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started looking for property. She wanted to find a place where she could grow medicinal herbs but also have a beautiful teaching garden along with an art studio. She found this all in Port Clyde, N.S.The name Studio 181 comes from the creative nature of her business and the number of her house.
A few years ago, when she was working as a scenic artist in Calgary for a theatre fabrication company, they had a contract with Disney, who at the time was building Disney Shanghai in China. Her first job with this company, when asked if she could sew, was to construct six black, stretchy nylon covers for big plastic balls that were to be used as pretend cannonballs in the Disney parade in China.
Since moving to Nova Scotia, Smerek has continued with her creative work. At her property in Port Clyde, she first opened her home as a traditional bed and breakfast. After the first summer, tourist traffic fell drastically and by October it was non-existent, so she found herself scrambling for an income.Flip The Bird is a book of funny birds. The reader can change the head, body and legs by flipping the page parts that correspond.
“Sometimes inspiration comes from a memory, like those of my daughter and I making toys and games when she was a child and we had no TV or money to buy things,” said Smerek. “That sure inspires you to get creative.”On the illustration side of things, she mainly does commissioned work. She loves the challenge of creating the perfect visual representation from her collaboration with her customers’ thoughts and ideas.
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