March 22, 2008

I normally make a draft of my photo hunt entries ahead of time or at least be sure they’re ready first thing Saturday morning. But I’m running late again because, being Catholic, I took a two day hiatus from blogging and bloghopping in observance of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. Anyway, I hope to catch up with the other photo hunters.

This week’s theme is “metal” and I just had to participate because metal is one of my favorite materials. No, not because I love gold and silver, well, ok, I do, but the main reason really is that my family is in the business of exporting sculptures…made of metal. And when hubby, my daughter and I moved to the US almost a year ago, I made sure I brought a few art pieces that were made from our factory. Here are photos of two of them taken in December last year.

Displayed prominently in front of our fireplace are sculptures of a horse and an elephant, both made from scrap metal. And by scrap metal, I mean metal that was previously used as material for refrigeratora, washing machines, air ducts, cars, etc.

I love this elephant sculpture because it’s my own design. But I didn’t weld it together! Hahaha! In feng shui, the elephant represents “descendant luck”. And for that reason alone, I had to bring this elephant with me if only to be sure that my daughter will have plenty of luck. Hush, non-believers of feng shui! I’m simply trying to make sure all my bases are covered.

Another popular figure which represent luck is the horse. This is one of our older designs, very intricate and labor intensive. We have since come up with horses which are a lot simpler and easier to do.

Here’s a pic of the same horse at a different angle. I’m sure santa didn’t mind taking an alternative ride last Christmas.

I have another photo hunt entry here. Do check out photos by other photo hunters here.