{"title":"Tree Island Studio","description":"\u003cp\u003eTree Island Studio \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Hackett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"av_textblock_section av-kycezp4z-02dd82f68092a6ed1d4878dbec21324b\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"avia_textblock av_inherit_color\" itemprop=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Hackett is an artist and a woodturner in Victoria on Vancouver Island.  Tree Island Studio represents the second of two paths he has followed, exploring his creativity in Art and Science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInitially Peter streamed into science, technology, and innovation.   He was a research scientist specializing in chemical physics, lasers and nanotechnology.   He became Vice-president Research of the National Research Council of Canada.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe ended his career as Executive Professor in the Business School at the University of Alberta and as a Fellow 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and generous mentor, Wayne Anaka and other members of our local guild,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.islandwoodturners.ca\/\"\u003eThe Island Woodturners Guild\u003c\/a\u003e.  Ken Broadland at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.heartwoodstudio.ca\/\"\u003eHeartwood Studios\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas also been very generous with his time and support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, he is happy to pay it forward by helping others out whenever I can.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex_column av-fkdke-a93ee693f8a9d00d5f56ef857d174fdf av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 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