![]() Smith must carve a new clay original each time because they are destroyed in the process. He then cuts out a glass silhouette that fits in the mold and adds the colours. When that sets, he pulls the clay out of the mold. Smith begins by carving a clay original, then layers plaster and silica on the clay before applying a second ‘jacket’ layer. Each one represents a significant amount of time, materials and effort. ![]() The glass fish concept came into being around 2010. In 1991 he moved his studio to its present location behind his home on the edge of Nanoose Bay. He opened a studio in Nanaimo in 1977 and relocated to Lantzville in 1986. He learned his craft during an apprenticeship in a glass studio in 1975, in addition to a summer semester at the Alberta College of Art, before it became known as ACAD. Smith has been working with glass for decades. READ MORE: Shutterbugs invited to show their skills in Regional District of Nanaimo photo contest Smith said if the area upstream was rehabilitated into forested wetlands again, it would provide a ‘sponge’ that could soak up water and feed it into Shelly Creek, and ultimately the Englishman River, in dry times. He said there is a lot that could be done to improve conditions in the creek and help the salmon and trout survive. “There’ll be no fresh water flowing into it, other than the little spring that feeds it right there, until the first big rain event in the fall.” “The fact that the creek is now dry, just above where this park is, for the summer,” Smith said. Smith thought up the idea for the exhibit earlier this year when he was in Shelly Creek Park near Hamilton to tag fish in the area with Mid Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society (MVHIES). Most recently some of his fish appear in ‘The Tale of One Urban Creek’ exhibit in the McMillan Arts Centre (MAC), which showcases the story of one of the last local waterways that bears salmon and trout populations and what the community can do to help.
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