Made this elvis buddha today by request for someone in town who just lost their apartment, loads of rock and roll memorabilia and two kitties in a fire. Acrylic on burnt canvas, repurposed frame and a single .45 bullet. The phrase at the top is from “if I can dream.”
I really think an alan vega buddha is in order now…
Latest sculpture. Not a great pic…its about 2 feet tall, mounted on a piece of bomb truck steel
The pipe bomb is not functional, and I feel like I’ll forever be a little disappointed about that.
By special request from a friend. 8×10 scratchboard.
Not making a buddha every day has left me time to do more involved work, like this piece focused on the crown of thorns – to me, one of the most powerful religious symbols representing dedication and love, and also terrible humiliation and pain. 2′ tall, forged and welded steel and wire.
Two things david bowie represents to me: hard work and constant change/impermanence. We at 365 Buddhas would not feel right if we didn’t pay tribute. Linocut print on repurposed 7 inch record covers with watercolor accents, edition of 7.
The final poem of 2015! I can’t believe it! Major kudos and thanks to Julian for masterminding this year of Buddhas and poems, and to Noah Scalin for 365 inspiration. I’m so glad I did this! And I’m looking forward to 2016 and the Leap Year Photo Challenge! Yay!!!
End of the line! Today’s buddha is a direct tribute to Noah Scalin, whose skull a day project inspired this whole thing. He makes great matchstick portraits and I thought it would be a great way to end the year. It was pretty satisfying!
Huge thanks to everyone who watched, commented, liked, supported, shared, or otherwise helped with this project. Huge thanks to my very patient family for putting up with my year of nonsense. And most of all thanks to Noah for the inspiration and Vickie for being my partner in crime! I’ll be posting a few more buddhas and some thoughts on the year soon.
I can’t believe I made it this far without a woodburning buddha. 4×6 scrap pine from a pallet.
I will still be fulfilling some requests in 2016 – including pancakes, cast metal, etc. Don’t despair!
First a note…we realized we double counted a day, so we have corrected the number. Don’t judge.
This is one of the first buddhas I thought up…mostly because of the name. Old bay seasoning arranged by brush on black Artagain paper.
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