl y the open skies or forage in forests again, they will serve a critical purpose in helping to educate the public about wildlife conservation. The Centre runs many well-respected educational programs for schools and the general public, and are in the process of developing a post-secondary education component for those wishing to pursue wildlife rehabilitation in earnest.
In order to continue to thrive, NIWRC is dependent on donations to cover everything from day-today operating costs to construction of new facilities for the animals – and for humans whose lives may be impacted by working in wildlife recovery. Information about donation options are on their website (niwra.org).
“When we started this in 1988, no one else was doing wildlife recovery,” says Sylvia, who is heading up the post-secondary initiative. “But now it is much more scientifi c and people are making it their career.”
Indeed, as hundreds of students take part in school-based and on-site programs through the Centre this school year, those who dream of saving animals one day will be able to stay close to home, and learn from the best.
Photos by Linda Matteson-Reynolds unless stated. Page 28: Ross Peterson demonstrating a resident owl, photo by Peter McCully. Page 28: Leah Moore (former employee) presenting a resident turtle on educational tour. Page 30 L-R: Entrance to North Island Wildlife Centre, Two rescued bear cubs, Interior showroom at NIWRC. Page 31 top-bottom: Rescued raptor, Volunteer caring for a rescued fawn. Page 32: Educational presentation by Ross Peterson given 3 times weekly with different animals during peak months, photo by Peter McCully.
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>>>“He knows about 15 different signs,” says Robin, “so we can communicate with each other.”
EDUCATIONWhile these animals will never fl y the open skies or forage in forests again, they will serve a critical purpose in helping to educate the public about wildlife conservation. The Centre runs many well-respected educational programs for schools and the general public, and are in the process of developing a post-secondary education component for those wishing to pursue wildlife rehabilitation in earnest.
In order to continue to thrive, NIWRC is dependent on donations to cover everything from day-today operating costs to construction of new facilities for the animals – and for humans whose lives may be impacted by working in wildlife recovery. Information about donation options are on their website (niwra.org).
“When we started this in 1988, no one else was doing wildlife recovery,” says Sylvia, who is heading up the post-secondary initiative. “But now it is much more scientifi c and people are making it their career.”
Indeed, as hundreds of students take part in school-based and on-site programs through the Centre this school year, those who dream of saving animals one day will be able to stay close to home, and learn from the best.
Photos by Linda Matteson-Reynolds unless stated. Page 28: Ross Peterson demonstrating a resident owl, photo by Peter McCully. Page 28: Leah Moore (former employee) presenting a resident turtle on educational tour. Page 30 L-R: Entrance to North Island Wildlife Centre, Two rescued bear cubs, Interior showroom at NIWRC. Page 31 top-bottom: Rescued raptor, Volunteer caring for a rescued fawn. Page 32: Educational presentation by Ross Peterson given 3 times weekly with different animals during peak months, photo by Peter McCully.
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HAND GUITARSCRAFTING
S ummit School of Guitar Building and Repair in Qualicum Beach has been luring guitar-maker wannabees for 22 years. Founder and co-owner Mike
Jarvis defi nes a luthier as “a guitar builder with an over-infl ated ego.” “My partner Sigmund Johannessen is the master builder and I’m the repairman,” he understates.
It all started in 1991. The ad in Guitar Player magazine read: Former Fender repairman now offering an intensive four-week course in guitar repair.
“I took out this advert in an American publication after making a two-year commitment to myself to ‘give it a go,’” states Jarvis. “That fi rst year, I had two students which pretty much paid for the ad and the second year, the class was fully booked.”
Initially, the one-month course was targeted towards repair, until inquiries started fl ooding in about the possibility of guitar building. At that time, Sigmund Johannessen arrived from Norway and joined in as a partner, and the doors of Summit School of Guitar Building in Qualicum were opened.
The team began with Jarvis, musician and vet-eran in the fi eld of guitar repairs, and Johan-nessen, self-taught luthier and arch-top guitar specialist. It quickly grew to include former student and now instructor, Arlen Pellietier as well as former student and computer software instructor in CAD/CAM, Leo Pederson. Len Hill joined the team as live sound instructor, and administrative assistants, Deborah Johannes-sen and Lorraine Gentry came on-board.
BECOMING A LUTHIERSummit’s philosophy is to give their students the knowledge and skill to reach their full po-tential and establish them in the fi eld of luth-iery. Larger schools often lack the student-to-teacher ratio that Summit teachers feel is so critical. And, while over the years the school has grown to full capacity, it still strives to maintain that one-on-one relationship. Courses vary from a two-week basic guitar re-pair to a one-year Masters advanced program, which includes a month-long work experience in either Japan or Sweden. Students are pro-vided with furnished housing with their own bedroom, shared kitchen, living room and bathroom. “The community has been very sup-portive of the school and we, in turn, are sup-
porting the food, housing and entertainment services that Qualicum Beach and Bowser have to offer,” states Jarvis.
Regardless of their vision, be it hobbyist or career-oriented guitar maker, the total immersion into the craft is what attracts students from all over the world and all walks of life. The school is a mutual support network for guitar-makers looking for camaraderie along with the technical learning experience. Summit School has a renowned international reputation that entices men and women from Australia, South Korea, Norway, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Brazil.
“Part of the attraction is that we’ll do or build anything,” says Jarvis. “Other schools are more regimented.
“At Summit, everyone proceeds at their own pace. They have to ‘get it’ before moving on and their problem is our problem. There is very little classroom instruction. We are very ‘hands on’ and by the third day [of the course], each student is working on their own guitar.”
TOOLS & MATERIALSEvery step of construction is covered, from choice of guitar prototypes, selection and prepa-ration of woods, to gluing and fi nishing. The workshop is well equipped with ta-ble saws, edge sanders, planers, digital calipers, routers, drills - you name it, and they’ve got it. “Pretty much any-thing goes in the shop,” says Jarvis. Safety protocol is the number one rule and tools must be treated with care and respect. The wood is the heart of a guitar and the source of its sound and beauty. Luthiers refer to woods with good sound refl ecting qualities as tone woods. Acous-tic Woods Ltd. In Port Alberni is one of the School’s suppliers of Sitka and Engelmann spruce as well as Western red ce-dar for guitar tops and bracing . T h e y m a n u -facture and dis-t r ibute more >>>
Story by Linda Matteson-Reynolds
LUTHIER: someone who makes or repairs lutes and other stringed instruments.
The building of a guitar does not make one a luthier. The true measure of a master craftsman’s soul can only be measured when all he has learned is multiplied by all he has taught. -Linda Matteson Reynolds
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S ummit School of Guitar Building and Repair in Qualicum Beach has been luring guitar-maker wannabees for 22 years. Founder and co-owner Mike
Jarvis defi nes a luthier as “a guitar builder with an over-infl ated ego.” “My partner Sigmund Johannessen is the master builder and I’m the repairman,” he understates.
It all started in 1991. The ad in Guitar Player magazine read: Former Fender repairman now offering an intensive four-week course in guitar repair.
“I took out this advert in an American publication after making a two-year commitment to myself to ‘give it a go,’” states Jarvis. “That fi rst year, I had two students which pretty much paid for the ad and the second year, the class was fully booked.”
Initially, the one-month course was targeted towards repair, until inquiries started fl ooding in about the possibility of guitar building. At that time, Sigmund Johannessen arrived from Norway and joined in as a partner, and the doors of Summit School of Guitar Building in Qualicum were opened.
The team began with Jarvis, musician and vet-eran in the fi eld of guitar repairs, and Johan-nessen, self-taught luthier and arch-top guitar specialist. It quickly grew to include former student and now instructor, Arlen Pellietier as well as former student and computer software instructor in CAD/CAM, Leo Pederson. Len Hill joined the team as live sound instructor, and administrative assistants, Deborah Johannes-sen and Lorraine Gentry came on-board.
BECOMING A LUTHIERSummit’s philosophy is to give their students the knowledge and skill to reach their full po-tential and establish them in the fi eld of luth-iery. Larger schools often lack the student-to-teacher ratio that Summit teachers feel is so critical. And, while over the years the school has grown to full capacity, it still strives to maintain that one-on-one relationship. Courses vary from a two-week basic guitar re-pair to a one-year Masters advanced program, which includes a month-long work experience in either Japan or Sweden. Students are pro-vided with furnished housing with their own bedroom, shared kitchen, living room and bathroom. “The community has been very sup-portive of the school and we, in turn, are sup-
porting the food, housing and entertainment services that Qualicum Beach and Bowser have to offer,” states Jarvis.
Regardless of their vision, be it hobbyist or career-oriented guitar maker, the total immersion into the craft is what attracts students from all over the world and all walks of life. The school is a mutual support network for guitar-makers looking for camaraderie along with the technical learning experience. Summit School has a renowned international reputation that entices men and women from Australia, South Korea, Norway, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Brazil.
“Part of the attraction is that we’ll do or build anything,” says Jarvis. “Other schools are more regimented.
“At Summit, everyone proceeds at their own pace. They have to ‘get it’ before moving on and their problem is our problem. There is very little classroom instruction. We are very ‘hands on’ and by the third day [of the course], each student is working on their own guitar.”
TOOLS & MATERIALSEvery step of construction is covered, from choice of guitar prototypes, selection and prepa-ration of woods, to gluing and fi nishing. The workshop is well equipped with ta-ble saws, edge sanders, planers, digital calipers, routers, drills - you name it, and they’ve got it. “Pretty much any-thing goes in the shop,” says Jarvis. Safety protocol is the number one rule and tools must be treated with care and respect. The wood is the heart of a guitar and the source of its sound and beauty. Luthiers refer to woods with good sound refl ecting qualities as tone woods. Acous-tic Woods Ltd. In Port Alberni is one of the School’s suppliers of Sitka and Engelmann spruce as well as Western red ce-dar for guitar tops and bracing . T h e y m a n u -facture and dis-t r ibute more >>>
Story by Linda Matteson-Reynolds
LUTHIER: someone who makes or repairs lutes and other stringed instruments.
The building of a guitar does not make one a luthier. The true measure of a master craftsman’s soul can only be measured when all he has learned is multiplied by all he has taught. -Linda Matteson Reynolds
SUMMIT SCHOOL BEGINS
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Jarvis explains, “there’s a lot of tradi-tion around the building of guitars - the type of wood, maple for necks, ebony for fi ngerboards - some guys use alternatives but not much. It’s hard enough to sell a homemade guitar without having to educate your buyer.”
From cleaving the stump to working and carving the tops, the students learn from making mistakes. This means the type of wood they use may change with experience. “We don’t suggest they use the highest quality for their fi rst ef-forts,” states Jarvis. “As Sigmund always says, ‘there are no mistakes, only re-pairs’.”
THE FUTUREThe future for luthiers seeking em-ployment in the industry is the use of computerized software programming. Summit School now offers to their Mas-ter Luthiery students Rhino 3D CAD
modeling, one of the most comprehen-sive software programs on the market today. CNC (computer numerical con-trolled) routers provide the students practical alternatives to the traditional jig-guided power and hand tools.
Summit School is now expanding their courses to include Live Sound Studio instruction. Having recently completed construction on their “fl oating” sound-proof studio designed by renowned technical director John Vrtacic, they are ready for on-location training in studio recording. “This opens new fi elds and diversifi cation of trades for our students as sound engineers, monitor technicians, stage managers and tour managers,” states Jarvis.
TRUE MASTERYThere is no smoke and mirrors about building a great guitar. It should refl ect the maker’s personality. The building process quickly weeds out the faint-of-heart and ego trippers. >>>
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Jarvis explains, “there’s a lot of tradi-tion around the building of guitars - the type of wood, maple for necks, ebony for fi ngerboards - some guys use alternatives but not much. It’s hard enough to sell a homemade guitar without having to educate your buyer.”
From cleaving the stump to working and carving the tops, the students learn from making mistakes. This means the type of wood they use may change with experience. “We don’t suggest they use the highest quality for their fi rst ef-forts,” states Jarvis. “As Sigmund always says, ‘there are no mistakes, only re-pairs’.”
THE FUTUREThe future for luthiers seeking em-ployment in the industry is the use of computerized software programming. Summit School now offers to their Mas-ter Luthiery students Rhino 3D CAD
modeling, one of the most comprehen-sive software programs on the market today. CNC (computer numerical con-trolled) routers provide the students practical alternatives to the traditional jig-guided power and hand tools.
Summit School is now expanding their courses to include Live Sound Studio instruction. Having recently completed construction on their “fl oating” sound-proof studio designed by renowned technical director John Vrtacic, they are ready for on-location training in studio recording. “This opens new fi elds and diversifi cation of trades for our students as sound engineers, monitor technicians, stage managers and tour managers,” states Jarvis.
TRUE MASTERYThere is no smoke and mirrors about building a great guitar. It should refl ect the maker’s personality. The building process quickly weeds out the faint-of-heart and ego trippers. >>>
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Photos page 34: Mike Jarvis displaying a hand crafted guitar. Page 35: Hand crafted acoustic guitar by Peter McCully. Photos 36-39 by Linda Matteson-Reynolds. Page 36 Top - bottom: Examples of students work, Student showing partially fi nished electric guitar. Page 37: Instructor working in workshop. Page 38: Instrument tuning keys. Page 39: Students practicing the craft in workshop.
>>> American master luthier and writer, William Cumpiano writes, “guitar making evokes an aura of seductive mystery, one with great appeal to the sentimental and illusion prone. Mastery comes from giving it all the time it takes, whatever that may be. You have to pay your guitar making dues to become a master.”
Students arrive at Summit School to attend their own personal journey and to unfold the lessons of the craft. The instructors provide the mentorship, recognizing the vulnerabilities and lack of skills of each individual student. “I don’t teach, I facilitate,” states Jarvis. “I’m here for guidance, to challenge my student’s creativity, ingenuity and know-how.” Every student’s guitar building session is an extension of himself. For now, Mike Jarvis is living his creative dream vicariously through his students.
William Cumpiano sums up the true defi nition of a master luthier best:
“A master is someone who has made more mistakes than you and has learned how to embrace them. So as you make the journey towards mastery one mistake at a time remember, the true master has persevered past the errors until he’s made them all.”
For further information and inquiries on the Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair visit www.luthiers-international.com.
Reference: (1) Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair www.luthiers-international.com
(2) William Cumpiano www.cumpiano.com
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Photos page 34: Mike Jarvis displaying a hand crafted guitar. Page 35: Hand crafted acoustic guitar by Peter McCully. Photos 36-39 by Linda Matteson-Reynolds. Page 36 Top - bottom: Examples of students work, Student showing partially fi nished electric guitar. Page 37: Instructor working in workshop. Page 38: Instrument tuning keys. Page 39: Students practicing the craft in workshop.
>>> American master luthier and writer, William Cumpiano writes, “guitar making evokes an aura of seductive mystery, one with great appeal to the sentimental and illusion prone. Mastery comes from giving it all the time it takes, whatever that may be. You have to pay your guitar making dues to become a master.”
Students arrive at Summit School to attend their own personal journey and to unfold the lessons of the craft. The instructors provide the mentorship, recognizing the vulnerabilities and lack of skills of each individual student. “I don’t teach, I facilitate,” states Jarvis. “I’m here for guidance, to challenge my student’s creativity, ingenuity and know-how.” Every student’s guitar building session is an extension of himself. For now, Mike Jarvis is living his creative dream vicariously through his students.
William Cumpiano sums up the true defi nition of a master luthier best:
“A master is someone who has made more mistakes than you and has learned how to embrace them. So as you make the journey towards mastery one mistake at a time remember, the true master has persevered past the errors until he’s made them all.”
For further information and inquiries on the Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair visit www.luthiers-international.com.
Reference: (1) Summit School of Guitar Building and Repair www.luthiers-international.com
(2) William Cumpiano www.cumpiano.com
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