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Ceramic Little Buddha: VOID

5/15/2023

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young monk feeling a void, sad and depressed
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I have been busy with garden work, but my preparation for the Sculpture in the Park Show is moving steadily. New business cards will be printed sustainably at Greener Printer. I will next order small boxes to put ceramic buffalo in. Meanwhile I want to make at least a few more new pieces. I feel new energy being generated.

In this blog, I'm going to simply line up images to see if "Follow It," an email notification app that I use, will send out all the photos. Yes, please click here to subscribe.
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Ceramic Little Buddhas: SHARED

4/28/2023

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In the next few sculptures, I am going to explore the value of human connections. I just watched, for the forth times, a TED Talk by Robert Waldinger. Following his suggestions, I have been deliberately reaching out to some people in order to deepen the friendships. It takes time away from making art, but it is more important to me at this stage of my life. I am not good at building rapports, but it does not mean I should not try. New Little Buddhas will be reflections of such thought.
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Process of Making Sculpture Bases

4/3/2023

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Some of you may be interested in seeing how I make sculpture bases. I give thoughts to each one, so that it will uniquely enhance the sculpture. These three pieces are the very examples.

Grocery shopping and swimming were done this morning. I'm ready to spend the next 2 days in this cozy house, while spring storms blow. After that, hopefully beautiful Spring will arrive here finally. Stay warm everyone!

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Ceramic Little Buddhas of Spring Images

3/23/2023

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I was itching to go outside for a walk, but I wanted to finish coloring them. I will now put them aside and take a look at them from time to time. Usually areas that require recoloring will pop up. Happy almost spring to everyone!
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Ceramic Little Buddha: DEJECTED

3/15/2023

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Don't worry I am not feeling dejected, but these images come naturally to me. I am lucky I can afford to make pieces like this just to please myself.

I tried a new technique in this piece. The torso is the extension of the rock, and the legs are attached later. As the clay drys and shrinks, the feet may be lifted from the rock a bit, but cracks will not form on the ankles. Hope it will work....

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Ceramic Little Buddha: SELF-REJECTION

3/4/2023

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My friend uttered "agony" when I showed this piece to her last night. Since then, I have been thinking what causes extreme mental suffering. The answer will be this sculpture's title. What came across my mind was a vicious cycle of self-rejection.

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Ceramic Figure: LITTLE BUDDHA OF FLOATING THOUGHT

2/8/2023

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I cannot stop experimenting. This time, I made the rock out of 3 different colored clays marbled together, hoping the outcome would look real. For this year's Sculpture in the Park show, I have started to make Little Buddhas again; seven more to go....

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Ceramic Sculpture: LITTLE BUDDHA OF IMBALANCE

11/20/2022

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I tried to exaggerate "life's imbalance" with the way the figure sits, with its facial expression and body language, and with cold metallic tones. Even though it looks as if he will topple down soon, he is still holding onto it. He is hanging on to it. In that, I placed my hope in resilience. Someday a balance will be found.

Sorry this is not a happy holiday image. I sculpted this before my August show, but I finally had a chance to color it. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
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Ceramic Sculpture: LITTLE BUDDHA OF BREEZE

10/25/2022

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My summer projects (carpentry work and gardening) were finally squared away. I am happily back working with clay. This Little Buddha was started at the Suzie Cappa as a public demonstration piece.
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Ceramic Little Buddha: LOSS

8/7/2022

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tenyoh ceramic little buddha boat yearning
The missing half of the boat can represent a person, an ability, or even the past. Such yearning for a loss is part of our life as well as joyful or serene images expressed with my other Little Buddhas. All the new  pieces, together with the sculptures from my dementia series, will be displayed at the Sculpture in the Park Show next weekend (Aug. 13 & 14). It will be held at the Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland, CO. Please come to see it if you have time!

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