Mauritian carver Lewis Dick at the Incinerator Complex working on a large wooden sculpture of sailor. He was given some wood from a tree that once grew on the Avenue of Honour, and Lewis has decided to make a work as a gift to the city of Moonee Valley. Incidentally, Lewis' birthday is the day of the opening, 28 February, almost. He was actually born on 29 February, the seventeenth child whose mother died in childbirth. His life has been very much about trying to recover from the shadow cast over his destiny by this incident. He says it was the 'slap' that the doctor gave him after he was born, to help him breathe, that set him forward in life. Every day, for Lewis, begins with this slap. To listen to Lewis talk about how he started carving, click here - four minute MP3 file)
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Lewis Dick at work
Mauritian carver Lewis Dick at the Incinerator Complex working on a large wooden sculpture of sailor. He was given some wood from a tree that once grew on the Avenue of Honour, and Lewis has decided to make a work as a gift to the city of Moonee Valley. Incidentally, Lewis' birthday is the day of the opening, 28 February, almost. He was actually born on 29 February, the seventeenth child whose mother died in childbirth. His life has been very much about trying to recover from the shadow cast over his destiny by this incident. He says it was the 'slap' that the doctor gave him after he was born, to help him breathe, that set him forward in life. Every day, for Lewis, begins with this slap. To listen to Lewis talk about how he started carving, click here - four minute MP3 file)
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It's refreshing to hear a man speak of his passion and have the willingness to act towards his vision, which he expects will survive after him and he is not acting only for himself but for others to learn and grow from.
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