Sunday, August 29, 2010

Sunday Stills: Statues and Figurines

When I was very young my father took up sculpting and made two statues which are sadly in dire need of repair. The geisha, plaster on a wire armature and light as a feather, has lost her head. The laughing Buddha, Hoi Toi, is solid concrete and has lost a foot. His patina is almost indistinguishable from that of the old cactus behind him. I keep telling myself one day I will fix them. And, one day, I will.



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8 comments:

Ed said...

Great shots! Love the post processing..:-)

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

Leave the Buddha alone, you have the one and only Buddha like this.

WildBlack said...

Great shots! The fist pic can tell a long story of its own. :)

Jill said...

Love both of the sculptures! The Buddha is fantastic!

Regular Guy said...

Nice shots, the first one looks sad on the ground.

Brenda said...

that's sad that she lost her head. love that the background is the same color of the buddha

Anonymous said...

Nice and perfect processing, i loved the tone and makes me think about the history of it

NitWit1 said...

You are talented to even know how to fix a statue. I am impressed with that knowledge as well as the photos

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