****December 2010 Focus - Focus Magazine

Holistic Dental Office
and Healing Centre
“Countless Catch” Ake Lianga, 30 x 20 inches, acrylic on canvas.
Marston. When Sepik sculptor Claytus Yambon, who was visiting
from Papua New Guinea during the “Hailans to Ailans” event last
year, saw the log, he decreed the two should carve it together according
to Sepik design. Marston, a young artist who regards Yambon, a village
chief, as a mentor, quickly agreed.
The result is globalism at its best, without outsourcing and compromise.
The wood is from the rainforest, the painted designs from both
cultures, and the masks that adorn its bow the signatures of both artists:
Yambon’s crocodile with stone teeth from the North Coast and Marston’s
serene moon mask, which reverberates the exquisite modernist gifts
of the late Art Thompson, another stream in the river of life.
Monds sees the show as a satisfying moment in her life, which has
been dedicated to the promotion of indigenous art and artists and the
understanding of their culture. “There is a tendency to think of indigenous
artists on Vancouver Island as being quite apart from other groups
in the Pacific, but there is much common ground among Pacific
peoples—commonalities of belief, tradition, artistry, lifestyle, relationships
with land, postcolonial history, and other things.” She describes
this exhibition as a cross-cultural conversation among artists on the
Sepik River, Vancouver Island, and the Solomon Islands: “By bringing
artists together from these three important carving traditions, this
exhibition is in many ways a culmination of Alcheringa Gallery’s 25
years of working with artists from various parts of the Pacific.”
Give your loved one—or yourself—a dazzling new smile
for the holidays. A beautiful smile can be gained in as little
as one (whitening) or two (veneers) hours! Just in time for
the pictures and the parties and all those lasting memories!
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Holistic dentist Dr. Deanna Geddo’s aesthetic work emphasizes
helping patients regain their youthful, individual smile.
She also offers amalgam removal, metal-free crowns, bridges
and dentures. And now, Dr. Geddo has welcomed other
healing professionals to her dental office to provide shiatsu
massages, hot stone treatments, individualized personal
training, and yoga-based therapy.
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It all takes place in her artful downtown space, where
attentive staff provide herbal tea, hot lavender towels, kind
words, and unconditional acceptance.
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The coming holiday season offers an opportunity to
nurture and honour those we love—and put a beautiful
smile on their face!
Gift certificates can be used towards both
dentistry and holistic services.
Dr. Deanna Geddo, DDS • 250-389-0669
404 - 645 Fort St (across from Bay Centre)
doctor_dg@shaw.ca
www.integrateddentalstudio.ca
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