Stanley Park, Vancouver, September 2014. A fourteen-foot
bronze-cast cedar sculpture is being erected. Dignitaries from all
levels of government are present, including leaders of the Coast
Salish First Nations and representatives from Portugal's Azores
Islands. Luke Marston, carver/artist, supervises as his three-year
project is revealed to the world.
The sculpture--titled "Shore to Shore"--depicts Luke's
great-great-grandparents, Portuguese Joe Silvey, one of BC's most
colourful pioneers, and Kwatleematt (Lucy), a Sechelt First Nation
matriarch and Silvey's second wife. Silvey and Kwatleematt are
flanked by Khaltinaht, Silvey's first wife, a noblewoman from the
Musqueam and Squamish First Nations. The trio are surrounded by the
tools of Silvey's trade: seine nets, whaling harpoons, and the
Pacific coast salmon that helped the family thrive in the early
industries of BC. The sculpture references the multicultural
relationships that are at the foundation of BC, while also
showcasing the talents of one of Canada's finest contemporary First
Nations carvers.
Combining interviews, research and creative non-fiction
narration, author Suzanne Fournier recounts Marston's career, from
his early beginnings carving totems for the public at the Royal BC
Museum, to his study under Haida artist Robert Davidson and
jewellery master Valentin Yotkov, to his visits to both his
ancestral homes: Reid Island and the Portuguese Azores island of
Pico--journeys which provided inspiration for the "Shore to Shore"
statue.
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