This collection is very Americana. I bought the NASA cow because he reminded me of a one of the best trips ever my very best friend and I took through Florida and one of our stops was NASA. Almost made me wish I was an astronaut.
The American Flag cow was a gift from the same girlfriend. I think she selected because a the time there were about 10 cows in the whole available collection and she thought it was the closest to my personality.
The Statue of Liberty is one I bought for myself. My fiancée, best friend and I had decided to do American icons for Halloween costumes. I was made myself the Statue of Liberty, he was Uncle Sam and my girlfriend Lady of Justice. We started the costumes in early September, the same year the towers fell. We debated on wearing them, but in the end went for it and it was great. Soon after, I picked up the Statue of Liberty cow just because I wanted a reminder of some of the unexpected patriotic emotions that surfaced on and around 9/11.
For those of you that asked, Cow Parade figures are created from the cow parade art pieces that travel the world. I’ve seen some of the live size cows in Atlanta GA and Charlotte NC. Check out the website, the UK collection has some of my favorites and it looks like they will be in Madrid soon.
What a unique collection you have, I just love the one with the tiny gold crown, it's priceless!!!
ReplyDeleteWell taken with a solid black BG too, well done.
Lovely detailed photo, they are all beautiful and I love the stories that go with them.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you have so many very funny cow pieces! They are all so awesome and so cute. Great job photographing them too. Like prize possessions.
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