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bife 
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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 Posted - 05/26/2011 : 14:05:03
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China, and all things chinese, interpreted as loosely as you like
It's getting harder by the week to find topics not already covered! |
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Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 05/26/2011 : 14:21:54
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I found the Cheese in Chineese, with some liberal spelling. |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Improper Username 
"inappropriately amused"
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Posted - 05/26/2011 : 20:47:56
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I decided to use this theme as an opportunity to memorialize one of my favorite artists, Edward Marshall Boehm. I knew of his very refined and elegant "china" (aka porcelain) bird and flower sculptures, but I was tickled to find that he had done one of a saddle bronc rider. I combined it with one of his birds to show his versatility.
He was not a "nice" man. He'd had an Oliver Twist childhood and grew up to be quite narcissistic, as I understand. He eventually became reunited with his estranged father, but his emotional wounds never healed. Despite that, it seems that his marriage was satisfactory and his wife Helen's sales and PR savvy was instrumental in the international success of their business.
He was an extreme perfectionist who was as hard on himself as he was others. His work was wonderful to behold, but what a miserable way to live. He died of a heart attack at the age of 56 in 1969. Helen Boehm passed away a few years ago and their china-porcelain company continues.
When I was an art student, I became interested in dabbling in porcelain sculpture, so I taught myself how to work in that medium. I studied Boehm's work for inspiration. |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 05/26/2011 : 23:45:33
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Improper Username
"inappropriately amused"
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Posted - 05/27/2011 : 03:39:42
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quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Zoo hopes panda porn inspires mating.
And that is why Pandas are in danger of extinction and humans aren't. Libido--we gotz it. |
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Koli
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 05/27/2011 : 05:43:48
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| Tell it like it is... Chinglish may offend. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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MguyXXV
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 05/31/2011 : 06:41:35
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| Break it. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 06/01/2011 : 09:10:48
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| Voted. |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 06/01/2011 : 12:05:12
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| voted |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 06/01/2011 : 12:20:16
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voted in character
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MguyXXV
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 06/01/2011 : 15:26:28
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| Number 1 son voted. |
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Koli
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 06/01/2011 : 21:14:47
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| I'd like to vote for you wall, but I had to Macau my choice. No Peking unless you're Cheese_Ed. |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 06/01/2011 : 23:36:45
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For such a populous country so few entries! ...
This week: 8 entrants and 7 voters.
In second place, with 8 points (233) ...
A Sino things to come ...
bife  !!
In second place, with 8 points (233) ...
Not for all the chocolate in China ...
ChocolateLady  !!
And in first place, with 11 points (31232) ...
A smashing entry ...
MguyX  !!!
Mguy, you won (ton)!
How about getting us a new theme, chop-chop (sticks).
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MguyXXV
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 06/02/2011 : 02:12:01
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Humbled I am to gracious accept this trophy. 
Now all your base are belong to us!  |
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Avatar contest #368 - China
