LOVE OR ANDRÉA ÉLODIE 32 in

LOVE OR ANDRÉA ÉLODIE 32 in

A young child, who until now has led a life of pure and innocent happiness, is reaching up, welcoming an angel/woman/mother who is bending over her. The woman angel is holding out her hand just above the young girl’s heart in protection and blessing. The word “Love” is embroidered on the child’s dress. The crystal ball represents childhood games, while the stars symbolize blessings and good wishes bestowed on the child from the heavens above. This is the unbridled joy felt when the mind has no doubt that it is loved unconditionally.

Anecdote: This sculpture was commissioned by a customer who had recently adopted a young Vietnamese girl. The theme: her adoptive daughter, with her deceased biological mother looking down upon her.  The woman had supplied personal photos to give the figure of the child features resembling her adopted daughter and the woman angel the face of my customer. Andréa-Élodie had very short hair but wanted pigtails, wish that I granted on the sculpture, which bears the child’s name.

Treatment: Bronze (32in/81cm). The woman angel’s body is black, while her wings and hair bluish. The child has been treated with several patinas: the skin is gilded with ferric nitrate and the clothing with copper nitrate (bluish/green). The hair is black. The hair adornments and the embroidery thread that spells out the word “Love” are gold. The stars are mirror polished. The ball is crystal.

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