We all have interesting sculptural histories we fondly recall from childhood. Mine had to do with the plaster Soviet general and his troops, for which I designed parade formations. I selected each soldier with care, looking carefully at faces, inspecting uniforms, and adding to the kindly general my own painted decorations. My fragile soldiers stood in still Egyptian-like poses. Action had to be provided by a choreographer's imagination.
Sculptures were very important to me as a child. When I had to decide what to take with me for our frightening border escape from Hungary, the toy soldiers in my pocket protected me against the Soviet border guards. Now that I think of it, it is not surprising that my senior sculpture exhibit at Cooper Union was a display of plaster figurative works.
DOLLS AND STUFFED ANIMALS Among the most amazing dolls that children have, there will always be a special love for the ones they make themselves. Very often a child's doll is their first major independent sculpture project. Children dress and feed their dolls. They tell them stories and take them for walks. Playing with and caring for a favorite doll becomes a memorable relationship …
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