a land of Tibet

Through My Eyes

Here we can see the whole armature. I've moved the assembly over to make it easier to take the picture. I know I said it looked a bit stark but then I thought I might as well show what this stage looks like. I haven't done much more since we last looked the pages as I mentioned. You can see the coat hanger wire. I use a lot of this stuff on the pipes to provide a framework that holds the clay onto the armature. They sell soft wire for the purpose but coat hanger wire works fine. We can see that I've actually put the entire sculpture on top of a piece of plywood. It's actually on top of a rotating stool base that I use to allow me to work on all sides of a peice easily. The center of the arms is actually copper tubing that I got from a junkyard awhile ago. Actually I originally got the tubing because I was going to make a still to make alcohol for auto fuel. I never got to it though but it makes good armature material as it bends easily. Those things that hold the tubing onto the table are pipe flanges that I got from the hardware store. This seems solid enough so there's plenty of work to go!

Here's the sculpture a bit farther along. The face of Tara Drolma has again changed a fair bit! As I mentioned I thought the closed eyes looked somewhat better for the peice. I think this is partly because it is in the spirit of the theme and partly because it works better within the limits of my clay working technique.

Here are some more views...

I'm trying to portray both tremendous resolve and courage that are described as the natural expression of the fully developed compassionate mind that Tara Drolma embodies! To be able to look upon the suffering of those close to you and yet feel no hate toward those who bring that suffering is a wondrous thing. It is something that Tibetans have done many times since the invasion of the Chinese regime as we know well! There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one!

* courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for

the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.

( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)


	Through My Eyes * Here we can see the whole armature. I've moved the assembly over to make it easier to take the picture. I know I said it looked a bit stark but then I thought I might as well show what this stage looks like. I haven't done much more since we last looked the pages as I mentioned. You can see the coat hanger wire. I use a lot of this stuff on the pipes to provide a framework that holds the clay onto the armature. They sell soft wire for the purpose but coat hanger wire works fine. We can see that I've actually put the entire sculpture on top of a piece of plywood. It's actually on top of a rotating stool base that I use to allow me to work on all sides of a peice easily. The center of the arms is actually copper tubing that I got from a junkyard awhile ago. Actually I originally got the tubing because I was going to make a still to make alcohol for auto fuel. I never got to it though but it makes good armature material as it bends easily. Those things that hold the tubing onto the table are pipe flanges that I got from the hardware store. This seems solid enough so there's plenty of work to go! Here's the sculpture a bit farther along. The face of Tara Drolma has again changed a fair bit! As I mentioned I thought the closed eyes looked somewhat better for the peice. I think this is partly because it is in the spirit of the theme and partly because it works better within the limits of my clay working technique. Here are some more views... I'm trying to portray both tremendous resolve and courage that are described as the natural expression of the fully developed compassionate mind that Tara Drolma embodies! To be able to look upon the suffering of those close to you and yet feel no hate toward those who bring that suffering is a wondrous thing. It is something that Tibetans have done many times since the invasion of the Chinese regime as we know well! There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one! * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje. ( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)