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Paper Sculptures

Sculptures of Native American scenes made out of paper by Allen and Patty Eckman.

These stunningly detailed sculptures may only be made from paper but they are being snapped up by art fans for tens of thousands of dollars. The intricate creations depict Native American scenes and took up to 11 months to make using a specially formulated paper.
Husband and wife team Allen and Patty Eckman put paper pulp into clay moulds and pressurise it to remove the water.
The hard, lightweight pieces are then removed and the couple painstakingly add detailed finishings with a wide range of tools.
They have been making the creations since 1987 at their home studio, in South Dakota, America, and have racked up a whopping $3 million selling the works of art.
The pieces depict traditional scenes from Native American history of Cherokees hunting and dancing.
The most expensive piece is called Prairie Edge Powwow which sold for $47,000.
Allen said: “We create Indians partly because my great great grandmother was a Cherokee and my family on both sides admire the native Americans. I work on the men and animals and Patty does the women and children.”
“I enjoy most doing the detail. The paper really lends itself to unlimited detail. I’m really interested in the Indians’ material, physical and spiritual culture and that whole period of our nation’s history I find fascinating. From the western expansion, through the Civil War and beyond is of great interest to me.”
Allen explained their technique: “It should not be confused with papier mache. The two mediums are completely different. I call what we do ‘cast paper sculpture’.”
“Some of them we create are lifesize and some we scale down to 1/6 life size.”
“These sculptures are posed as standing nude figures and limited detailed animals with no ears, tails or hair.”
“We transform them by sculpting on top of them – creating detail with soft and hard paper we make in various thicknesses and textures.”
“We have really enjoyed the development of our fine art techniques over the years and have created a process that is worth sharing. There are many artists and sculptors who we believe will enjoy this medium as much as we have.”

Jokes

Joke Of The Day

A man asked an American Indian what was his wife’s name.

He replied, “She called Five Horses”.

The man said, “That’s an unusual name for your wife. What does it mean?”

The Old Indian answered, “It old Indian Name. It mean .. . .

. . . NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG, NAG!”

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Riding a Dead Horse

The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.

In modern education and government, however, a whole range of far more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:

1. Buying a stronger whip.

2. Changing riders.

3. Threatening the horse with termination.

4. Appointing a committee to study the horse.

5. Visiting other sites to see how others ride dead horses.

6. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.

7. Re-classifying the dead horse as “living, impaired”.

8. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.

9. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase the speed.

10. Attempting to mount multiple dead horses in hopes that one of them will spring to life.

11. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse’s performance.

12. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse’s performance.

13. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead, and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.

14. Re-writing the expected performance requirements for all horses.

15. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position.

Jokes

Joke Of The Day

An Indian walks into the trading post one day and asks for toilet paper. The clerk asks if he would like no name, Charmin, or white cloud.

“White cloud sounds like good Indian toilet paper,” says the Indian. “how much is it?”

“$1.00 a roll” the clerk replies.

“That’s pretty expensive,” responds the Indian. “what about the others?”

“Charmin is $2.00 a roll and no name is 50 cents a roll.”

The Indian doesn’t have much money so he opts for no name. within a few hours he’s back at the trading post.

“I have a name for the no name toilet paper,” he announces to the clerk.”we shall call it John Wayne.”

“WHY” asks the clerk.

“Cause it’s rough and it’s tough and it takes no shit off an Indian.”

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