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richfed
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Posted - February 18 2012 : 5:52:45 PM

Friends,

Sometimes when we ask ourselves why we consent to doing volunteer fund raising projects; when all is done, you have your answer. As artists, we are frequently asked to create works for worthy projects and sometimes we ask others to donate to our causes. This is the way these things are accomplished and the end results most always benefit a good cause. Recently, I was asked to create a work for a fund raising auction, which provided me a chance to sculpt in three dimensions a new medium for me.

THE PROJECT

Brenda Golden (wife of Oak Ridge Boy, William Lee Golden) is chairman for a Celebrity Fund Raising Auction for the Joseph and Stephaine Walker Foundation which provides college scholarships to young people with financial needs. Fine organization, good cause. For this years fund raiser, many celebrities (and then there are others, like me ) have been asked to decorate a Faberg egg which will be auctioned on March 17 at the TEA TIME benefit.

Would I decorate a Faberge egg for it? My answer; Sure, Brenda, send it over (shes a good friend). I have had experience at decorating eggs for fund raisers since I did one for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll back in the early 80s. Back then I was told that after being displayed at the White house my egg would ultimately reside in the Smithsonian Institution (Im sure it is - buried somewhere way down in the bowels of the Smithsonian with hundreds, by now maybe thousands of other eggs). But, after painting a landscape of the Teton Mountains on a 3 White House Easter Egg mmore than 30 years ago, I figured today I could handle one more egg for a good cause.

The egg arrived, and is 9 tall hollow ceramic with a hole in it (attached photo). What do you do with an ceramic egg with a hole in it? Everyone else will be painting theirs, some using sequins, beads, etc, on their eggs, which will all turn out very nice Im sure. Weve got to be creative here What to do?

So -

To make a long story short, I came up with an idea and coerced my friend Shawn Webster, who is a talented quillworker artist into collaborating with me (told him I would try to get him a date with Carrie Underwood who is also doing an egg, which he liked, but Im sure Carries ice hockey husband will make quick mincemeat of Shawn if he even looks at her). As I knew he would, Shawn did a great job quilling the headband, making the head dress, also helping with design and fabricating the sculpture. The result - INDIAN EGG HEAD. But since this title just didnt quite project the dignity of the sculpt- to be a bit more refined, I asked friend Carolyn Foreman, who is knowledgeable about the Cherokee language for a name and she did - DIDEYOHVSGI which is Cherokee for THE TEACHER.

More friends, silversmiths Wayne and Marilyn Holcombe from Brooklyn, Michigan specially made and generously donated all the trade silver for the project. Their touch added even more class to the sculpt.

So, with lots of help from friends, and after much agonizing, teeth gnashing, and many days and nights of thinking, figuring, and work, it is finally done. A worthy project for a worthy cause. Now we all just hope some worthy person steps up and bids high for THE TEACHER. All for a good cause.

I present THE TEACHER.

David

For more information about the Joseph and Stephanie Walker Foundation and the Tea Time Fund Raising Auction, go to:

http://www.josephwalker3.org/foundation.php

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