Wednesday, November 14 1998 | hs COMMUNITY | | PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW 2.7

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could see he was ight .. — -ab-
“stractbeasts.
- Appealingly abstr pact
‘Back to the. restaurant, cof-

- fee and conversation: Becom- “across Vancouver

ing an artist was a bit of a sur-
“prise to Birse.. When he emi-

land) he thought he would be
-an electrical: engineer and

~ work for the Defense Ministry. -

~ Because: that’ 8 what he did i in
England.”

“But | couldn't geta job, sol:
had. to think of something I:
could do,” he said. “I'don’t re:
ally know why T picked metal
to work with, except I've al-°

ways been working on some-
thing, especially’ cars, Sol

guess it came out of that.” He:

shrugged.

“One day] came home with:
some wands and two tanks of .

welding gas — then I sat and
“Jooked at them for two days, It

was like, what\do Ido now? T

= didn’ thave aclue v, it's.a.wone

der T didn't kill myself in (hat.
" first year, It was 80 dangerous, 1

“and I don't think I really real-
~ daed: that, until: later.” He no
~jonger: uses gas: welding,
~ wisely, in his opinion, 0)

‘His first work was mostly.

He a ached Dig This |
: with. his: work, and “it went:
ae crazy.” Before long the pieces
“ were being sold to customers.

in Seattle, Alberta, Alaska, and |
Island,
Americans are still among his

grated to. Canada (from best customers.

Britain, and originally, Scot-.

“They like things that area

- Jittle more outrageous. But it's
“selling well here now, too"
He cuts every piece out by .

hand... “That © makes» them
unique.’ And ‘it gives me’ the

flexibility to do. whatever ia
Tike,” he said. ;

What makes it ‘art? Birse

pondered: the question, his

~ making candlesticks and furni-
ture, like tables and chairs, and. §

then the Interiors of shops in”

Victoria, He refers to that ABs |

~ his “conmmerciat”. phase, 0

| 2g “After cu \ ais. he d

Mis Hit

concrete. “T don’t know where.
that’s going ‘yet, but just doing “ti

something new is exciting.”

~~ Tt will mean the name of his
“company: will have to change.

lt had been Jak. Birse. Metal.

sl Customized Facials cee
AHA Peels. :

Hand & Foot Treatments

Waxing & Make- “up
Gift Certificates

Be aioraheae ‘producions’: ae
ae bute I'm going to..lose: hes

‘metal’, it’s too trendy now.”
~ It will also mean he'll have:

: to paint his truck. The.com: >
“pany name is emblazoned in.
meth thick’ x yellow paint across its.

and coming up with new ideas.
- love shows, —I get to chat ae

~ Alice Valdal”
Licensed Aesthetician

_ For copoivnionls call 656-7090 __

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