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23 March 2006
Chinese Fortune-Teller Wax Model
Here's a wax model of a Chinese Fortune-Teller as one will have seen a few hundred years ago. The Chinese museums in Shanghai have amazingly life-like wax models, perhaps almost on par with Madame Tussads in London?
I honestly thought this WAS real at first glance. The booth reminds me of an arts festival that I went to several years ago in Pittsburgh where they had an older Chinese man who made these amazing paper sculptures with paper and scissors. He'd do them blindfolded sometimes even, only taking several minutes to finish some!!
I was quite surprised, Steve. I had expected shoddy work. The signages at the musuems were poorly translated. There is a mish-mash of good finished work and poorly done ones. There were also some that were just normal.
Amazing paper sculptures? Were they like origami or something?
Chinese Fortune-Teller Wax Model
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I honestly thought this WAS real at first glance. The booth reminds me of an arts festival that I went to several years ago in Pittsburgh where they had an older Chinese man who made these amazing paper sculptures with paper and scissors. He'd do them blindfolded sometimes even, only taking several minutes to finish some!!
I was quite surprised, Steve. I had expected shoddy work. The signages at the musuems were poorly translated. There is a mish-mash of good finished work and poorly done ones. There were also some that were just normal.
Amazing paper sculptures? Were they like origami or something?
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